The Implementing Regulation on Industrial Property Code (Reg. No. 30825) has been amended for simplifying the procedures and formalities regarding the rights-cancelling or rights-restricting actions before the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office.
The new amendments came into force after their publication in the Turkish Official Gazette on July 08, 2019 together with a series of amendments which are made in other laws and regulations for reducing the red-tape in the government affairs and simplifying the citizens' business with the government.
After the amendment of the Regulation, the applicants will not be any longer required to submit notarized signature declaration (where the applicant is a natural person) or list of signatures (where the applicant is a legal entity) regarding their actions cancelling, restricting or withdrawing actions regarding their applications, registration or oppositions. Specifically, the notarized signature declaration or notarized list of signatures will not be required for the following actions anymore:
- Partially renewing a trademark (Reg. Rule 19(ç) (d)).
- Withdrawing a trademark application (Reg. Rule 22(ç) (d)).
- Cancelling trademark rights (Reg. Rule 22(ç) (d)).
- Withdrawing an opposition (Reg. Rule 22(c) (ç)).
- Cancelling rights for geographical indications (Reg. Rule 46(c)).
- Withdrawing an opposition regarding an design application (Reg. Rule 66(c) (ç)).
- Partially renewing a design registration (Reg. Rule 67(c) (ç)).
- Withdrawing a design application or cancelling a design registration (Reg. Rule 110(2)).
- Withdrawing a patent application or cancelling patent rights.
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