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trademark. But China re- to register their trademarks
in Turkey may discover that
mains a hotbed for trade- their trademarks have al-
ready been registered by a
mark squatting24. third party25.
Turkey: B. First to Use26:
often trademark squatters Esra Tekil “Ways to fight 25
take advantage of the lack trademark squatting in Turkey” Fi-
of local trademark registra-
tion, by legally registering nancier Worldwide Magazine, June
the trademark in their own
name. Since Turkey ap- 2013 Issue. Available at: https://
plies a ‘first to file’ system
in terms of trademark pro- www.financierworldwide.com/ways-
tection, it is not possible to
avoid such local registra- to-fight-trademark-squatting-in-tur-
tion unless an opposition
is filed on time by the real key#.Y6S1anZBy3C Last visit: June
owner before the trademark
is registered in the name of .24, 2023. At: 11:52 AM
another person. The Turk-
ish Patent Institute does not 26 First-to-use countries include Aru-
require any evidence on the
first use of the trademark ba, Australia, Brunei Darussalam,
and does not investigate if Canada, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Den-
the trademark was stolen or mark, Fiji, Hong Kong, Iceland, In-
not. Therefore, brand own- dia, Ireland, Israel, Jersey, Kenya,
ers who have not yet filed Lebanon, Malawi, Malaysia, Malta,
New Zealand, Papua New Guin-
24 Ipid. ea, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Singapore,
South Africa, Swaziland, Trinidad &
Tobago, United States, Uruguay, and
Zimbabwe. Many of these registries
will have specific limitations and con-
ditions regarding ‘first to use’ rights
and it is virtually always the case that
registration of a brand as a trademark
will confer stronger and less disput-
able rights than relying on use in any
event. See: First To File Versus First
To Use, Available at: First To File
Versus First To Use - Corsearch Last
visit: June 24, 2023. At: 11:53 AM.
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