Trademark Search
Guides

A good application starts with good research. Filing without checking whether the name you have chosen is already registered in the same or similar classes exposes you to both refusal and opposition. This category explains how a trademark search is carried out, what information is available in TÜRKPATENT records and through e-Devlet, and how to read the results you get.

Research matters after registration too: if a mark similar to yours appears among newly published applications in the bulletin, the opposition period starts to run. The trademark watch articles explain how to set that monitoring up. If you are still at the naming stage, the guide on what makes a name registrable will save you time from the very beginning.

Reading a search result means looking at three things together: in which classes an identical or similar sign is registered, whether that record is still in force (an expired or cancelled mark is not an obstacle), and how close the similarity is visually, phonetically and conceptually. Searching only for exact matches is misleading, because likelihood of confusion also arises from similar spellings, signs built on the same root and translated equivalents. The articles here show how to weigh a result on those three axes, and when changing the name before filing costs less than accepting the risk of refusal.