Is it possible to cancel a registration in Turkey?

A registration might be canceled for any of these grounds:

  • Lack of genuine use
  • Incompatible with moral principles and public policy
  • Use of geographical indication
  • Generic mark or common terms
  • Conflict with a personal name
  • Conflict with registered designs
  • Conflict with trade names
  • Mark was registered under a representative’s name
  • Use of protected flags, emblems or armorial bearing
  • Conflict with a well-known or notorious mark
  • Proprietary right
  • Breach of copyright
  • Descriptive, non-distinctive, functional, or misleading/disparaging/deceptive mark

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