Comparison of Brand and Geographical Indications in Turkish Industrial Property Law

Trademarks and geographical indications are considered important items of industrial property. These signs mediate distinctive presentation and quality assurance in the context of goods and services. In addition, these markings provide special legal protection possibilities for signatories, depending on the products they cover. Both brands and geographical indications constitute a major market environment for these products by influencing the confidence and well-being of the economy and the trade environment of the country, with the use of the rights provided by the legislation of the legislature to promote and trust the merchandise of the merchandise. In this respect, to define the identities of the products which are both general and related to the products covered by both marks, the rights and obligations that each one follows and follow different functions and methods in a unity. As a matter of fact, it will be seen that the relationship between trademarks and geographical indications symbolizing industrial property in the framework of the national economy and cultural composition emerged as a complementary identity to each other in the promotion of goods and services in the context of national and indigenous dimensions and in the competitive form of production and culture. In this respect, the examination of similar and divergent aspects of these two marks will be useful for understanding the relationship between them and for the benefit they provide to the consumers and for determining the rights granted to the owners of these property signs. In this study, the similarities and differences between the trademark and geographical indications, in particular the requirements for registration under the Turkish Industrial Property Law, and the products covered by these marks and the rights under protection, will be examined comparatively