Vindication for Greece – EU cancels “Turkaegean” trademark

Following coordinated actions by the Ministry of Development and the Industrial Property Organization (IPO), the European Trademark “Turkaegean” has been cancelled by determination of the EU Intellectual Property Office (C58927, 10/01/25).

As a reminder, successful 2021, the Tourism Promotion and Development Agency of Turkey (TGA) filed for registration of the trademark ”Turkaegean” with the EU Intellectual Property Office. In February 2023, during the ministry of Adonis Georgiades, an exertion for cancellation was filed by the Hellenic Republic, with the lawsuit being handled by the OBI for commercialized people infringement by the Turkish Tourism Development Agency (TGA). The effect of these actions is today’s decision, which is simply a vindication of the Greek position.

The Minister of Development, Takis Theodoricakos, said: “Greece, nether the Government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, is beardown successful the planetary arena and defends its commercialized interests with determination and effectiveness. We are asserting our close with each our spot and with each ineligible means. This is however we person reached the vindication with the infringement of the European Trademark ”Turkaegean”.

OBI President Dimitris Chronis said: “The determination to cancel ”Turkaegean” afloat satisfies the Greek positions and vindicates to an implicit grade the determination to edifice to the infringement of the trademark.”

The Director General of the OBI, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, commented: “In the ”Turkaegean” case, OBI unneurotic with the ineligible representatives who represented the country, worked systematically and methodically to execute today’s affirmative effect successful a hard ineligible battle.”

It should beryllium noted that the determination by the EU Intellectual Property Office comes a fewer days aft the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) decided to inquire Turkey for much clarification connected wherefore it chose the “TurkAegean” trademark.

This determination asks the Turkish Tourism Development Agency (TGA) to explicate wherefore and for what intent the word was chosen, which reveals that the US fundamentally accepts that Greece besides has each close to prosecute a civilian enactment successful the US national courts.

Turkey has been fixed 20 days to supply the required explanations.