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Dava, markala\u015fman\u0131n hukuki s\u0131n\u0131rlar\u0131 ve rekabet\u00e7i bir piyasa ortam\u0131nda yan\u0131lt\u0131c\u0131 ticari uygulamalara uygulanacak hukuki standartlar bak\u0131m\u0131ndan karma\u015f\u0131k meseleleri g\u00fcndeme getirmi\u015ftir.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">M\u00fcvekkilimizin yerle\u015fik marka kimli\u011finin korunmas\u0131nda ve marka hukuku ile haks\u0131z rekabete ili\u015fkin Avrupa hukuku d\u00fczenlemeleri \u00e7er\u00e7evesinde uyu\u015fmazl\u0131\u011f\u0131n ele al\u0131nmas\u0131nda hukuki destek sunduk.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00d6nemli ticari menfaatlerin s\u00f6z konusu oldu\u011fu bu dosya, etkili marka konumland\u0131rmas\u0131 ile hukuken izin verilmeyen t\u00fcketiciyi yan\u0131ltma aras\u0131ndaki hassas s\u0131n\u0131r\u0131 ortaya koymu\u015ftur.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Duru\u015fman\u0131n Almanya\u2019n\u0131n kuzey k\u0131y\u0131lar\u0131nda ger\u00e7ekle\u015ftirilmesi ise ekibimize b\u00f6lgeyi ziyaret etmek i\u00e7in g\u00fczel bir f\u0131rsat sundu; b\u00f6ylece davan\u0131n g\u00f6r\u00fcld\u00fc\u011f\u00fc yer de en az hukuki uyu\u015fmazl\u0131\u011f\u0131n kendisi kadar ak\u0131lda kal\u0131c\u0131 oldu.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":56039,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"notable-cases-category":[],"class_list":["post-56038","notable_case","type-notable_case","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We represented a European company in a high-value trademark and unfair competition dispute concerning the permissibility of potentially misleading elements in a company name. 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