Intellectual and industrial property rights form a critical field concerned with placing the most valuable intangible assets of a business, a brand, or a creator under legal protection. The protection of works, trademarks, designs that constitute commercial reputation, and original content forms the foundation of sustainable commercial success and of competitive strength in the market. CT Legal provides legal counsel across a broad spectrum to production companies, media sector professionals, software firms, and brands, from the moment these rights arise through to the commercialization and protection stages.
Copyright and the media sector constitute one of the principal focal points of this practice area. In keeping with the dynamic structure of the sector, the legal infrastructures for production agreements, screenplay and work assignment agreements, actor and management relationships, and the protection of name and image rights are constructed with care. Regulating the economic and moral rights of the author clearly, precisely, and completely through contracts ensures the legal security of the long-term projects and commercial investments between the parties.
Digital transformation and the spread of social media have made infringements of intellectual property rights faster and more widespread. Fast and effective protection mechanisms are activated for clients whose copyright or trademark rights are infringed on social media, on websites, or on digital platforms. Within this scope, takedown applications for infringing content in digital environments are pursued, blocking of access processes are followed, and the necessary legal and administrative steps are taken in order to bring infringements to an immediate end.
The protection and management of trademark rights is likewise an inseparable part of this integrated approach. CT Legal analyzes potential risks from the selection stage of trademarks through to the registration process and develops protection strategies. The firm conducts application, opposition, bulletin monitoring, and renewal procedures before the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) in full.
At the dispute stage, clients are represented before the courts in cases of infringement of trademark rights, copyright violations, and the unfair competition situations that intersect with them. Actions seeking the determination, cessation, and prevention of the infringement and compensation for the pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages arising from the infringement are managed with strategies suited to the nature of the concrete case.
Scope of Services
- Preparation and negotiation of production agreements and screenplay and work assignment agreements
- Actor, director, and management agreements
- Legal arrangements concerning the protection of name, voice, and image rights
- Contractual structuring of the economic and moral rights arising from authorship
- Applications against content and trademark infringements on social media and on the internet
- Content takedown applications to digital platforms and blocking of access processes
- Civil and criminal disputes arising from copyright infringements
- Trademark infringement and unfair competition actions
- Actions for the determination, prevention, and cessation of infringement and for compensation
- Trademark application and registration and opposition and renewal procedures before the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT)
- Development of sector-specific and brand-specific intellectual and industrial property protection strategies
- Intellectual property licensing processes in software, digital content, and media projects
Our Approach
CT Legal acts on the understanding that the protection of intellectual and industrial property rights begins not after an infringement has occurred but at the moment the right arises, is registered, or is committed to contract. Properly structured work assignment agreements, complete registration processes, and foresighted trademark protection strategies prevent a large portion of the disputes that may be encountered in the future before they ever arise.
In situations where an infringement has occurred or a dispute has become unavoidable, a determined and dynamic method is followed with the aim of protecting the right in the shortest possible time, both in the digital world and in commercial life. In preventive counsel and in litigation processes alike, the firm acts with an understanding of legal representation founded on protecting to the highest degree the economic value of the creative labor, trademarks, and commercial reputation of its clients.