To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. From time to time we are receiving requests from some clients, particularly those acting as a distributor or a representative, for filing an application for registration of a trademark in their own name in respect of the trademarks they are selling and distributing in Turkey. Whenever we face such a request, our first question is always: " Have you received permission from the proprietor of trademark?" Some of the clients may even sometimes show a negative reaction to this question. Because as the proprietor of the trademark is seated abroad and is probably not