{"id":27680,"date":"2025-08-06T16:09:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T14:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kpw.law\/?p=27680"},"modified":"2026-06-21T12:47:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T10:47:04","slug":"turkey-imports-without-brand-exhaustion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpw.law\/en\/turkey-imports-without-brand-exhaustion\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey imports without brand exhaustion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull v4-pattern-hero v4-pattern-hero--post is-style-background-blend is-style-arrow has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light v4-pattern-hero__cover\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);min-height:75vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img data-dominant-color=\"1996cb\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"585\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-27669 size-large not-transparent\" alt=\"T\u00fcrkei-Importe ohne Markenersch\u00f6pfung, Ersch\u00f6pfung, Markenrecht, Rechtsanwalt \" src=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tuerkei-Importe-ohne-Erschoepfung-1024x585.jpg\" style=\"--dominant-color: #1996cb; object-position:48% 100%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"48% 100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tuerkei-Importe-ohne-Erschoepfung-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tuerkei-Importe-ohne-Erschoepfung-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tuerkei-Importe-ohne-Erschoepfung-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tuerkei-Importe-ohne-Erschoepfung-1536x878.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tuerkei-Importe-ohne-Erschoepfung-2048x1170.jpg 2048w\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-base-background-color has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:5em\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-97ba1214 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a6a2a725 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\r\n<h1 id=\"multirow-headline-block_1a653a220be104558d82fdee2621fa4f\" class=\"wp-block-visual4-multirow-headline\">\r\n    <div class=\"wp-block-visual4-multirow-headline\">\n\n<p class=\"has-gigantic-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\">Turkey imports<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-huge-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:15%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\">without  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-gigantic-font-size wp-elements-3fbb886d4c451f5347f5650b3be5e7e8 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\"><span class=\"v4-marker-highlight-background\">exhaustion<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n<\/div> \r\n<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-small-font-size is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-878d3859 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:italic;font-weight:300;text-transform:uppercase\"><div style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:300;text-transform:uppercase\" class=\"wp-block-post-date has-small-font-size\"><time datetime=\"2025-08-06T16:09:40+02:00\">6. August 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">from<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:600\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\">Clemens Pfitzer<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3b99a472 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Can Turkish branded goods simply be imported into Germany if the manufacturer sells them there legally? The Federal Court of Justice has a clear answer &#8211; and it could be expensive for parallel importers. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-parallelimport-von-mehmet-efendi-kaffee\">Parallel import of Mehmet Efendi coffee<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Turkish coffee roasting company sells its coffee both in Turkey and via a distributor in the EU under the trademark &#8220;Kurukahveci Mehmet Efendi&#8221;. However, a German food wholesaler imported the coffee produced in Turkey and marketed there directly to Germany &#8211; without the consent of the Turkish trademark owner. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The coffee roasting company saw this as an infringement of its <a href=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/rechtsgebiet\/markenrecht\/\">trademark rights <\/a>and unsuccessfully issued a cease and desist letter to the wholesaler. The case ultimately ended up before the Federal Court of Justice (Federal Court of Justice), which had to make a fundamental decision on the exhaustion of trademark rights in relation to Turkey. <\/p>\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n            <div id=\"content-cloner-block_e3dcc2d7690aa331ace911cf7d37edd2\" class=\"wp-block-visual4-content-cloner alignfull\">\r\n            \n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light v4-pattern-knowledge-how-to is-style-background-blend\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\"><video class=\"wp-block-cover__video-background intrinsic-ignore\" autoplay muted loop playsinline src=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/wp-content\/themes\/kpw-law\/assets\/samples\/monochrome-gradient-loop.mp4\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"><\/video><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-kpw-red-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8e83a95e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-a6a2a725 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-74bda702c63295289365e59cb442c362\" id=\"h-hintergrundwissen\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:italic;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:10%\">Hintergrundwissen<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\r\n<div id=\"multirow-headline-block_205c6b63b3cf9f3eb07bf6408788bb36\" class=\"wp-block-visual4-multirow-headline alignwide\">\r\n    <div class=\"wp-block-visual4-multirow-headline\">\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color has-huge-font-size wp-elements-bfcf7345f80c07da1a5863cda84875f3 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\">Was<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8ecb9c844ed1d5491978fd91ea231857 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);font-size:clamp(2.244rem, 2.244rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 3.093), 4.1rem);font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\">bedeutet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d5ef0d90cfb5c6a97a4fc0bc78762251 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-size:clamp(2.2rem, 2.2rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 3), 4rem);font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\">Ersch\u00f6pfung<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-570625569fcd2878caccaef76cea55b9 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);font-size:clamp(1.502rem, 1.502rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 1.663), 2.5rem);font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\">im <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c51d8b3a0fa34787065d925c0dd9212a wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0%;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;font-size:clamp(2.066rem, 2.066rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 2.723), 3.7rem);font-style:normal;font-weight:1000;line-height:1;text-transform:uppercase\">Markenrecht?<\/p>\n\n<\/div> \r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);flex-basis:60%\">\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-170b21d6dcd915376ca4436f70bdb76a wp-block-paragraph\">Die <strong>Ersch\u00f6pfung <\/strong>ist ein zentrales Prinzip im Markenrecht.<br>Bringt ein Markeninhaber seine Waren selbst oder mit seiner Zustimmung durch Dritte in einem bestimmten Gebiet in den Verkehr, \u201eersch\u00f6pfen\u201d sich seine Markenrechte f\u00fcr diese konkreten Waren in diesem Gebiet. Das bedeutet, dass er den Weiterverkauf dieser Waren in diesem Gebiet nicht mehr verbieten kann.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3a3ab8677a1c5bd34162681896fd069e wp-block-paragraph\">In der EU tritt <strong>Ersch\u00f6pfung <\/strong>nur ein, wenn die Waren mit Zustimmung des Markeninhabers im Europ\u00e4ischen Wirtschaftsraum (EWR), also in der EU sowie in Island, Liechtenstein und Norwegen, in den Verkehr gebracht wurden. Werden Waren au\u00dferhalb des EWR verkauft, k\u00f6nnen Parallelimporte grunds\u00e4tzlich untersagt werden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b541a20ffa0ae847374faf77d5f54e1a wp-block-paragraph\">Ausnahmen von diesem Grundsatz bestehen allerdings dann, wenn der Markeninhaber berechtigte Gr\u00fcnde hat, sich dem Vertrieb der Waren zu widersetzen, beispielsweise wenn der Zustand der Waren nach dem Inverkehrbringen ver\u00e4ndert oder verschlechtert wurde.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n        <\/div>\r\n    \r\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bgh-keine-sonderstellung-fur-die-turkei\">Federal Court of Justice: No special status for Turkey<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Federal Court of Justice confirmed in its  <a href=\"https:\/\/juris.bundesgerichtshof.de\/cgi-bin\/rechtsprechung\/document.py?Gericht=bgh&amp;Art=en&amp;Datum=Aktuell&amp;Sort=12288&amp;nr=142455&amp;anz=1130&amp;pos=8&amp;Blank=1.pdf\">Judgment of July 3, 2025 &#8211; Ref. I ZR 226\/24 <\/a>  The Federal Court of Justice upheld the legal opinion of the lower courts and rejected the wholesaler&#8217;s appeal. The Federal Court of Justice clarifies: <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group v4-pattern-general-quote-box has-kpw-turquoise-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The marketing of goods (here: coffee) in Turkey under a name that is protected under the EU Trademark Regulation does not lead to the exhaustion of trademark rights with the consequence that the trademark owner has the law to prohibit the import of these goods into the European Economic Area without his consent.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-assoziierungsabkommen-hilft-nicht\">Association agreement does not help<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The wholesaler had argued that the Association Agreement between the EU and Turkey prohibits trade-restrictive measures and must lead to the exhaustion of trademark rights. The Federal Court of Justice rejected this view. Although the agreement contains a ban on quantitative import restrictions, it also contains an explicit exception for the protection of industrial property.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The court emphasized that the association agreement does not pursue the goal of establishing a common internal market as within the EU, but merely aims to establish economic cooperation. Equality with EU member states was therefore not envisaged. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-was-unternehmen-bei-importen-aus-der-turkei-beachten-mussen\">What companies need to consider when importing from Turkey<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ruling creates legal certainty for trademark owners. They can prohibit parallel imports from Turkey into the EU even if they sell their goods there themselves. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Importers, on the other hand, should be careful. Anyone who imports branded goods from Turkey into Germany without the consent of the rights holder risks costly cease and desist <a href=\"https:\/\/kpw.law\/thema\/abmahnung\/\">letters <\/a>and injunctions. This also applies to other third countries outside the EEA.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Importers should therefore take the following measures:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-arrow\">\n<li>Contractual security with suppliers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check whether trademark rights exist in the EU before importing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If necessary, obtain the consent of the trademark owner <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take advantage of legal advice  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fazit\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns v4-pattern-text-copy-half-col is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Federal Court of Justice ruling makes it unmistakably clear that the exhaustion of trademark rights is limited to the EEA. Even special trade agreements such as the EU-Turkey Association Agreement do not change this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Companies should therefore not rely on the fact that trademark rights are automatically exhausted by sales in third countries. If anything is unclear, legal advice should be sought in good time in order to avoid expensive legal disputes and safeguard your own business model. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide v4-pattern-cta-box has-secondary-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0c8cea62 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide 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