Naime Banu Vefa Tashkandi
Family members embroiled in dispute over 150-year-old brand
In a long-standing trademark battle for the famous 155-year-old Istanbul's Vefa Bozacısı, which sells traditional fermented beverage, one of the heirs has filed a new lawsuit claiming that the word "Vefa" cannot be registered as a trademark as it is a neighborhood name.