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Changes to Minimum Wage, Severance Payments and Administrative Fines in 2025

Jan 10, 2025
Employment
At the beginning of each year, the minimum wage, severance payments and administrative fines prescribed by the Labour Act are revised. This article provides an overview of the 2025 changes, which came into effect on 1 January 2025. Minimum wage…

Approaches to Trademark Similarity in the Food Supplement Sector

Jan 17, 2025
Intellectual Property , Trademarks and Designs
A recent decision by the Court of Cassation regarding trademark similarity in the food supplements and vitamins sector offers a different perspective on the criteria for assessing trademark similarity. This decision provides valuable guidance for launching these products in compliance…

Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Digitalization: What Awaits the Healthcare Sectors in the 12th Development Plan and the 2025 Presidential Annual Program?

Dec 24, 2024
Life Sciences
The 12th Development Plan 2024–2028 (“Development Plan”) and the 2025 Presidential Annual Program (“Program”) set the development goals and strategic policies for various sectors in Türkiye. In line with the Development Plan and Program, the pharmaceutical and medical device sectors…

Guidelines on Cross-Border Transfer of Personal Data Published

Jan 08, 2025
Data Protection and Privacy , Corporate and M&A
The long-awaited Guidelines on Cross-Border Transfer of Personal Data (“Guidelines”), prepared to serve as a guiding document regarding the cross-border data transfers under the Personal Data Protection Law (“Law”), was published on the website of the Personal Data Protection Authority…

Court of Cassation Issues Controversial Decision on Likelihood of Confusion in Dispute Over Pharma Marks

Jan 06, 2025
Trademarks and Designs , Life Sciences
The owner of the marks BATIKAR and BATISOL in Class 5 sued the defendant for selling antiseptic disinfectants under the mark MIRADERM BATIMER While the IP Court ruled in favour of the defendant, the Regional Court – and subsequently…

How to Become a Responsible Influencer?

Dec 20, 2024
Technology, Media and Telecom
As of January 2024, there are 57.50 million social media users in Turkey[1], and digital platforms hold the largest share of advertising investments at approximately 71.2% for the year 2024[2]. Within these digital investments, social media influencers account for 5%,…

Close Ties Between Competiton And Data Privacy Raises Competiton Concerns

Jan 06, 2025
Data Protection and Privacy , Competition
The intersection between competition and data privacy has emerged in recent years. Questions have arisen globally about whether processing of consumers’ (personal) data constitute a competition issue, and, how authorities and capabilities between the two approaches can be managed and…

Article 10: a Hidden Gem of the Turkish Industrial Property Code

Dec 11, 2024
Trademarks and Designs
Article 10 grants trademark owners the right to request the transfer of a trademark in case of unfair registration in the name of a commercial agent and/or representative The provision offers an underestimated and rarely applied tool for genuine…

Evaluating Disparaging Practices against Competitors in the Pharmaceutical Sector: A Competition Law Perspective

Dec 17, 2024
Life Sciences , Competition
Evaluating Disparaging Practices against Competitors in the Pharmaceutical Sector: A Competition Law Perspective The competition investigation initiated by the European Commission (the “Commission”) against Vifor Pharma on June 20, 2022, has attracted attention due to the fact that this is…

A New Regulation on the Sanction for Non-Attendance to Mandatory Mediation

Dec 24, 2024
Dispute Management
The Constitutional Court’s decision dated 14 March 2024 and numbered 2023/160 E., 2023/160 E., 2024/77 K. annulled Article 18/A of the Law No. 6325 on Mediation in Civil Disputes (“Mediation Law”). The annulled provision imposed a sanction on parties causing…

Update on The Well-known Trademark Registry Debate in Turkey

Dec 11, 2024
Intellectual Property , Trademarks and Designs
The well-known trademark registry of the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (the Office) became a discussion topic after the Turkish Court of Cassation decided in 2020 that the Office has no authority to create and maintain a registry for…

International Update

Dec 17, 2024
Life Sciences
The World Health Organization (WHO) gives pharmaceutical substances international non-proprietary names (INNs) so that each substance can be identified by a distinct name. However, pharmaceutical trade marks cannot be composed entirely of INNs. The rulings of the Court of Cassation…

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Trademark Law in Türkiye Key Developments and Predictions - 2024

While the year 2023 did not bring substantial changes to the Turkish Trademark Law practice, it can still be considered an important year in terms of introducing some modifications and innovations in application. A portion of the year, especially due to the changes in judges at the Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights Courts in Istanbul, passed with uncertainties. However, with the appointment of new judges to these Courts in the last quarter of the year, there has…

Patent Law in Türkiye Key Developments and Predictions - 2024

As Turkish patent law strides into 2024, it is met with a landscape brimming with innovation, regulatory shifts, and strategic challenges. This overview distills critical insights and developments, guiding our interested readers through the intricate fabric of this evolving legal domain. The conversation around AI and inventorship heralds a new era for intellectual property, challenging traditional boundaries and prompting a reevaluation of legal frameworks both in Turkey and…

Media and Advertising Law in Türkiye Key Developments and Predictions - 2024

The year 2023 was witness to important and significant developments for the practice of advertising law in Türkiye. While, some Guidelines were published by the Advertisement Board based on existing regulations, on the other hand, new legal regulations entered into force through amendments to the existing regulations. In addition, as a result of the effective examinations carried out by the Advertisement Board, prominent and exemplary decisions were rendered in terms of…

Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences Law in Türkiye Key Developments and Predictions - 2024

In Türkiye, a rapid rise in exchange rates and adverse economic developments have led to difficulties in sourcing certain life sciences products on the market, and even caused some pharmaceutical companies to, either partially or fully, withdraw from the Turkish market, or to abandon the decision to introduce new products to the market. Moreover, news of counterfeit products related to the practices of product procurement from abroad have further increased concerns about the…

Copyright Law in Türkiye Key Development and Predictions 2023

Turkish copyright law continues to develop solutions to issues arising from new technological developments while also focusing on existing and traditional sub-fields. Many plagiarism cases concerned with cinematographic works have been filed in the past year, receiving significant media coverage. Expert reports have elaborated on the subject of plagiarism in these cases, including those filed against award-winning films and TV shows. The elaboration of the term before the…
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Türkiye Legal Update - December 2024

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We are Attending the 8th IBA Mergers and Acquisitions in the Technology Sector Conference in Geneva

We Will Be Co-Hosting “Online Brand Protection in Türkiye (Webinar)” with CSC and ICANN

We Are Attending the 13th IBA European Corporate and Private M&A Conference in Paris

Özge Atılgan Karakulak, Will be Speaker at the Pharma Biotech Patent Litigation Europe Summit

Barış Kalaycı and Atahan Erkul Discuss IP Enforcement in Türkiye at JETRO Webinar

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