Supreme Court Rules on Monitoring of Employee WhatsApp Conversations
In June 2017 the Supreme Court rendered an important decision concerning the protection of employees’ privacy rights. The court reversed a first-instance labour court decision and ruled that the dismissal of an employee was unlawful on the grounds that (among other things) the employer had used the employee’s WhatsApp conversations (obtained in an impermissible way) as evidence, thus violating the employee’s right to privacy. Facts A group of employees presented a collective… »
Changes Brought with the New Communiqué on the Pricing of Medicinal Products for Human Use
The new Communiqué on the Pricing of Medicinal Products for Human Use (“Communiqué”) has been enacted on 29.09.2017. The Communiqué keeps the general framework of the pricing of pharmaceuticals, although it brings a few changes as foreseen in the Decision dated 24 February 2017 the Council of Ministers No. 2017/9901 (“Decision”) The Communiqué introduced two new terms: “real source price” and “source price” which does not change the pricing system. The “real source price” is… »
Turkey Targets Foreign Investment
New developments in Turkey could reignite an appetite for foreign investment into the region. It is without a doubt that countries across Europe and the USA have experienced a flood of difficulties over recent years. Turkey has also experienced tough times, particularly in 2016 due to the increase in terrorist attacks, failed coup attempt and the ongoing state of the emergency situation and political instability in Turkey’s neighbouring countries. These political disorders… »
Life Sciences Newsletter, October 2017
New communiqué on medicines pricing Dicle Doğan, Bentley James Yaffe and Fatma Sevde Tan, Gün + Partners On 29 September 2017, the Ministry of Health published the new “Communiqué on the Pricing of Medical Products for Human Use” in the Official Gazette numbered 30195. The communiqué contains significant amendments to the pricing of products subject to special conditions and the timetable of the pricing procedure. Definitions have been added for the terms “exactly equal… »
Labour Courts Act Has Come into Force on 25 October 2017
Labour Courts Act has came into force on 25 October 2017 On 25 October 2017, the Labour Courts Act No. 7036 (“Act”) was published in the Official Gazette and officially came into effect. The Act aims to ease the judiciary’s workload and accelerate the judicial process in employment cases. The Act brought a number of changes to employment cases. The most important changes can be summarized as follows; Mandatory mediation is introduced for both employers and employees prior to… »
Turkish Patent and Trademark Office issues guidelines for proof of use in opposition proceedings
Turkish Patent and Trademark Office issues guidelines for proof of use in opposition proceedings Following the entry into force of the Industrial Property Code (6769) on January 10 2017 and the Regulation on the Implementation of the Industrial Property Code on April 24 2017 (see “New IP Code enters into force: 2017 will be the year of IP rights” and “Entry into force of new Regulation on the Implementation of the Industrial Property Code”), on April 28 2017 the Turkish… »