Turkey’s Long Road to Becoming an Oil and Gas Hub
Turkey is not a large producer of oil and natural gas resources. Its oil and gas production is minimal when compared to its hydrocarbon-rich neighbours such as Azerbaijan, Russia, Iraq, and Iran. Yet, it still has a specific advantage: it is located between these oil-rich countries and the highly industrialised and developed western economies, which are large oil and natural gas consumers. Currently, crude oil and natural gas are carried via land pipelines to Turkey from… »
Direct Applicability of European Patent Convention While Invalidation Actions Pending
Turkey became a signatory to the European Patent Convention (EPC) on November 1 2000. The enactment of the Law on Joining the European Patent Convention on the Grant of European Patents and Its Protocols (4054) brought the EPC provisions into force in Turkey. Accordingly, the EPC is directly applicable to European patents validated in Turkey. However, few of the EPC provisions bind the national courts. For example, Article 138/3 gives a European patent owner the right to… »
Banking Law Amendment Provides Relief to Bank Officers and Company Executives
Introduction On February 9 2017 Decree-Law 687 was enacted by the Council of Ministers (based on its powers under the state of emergency). Among other things, the decree-law amends Banking Law 5411 by introducing a sub-paragraph into Article 160, which regulates the crime of embezzlement committed by bank officers. The new provision (Article 160/4) stipulates: “Loan allocation or extension; allocation of additional loans; instalment, securing or restructuring of loans which… »
Patent and Utility Model Prosecution Under the New Industrial Property Law
The Industrial Property Law came in force on January 10 2017. It introduces new provisions to encourage filing national applications before the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TPTO) by setting out a standardised procedure which can be completed in a shorter time. The new law reduces the number of requirements for filing an application to make it easier to obtain a filing date. Under the new regime, a request for a patent or utility model which includes the applicant’s… »
Life Sciences Newsletter, February 2017
No educational material for patients shall be distributed Dicle Doğan and Nehir Aydeniz, Gün + Partners The “Regulation on Promotional Activities for Medicinal Products for Human Use” prohibits promotional activities that address the general public (Article 5). The Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency has extended this provision to cover certain educational materials provided by the pharmaceutical industry to patients, which have been deemed to be a form of… »
Turkey: Is new IP Code in line with EPC?
The new Industrial Property Code entered into force in January 2017 and repealed Decree Law No 551 on Patents and other decree laws pertaining to IP rights. The new Industrial Property Code only brings a few changes to the Decree Law previously in effect. One of the changes brought by the new Code is that, similar to the European Patent Convention to which Turkey is a party, a post-grant opposition system has been introduced. Accordingly third parties may oppose against the… »