New IP Code Enters into Force: 2017 Will be The Year of IP Rights
Following the merger of various IP-related decree-laws into a single code, the brand new Industrial Property Code (No 6769) entered into force as of January 10 2017. At the beginning of 1990s, Turkey was in the process of becoming part of the EU Customs Union and one of its obligations was to adapt its domestic IP law to comply with EU regulations. In order to achieve this, Turkey rapidly enacted IP-related decree-laws in 1995. Decree-laws were preferred since they require… »
Industrial Property Law Comes Into Force
The long-awaited Industrial Property Law (6769) finally came into force in Turkey on January 10 2017. The new law regulates all IP rights in a single code. It consists of 193 articles and six provisional articles, divided into five chapters. The first four books of the law regulate trademarks, geographical indications, designs and patent rights, respectively, while the fifth book sets out common provisions valid for all IP rights. Article 188 of the law changes the name of… »
New Turkish IP Code: What it Means for Designs
The New Turkish Industrial Property Code entered into force on January 10, 2017. This Code replaces the Decree-laws pertaining to the protection of trade marks, patents, geographical indications and designs, all of which date back to 1995, by bringing all those rights together within the ambit of a single Code. The design chapter includes changes which seek to achieve greater compliance with the relevant directives of European Union. The major changes relate to the designs… »
New Turkish IP Code Now in Force: Here’s How it Affects Marks
The New Turkish Industrial Property Code (“the IP Code”) entered into force on January 10, 2017. The IP Code replaces the Decree-laws pertaining to the protection of trade marks, patents, geographical indications and designs, all of which date back to 1995, by bringing all those rights together within the ambit of a single Code. Among other reforms, the trademark chapter includes changes which achieve greater compliance with the relevant European Union directives. The major… »
Using the Cloud Under the Turkish Data Protection Law
The Turkish law on the protection of personal data came into force April 7, 2016. It is important not just because it is the first of its kind regulating the protection of personal data from a general perspective, but also because it brings many new obligations with which persons or entities dealing with personal data have to comply. The Data Protection Law is also a step towards the ultimate goal of harmonizing the Turkish legislation with the European Union legislation.… »
Progress on the Horizon, Turkey Chapter
This year in Turkey, one of the most interesting pieces of legislation came from the Ministry of Health, when it published the “Regulation on the Processing of Personal Health Data and Maintenance of Privacy”. The Regulat ion introduced detailed provisions regarding the processing and transfer of personal health data, particularly in relation to the format of consent and the requirement for anonymisation before transfer. While the Regulation primarily contains measures that… »