Treatises

Industrial Design Rights 2020: Turkey

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Trademarks and Designs || Hande Hançar, Mutlu Yıldırım Köse and Havva Yıldız

Industrial Design Rights is a revised and updated third edition of a significant work first published in 2001 under the auspices of the Intellectual Property Committee of the International Bar Association. There have been considerable changes since the previous edition principally in the increasing adoption of the Hague Convention on designs all over the world and harmonization of industrial designs among the European Community countries. Industrial designs are particularly i...»

International Insurance Law and Regulation 2020

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Insurance and Reinsurance || Pelin Baysal and Ilgaz Önder

Introduction to the April 2020 Edition of International Insurance Law and Regulation International Insurance Law and Regulation is a comprehensive collection of commentary from internationally recognized practitioners who are experts in their jurisdictions. These specialists discuss the law and regulation of insurance in their region, creating a country-by-country guide on doing business in  his highly structured and regulated industry. The April 2020 edition contains the fol...»

Global Patent Litigation 2019, Turkey Chapter

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Intellectual Property and Patent and Utility Models || Özge Atılgan Karakulak, Mutlu Yıldırım Köse and Zeynep Çağla Üstün

Global Patent Litigation aims to fulfill the increasing need for quality information on the strategy and practical aspects of patent litigation in the major trading countries of the world. Global Patent Litigation starts with a description of how strategy is formulated in international patent litigation, including the main provisions of the European Patent Convention and the European Patent Office. Next follow chapters by experienced patent litigators on the laws of their res...»

International Design Protection, A Global Handbook, Second Edition, Turkey Chapter

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Intellectual Property and Trademarks and Designs || Uğur Aktekin and Mutlu Yıldırım Köse

Uğur Aktekin and Mutlu Yıldırım Köse has contributed to the Turkey chapter of International Design Protection book which is published by Globe Law and Business Ltd in March 2017. Description Designs have underpinned much of the technological and industrial innovation of recent years. They have become increasingly valuable within the portfolio of intellectual property rights. Indeed, given the extent to which economic growth is driven by these advancements and the ever-increas...»

International Insurance Law and Regulation 2018

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Insurance and Reinsurance || Pelin Baysal and Ilgaz Önder

Introduction to the October 2018 Edition of International Insurance Law and Regulation International Insurance Law and Regulation is a comprehensive collection of commentary from internationally recognized practitioners who are experts in their jurisdictions. These specialists discuss the law and regulation of insurance in their region, creating a country-by-country guide on doing business in this highly structured and regulated industry. The October 2018 edition contains the...»

Analysis of the Company Laws – Turkey

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Corporate and M&A || Pelin Baysal and Cansu Akbıyıklı

International Trust Laws and Analysis, Company Laws, Wealth Management & Tax Planning Strategies provides all the legal, tax, and estate-planning intelligence necessary for professional advisers to recommend among financial centers for their high net wealth clients — as well as the tools to establish and operate trusts, companies, and funds in compliance with all applicable rules and regulations. The full text of the trust laws and links to the company laws of 60 countrie...»

Turkish Court of Cassation refuses to extend scope of protection of Lacoste’s well-known trade marks

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Intellectual Property and Trademarks and Designs || Uğur Aktekin, Güldeniz Doğan Alkan and Dilan Sıla Kayalıca

Lacoste v. O ̈zlider Plastik Ve Metal Sanayi Ticaret Anonim Sirketi and Turkish Patent and Trademark Office, General Assembly of the Turkish Court of Cassation, E. 2015/11- 3127 K. 2016/114, 29 January 2016 The Turkish Court of Cassation, reversing its previous decisions on the matter, has rejected the action brought by Lacoste against registration of a ‘Crocodile’ trade mark for goods in classes 11, 20 and 21 of the Nice Agreement. The court has provided detailed criteria t...»

Turkish Court of Appeal Revisits The Assessment of Likelihood of Confusion in case of Weak Trademarks … Changing Its Approach

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Intellectual Property and Trademarks and Designs || Uğur Aktekin, Güldeniz Doğan Alkan and Zeynep Çağla Üstün

Legal context The Industrial Property Law No 6769 (this regulates all IP rights in a single code) came into force on 10 January 2017, and the legislation on trade marks in force at the time of the BUDA BENIM decision was Decree Law No 556 on the Protection of Trade Marks (the Decree Law), as amended in 2004, and its implementing provisions. Article 8 of the Decree Law governed relative grounds for refusal of trade mark registration. According to Article 8/1(b) of the Decree L...»