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Guidelines on Importing Clinical Research Products

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Dicle Doğan and Fatma Sevde Tan, Gun + Partners On 27 February 2020, the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency published Guidelines on the Import of Research Products to be used in Clinical Research (Turkish language). Pursuant to the Regulation on Clinical Research published in the Official Gazette dated 13 April 2013 and numbered 28617, permission from the agency is required for the manufacturing and import of products to be used in clinical research conducted in… »

Roundtable Meeting on Post-Grant Patent Opposition Before the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office

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THE FIRST DETAILED INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED REGARDING THE POST-GRANT OPPOSITION SYSTEM BEFORE THE EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE (“EPO”) FICPI-Turkey held the ninth of its traditional roundtable meetings at Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (“Türk Patent”) on 13 December 2019. The meeting was moderated by Selin Sinem Erciyas, who is the Vice President of the Board of Directors of FICPI-Turkey and Serkan Özkan, who is an Intellectual Property Expert at Türk Patent. The post-grant… »

The Effect of COVID-19 Outbreak on Deadlines in Protection of Intellectual and Industrial Rights

Following the enactment of The Law on Amendment of Certain Laws No. 7226 (“Law”), which entered into force upon publication in the Official Gazette dated 26 March 2020, the terms determined as per the Industrial Property Code (“IP Code”), applied either by the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (“Office”) or before the relevant courts as statute of limitations for filing lawsuits, has been suspended. As per the Law, all terms suspended for the period between March 13, 2020… »

COVID-19 Suspended the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Proceedings and the Terms

In scope of the measures taken to prevent COVID-19 outbreak from spreading within our country, the Presidential Decree on Suspension of the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Proceedings dated 21 March 2020 and numbered 2279 (“the Presidential Decree”), which was issued based on Article 330 of the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Act, has entered into force upon publication in the Official Gazette dated 22 March 2020 and numbered 31076. As per this Presidential Decree, all of the… »

COVID-19 Suspended Judicial Terms

The Law on Amendment of Certain Laws No. 7226 entered into force upon publication in the Repeated Official Gazette dated 26 March 2020 and numbered 31080. With the Law No. 7226, the procedural terms will be suspended until 30 April 2020 in order to prevent any loss of rights in regard to trials, due to the measures taken for COVID-19 outbreak. In this respect; Any and all terms in scope of the acquisition, use or extinction of a right, including the terms for filing… »

Health Claims for Anti-Coronavirus Products in Advertising

As coronavirus cases continue to spread in Turkey and around the globe, ads for food supplements and food claiming to prevent the effects of the virus have been rampant in every media including TV, radio and internet. Legal authorities competent for ruling and supervising health claims in advertisements launched investigations since some advertisements of food supplements were considered to be unlawful, some food supplements advertised are not even authorized for sale and… »

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