In accordance with the Law on the Amendment of Certain Laws for the Improvement of the Investment Environment numbered 7099 which was published in the Official Gazette on 10 March 2018 (“Law”), along with the regulations made in the Turkish Commercial Code, Tax Procedural Law, Social Security and General Health Insurance Law, Law on Municipal Revenues, Customs Law, there have been several changes made in the Law on Movable Pledge in Commercial Transactions numbered 6750with…
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Principle decision of the Personal Data Protection Authority (“Authority”) outlining necessary precautions to be taken by data controllers while processing specially qualified personal data has been published on the Official Gazette on March 07, 2018.
The decision is based on Article 6/4 of Turkish Personal Data Protection Law numbered 6698 (“Law”) which states that sufficient precautions defined by the Authority must be also taken into account while processing specially…
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Wide ranges of studies are being carried out for the improvement of investment environment. As to these studies, a new law called Law on the Amendment of Certain Laws for the Improvement of the Investment Environment numbered 7099 (the “Law”) has been published in the Official Gazette on 10.03.2018 in order to (i) support the investors, (ii) speed up the investment process and establishment process of a company, (iii) reduce the costs and (iv) boost the economy. There have…
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Since Turkey became a member of the European Patent Convention (EPC), the question of whether Turkish validation and enforcement of a European patent applies while proceedings before the European Patent Office (EPO) are pending has become a hot topic.
The owner of a European patent (EP) is normally concerned about how the pending opposition/appeal proceedings before the EPO will impact the enforceability or validity of the national patent in Turkey.
The strength of a patent…
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It has now been over a year since the entry into force of the long-awaited Industrial Property Code (the IP Code) in January 2017. While the IP Code replaced the decree-laws pertaining to the protection of trade marks, patents, geographical indications and industrial designs, by uniting them into a single code, it also introduced new provisions. This article aims to summarise the new provisions in general and analyse the issues surrounding the implementation of the major new…
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Almost all whistleblowing reports are evaluated quickly due to the urgency of the matter. However, if an evaluation is completed without taking fundamental steps or necessary planning, it may result in an improper investigation and eventually the inability to resolve the issue, or even the undertaking of an unnecessary investigation.
Evaluation of whistleblower reports
The majority of whistleblowers are employees(1) and are generally more cooperative in comparison to…
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