The removal of product identification codes is a phenomenon and topic which trademark owners in certain branches have been dealing with for decades. In many cases, these codes not only allow the identification or tracing of the product for product safety reasons (product recalls), but may also serve the purpose of identifying the authorized reseller to whom a product was initially delivered by the brand owner. In particular, perfumes, cosmetics, and alcoholic beverages are…
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In June 2017 the Supreme Court rendered an important decision concerning the protection of employees’ privacy rights. The court reversed a first-instance labour court decision and ruled that the dismissal of an employee was unlawful on the grounds that (among other things) the employer had used the employee’s WhatsApp conversations (obtained in an impermissible way) as evidence, thus violating the employee’s right to privacy.
Facts
A group of employees presented a collective…
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The new Communiqué on the Pricing of Medicinal Products for Human Use (“Communiqué”) has been enacted on 29.09.2017. The Communiqué keeps the general framework of the pricing of pharmaceuticals, although it brings a few changes as foreseen in the Decision dated 24 February 2017 the Council of Ministers No. 2017/9901 (“Decision”)
The Communiqué introduced two new terms: “real source price” and “source price” which does not change the pricing system. The “real source price” is…
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New developments in Turkey could reignite an appetite for foreign investment into the region.
It is without a doubt that countries across Europe and the USA have experienced a flood of difficulties over recent years. Turkey has also experienced tough times, particularly in 2016 due to the increase in terrorist attacks, failed coup attempt and the ongoing state of the emergency situation and political instability in Turkey’s neighbouring countries. These political disorders…
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New communiqué on medicines pricing
Dicle Doğan, Bentley James Yaffe and Fatma Sevde Tan, Gün + Partners
On 29 September 2017, the Ministry of Health published the new “Communiqué on the Pricing of Medical Products for Human Use” in the Official Gazette numbered 30195. The communiqué contains significant amendments to the pricing of products subject to special conditions and the timetable of the pricing procedure.
Definitions have been added for the terms “exactly equal…
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Labour Courts Act has came into force on 25 October 2017
On 25 October 2017, the Labour Courts Act No. 7036 (“Act”) was published in the Official Gazette and officially came into effect. The Act aims to ease the judiciary’s workload and accelerate the judicial process in employment cases.
The Act brought a number of changes to employment cases. The most important changes can be summarized as follows;
Mandatory mediation is introduced for both employers and employees prior to…
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