§11.01 INTRODUCTION
Intellectual property rights (IPRs (IPR in the singular meaning)) have become the most valuable assets in the modern times of the global economy. The strength and financial importance of IPRs has also been well recognized in Turkey since 1995, the year of ‘Turkish IPR revolution’; the Turkish legal system relating to IPRs was amended to ensure conformity with the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)1 and other…
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Introduction
In March 2013 a new Electricity Market Law was enacted, with the aim of improving energy regulation and attracting greater investment in the electricity market. One of the highlights was the introduction of EPIAS, the new energy market operating company, which would establish and operate an electricity stock exchange, among other activities.
EPIAS was initially planned to commence operations in October 2013, but it took longer than expected to lay the groundwork…
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E-health services are proving increasingly popular; but many questions remain to be answered before their use becomes mainstream, including in relation to their scope, safety and regulation.
Scope and aim
The World Health Organisation has defined ‘e-health’ as the provision of health resources and healthcare through electronic means. The objectives of e-health services are to increase the efficiency of healthcare services by reducing costs and saving time.
In this regard, the…
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Introduction
In February 2014 Minister of Health Mehmet Müezzinoğlu made the following announcement:
“We aim to show the brand value of health in Turkey to the neighbouring region comprising a population of 1 billion; and increase healthcare tourism revenue from $2.5 billion to $10 billion in the next five years. Here we hope to succeed in establishing centres providing healthcare services to the people of our country and to our future by combining intelligence capital…
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The main legislation in Turkey applying to information broadcast and published online is the Law numbered 5651 on the Regulation of Broadcasts and Publications Made Online and Regarding the Countering of Crimes Committed via These Broadcasts and Publications (Internet Publication Law) which came into effect upon publication on May 23, 2007. The Internet Publication Law introduced procedures for applying blocking orders to Internet Web sites that included content that…
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Turkey adopted the World Intellectual Property Organization’s(WI PO) international registration system in 1999. Ugur Aktekin and Pinar Arikan in Istanbul examine the successes and failures of the sys-tem since its implementation 15 years ago.
Historically, the protection of trademark rights has been dependent upon territorial registration. International brands and businesses have obliged to protect their trademark rights on an individual country- by-country basis, registering…
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