The Advertising Board (“Board”) works to raise awareness about targeted advertising and deceptive commercial design practices, monitor international regulations and applications related to digital advertising and the use of personal data, and take necessary measures against current or potential violations. In this regard, the Board cooperates with the Personal Data Protection Authority. The Board also strictly supervises advertisements and commercial practices involving the…
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The Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (the “Agency”) has announced new notification obligations for economic operators in the event of an interruption or discontinuation (termination) of the supply of medical devices. This regulation was developed in line with the Medical Devices Regulation and the In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation, which were enacted as part of the European Union (“EU”) harmonization process and was published on May 21…
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As previously discussed in articles such as The Unified Patent Court: How Will It Affect Turkey? by Gün + Partners, decisions of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) on the infringement or validity of a European patent are not binding on the national courts of non-EU countries, including the United Kingdom, Norway, Switzerland, and Türkiye. This reflects the principle of territoriality, which limits the jurisdiction of international courts to their member states. Although these…
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The threshold values to be used in determining whether companies will be subject to independent audit under the Turkish Commercial Code No. 6102 (the “TCC”) for financial year starting on or after January 1st 2025 have been updated with the Presidential Decree published in the Official Gazette dated May 1st 2025 and numbered 32887.
Accordingly, the general thresholds for being subject to independent audit for companies other than those specifically listed in the annex of the…
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Bad faith in EU trademark law is regulated under the EU Trademark Regulation and related directives. According to the Court of Justice of the European Union, bad faith is an autonomous concept of EU law and must be interpreted uniformly across the Union. Although various legislative efforts continue within the EU harmonization framework, amendments to the regulations and directives alone do not ensure consistent and predictable decisions by national trademark offices…
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In Turkish and European Union competition law practices, competition authorities are vested with various powers aimed at protecting competition, by investigating, inquiring, detecting, and terminating competition infringements. The scope and extent of these powers have been the subject of numerous debates and legal cases. Most recently, the Turkish Constitutional Court’s decision issued on 23/3/2023, which ruled that the Turkish Competition Authority’s power to…
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