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I don't accept I acceptArticle 8 of the Regulation on Commercial Advertisement and Unfair Commercial Practices (“Regulation”) permits comparative advertisements under specific conditions. Subparagraph (a) of the paragraph 1 of the article requires that such advertisements “should not be misleading or deceptive”, while subparagraph (f) mandates that “claims based on objective, measurable, and numerical data must be substantiated by scientific tests, reports, or documents”. The Regulation also… »
The Regulation on Broadcasting Services (“'Regulation”) was amended by the Radio and Television Supreme Council and these amendments were published in the Official Gazette No. 32575 on 13 June 2024. These recent amendments are particularly relevant for news programs and, in some cases, live broadcast programs. The amendments introduced the following new rules, which are also in concern with the content rating for television programs: The Content Rating requirement is now… »
In 2024, significant changes and developments occurred regarding the administrative sanctions of the Advertisement Board. The Law No. 7529 on Amendments to the Consumer Protection Law and Certain Other Laws, published in the Official Gazette No. 32707 dated 30 October 2024, introduced significant changes as of the date of publication, particularly concerning the administrative fines imposed by the Advertisement Board and the reconciliation against administrative fines. The… »
The Patent and Trademark Office obtained the authority to revoke trademarks on 10 January 2024 Fourteen months later, the office published a regulation concerning the implementation of the administrative revocation of trademarks A key novelty is that, in addition to the application fee, the requesting party must also pay an escrow fee Background The administrative revocation of trademarks was introduced with the entry into force of the Industrial Property Code No 6769 on… »
With the entry into force of the Industrial Property Code no. 6769 (“IP Code”) on 10 January 2017, the administrative revocation of trade marks has been introduced into Turkish Trade Mark Law and revocation proceedings are entrusted to the Turkish Patent and Trade Mark Office (“the Office”) instead of Turkish Courts. However, the implementation of administrative revocation was postponed for 7 years, and during this transition period, revocation requests continued to be filed… »
One of the areas where the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have been intensively discussed is trademark law; while the changes brought about by this technology make attempt to provide innovative and effective processes in terms of registration processes and determination of infringement, it also makes it necessary to re-evaluate the basic concepts of trademark law. This year, as in previous years, the use of AI technologies by the authorities in relation… »
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