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Copyright Law in Turkey Key Development and Predictions 2022

Copyright Law in Turkey Key Development and Predictions 2022

In the report, we outline seven controversial issues that we often encounter in Turkish copyright Law.

Data Protection and Privacy Law in Turkey Key Developments and Predictions - 2022

Data Protection and Privacy Law in Turkey Key Developments and Predictions - 2022

We focus on the key aspects of data privacy matters and developments in Turkey, and the most important or challenging issues regarding the same.

Life Sciences Law in Turkey Key Developments and Predictions - 2022

Life Sciences Law in Turkey Key Developments and Predictions - 2022

We focus on the key aspects of life sciences in Turkey, the most important and challenging issues in Turkey’s life sciences industry.

Trademark Law in Turkey Key Developments and Predictions - 2022

Trademark Law in Turkey Key Developments and Predictions - 2022

We have compiled our articles on various topics of trademark law that we deem important for brand owners, which we have developed over the course of the last year.

Patent Law in Turkey Key Developments and Predictions - 2022

Patent Law in Turkey Key Developments and Predictions - 2022

We focus on the key aspects of patent litigation in Turkey, and the most important or challenging issues in Turkish Patent Law.

Media and Advertising Law in Turkey Key Developments and Predictions - 2022

Media and Advertising Law in Turkey Key Developments and Predictions - 2022

We focus on the key aspects of media and advertising law in Turkey, and the most important or challenging issues in Turkish media and advertising Law.

Commercial Dispute Resolution Under Turkish Law Rules, Developments and Insights - 2020

Commercial Dispute Resolution Under Turkish Law Rules, Developments and Insights - 2020

We focus on the four main topics of commercial dispute resolution under Turkish law, and the most important and challenging issues in commercial dispute resolution under Turkish law.

COVID-19 HUB

COVID-19 HUB

Our COVID-19 HUB is designed to keep our stakeholders updated and help them understand the legal effects of COVID-19 outbreak, and take steps to maintain their businesses in Turkey.

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Monthly Newsletters

September 2022

September 2022

We are pleased to publish our monthly newsletters to update our community and clients about legal developments in Turkey.

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Patent and Trademark Office Implements Service by Publication Procedure

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Trademarks and Designs || Uğur Aktekin and İrem Girenes Yücesoy

There previously used to be delays in the notifi cation of documents to applicants due to their failure to inform the offi ce ofaddress changes A provision was added to the IP Code in order to fi nd a solution to the issue of serving documents to rights holders All documents that could not be served due to an address change have now started to be served via publication through an Official Bulletin In the past, there used to be delays in the notifi cation of documents to app...»

Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Technologies and Their Impacts on Brand Protection

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Trademarks and Designs || Mutlu Yıldırım Köse and Havva Yıldız

In recent years, developments in digitalization have started to make crucial impacts on many fields, including intellectual property, from creation to monetization and enforcement levels. Brand owners and brand protection professionals are heeding updates in artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain-based technologies such as smart contracts, metaverses and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), with total market trading volume of approximately $12.13 billion only for the first quarte...»

Validity of Release in Settlements Made Before Mediators

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Employment || Beril Yayla Sapan and Kardelen Özden

Release agreements that concern employee receivables from employers are subject to certain formal requirements under article 420 of the Code of Obligation No. 6098 (TCO). In this regard, the following conditions must be met: release agreements that concern employee receivables from employers must be executed in writing; at the date of release, at least one month must pass from the date of the termination of employment; the type and amount of the receivable subject to release...»

New Rules on Advertisements with Price Information and Advertisements for Discount Sales

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Technology, Media and Telecom || Hande Hançar and Baran Güney

Regulation on Commercial Advertising and Unfair Commercial Practices (“Regulation”) was amended in a way to include new measures and rules to regulate advertisements containing misleading price information and to protect consumers against unfair commercial practices. The amendments were enacted on February 1, 2022 and entered into force on March 1, 2022. According to new rules enacted in the Regulation; additional measures were implemented to protect consumers against adverti...»

How to use Right to Seek New Employment During Notice Period

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Employment || Beril Yayla Sapan, Ezgi Kut and Mehmet Berk Demir

Introduction Indefinite-term employment agreements can be terminated by complying with notice periods, unless either party has a just cause for termination. Article 27 of the Labour Law regulates the right for employees to seek new employment during their notice periods: Within the notice periods, the employer is obliged to grant the employee the leave to seek new employment within the work hours and without making any salary deduction. Time of the leave to seek new employmen...»

Effective Date of Additional Obligations on Consumer Protection Approaches

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Corporate and M&A || Görkem Bilgin, Yalçın Umut Talay and Latif Aktaş

The Law No. 7392, published in the Official Gazette numbered 31796 on April 1, 2022, has introduced significant changes to many issues regulated under the Consumer Protection Law (the “Law”).  The provisions of the new law that relate to timeshare and long-term vacation agreements entered into force on April 1, 2022, before the summer season. However, most of the changes, including those below, will come into effect on October 1, 2022. As the changes are substantial, we highl...»

Turkey Appealed the Decision of the World Trade Organization Panel on the Localisation Policy Regarding Pharmaceutical Products

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Life Sciences || Dicle Doğan and Beste Turan

In Turkey, specific healthcare services are reimbursed by the government due to the social state principle. Accordingly, a large portion of the prescribed pharmaceutical products have been included in the reimbursement list of the Social Security Institution (“SSI”) and the payments of the treatments have been completely or partially made by the SSI.   According to the legal framework, pharmaceutical products with the marketing authorization can be included in the reimburseme...»

Birleşik Krallık ve Çin’den NFT’ler ile İlgili İki Güncel Mahkeme Kararına Genel Bir Bakış

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Trademarks and Designs || Mutlu Yıldırım Köse and Havva Yıldız

— Birleşik Krallık Yüksek Mahkemesi’nin “Lavinia Deborah Osbourne v (1) Persons Unknown (2) Ozone Networks Inc Trading as Opensea” Kararı — Çin Hangzhou İnternet Mahkemesi’nin “Qice v. BigVerse” Kararı 2021 yılının başından itibaren adını sıklıkla duyduğumuz ve bugün sanat, müzik, video oyunları ve sinema gibi hayatımızın birçok alanında karşımıza çıkan Non-Fungible Token’lar (NFT) uzun süre gündemde yer alacak gibi görünüyor. Nitekim sadece 2022 yılının ilk çeyreği için NFT’...»

Private M&A 2022 in Turkey

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Corporate and M&A || Görkem Bilgin and Cansu Akbıyıklı

1. What are the current major trends in the private M&A market? M&A activity in Turkey started to increase again once the national lockdown was lifted in June 2020 and 304 deals were recorded in Turkey in 2020 with a total deal value of USD9 billion. According to the Deloitte Annual Turkish M&A Review, 2021 M&A volume was around US$10.1 billion, corresponding to a growth of 12% compared to 2020. Major deals (transactions with volumes exceeding USD1 billi...»

What Are the Rules for Alcohol Advertising in Turkey?

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Technology, Media and Telecom || Hande Hançar and Baran Güney

Alcohol advertising has been a criticized topic for long time in Turkey. The year 2013 can be considered as milestone in Turkey. There has been a major change in the alcohol regulation. Upon the amendments in the “Tobacco and Alcohol Regulation” any advertising of alcohol products has simply been banned in any kind of media.  This ban has included broadcasts on TV and radio, ads in the cinema, product replacement, printed media as well as social media and digital platforms. H...»

Corporate Governance in Turkey 2022

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Corporate and M&A || Görkem Bilgin and Edanur Atlı

What are the primary sources of law, regulation and practice relating to corporate governance? Is it mandatory for listed companies to comply with listing rules or do they apply on a ‘comply or explain’ basis? The Turkish Commercial Code (TCC) dated 13 January 2011 (Law No. 6102) entered into force on 1 July 2012. The TCC has important objectives, such as ensuring transparency, adopting corporate governance standards and introducing internationally accepted auditing and repor...»

Registrability of 3D Trademarks

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Trademarks and Designs and Life Sciences || Dicle Doğan and Ayşenur Çıtak Bozdağ

The Turkish Court of Cassation (the CoC) issued a decision in which the registrability of a 3D medical device trade mark is discussed. This paper aims to provide the details of the matter and to remark upon its importance. Background A 3D device trade mark application covering goods in classes 5 and 10 was filed before the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (the Office) and was rejected as the Office found the application as non-distinctive and descriptive. Court Phases The...»