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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.

Patent Law in Turkey Key Developments and Predictions - 2021

Patent Law in Turkey Key Developments and Predictions - 2021

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

Patent Law in Turkey Key Developments and Predictions - 2020

Patent Law in Turkey Key Developments and Predictions - 2020

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

Trademark Law in Turkey Key Developments and Predictions - 2020

Trademark Law in Turkey Key Developments and Predictions - 2020

We focus on the eight main challenges encountered in the interpretation and implementation of key changes introduced by the IP Code.

Copyright Law in Turkey Key Development and Predictions

Copyright Law in Turkey Key Development and Predictions

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

Life Sciences Law in Turkey Key Developments and Predictions - 2020

Life Sciences Law in Turkey Key Developments and Predictions - 2020

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

Media and Advertising Law in Turkey Key Developments and Predictions - 2020

Media and Advertising Law in Turkey Key Developments and Predictions - 2020

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.

Data Protection and Privacy Law in Turkey Key Developments and Predictions

Data Protection and Privacy Law in Turkey Key Developments and Predictions

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

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February 2021

February 2021

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

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COVID-19: Update on Clinical Research Precautions

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Life Sciences || Dicle Doğan and Fatma Sevde Tan

Dicle Doğan and Fatma Sevde Tan, Gun + Partners On 25 July 2020, the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency published an update to its announcement titled Precautions to be taken in Clinical Research due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Turkish language) that was originally published on 20 March 2020. The update reflects feedback collected from the industry. The updated announcement states the following: Applications to conduct online meetings between research personnel durin...»

District Court Upholds Foreign Mark Owner’s Opposition Based on ‘Genuine Right Ownership’ Ground

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Trademarks and Designs || Zeynep Seda Alhas and Cansu Evren

Cummins Inc opposed the registration of the mark GENUINE PARTS on the ground of ‘genuine right ownership’ The District Court ruled that Cummins had genuine rights in the mark due to its registrations in the European Union and the United States As the applicant and Cummins operated in the same field of business, the application had been filed in bad faith Background The principle of ‘genuine right ownership’, which is regulated by Article 6/3 of the Turkish Intellectual Prop...»

Amendments to the Law No: 5651 Concerning Social Media

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Data Protection and Privacy || Begüm Yavuzdoğan Okumuş, Selin Başaran Savuran and Yalçın Umut Talay

The law amending the Law No. 5651 on the Regulation of Internet Broadcasts and Prevention of Crimes Committed through Such Broadcasts (the “Law No: 5651”) was accepted by the Turkish Grand National Assembly on July 29, 2020 and published in the Official Gazette on 31 July 2020. These amendments, which have been on the agenda for a long time and known as social media regulations, bring fundamental changes. New provisions have been added to the Law No. 5651. Essentially, simila...»

COVID-19: Declarations of Conformity for Medical Devices Valid Only if Issued by Manufacturers

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Life Sciences || Dicle Doğan and Fatma Sevde Tan

Dicle Doğan and Fatma Sevde Tan, Gun + Partners On 1 July 2020, the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency published an announcement (Turkish language) stating that declarations of conformity for medical devices issued by organisations other than manufacturers have no validity. Declarations of conformity can only be issued by manufacturers. Products classified under the Turkish Medical Devices Regulation as Class I (non-sterile and non-measuring) products and under the ...»

Turkish Court of Appeal Considers Mandatory Mediation Requirement in Disputes Containing Both Monetary and Nonmonetary Claims

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Trademarks and Designs || Güldeniz Doğan Alkan and Ayşenur Çıtak

Mediation became mandatory for monetary-related commercial disputes from 1 January 2019, but the practical impact of this change had remained unclear Based on a recent Court of Appeal decision, it appears that monetary and non-monetary claims can be filed together without going through mandatory mediation This decision is significant in view of the high number of IP-related cases that include both types of claim Background Mediation became mandatory for monetary-related com...»

How Did COVID-19 Impact Employers in Turkey?

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Employment || Beril Yayla Sapan and Asena Aytuğ Keser

Closures Certain sectors were temporarily closed, by administrative order, ceasing all business operations. Those businesses that remained open introduced several workplace practices in order to minimise the risk of transmission, in line with their occupational health and safety obligations, which have been heightened in current circumstances. Governmental facilities granted to employers The Governmental authorities provided a prohibition on the termination of employment for ...»

COVID-19 Impact on Trademarks

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Trademarks and Designs || Mutlu Yıldırım Köse

Having affected the whole world, Covid 19 pandemic also had an impact on trademark law as the other areas of law. When considered in detail, it can be seen that trademark law is affected in various aspects by the Covid 19 pandemic. As a matter of fact, one of the most apparent examples of this impact is that the number of trademark applications related to the Covid 19 period has risen, although the number of trademark applications in total has decreased. Worldwide known trade...»

Postponed Articles of the Turkish Code of Obligations Concerning Workplaces Have Entered Into Force

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Corporate and M&A || Filiz Toprak Esin and Selin Başaran Savuran

Although the Turkish Code of Obligations No. 6098 ("TCO") entered into force on 1 July 2012; with Article 53 of the Law on Amendment of Certain Laws and Decree Laws dated July 4, 2012 and numbered 6353, enforcement of Articles 323, 325, 331, 340, 342, 343, 344, 346 and 354 of the TCO (“Postponed Articles”) has been postponed for 8 years as of 1 July 2012 for workplace lease agreements where the lessee is a merchant in the scope of the Turkish Commercial Code ("TCC") or a priv...»

Discovery of Evidence and Preliminary Injunction Demands During COVID-19

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Patent and Utility Models || Selin Sinem Erciyas and Zeynep Çağla Üstün

Co-published An IP court has accepted the discovery of evidence demand made by an originator company against a generic pharmaceutical company after the court’s expert panel confirmed that patent infringement had occurred, but has then rejected the originator’s request for a preliminary injunction due to the so-called ‘Bolar’ exemption. Facts An originator company filed a discovery of evidence request with a preliminary injunction demand against a generic company that complete...»

Web-based Scientific Meetings of Medical Device Companies

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Life Sciences || Dicle Doğan and Fatma Sevde Tan

Dicle Doğan and Fatma Sevde Tan, Gun & Partners On 11 June 2020, the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency published new guidelines (Turkish language) on scientific meetings and educational activities regarding medical devices. The guidelines, which were updated by an amendment made on 27 April 2020, state that in terms of scientific web-based meetings, only meetings that last more than one day should be notified. This is further to the existing rules, which do not...»

Analysing the Relationship Between AI and Copyright Law

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Copyrights || Mutlu Yıldırım Köse and Havva Yıldız

Artificial intelligence (AI), which does not yet have a solid definition, can generally be described as “the ability of a digital computer or computer controlled robot to perform tasks commonly associated with intelligent beings.” AI systems have started to play a part in our daily life and today they carry out crucial roles for human beings. For instance, BlueDot’s AI system was among the first in the world to identify the emerging risk from COVID-19. AI also creates music, ...»

Patent Litigation 2020 in Turkey

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Patent and Utility Models || Selin Sinem Erciyas, Özge Atılgan Karakulak and Zeynep Çağla Üstün

1. What are the principal sources of law and regulation relating to patents and patent litigation? Turkey is a party to almost all international treaties relating to intellectual property, including the: WIPO Strasbourg Agreement Concerning the International Patent Classification 1971. WIPO Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property 1883 (Paris Convention). Patent Cooperation Treaty 1970 (PCT). European Patent Convention 1973 (EPC). WTO Agreement on Trade-Rel...»