Turkey Legal Update

Mandatory DPO appointment under the GDPR and the appointment of representative introduced under the KVKK can create confusion in practice.

As IP courts have recently adopted, refusing preliminary injunction requests without making any assessment and without considering any arguments and evidence put forward by the IP right holder is not an acceptable practice.

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office applies principle of interdependence and considers well-known recorded trademarks, despite the contrary ruling of the Court of Cassation on the record.