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Turkish Constitutional Court Annuls Advertisement Board’s Power to Block Access to Websites
Turkish Constitutional Court (“Court”) annulled the paragraph 12 of Article 77 of the Consumer Protection Law, which granted the Advertisement Board the power to partially or entirely block access to websites containing unlawful advertising content. The relevant rule was considered to be unconstitutional pursuant to the Court’s decision dated 13 September 2023 and numbered 2022/70 E. - 2023/152 K. which was published on the Official Gazette dated 27 October 2023 and numbered… »
Draft Regulation by Turkey's Competition Authority: A Step Forward in Cartel Transparency
Article 4 of Code No. 4054 on the Protection of Competition ("Code") prohibits agreements, concerted practices, and decisions that restrict competition. The Regulation on Active Cooperation for Detecting Cartels ("Existing Regulation") published in the Official Gazette dated 15.02.2009 and numbered 21142 has been in force for more than 14 years to reveal cartels, which are considered the most serious competition violations in competition law, involving agreements and/or… »
Regulatory Update in Turkey: Prolonged Exclusion of Specific Losses in Capital and Equity Assessments
The Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles Regarding Implementation of Article 376 of the Turkish Commercial Code No. 6102 ("Implementation Communiqué") was amended on December 26, 2020, and it was regulated that certain loss items will not be considered in the calculations made in terms of capital loss or negative equity until January 1, 2023. Although the Ministry of Trade indicated in its statements on various occasions that this exception was introduced as a… »
Cyber Insurance and Insuring NFTs
With the frequent occurrence of cyber-attacks, having insurance coverage against these attacks has become increasingly crucial, and many insurance companies have started to provide cybersecurity insurance services. Like cryptocurrencies, NFTs which are digital assets with a specific value, are based on blockchain technology and stored in the blockchain. The blockchain is a database containing records that, once added, are almost impossible to change and is a digital ledger… »
New Minimum Capital Requirements in Turkey: Impact on Joint Stock and LLCs
With the Presidential Decree numbered 7887 and published in the Official Gazette dated 25 November 2023 and numbered 32380, it has been decided to increase the minimum capital amount for joint stock and limited liability companies by 5 times. According to this regulation, as of 1 January 2024, the new minimum capital amounts will be as follows: Minimum Capital Amount According to the Previous Legislation Minimum Capital Amount According to the New… »
Practical Guideline on Immediate Actions for Foreign Companies Facing Commercial Litigation in Turkey
Introduction Given the complex, competitive and contested course of commercial life, the odds are most businesses will face, at one stage or another, a commercial dispute raised by a business partner (eg, a customer, distributor or supplier etc,). Some of these disputes can be resolved peacefully and amicably, but others may escalate to the court level. The latter can be particularly difficult to manage for global companies operating in multiple states, as cross border claims… »
Is Alternative Dispute Resolution Effective Enough for “.tr” Domain Names?
This article discusses the alternative dispute resolution mechanism for ".tr" domain names in Türkiye. It highlights the efficiency of the alternative dispute resolution mechanism and addresses some concerns over the transparency of proceedings. TRABIS (".tr" Network Information System), established by the Turkish Information and Communication Technologies Authority ("BTK"), became operational on September 14, 2022 and undertook the management of ".tr" domain names. Upon… »
Turkish Court of Cassation’s Comparison of Goods in Different Subclasses
During 2022, the 11th Civil Chamber of the Turkish Court of Cassation (the CoC) issued several decisions regarding trade marks covering goods in class 5. The CoC formed its evaluation on the likelihood of confusion by comparing the subclasses of class 5. The details of the decisions are provided below: Aster v Paster A cancellation action was filed against the Office’s decision rejecting the opposition filed against the trade mark PASTER in class 5 relying upon the… »
Minority Shareholders' Rights in Joint Stock Companies
In order to prevent the majority shareholders, who hold the superiority of capital and voting in the management of joint stock companies, from executing unfair and unjust acts against the minority shareholders and violating the rights of the minority shareholders, the legislator has granted some special rights to the minority shareholders and allowed them to protect their interests against the decisions taken with the influence of the majority. Thus, the balance of interests… »
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Güldeniz Doğan Alkan and Selin Sinem Erciyas spoke in TOBB University of Economics and Technology career days
Güldeniz Doğan Alkan and Selin Sinem Erciyas, partners in our intellectual property practice, visited TOBB University of Economics and Technology career days to share their experience working as a lawyer in Gün + Partners in Ankara on Mar 05, 2018.
Mehmet Gün will speak in ICC – Turkey Arbitration Day Conference
Mehmet Gün, our founding partner, will speak on “Dispute Resolution in Turkey: Threads and Opportunities” during ICC – Turkey Arbitration Day Conference in İstanbul, Turkey on Feb 09, 2018.
DETTO - Dokuz Eylül Teknoloji Transfer Ofisi
Aysel Korkmaz, managing associate in our intellectual property practice, has spoken on patent protection in pharmaceutical product and second medical use claims, relationship between patent and marketing authorization, and cases during the InventUP Health Program hosted by DETTO - Dokuz Eylül Teknoloji Transfer Ofisi in Izmir, Turkey on Jan 16, 2018.
Selin Sinem Erciyas moderated FICPI - TÜRKİYE roundtable meeting
Selin Sinem Erciyas, partner in our intellectual property practice and vice-president of FICPI - TÜRKİYE, has moderated first roundtable meeting of FICPI - TÜRKİYE in İstanbul, Turkey on Jan 12, 2018.
Gün + Partners have won Who’s Who Legal Country Firm of the Year Award for Turkey 2018
We are delighted to announce our firm has been awarded the Who’s Who Legal Country Firm of the Year Award for Turkey in 2018 once again. http://whoswholegal.com/awards/countrystate/
Özge Atılgan Karakulak has been named as Top 250 Women in IP 2018 by Managing IP
Congratulations to Özge Atılgan Karakulak, chair of our Life Sciences Practice, for being named Top 250 Women in IP 2018 by Managing IP: http://www.managingip.com/Article/3802643/The-Top-250-Women-in-IP-2018.html
Turkey’s New IP Code and Key Changes for Trademarks İstanbul Seminar
Turkey’s New IP Code and Key Changes for Trademarks Seminar was hosted by Gün + Partners in İstanbul on Apr 13, 2018. Uğur Aktekin, Hande Hançar Çelik, Barış Kalaycı and Güldeniz Doğan Alkan, partners in our IP practice shared their experiences.
Legal 500 2019 Rankings Announced
We are proud to have the Top Tier rankings in 5 out of 9 practice areas we are ranked in Turkey The Legal 500 (Legalease) and delighted that 4 of our Partners have been ranked as “Leading Individual” in their fields, with 2 lawyers listed as Next Generation Lawyers.
AIPPI Turkey 5th Intellectual Property Law Seminar
Zeynep Seda Alhas, partner in our intellectual property practice, was part of the Trademark - Design - Artistic Works Mock Trial as a counsel for the defence on during the Sertaç Köksaldı - 5th Intellectual Property Law Seminar hosted by AIPPI Turkey in Istanbul on Apr 06, 2018.
Begüm Yavuzdoğan Okumuş got CIPP/E certification
We congratulate Begüm Yavuzdoğan Okumuş, managing associate in our Corporate and M&A and TMT practices, for becoming Certified Information Privacy Professional Europe (CIPP/E) by the IAPP - International Association of Privacy Professionals. https://lnkd.in/ecAkq-V
IBA 6th Annual World Life Sciences Conference
This year's event will feature dynamic roundtable session as well as concurrent sessions covering the hottest topics and the latest developments from across the different sectors of the Life Science Industry. We look forward to seeing you in Boston, USA. https://www.ibanet.org/Conferences/conf880.aspx
We attended INTA Annual Meeting
Our delegates attended to International Trademark Association (INTA) Annual Meeting and met with our business partners and clients around the world in Seattle, WA.