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Conditions for Pharmaceutical Exporters Other than Pharmaceutical Warehouses is Published
On 29 December 2023, the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (“Agency”) has published Guidelines on the Conditions for Pharmaceutical Export Made by Companies Other than Pharmaceutical Warehouses (the “Guidelines”). The Guidelines has been prepared in order to ensure the shipment and export of pharmaceutical products and dietary foods for special medical purpose in compliance with national and international standards, while protecting public health. The Guidelines… »
What Copyright and Trademark Owners Should Know About the Approach to NFTs in the Republic of Türkiye
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have grown in popularity since first entering public consciousness in 2021. They are digital tokens and may represent unique—virtual or real-world—items including songs, artworks, GIFs, virtual game items, videos, and cartoons. NFTs are created using blockchain technology and primarily operate within Ethereum, a blockchain platform with automated (smart) transactions. NTFs cannot be exchanged or replaced. The NFT is technically not the asset… »
Advertisement Board Issued New Principles for Preventing Misleading Loyalty Programs
The Advertisement Board ("Board") amended the "Guideline on Advertisements Containing Price Information, Discount Sale Advertisements and Commercial Practices" ("Guideline") in its meeting dated 09.01.2024 and numbered 341, introduced new principles for loyalty programs. Loyalty programs are generally defined as practices that allow consumers to collect points towards future purchases. The Board has observed that loyalty programs have recently turned into a discount sales… »
Guidelines on Medical Device Meetings Has Been Updated
On 4 January 2024, the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (“Agency”) announced on its official website that the Guidelines on Scientific Meetings and Educational Events to be Held within the Scope of the Regulation on the Sales, Advertisement and Promotion of Medical Devices (“Guidelines”) has been updated. Within the scope of the update, only in the third paragraph of Article 9 of the Guidelines, which came into force on 04 January 2024, the following issues have… »
Alternative Dispute Resolution System for Disputes Arising From ‘.tr’ Extended Domain Names in Türkiye
Overview On 14 September 2022, TRABIS (‘.tr’ Network Information System) took over the management of ‘.tr’ extended domain names with the Regulation coming into force in Türkiye. According to the Regulation, domain names can be allocated as documented or undocumented. Undocumented allocation is carried out within the framework of the ‘first come, first served’ rule. This rule is applied to domain names with the most commonly used extensions such as ‘.com.tr’, ‘.org.tr’… »
Global Patent Litigation 2023, Turkey Chapter
Özge Atılgan Karakulak, Selin Sinem Erciyas and Zeynep Çağla Üstün have contributed to 2023 edition of Global Patent Litigation: Strategy & Practice - Turkey Chapter, which is published by Wolters Kluwer. “Global Patent Litigation: Strategy & Practice” is a resource that provides reliable descriptions of the patent laws for key countries along with insights into successful strategies to avoid, defend, or pursue litigation in each jurisdiction. Every chapter is updated… »
Processing of Personal Data without Consent as Expressly Stipulated by Laws
On February 12, 2024, the Personal Data Protection Authority ("Authority") published an Information Note on the Personal Data Processing Based on the Legal Reason Applicable to Processing Required for the Laws ("Information Note") and made assessments under Turkish law and EU law regarding the processing of personal data in cases stipulated by laws. Although the Information Note mostly includes general scholar explanations from Turkish law and EU law perspectives, we would… »
Impact of New Minimum Capital Amounts on Trade Registry Applications
With the Presidential Decree No. 7887 published in the Official Gazette dated November 25, 2023 and numbered 32380, the minimum capital amounts for joint stock and limited liability companies have been increased and accordingly, effective from January 1, 2024, the new minimum capital amounts have been determined as TRY 50,000 for limited liability companies, TRY 250,000 for joint stock companies and TRY 500,000 for joint stock companies that have adopted the registered… »
Allocation of Domain Names in Structure of “a.tr”
In addition to domain names such as "com.tr" and "org.tr", which are already being allocated in Türkiye, allocation of domain names in the structure of "a.tr" has also become possible as of September 14, 2023. Domain names in the structure of “a.tr” do not include extensions such as ".com", ".net", ".org", etc. but have a direct country code extension of ".tr". Domain names in the structure of "a.tr", which have their legal basis in Provisional Article 3 of the Regulation on… »
Agency Opinion on Health Claims in Food and Food Supplements Can Now Be Requested
The Regulation on the Use of Health Claims for Food and Food Supplements (“Regulation”) entered into force as of its publication on the Official Gazette dated 20 April 2023, and numbered 32169; and the requirement for obtaining approval from the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency ("Agency") under the Ministry of Health for the use of health claims in the labelling, promotion or advertisement of food supplements was abolished. Following this development, the Agency… »
Thoughts On 2023 Corruption Perception Index
Transparency International released the 2023 Corruption Perception Index (“2023 CPI”) on January 30, 2024. Widely regarded as the key reference point in this field, the annual CPI aims to measure the corruption perceptions in the public sector over various sources such as the World Bank, World Economic Forum, private risk and consulting firms and think-tanks. In the recent years, the Russian-Ukrainian war, the conflict growing violent between Israel and Hamas in Palestine… »
Aggravated Scrutiny for Consumer Reviews
Consumer reviews are of great importance in online shopping as they enable consumers to form their opinion in terms of the features and quality of the products or services that they consider purchasing and the care and professionalism the sellers and providers present to consumers. Due to the decisive impact of consumer reviews on consumers’ shopping preferences, the Regulation on Commercial Advertising and Unfair Commercial Practices ("Regulation") were amended on February… »
News and Events
Özge Atılgan Karakulak Listed in Top 250 Women in IP 2022
Congratulations to Özge Atılgan Karakulak to be recognised as Managing IP's Top 250 Women in IP 2022 edition. This special publication recognises some of the senior female IP practitioners in private practice who have performed exceptionally for their clients and firms in the past year.
Barış Kalaycı spoke in Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group 99th Conference
"According to latest annual report of Pharmaceutical Security Institute, medicines intended for Turkish market were identified in 198 new incidents that were detected in 44 countries located in seven different regions of the world, thus, Turkey is now considered as one of the global suppliers of diverted and counterfeit medicines. Baris Kalayci, chair of our anti-counterfeiting practice, spoke on ""Fighting Counterfeit and Diverted Medicines in and from Turkey"" at…
Better Justice Association, Structural Reforms Summit
"Kurucusu olduğumuz Daha İyi Yargı Derneği çatısı altında ülkemizin daha iyisini ve ilerisini gerçekleştirmesi için çalışıyoruz. Daha İyi Yargı Derneği’nin TÜRKONFED ile birlikte 24 Ekim 2019’da Ankara’da düzenlediği zirvede Yapısal Reform, hukukun üstünlüğü ve hesapverirlik önerilerimizi paylaşacağız. Detaylı bilgi ve kayıt için tıklayınız: http://www.dahaiyiyargi.org/haberler-duyurular/yapisal-reformlar-zirvesi-24-ekimde-ankarada/"
World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000 2021 Rankings Are Announced
We are pleased to announce that we have been named as the top tier firm and our 8 practitioners are recognized as the leading individuals in the World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000: The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals 2021. WTR 1000 focuses exclusively on trademark practices and practitioners, has established itself as the definitive ‘go-to’ resource for those seeking world-class legal trademark expertise.…
Announcement of New Managing Associate and Senior Associate Promotions, 2022
We are pleased to announce the continued growth of our firm with the promotion of Cansu Akbıyıklı to managing associate, Emine Taşkıran and Fatma Sevde Tan to senior associate taking effect from 1 March 2022.
Webinar: World IP Day - IP and Youth: Innovating for a Better Future – Trademarks and Copyrights Perspective
Gün + Partners celebrated the World IP Day with webinars. Enjoy the fireside chat between Ugur Aktekin and our guest Ashli Weiss Uğurlu discussing IP and Youth: Innovating for a Better Future – Trademarks and Copyrights Perspective. Topics How Ashli, as a young and passionate IP lawyer, has used IP as an innovative tool while building her own career How young entrepreneurs shall benefit from IP, in particular trademarks and copyrights, while starting up their…
Asena Aytuğ Keser Is Promoted as Managing Associate
We are pleased to announce the promotion of Asena Aytuğ Keser as our new managing associate. Asena has been with Gün + Partners since 2011. She specializes in dispute management, employment, business crimes and anti-corruption, and insurance and reinsurance practices. Asena advises and represents clients in various commercial disputes before courts and arbitral tribunals, including high profile compensation cases, M&A and shareholders disputes, insurance disputes, and…
Mehmet Gün and Pelin Baysal to speak in Turkish-Ukrainian Infrastructure Forum
"Mehmet Gün, our founding partner and Pelin Baysal, co-chair of our dispute management practice will be panellists at ""Turkish-Ukrainian Infrastructure Forum: Creating Opportunities Together"" on November 13 at Fairmont Grand Hotel, Kyiv, Ukraine, organized by our firm Gün + Partners together with Ukrainian Arbitration Association (UAA), International Turkish Ukrainian Businessmen Association (TUID) and Integrites. Click below for…
Beril Yayla Sapan and Edanur Atlı Introduced Gün + Partners at Bilkent University’s 10th Law Students Forum
Our lawyers Beril Yayla Sapan, partner and a graduate of Bilkent University Faculty of Law, and Edanur Atlı attended the 10th Law Students Forum organized by Bilkent University Career in Law Club on Sunday, February 27, and introduced our office.
Mehmet Gün Spoke at the Better Justice Association Conference
Mehmet Gün, president of Better Justice Association, spoke on the the innovative solutions they developed for the judicial system of Turkey at the "Turkish Judicial Reform A to Z" Conference.
Baran Güney Will Talk at “Evolving Regulation of the Use of Consumer Reviews” webinar by International Advertising Association
Consumer reviews have become an important part of the advertising ecosystem and these reviews can be very influential to potential customers when they are making a purchasing decision. Marketers use reviews in advertising, they host reviews on their websites, they encourage consumers to post reviews on other sites, and some even try to prevent customers from posting negative reviews at all. “Evolving Regulation of the Use of Consumer Reviews” webinar by International…
IAM Patent 1000 - The World's Leading Patent Professionals Rankings 2022 Announced
The 2022 edition of the IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals has been released online.We are proud to announce that we have been recognised as the top tier firm and our 6 practitioners are recognized as the leading individuals in the IAM Patent 1000 - The World's Leading Patent Professionals 2022. The guide is the definitive resource for those seeking to identify world-class individual and firm-wide private practice patent expertise.