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Işık Özdoğan has been recognized as one of the world’s Top 250 Women in IP by Managing Intellectual Property in its 2016 edition. Işık leads Moroğlu Arseven’s 13-person intellectual property team and she is the only Turkish practitioner noted in the […]

Online sale of over the counter (“OTC”) pharmaceutical products is banned in Turkey because the legislative framework does not specifically address this market segment. Rather, local legislation deems OTC products to be effectively the same as pharmaceuticals, which can […]

The Turkish Patent Institute (TPI) opened the Draft Industrial Property Law for public consultation and that period closed on March 4. The draft law contains provisions on trademarks, patents, industrial designs and geographical indications, all of which are currently […]

Turkey’s Tobacco and Alcohol Market Regulatory Board (“Board”) has introduced an associability check, comparing registered names, trademarks, emblems, or logos for tobacco companies, against companies in other sectors. The Board will gradually complete associability checks, evaluating certain criteria. The […]

Q: As a dispute resolution expert, what trends have you noticed in terms of methods of dispute resolution over the last year? There is an increase in commercial cases before courts across Turkey. The business which could not cope […]

Historically, Turkey, the determination of resale price maintenance (“YSFB“) open-public (hardcore) that characterize as one of the vertical restraints are among the competition law regimes. In the past, it is possible to come across instances in which the Competition Board (“the Board“) has […]

Turkey has updated and amended its block exemption for R&D agreements. R&D agreements which meet the criteria are exempt from a general legislative prohibition on agreements, concerted practices and decisions which limit competition. Major changes apply to the market […]

Media Law International had ranked Moroğlu Arseven in Tier 4 for Media law in its 2016 rankings. Media, entertainment and sport are long established practice areas at Moroğlu Arseven. The firm’s expanding client-base includes performing artists, players, producers, coaches, […]

Significant structural changes have been made to Turkey’s unlicensed electricity generation market. The most important change is a new 1 MW total installed capacity limit for unlicensed facilities held directly or indirectly by the same persons or entities. Accordingly, […]

Turkey has completed the final step in a long running process to enact the Data Protection Law number 6698 (“Law“). The Law referred to in our recent article has now received Presidential approval and its final text was published in Official […]