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INTRODUCTION Turkey’s first legislation addressing personal data protection was enacted on April 4th, 2016. Turkish Data Protection Law numbered 6698 (“DP Law”) outlines a similar framework to the European Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC and the secondary legislation in the […]

Istanbul’s First Instance IP Court recently dismissed a negative declaratory action (the “Case”) against our client citing plaintiff’s lack of standing because the pharmaceutical at issue was unlicensed as of the when the action was started. The ruling is […]

Loss of rights due to inaction is a familiar concept in Turkish Law, and applies in many different types of dispute. In the context of the Trademark Law, it can be defined as follows: “If a rights owner does […]

Children, due to their limited life experience and propensity for risk taking relative to adults, are generally considered particularly vulnerable to online personal data intrusions and theft. Data from the National Center for Education Statistics of the United States […]

The Regulation on Not Using the Crypto Assets in Payments (“Regulation”) adopted by Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası (“Central Bank of Turkey”) has been published in the Official Gazette No. 31456 dated 16 April 2021. The Regulation is enacted based […]

Foreword Since the first affordable home radios occupied a central place in living rooms around the world, consumers have sought ever more convenient and customizable ways to access media. Today, streaming services offer a once unimaginable level of consumer […]

Open Banking The ongoing global transformation from analog to digital began, arguably, with the invention of the first computer. For the purposes of this article, digital transformation refers to the integration of traditional business processes and digital technology.  The […]

Almost five years passed since the enactment of Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698, whilst much of what were once considered standard business practices in Turkey have become obsolete, if not unlawful. Organizations are now required to implement within […]

Introduction We welcome the new year still reeling from the one just ended; still grappling with the lingering effects of an ongoing global pandemic. No industry or profession emerged from 2020 unaltered. Trademark law practice is no exception. Nevertheless, […]

INTRODUCTION We are in an era where every sphere of our lives is, willingly or unwillingly, shaped or at least touched by technology. As the new norm, technology sets the boundaries for the concept of “normal.” Unavoidably, every profession […]