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On 28 January 2025, Unified Patent Court (“UPC”) Düsseldorf Local Division delivered a decision[1] in a patent infringement action brought by Fujifilm Corporation (“Fujifilm”) against Kodak GmBH, Kodak Graphic Communications GmBH and Kodak Holding GmBH (together referred  as “Kodak”), […]

On 5 February 2025, the Personal Data Protection Authority (“Authority”) published the Public Announcement on Key Considerations for Standard Contracts in Cross-Border Personal Data Transfers (“Public Announcement”) on its official website. The Authority, through the Public Announcement, has shared […]

The obligation to employ an occupational health and safety (OHS) specialist and a workplace physician in workplaces classified as low-risk with fewer than 50 employees had been postponed for a long time. However, this long-postponed requirement has officially come […]

On 13 January 2024, the Personal Data Protection Authority published a public announcement (“Public Announcement”) on its official website regarding the “Fulfillment of the Obligation to Inform in the Scope of Mediation Activities”. The Public Announcement provides explanations on […]

The Public Oversight, Accounting and Auditing Standards Authority (“POA”) has significantly amended the scope of application of the Türkiye Sustainability Reporting Standards (“TSRS“). These changes have narrowed the scope of companies (mainly or to some extent) operating within the […]

The long-awaited regulation on aggregation activities, whose foundations were laid with the amendments to the Electricity Market Law published in the Official Gazette No. 32057 dated 28 December 2022, has been issued in the Official Gazette. The regulation sets […]

The Energy Market Regulatory Authority (“EMRA”) has introduced substantial amendments to the electricity market legislation. Among these changes, notable highlights include the provision of a new opportunity for license-exempted electricity generation facilities whose ten-year purchase guarantee period has expired, […]

The Communiqué on the determination of the interest rates to be applied in rediscount and advance transactions (“Communiqué”) issued by the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (“CBRT”) has been published in the Official Gazette dated 28 December […]

The Communiqué (“Communiqué”) regarding the Administrative Fines to be Applied in 2025 according to Article 18 of the Law numbered 6585 on the Regulation of Retail Trade was published in the Official Gazette dated December 26, 2024, and numbered […]

The Communiqué (“Amendment Communiqué”) Amending the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles Regarding the Application of Article 376 of the Turkish Commercial Code No. 6102 (“Commercial Code”) (“Communiqué”) was published in the Official Gazette dated 25 December 2024 and […]