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Pursuant to the Article 26 of the Industrial Property Law (“IPL”), it is possible to cancel a trademark on account of non-use if the trademark has not been seriously used without a justifiable reason within five years from the […]

The Regulation Amending the Regulation on Distance Contracts (“Amendment Regulation“), published in the Official Gazette dated 4 November 2023 and numbered 32359. The Amendment Regulation does not introduce any fundamental changes to the scope of distance sales but postpones […]

Amendments were made to the Law on the Transformation of Areas under Disaster Risk and Administrative Jurisdiction Procedures Law. With the Law on the Amendment of the Law on the Transformation of Areas under Disaster Risk and Certain Laws […]

According to the the General Communiqué on Collection (Series: C, No: 7) (“Communiqué”) and Presidential Decree Act No. 7782 (“Decree”) published in the Official Gazette dated 14.11.2023 numbered 32369, the rate of default interest, overdue interest, remorse interest and […]

The Turkish Food Codex Regulation on Contaminants (“Regulation“) is introduced in the Official Gazette dated 5 November 2023 and numbered 32360. The Regulation which has been prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (“Ministry”) in compliance with the […]

The Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye introduced new interest rates to be applied in rediscount and advance transactions. With the Communiqué published in the Official Gazette dated 1 November 2023 and numbered 32356 (“Communiqué”), the Central Bank […]

The Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (“TİTCK“) published the “Announcement on Products Not Evaluated under Medical Device Regulations” (“Announcement“) prepared by the Medical Devices Approved Organization and Clinical Research Department on October 30, 2023. The Announcement provides information […]

A Public Announcement was published by the Personal Data Protection Board stating that in order to send a verification code to consumers via text message in stores during shopping, the data controller must have fulfilled the obligation of information […]

The Use of Paperless Trade and Electronic Signatures Following the Covid-19 pandemic, a concept referred to as the “new normal” lifestyle has emerged as a widely used term to describe the global changes that have taken place. This new […]

I. Introduction Due to the growth and development of the entrepreneurship ecosystem and the evolving needs of investors and entrepreneurs, the necessity to develop solutions has become inevitable. In the United States, the utilization of SAFE (Simple Agreement for […]