22 Oct 2019
The Turkish Constitutional Court ruled that the crossover bridge built near an immovable decreases the immovable’s value due to noise pollution, and therefore violates the owner’s right to property. The applicant applied to the General Directorate of Highways for […]
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Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Board (“Board”) fined Facebook due to failure to take the necessary technical and administrative measures to prevent possible data breaches and to notify the Board of such breach. Facebook representatives informed the Board on 25 […]
Read More22 Oct 2019
The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (“TPTO”) has updated its patent research platform with a user-friendly interface, for patent and utility model applicants to reach broader information. Accordingly, documents and correspondence on patent and utility model application transactions have […]
22 Oct 2019
The long-awaited Communiqué on Equity Crowdfunding numbered III-35/A.1 (“Communiqué”) issued by the Capital Markets Board of Turkey (“Board”) has entered into force. The Communiqué regulates the procedures and principles regarding equity crowdfunding, activities of crowdfunding platforms, fund-raising from the […]
15 Oct 2019
The Turkish Trademark and Patent Office (“TPTO”) has published the new Trademark Examination Guideline regarding the examination of the absolute grounds based on article 5 of Industrial Property Law numbered 6769 (“IPL”). The new guideline updates the previous one […]
25 Sep 2019
Turkey introduced new legislation which came into effect on 1 January 2019 providing for mandatory mediation as a prerequisite for commercial disputes before pursuing the dispute via the Turkish court system. The Law on Starting Legal Proceedings for Monetary […]
24 Sep 2019
11th Chamber of Turkish Court of Cassation rendered a long-awaited decision on the cancellation of trademarks that have not been in use for five years starting from the registration date. The court concluded that, although in principle, the laws […]
24 Sep 2019
Turkish Constitutional Court evaluated a case where the applicant has appealed a court judgment on the National Judicial Network Information System (“UYAP”) within the legal period of time; however, the Court of Cassation rejected the appeal request by taking […]
24 Sep 2019
In order to resolve the conflicting judgments, Turkish Council of State’s General Assembly on Unification of Judgments recently decided on assessments and penalties within the scope of lawsuits filed by taxpayers against ex-officio VAT assessment in cases where books […]
24 Sep 2019
Turkey has introduced The Regulation on Registration, Production, and Marketing of Local Varieties (“Regulation”) aiming to protect field crops, vineyard/garden plants and other plant varieties and to prevent genetic erosion for those. The new Regulation outlines procedures and principles […]
24 Sep 2019
Turkish Competition Board (“Board”) decided to conduct an investigation to Turkish Pharmacists’ Association for violation of article 4 (restrictive trade practices and concerted practices) of the Law number 4054 on the Protection of Competition (“Law”). As a result of […]
24 Sep 2019
Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency has amended the Regulation on Licensing of Medicinal Products for Human Use with regards to the suspension of licenses. Under the Regulation on Amendment of the Regulation on Licensing of Medicinal Products for […]
