17 Apr 2024
The Regulation on Closed Environment Plant Production Registration System (“Regulation”), prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (“Ministry”), was published in the Official Gazette, dated 16 March 2024 and numbered 32491. It entered into force on the date […]
28 Oct 2022
The administration of the domain names with .tr extension has been handled by Nic.TR operating under Middle East Technical University (“METU”) since 1991 according to protocol signed by METU between The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”). […]
16 Mar 2022
1. Cloud Computing 1.1 Laws and Regulations Although there are no specific laws for regulating cloud computing in Turkey, certain rules prescribed in several laws and secondary legislation concerning cloud computing apply in most cases. These rules are mainly […]
11 Mar 2022
Law numbered 7346 on the Amendments to Certain Laws (“Amendment Law“), published in Official Gazette dated 25 December 2021 and numbered 37100, introduced amendments on crime of circumventing technological measures outlined in article 72 of the Law on Intellectual […]
23 Feb 2022
1. General Information 1.1 Governing Copyright Statute Copyright protection in Turkey is governed by the Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works numbered 5846 (the “Law”), which came into force on 13 January 1951 and was amended in 1983, 1995, […]
24 Dec 2021
The administration of the domain names with .tr extension has been handled by Nic.tr operating under Middle East Technical University (“METU”) since 1990. However, in accordance with Internet Domain Names Regulation (“Regulation”) published in Official Gazette numbered 27752 and […]
30 Sep 2021
Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (“TPTO”) has published an updated Trademark Examination Guideline (“Updated Guideline”) on 18 August 2021. The guideline has been updated for the fourth time since 2011, and for the second time since the entry into […]
30 Sep 2021
In 2018, Guerlain’s 3D trademark application for its iconic “Rouge G de Guerlain” lipstick (the “Product”) was rejected by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (the “EUIPO”) after the EUIPO Board of Appeals found that it lacked distinctiveness sufficient […]
27 May 2021
Non-fungible tokens (“NFT”s) have taken internet by storm after the sale of a JPEG image in NFT format for 69.4 million USD on March 11, 2021. Following this sale, the sale of tweets, videos, and other digital content in […]
11 May 2021
The Regulation Amending the Regulation on Presentation of Radio, Television, and On-Demand Internet Broadcasts (“Amendment Regulation”) was published in Official Gazette dated 10 April 2021 and numbered 31450. Amendment Regulation introduced certain amendments to the Regulation on the Presentation […]
