31 May 2019
Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism’s Directorate General for Copyrights has provided access to Intellectual and Artistic Works Data Base (“Copyright Database”) through eser.telifhaklari.gov.tr on 8 May 2019. The Copyright Database includes the following: Information on works subject to […]
30 Apr 2019
In its decision dated 11 July 2018 and numbered 2018/83, the Turkish Constitutional Court revoked the Turkish Civil Procedural Law’s (“CPL”) provision —which set forth disciplinary imprisonment from one month to six months for individuals who do not obey […]
7 Mar 2019
The Law to Amend the Law on Evaluation, Classification, and Support of Cinema Films (“Amendment Law”) was published in Official Gazette number 30671 on 30 January 2019. The Amendment Law introduces new provisions for the movie theatre operators, including […]
4 Feb 2019
The World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) has released 2018 World Intellectual Property Indicators Report (“Report”), suggesting record-breaking use of its international intellectual property filing services for patents, trademarks, and industrial designs, particularly in Turkey and China. Noteworthy points about […]
4 Feb 2019
Ankara Regional Administrative Court 12th Administrative Chamber has ruled that the amount paid for medication during the chemotherapy treatment should be reimbursed to the patient since this medication is later included in “The List of Chemotherapy Medications to be […]
7 Jan 2019
Turkey’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (“Ministry”) has announced new procedures and principles for importing plant protection products and raw materials. The updated regime introduces a preliminary notification stage before parties can apply for an import permit, as well […]
7 Jan 2019
Turkey’s Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (“Agency”) has announced the principles regarding the approval of secondary packaging and storage facilities, as set forth in Article 7(3) of the Regulation on Medical Products for Human Use published in Official Gazette […]
6 Dec 2018
Turkey has introduced new regulations for procurement of licensed or unlicensed drugs (which are not available in the Turkish market), plain packaging rules for tobacco, as well as a new requirement to obtain permission for food-related health declarations. The […]
3 Dec 2018
The European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) has considered the European Union Intellectual Property Office’s (“EUIPO”) decision about a request to invalidate a 3D trademark registration for the four-fingered KitKat chocolate bar. It declared that the evidence which Nestlé had […]
29 Nov 2018
Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council (“RTSC”) and Information and Communication Technologies Authority (“ICTA”) have jointly published proposed rules for online broadcasting, providing detail of the regime outlined in the Law on Establishment and Broadcast Services of Radio and […]
