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In the meeting held in July, the Ministry of Commerce’s Board of Advertisement (the “Board”) evaluated the posts regarding a food supplement that were shared on personal social media accounts of six people, within the scope of surreptitious advertising. […]

Under Turkish law, identical or indistinguishably similar trademarks covering the same classes (or classes which cover the same kind of goods) cannot co-exist. This is an absolute ground for rejecting a later trademark application. In this regard, when deciding […]

The Law Regarding the Establishment of Digital Platforms Commission and Amendment of Certain Laws (“Law”) was published in the Official Gazette dated 28 July 2020 and numbered 31199. The Law envisages the establishment of the Digital Platforms Commission’s (“Commission”) […]

1. What is the forum for the conduct of patent litigation? All patent cases are handled by the specialised Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights Civil Courts (“IP Courts”), which only exist in Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir. In other cities, […]

Turkey’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has published Turkish Food Codex Regulation (“Regulation”), in the Official Gazette on 19 February 2020. The Regulation, entering into effect the same date, introduced new regulations regarding the vertical and horizontal food codex. […]

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (“TPTO”) has published Guideline for Design Examination (“Guideline”) to give information regarding the practice of the provisions on design application within Industrial Property Law numbered 6769 (“IPL”) and the Regulation on the Application of […]

Turkey’s Ministry of Industry and Technology has published the Communiqué Amending the Communiqué on Application Principles of Technology-Oriented Industrial Movements Program (“Communiqué”). The amendments made within this scope can be summarized as follows: The cost of the independent evaluation […]

Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism (“Ministry”) has published the Regulation on Filming Permissions and Co-Productions (“Regulation”), on 15 October 2019, entering into effect on the same day. With this Regulation, the Regulation on Cinematographic Co-Productions and Local and […]

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 […]

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 […]