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 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 […]

The Regulation Amending the Regulation on Commercial Advertising and Unfair Commercial Practices (“Amendment Regulation”), published in Official Gazette dated 1 February 2022 and numbered 31737, introduced significant regulations regarding unfair commercial practices.  The amendments are effective as of 1 […]

 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, […]

   1. Intellectual Property Rights and Granting Procedure  1.1 Types of Intellectual Property Rights The Turkish legal system provides for “patents” and “utility models” for the protection of inventions. Both of these forms of protection are based on statutory […]

“EU Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights: Results at the EU Border and in the EU Internal Market 2020” (“Report“) is jointly prepared by the European Commission (“EC”) and European Intellectual Property Office (“EUIPO”). The Report is composed based on […]

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 […]

Overview Legislation What is the primary law governing trademarks in your jurisdiction? The Industrial Property Law (‘IP Law’) is the primary source in which the trademark law is regulated. The IP Law was published in the Official Gazette on […]

The World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) has announced that it has received the United Arab Emirates’ accession document to the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (“Madrid Protocol”). Accordingly, the United Arab Emirates […]

With the introduction of the Industrial Property Law (“IPL”), the “proof of use” practice, which is applied in EUIPO and many countries, came into force in trademark opposition cases. In this article, we discuss how it works in Turkey. […]

What is the forum for the conduct of patent litigation? In responding to this question, please include details of the relevant division/chamber/section of the relevant courts/tribunals, and consider whether these fora have specialist patents/technical judges, whether parties are faced […]