22 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 […]
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
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 […]
18 Jul 2019
The World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) has announced that it has received Brazil’s accession document to the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks. Accordingly, Brazil has become a member state of the Madrid […]
18 Jul 2019
General Court of the European Union (“General Court”) has considered the decision of the Cancellation Division of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (“EUIPO”) on invalidation of Adidas’ three vertical and parallel black stripes trademark registration. The General Court […]
12 Jun 2019
IP Stars recognizes Moroğlu Arseven in four practice areas in 2019. The firm rises to Tier 3 for Patent Contentious while maintaining its place in Tier 2 for both Trade Mark Contentious and Trade Mark Prosecution. Moroğlu Arseven continues […]
31 May 2019
“Trends in Trade in Counterfeit and Pirated Goods Report” (“Report”) has been published by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (“OECD”) and European Intellectual Property Office (“EUIPO”). The Report gives statistics regarding global counterfeiting activities, as well as […]
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 […]
27 Mar 2019
The Decision Regarding the Pricing Regulation for Human Medicinal Products in Turkey has been amended. The Decision Amending the Decision on Pricing of Human Medicinal Products (“Amendment Decision”) was published in Official Gazette number 30686 on 14 February 2019, […]
