Will Revoking Registered Trademarks be Easier in 2024?
The main local legislation regulating the protection of trademarks in the Republic of Turkey, the Industrial Property Law With No. 6769 (“IPL”), was published on the Turkish Official Gazette on 10 January 2017.
DISPUTE RESOLUTION MECHANISM FOR “.tr” DOMAIN NAMES
For many years, the allocation of “.tr” domain names in Turkey was carried out through the Nic.TR system under the authority of Middle East Technical University (“METU”).
Turkish Data Protection Authority Started Enforcement Against Foreign Data Controllers
Towards the end of 2022, the Turkish Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) had started sending information request letters to foreign controllers (data controllers located outside Turkey but collect/process personal data from Turkey) that did not register with the Data Controllers’ Registry (“VERBIS”) by the appliable deadline (i.e. December 31, 2021)