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A movie or a television film consists of many elements. On one side; there are elements which grant copyright on the film such as scenario, dialogue, director and original film soundtrack and these may be deemed as basic elements of a film.

In today's dynamic business environment, the issue of copyright trolls has garnered attention, raising concerns for enterprises. These entities employ copyright laws as a tool, often pressuring...

AI technologies and generative AI models enabling the creation of original content by processing text, images, sound and other data have been a hot topic of this year.

The competing rights of the architect and the property owner over an architectural work have long been debated among practitioners and scholars in many jurisdictions including Turkey.

The dispute is based on the claim that appearance features of Brompton Bicycles, which have been produced and sold in the same form since 1987 by the Designer SI and Brompton Bicycle Limited Company...

The amendments to the Law on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce No. 6563 ("Law") that was published on 7 July 2022 have come into force as of 1 January 2023.

While resale of computer programs is assessed in the light of the exhaustion of rights principle under Copyright Law, it is discussed with the concept of "parallel trade" under Commercial Law.

Regulation on Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights of the TENMAK has been newly published.

LIAW which entered into force in 1952, has been amended in 1995, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, and 2014. The amendments in 1995 and 2001 were major amendments which changed...

On 10 December 2025, the Digital Copyright Bill ("Bill") was submitted to the Presidency of the Turkish Parliament.

Turkey recorded fast growth in patent and industrial design during 2016, but a slight decrease in trademark and plant variety applications.

Bungie, the renowned video game developer behind titles like Destiny 2 and Halo, has emerged triumphant in its lawsuit against Mihai Claudiu-Florentin, the proprietor of VeteranCheats.

And various claims are made in magazine news. Social media is swarmed with a great many of people commenting on the issue.

Intellectual Property (IP) refers to exclusive rights associated to creations of the mind. These rights allow creators, or owners, of patents, trademarks or copyrighted works to benefit from their own work...

Non-Fungible Token (NFT) which we have heard more often since the beginning of 2021, is a digital asset that use blockchain technology and mostly operated within the Ethereum.

Turkey has submitted a new bill to parliament that would require large digital platforms to pay royalties to media organizations for using their news content. The legislation establishes a dispute resolution mechanism and imposes significant penalties on platforms that fail to comply, with administrative fines potentially reaching up to 10% of annual digital service revenue generated in Turkey.

As digital fonts evolve from mere design elements into essential components of brand identity and commercial communication, questions arise about their legal protection beyond traditional copyright and design law frameworks.

On April 17 2018 the European Commission released its Key Findings of the 2018 Report on Turkey and the Commission Staff Working Document on Turkey 2018 Report.