In China new laws will be applied for infringement and illegal or bad faith trademark application, effective as from November 1st, 2019.

The debate over finding a legal framework for the enforcement of SEPs has been one of the hot IP topics of 2020.

Turkey has implemented a series of precautions in order to reduce the risk of contamination of COVID-19 virus.

On April 1, 2021, a new Article 15a of the Rules of Procedure of the Boards of Appeal (RPBA) on videoconference oral hearings goes into effect.

The Turkish Patent Institute (T.P.I.) has no authority to cancel a registered trademark according to the current provision.

The Decree Law No: 551 on Protection of Patents, does not specifically refer to the patentability of biotechnological inventions. The Decree Law Art.5 and Art.6

Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency ("The Agency") has recently published an informative letter related to the procedures prior the clinical researches on Covid-19 vaccines.

According to the current Turkish Decree Law No. 556 on Trademarks, it is possible to institute a court action for the cancellation of a registered trademark on the basis of non-use...

In December 2020, oppositions were filed against two national patents before the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office.

We wish to report on the latest developments regarding the situation of the Turkish Patent & Trademark Office (TürkPatent) ...

The Regulation on the Principles of Evaluation and Classification of Cinematic Films ("Regulation") published in the Official Gazette on October 22, 2019, ...

The decision relates to a late-detected violation due to insufficient tests during the design phase of the web page. 

The Personal Data Protection Board (''Board'') has published its decision dated 28.09.2021 and numbered 2021/980 regarding the COVID-19 PCR Test Result and Vaccine Information sharing requests.

The Decree Laws No. 556 for Trademarks and 554 for Industrial Design does not have any provision in this respect whereas the Decree Law No. 551 for Patents, regulates this matter

According to the current Turkish Decree Law No. 556 on Trademarks, it is possible to institute a court action for the cancellation of a registered trademark on the basis of non-use

On March 26, 2020, an omnibus bill (the "Bill") passed and published on the Official Gazette, which includes miscellaneous amendments into the existing laws of the Republic of Turkey.

The exceptions remained the same as determined by the previous Omnibus Bill dated March 26, 2020.

Turkey is a party to Berne Convention since 1951 which is the oldest international convention regulating copyright. Under Berne Convention and Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works "Copyright Act"),

Article 84 of the Decree Law No. 551 states that where a patent concerns a process for the manufacture of new products or substances

Following numerous filings from Turkish citizens, residing abroad, concerning transfer and sharing of their personal data with institutions and organizations of other countries, the Personal Data Protection Authority ...