There are few entities in Turkey that provide IP valuation services.

Turkish IP legislation is mostly in compliance with EU legislation. With the adoption of IP Code No. 6769 back in 2017, it is fair to say that legislation regarding trademarks...

Taking the right steps at the right time, with the most appropriate strategy, is significantly important for patent owners of pharmaceutical products wishing to benefit...

Well-known trademark registry of the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office ("Office") became a discussion topic after the Turkish Court of Cassation decided in 2020...

The Turkish Court of Cassation (the CoC) issued a decision in which the registrability of a 3D medical device trade mark is discussed. This paper aims to provide the details of the matter and to remark upon its importance.

In the past years, several concrete and important steps have been taken in Turkey to raise awareness of IP rights and their protection.

In the 1st paragraph of Article 6 of the Industrial Property Law no. 6769, which regulates the relative refusal grounds in trademark registration, the existence of a likelihood of confusion requires the condition...

According to the Trademark Examination Guideline of the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office, which is aligned with the EUIPO guidelines, the comparison of trademarks should be based on the overall impression...

The well-known trademark registry of the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (the Office) became a discussion topic after the Turkish Court of Cassation decided in 2020...

The well-known trademark registry of the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office ("the Office") became a discussion topic after the Turkish Court of Cassation decided in 2020 that the Office...

Since the pandemic seems to lose its impact and life is returning to normal, it may be a good time to look into the lessons learned so far from the Covid-19 pandemic and make necessary preparations against a possible new one.

Discretionary mediation was first introduced into the Turkish legal system in 2013 by Law No 6325 on Mediation in Civil Disputes as one of the alternative dispute resolution methods.

Turkish Constitutional Court ("Court") annulled the paragraph 12 of Article 77 of the Consumer Protection Law, which granted the Advertisement Board ("Board") the power to partially...

Being aware of the fact that technological developments have diversified the ways in which commercial advertisements are created and presented to consumers, the Advertisement Board ("Board")...

Influencer marketing through social media influencers has reached to giant growth in advertising area. Brands including global and local ones cooperate with social media influencers for advertisings of their brands...

The year 2023 was witness to important and significant developments for the practice of advertising law in Türkiye. While, some Guidelines were published by the Advertisement Board...

Proposed amendments to the Data Protection Law, which have been drafted by the DPA and which introduce some modifications to certain disputed provisions of the Data Protection Law, ...

In recent years, it has become increasingly common for stores to request contact information from individuals during purchases and/or to obtain their explicit consent by sending a verification code via SMS...

Bu yılın raporunda, kişisel verilerin korunması alanındaki son gelişmeler, alınan son kararlar ve yayınlanan kılavuzlar yanında kişisel verilerin korunması hukukunun temel düzenlemeleri ve prensipleri, Türkiye'deki gelişmeler ile bu alandaki en önemli hususlara odaklanmaktayız.

In-vehicle emergency call systems, which have been in use for a long time, are defined as systems within vehicles activated either automatically or manually that establish a connection with 112 emergency call centers in cases of an emergency.