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ARTICLE · 03 JANUARY 2023

New Chapter For IP In E-Commerce

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Türkiye has updated its e-commerce regulations in line with mainly European Union 's Digital Markets Act and the Digital Services Act with the publication of the new amendments introduced to the "Law on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce No. 6563" ("E-Commerce Law") on July 1, 2022.

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Fundamental Changes for Intellectual Property Law in Türkiye

Türkiye has updated its e-commerce regulations in line with mainly European Union 's Digital Markets Act and the Digital Services Act with the publication of the new amendments introduced to the "Law on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce No. 6563" ("E-Commerce Law") on July 1, 2022. Amendments introduced to the E-commerce Law have brought significant obligations to e-commerce service providers ("SP") and e-commerce intermediate service providers ("ISP"), especially in terms of intellectual property rights ("IPR") which became particularly effective as of January 01, 2023.

As of December 29, 2022, a new secondary legislation has also been introduced and published as Regulation Regarding the Electronic Commerce Intermediary Service Provider and Electronic Commerce Service Providers ("Regulation") for prescribing additional details in relation to obligations and rules set out under the E-Commerce

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