Türkiye Has Specified Online Marketplace's Liability For IP Infringements

The unique business model of Marketplaces has always been an issue for IP right owners in terms of marketplaces' lacking mechanisms that enable IP right owners to take prompt action.

In order to address the relevant problem, among others in the e-commerce sphere, Türkiye introduced a number of critical amendments to the Law on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce numbered 6563 ("Law"), which regulates the actions of the actors in the field of E-Commerce, in line with the P2B Regulation and the Digital Services Act in force in the EU, last July.

Although the focus of the relevant amendments was to prevent the existing concentration in electronic commerce marketplaces, the amendment brought modifications in more than one title to the business conduct of the marketplaces.