News & Legal Updates
April 8, 2024
Design Registration Application in Turkey: Things to Consider
The Industrial Property Law No. 6769 ("IPL") defines design as “the appearance of the whole or part of a product or the ornamentation thereon resulting from features such as line, shape, form, color,…
April 4, 2024
İşveren Çalışanın Buluşları Üzerinde Hak Sahipliği İddiasında Bulunabilir mi?
Buluşların yasal olarak korunması, sağladığı haklar nedeniyle buluş sahipleri için her daim önemli olmuştur. İşverenin buluş yapılmasına imkan ve yatırım sağlayarak katkıda bulunmuş olmasını dikkate…
April 1, 2024
Can an Employer Claim Rights to an Employee’s Invention In Turkey?
The legal protection of inventions has always been important to inventors because of the rights and exclusivity it confers. However, under certain circumstances, the Turkish Industrial Property Law…
March 26, 2024
Tanınmış Türk Markalarının Avrupa’da Korunması: Kötü Niyet İncelemesi
21 Şubat 2024 tarihinde, Avrupa Birliği Adalet Divanı Genel Mahkemesi (“Genel Mahkeme”), yalnızca Türkiye'de tescilli olan tanınmış bir markaya benzerliği nedeniyle "hepsiburada" markasının Avrupa…
March 22, 2024
European Protection on Well-Known Turkish Trademarks: A Case on Bad Faith
On February 21, 2024, the General Court of the Court of Justice (“General Court”) rendered its decision (“Decision”) regarding the registration of a trademark under the European Union…
March 12, 2024
Saying Goodbye to Consent in Data Transfers: What is Next?
The Turkish Data Protection Law Has Been Amended. What Has Changed in Cross-Border Transfers? This morning, the highly anticipated amendments in the Law on Protection of Personal Data w. no. 6698…
March 6, 2024
USB-C for All: Introduction of Common Chargers in Turkey
Due to acceleration of our daily routines, the demand for portable and rechargeable devices has increased over time. The market has responded to this need by making most consumer electronics…
March 4, 2024
Markaları Değiştirerek Kullanmak Mümkün Mü?
6769 sayılı Sınai Mülkiyet Kanunu ("Kanun"), (i) tescilinden itibaren beş yıl içinde ciddi kullanımı olmayan veya (ii) kullanımına beş yıl kesintisiz ara verilen markanın iptaline karar verileceğini…
February 29, 2024
Is it Possible to Use an Altered Trademark in Turkey?
Law No. 6769 on Industrial Property (“Law”) regulates that a trademark shall be revoked if a trademark (i) has not been genuinely used within five years of its registration or (ii) is not used…
February 22, 2024
The On-Site Inspection Authority: An Examination After the Constitutional Court Decision
The discretionary nature of on-site inspection authority wielded by Turkish governmental authorities has been facing criticism, which stems from concerns that inspections may lack clear guidelines…
February 19, 2024
A New Era in Cross-Border Data Transfers in Turkey
The Law Proposal Amending the Code of Criminal Procedure and Certain Laws and Decree Law No. 659 (“Law Proposal”), which embodies significant changes to the Law No. 6698 on the Personal Data…
February 15, 2024
Cybersquatting under Different Dispute Resolution Mechanisms
The World Intellectual Property Organization ("WIPO") defines cybersquatting as “the preemptive, bad faith registration of trademarks as domain names by third parties who do not have rights in such…