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I don't accept I acceptTurkey’s Industrial Property Code No 6769 (“the IPC”) was published in the Official Gazette and came into force on 10 January 2017. The IPC abolished the Decree Laws on the protection of trademarks, patents, geographical indications (“GIs”) and designs by unifying them into a single code. One of the main aims of the IPC is providing compliance with developments in EU IP law. At this point, in addition to unifying and harmonising the existing… »
Communications policy 1 Regulatory and institutional structure Summarise the regulatory framework for the communications sector. Do any foreign ownership restrictions apply to communications services? The main legislation governing the communications sector is the Electronic Communications Law numbered 5809 and dated November 05, 2008. (the “ECL”). The ECL provides the main principles regarding the authorisation of the operators, their obligations and the powers granted to… »
Abstract Partners Uğur Aktekin and Güldeniz Doğan Alkan examine the reach of Turkey‘s new IP Code and its impact on traditional product names. Analysis The Industrial Property Code No. 6769 (the IPC) was published in the Official Gazette and came into force on 10 January 2017. The IPC abolished the Decree-Laws on the protection of Trademarks, Patents, Geographical Indications (GIs) and Designs by unifying them into a single code. One of the main aims of the IPC is… »
In September 2015 a global medical device company filed a patent infringement action and requested a preliminary injunction against a local company for the immediate prohibition of the production and sale of medical devices on the grounds that the local company was infringing the originator company’s registered patent with its medical devices. Before filing the action, the patent practice team worked with a European patent attorney and a reputable professor working on medical… »
Plain packaging has become a hot topic in Turkey as controlling the consumption of tobacco has been one of the top priorities of the Turkish government. The government has adopted the 2015-2018 National Programme and Action Plan for Tobacco Control, which stipulates the implementation of necessary provisions related to plain packaging into the relevant legislation. The Ministry of Health added a provision in relation to standardised packaging to the draft omnibus bill in… »
Introduction In April 2017 the Supreme Court issued a decision concerning an employee’s dismissal on the grounds of (among other things) recording a conversation with his supervisor ‒ a regional director ‒ without his consent. The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the first-instance labour court and ruled that the termination was lawful based on the fact that the employee had been handling personal business during working hours without authorisation and had secretly… »
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