In the meantime, the long awaited Data Protection Law (the “Law”) entered into force on April 7, 2016 just days after the news of Turkey’s biggest data breach. For many years, Turkey had lacked a separate legislative measure regarding the issue of data protection. Previous draft laws that had been sent to the Turkish Parliament were either returned to the proposing committee or not even discussed. Adoption of data protection law was a real need both for the Turkish society…
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In order to comply with the codification system of the Turkish law further to the decisions of the Constitutional Court, a draft IP law (the Draft I Law) has been prepared by the Turkish Patent Institute (TPI) relating to all IP rights other than copyrights. On 24 February 2016, The Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology circulated the Draft Law on the TPI’s website, with the consultation ending on 4 March 2016.
When enacted, the Draft Law will replace the decree-laws…
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In 2014 the Istanbul IP Court held that second medical use claims granted by the European Patent Office (EPO) under the European Patent Convention 1973 were null and void (for further details please see “IP court finds second medical use claims to be medical treatment methods”). This surprising decision was the first issued by the IP Court and thus was closely followed by various stakeholders, particularly IP lawyers and pharma companies. In particular, Turkish patent law…
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n April 7 2016 the long-awaited Law on the Protection of Personal Data was published in the Official Gazette. While many of the law’s provisions came into effect on the publication date, the implementation of some key provisions has been postponed until six months after publication.The Law on the Protection of Personal Data establishes the framework for a central data protection regime, which Turkey had been lacking, and clarifies many areas of uncertainty regarding issues of…
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Upon confirmation of International Atomic Energy Agency that Iran has completed the necessary preparatory to start the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on January 16, 2016, both the US and the EU announced that certain economic and financial sanctions have been lifted. However, it should worth noting that there are still several sanctions directly applicable to US companies and enterprises which prevent them from benefiting from the lifted nuclear…
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The Law introduces an obligation to register and fines up to €300,000. Begüm Yavuzdoğan Okumuş examines Turkey’s new data protection law.
For many years, Turkey has lacked separate legislation on the issue of data protection. Previous draft laws that have been sent to the Turkish Parliament were either returned to the proposing committee or not even discussed before the Grand Assembly as Parliament was being dissolved before a general election. However, following the recent…
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