Turkey has welcomed the new Intellectual Property Code (the IP Code) numbered 6769. This came force on January 10 2017.
One of the major changes in the new IP Code is an explicit provision in Article 155 preventing later dated IP registrations being submitted as a defence in infringement actions.
Before the IP Code, there was established case law from the Court of Appeals stating that use of a registered IP right could not be prevented until the invalidation of the right was…
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Increase in Euro exchange rate set for pharmaceuticals
Dicle Doğan and Nehir Aydeniz, Gün + Partners
The Euro exchange rate set for the pricing of medicines is to increase by 2.5% for some products due to the introduction of a new article in the Council of Ministers’ Pricing Decree. Prices for medicines will also increase due to changes made to mandatory discounts that are applied to purchases of some categories of medicines made by the Social Security Institution (SSI).
The…
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The Supreme Court recently issued a decision concerning an employee’s dismissal for borrowing money from their employer’s customer. The Supreme Court reversed the first-instance labour court decision and ruled that the termination was lawful based on the fact that the employee had acted against the rule of integrity and honesty and damaged the employer’s reputation.
Facts
The employee worked as a medical representative and went to another city in eastern Turkey for work…
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Introduction
The Law amending the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law and Other Laws (the Amendment Law) was published in the Official Gazette 30361 and entered into force on 15 March 2018. The most significant amendments introduced to the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law are:
the abrogation of the postponement of bankruptcy procedure; and
the adoption of a more efficient and functional structure for the composition with creditors procedure, which is a court-approved agreement…
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The Labour Courts Act 7036, which came into effect on 25 October 2017, introduced a number of changes (eg, mandatory mediation) and amended the appeal procedure for labour disputes. Previously, parties were entitled to appeal labour court decisions within eight days from the final decision being issued. However, the eight-day appeal period was criticised by scholars for not being in line with the Procedural Code, under which the appeal period starts from the service of the…
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