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Dr. E. Seyfi Moroğlu has been invited to participate in an Advisory Committee for the Board of Directors to the Ege University Technology Development Zone (ideEGE-TGB). Seyfi has been invited due to his experience with university-industry cooperation as well […]

First published by Mondaq. Turkish electricity markets has gone through a series of reforms since 2001 when the Electricity Market Law numbered 4628 was enacted. These reforms have generally meant a shift to a liberalized market structure by securing […]

Article 7/1-ı of the Turkish Trademark Decree Law no. 556 established a legal basis in 1995 for the Turkish Patent Institute (TPI) to refuse trademark applications on the basis that an application is similar to a well-known trademark. However, […]

First published by Getting The Deal Through. 1. Are there any restrictions on the establishment of a business entity by a foreign licensor or a joint venture involving a foreign licensor and are there any restrictions against a foreign […]

When legislators establish merger control policies, they can choose to make merger control filing a mandatory or voluntary task. Some jurisdictions, including Turkey, involve a suspension requirement, which requires applicants to suspend implementation of a transaction until they receive […]

First published by Mondaq. Turkey has enacted the Law on Regulation of Retail Trade numbered 6585 (“Retail Trade Law“), ratified on 14 January 2015 and published in the Official Gazette numbered 29251 on 29 January 2015, to be effective […]

Merger control issues have substantial repercussions for deal timelines in M&A transactions. Failing to consider merger control implications when planning the deal timeline could cause a major hold-up for closing the transaction while it waits to receive a decision […]

First published by Mondaq. The OECD Convention on Combatting Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (the “OECD Anti-Bribery Convention”) establishes legally binding standards to criminalize bribery of foreign public officials in international business transactions and provides […]

Işık Özdoğan has been ranked as a Gold Tier individual by the World Trademark Review in its 2015 WTR 1000 rankings. The World Trademark Review ranks Işık in the top tier for both trademark enforcement and litigation, as well […]

The OECD Convention on Combatting Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (the “OECD Anti-Bribery Convention”) establishes legally binding standards to criminalize bribery of foreign public officials in international business transactions and provides for a host of […]