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The Regulation on Pharmaceutical Establishments and Products in Pharmaceutical Establishments (“Regulation”), drafted by the Turkish Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (“Agency”), was published in Official Gazette dated 15 June 2022 and numbered 31867 and entered into force on the […]

WIPO Sequence is a global software tool that enables patent applicants to prepare amino acid and nucleotide sequence listings compliant with WIPO Standard ST.26, as part of a national or international patent application. WIPO Sequence Validator is a web […]

The Law Amending the Law on the Regulation of Electronic Commerce numbered 7416 (“Amendment Law”) has been published in Official Gazette dated 7 July 2022 and numbered 31889. The Amendment Law aims to prevent unfair competition and monopolization in […]

The Ministry of Youth and Sports (“Ministry”) published the Communiqué on the Procedures and Principles Regarding the Minimum Content of the Articles of Incorporation, Shareholding Structure, Stockholding, Capital and Bodies of Sports Joint Stock Companies (“Communiqué”) regulating various issues […]

As per the Presidential Decree numbered 5801 published in the Official Gazette dated 21 July 2022 and numbered 31899, the monthly default interest rate regulated under Article 51/1 of the Law on the Collection Procedure of Public Receivables for […]

Law numbered 7413 on the Amendments to the Law on Judges and Public Prosecutors and Certain Laws (“Amendment Law”) was published in Official Gazette dated 28 June 2022 and numbered 31880. Herewith, substantial amendments allowing real estate sales agreements […]

The Communiqué (“Communiqué”) published by the Revenue Administration of the Ministry of Treasury and Finance in Official Gazette dated 26 July 2022 and numbered 31904 has brought several amendments to the Communiqué on the general application of Special Consumption […]

In Turkey, and in other countries around the world, there is a fairly common misconception that if a trademark is not registered then it’s not enforceable. The truth is that even an unregistered trademark is enforceable in Turkey, although […]

In Turkey, pharmaceutical products for human use cannot be marketed unless they are authorized by the Ministry of Health (“MoH”). In order to grant pharmaceutical license and marketing authorization, MoH requires pharmaceutical companies to submit the results of their […]

The Turkish Industrial Property Code No. 6769 (“IP Code”) establishes trademark rules in Turkey. However, it does not specifically define what a trademark is. Instead of providing a specific definition, there are only certain features of trademarks described in […]