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The Turkish Trademark and Patent Office (“TPTO”) has published the new Trademark Examination Guideline regarding the examination of the absolute grounds based on article 5 of Industrial Property Law numbered 6769 (“IPL”). The new guideline updates the previous one […]

Turkey introduced new legislation which came into effect on 1 January 2019 providing for mandatory mediation as a prerequisite for commercial disputes before pursuing the dispute via the Turkish court system. The Law on Starting Legal Proceedings for Monetary […]

11th Chamber of Turkish Court of Cassation rendered a long-awaited decision on the cancellation of trademarks that have not been in use for five years starting from the registration date. The court concluded that, although in principle, the laws […]

Turkish Constitutional Court evaluated a case where the applicant has appealed a court judgment on the National Judicial Network Information System (“UYAP”) within the legal period of time; however, the Court of Cassation rejected the appeal request by taking […]

In order to resolve the conflicting judgments, Turkish Council of State’s General Assembly on Unification of Judgments recently decided on assessments and penalties within the scope of lawsuits filed by taxpayers against ex-officio VAT assessment in cases where books […]

Turkey has introduced The Regulation on Registration, Production, and Marketing of Local Varieties (“Regulation”) aiming to protect field crops, vineyard/garden plants and other plant varieties and to prevent genetic erosion for those. The new Regulation outlines procedures and principles […]

Turkish Competition Board (“Board”) decided to conduct an investigation to Turkish Pharmacists’ Association for violation of article 4 (restrictive trade practices and concerted practices) of the Law number 4054 on the Protection of Competition (“Law”). As a result of […]

Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency has amended the Regulation on Licensing of Medicinal Products for Human Use with regards to the suspension of licenses. Under the Regulation on Amendment of the Regulation on Licensing of Medicinal Products for […]

Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Authority (“Authority”) has extended the deadline for registration with the Data Controller Registry System (“VERBİS”) to 31 December 2019, for certain data controllers. As stated in our previous article, data controllers which employ 50 or […]

Turkish Constitutional Court stated that the municipality’s refusal to return the ownership of the property assigned for public interest following the revision in the zoning plan violates the right to property. In the concrete case, After applying to the […]