7 Jun 2024
World Anti-Counterfeiting Day, observed on June 8th, aims to bring global attention to the widespread issue of counterfeiting which affects industries, the government, and consumers. Every year, the Traders of the Fake cost thousands of lives, jobs and billions […]
17 Aug 2023
The Constitutional Court, upon the appeal of Trabzon 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance, took into consideration the institution of Deferment of the Announcement of the Verdict (“DAV”) and decided to annul all provisions regarding it. DAV, which is […]
6 Apr 2023
Ministry of Justice’s Tariff for the Regulation of Licensed Trustee Warehouses (“Tariff”) was published on the Official Gazette numbered 32060 and dated 31 December 2022. The tariff determines the fees to be collected in 2023 for the goods kept […]
18 Feb 2022
Intoduction While 2021 was another year dominated by news of the pandemic, business continued to move forward and with it came a number of important legal actions and decisions, especially in the area of intellectual property. As we embrace […]
1 Feb 2022
“EU Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights: Results at the EU Border and in the EU Internal Market 2020” (“Report“) is jointly prepared by the European Commission (“EC”) and European Intellectual Property Office (“EUIPO”). The Report is composed based on […]
5 Jul 2021
IP In association with Gordon Harris & Mathilda Davidson of Gowling WLG Intellectual Property Comparative Guide: Questions A. Types of IP Rights What different types of intellectual property rights exist in your jurisdiction to protect: (a) Inventions (e.g. patents, […]
21 May 2021
Istanbul’s First Instance IP Court recently dismissed a negative declaratory action (the “Case”) against our client citing plaintiff’s lack of standing because the pharmaceutical at issue was unlicensed as of the when the action was started. The ruling is […]
11 May 2021
On 16 April 2021, Turkey’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry published in Official Gazette numbered 31456, and of even effective date, the Regulation on Imitation and Adulteration of Food and Feed and Calculation of Administrative Fines (the “Regulation”). Under […]
10 Feb 2021
European Union (“EU”) Commission published the second “Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List” (“Watch List”) on 14 December 2020 comprises significant information and determination regarding infringement of intellectual and industrial property rights on online and physical markets in non-EU countries. […]
6 Jul 2020
Two important reports regarding intellectual property crimes have been published: “2020 Status Report on IPR Infringement” published by European Intellectual Property Office (“EUIPO”) and “IP Crime and its Link to Other Serious Crimes” published by the European Union Agency […]
