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With respect to the Regulation on Licensing of Medicinal Products for Human Use (“Regulation”) published in Official Gazette dated 11 December 2021 and numbered 31686, the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (“Agency”) updated the Application Form and CTD […]

The Regulation Amending the Regulation on Biocidal Products (the “Amendment Regulation”), effective as of 30 December 2021, were published in Official Gazette numbered 31705 of even date. The Amendment Regulation aims to align the Regulation on Biocidal Products closer […]

Law numbered 7346 on the Amendments to Certain Laws (“Amendment Law“), published in Official Gazette dated 25 December 2021 and numbered 37100, introduced amendments on crime of circumventing technological measures outlined in article 72 of the Law on Intellectual […]

The Regulation Amending the Regulation on Commercial Advertising and Unfair Commercial Practices (“Amendment Regulation”), published in Official Gazette dated 1 February 2022 and numbered 31737, introduced significant regulations regarding unfair commercial practices.  The amendments are effective as of 1 […]

Law numbered 7351 on Amendments to Individual Pension Savings and Investments Systems Law and Certain Laws and Decree Law numbered 375 (“Amendment Law”), published in Official Gazette dated 22 January 2022 and numbered 31727, introduced the below-mentioned amendments and […]

The Regulation on Assets, Rights or Receivables Inquiry through the National Judiciary Informatics System (“Regulation”) was published in Official Gazette dated 22 January 2022 and numbered 31727 and entered into effect on the same day. With the Regulation, procedures […]

Taking effect as of 11 April 2022, what’s it about and how to benefit from it? Turkey has become the eighth State Party to the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, also known as the […]

 1. General Information  1.1 Governing Copyright Statute Copyright protection in Turkey is governed by the Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works numbered 5846 (the “Law”), which came into force on 13 January 1951 and was amended in 1983, 1995, […]

   1. Intellectual Property Rights and Granting Procedure  1.1 Types of Intellectual Property Rights The Turkish legal system provides for “patents” and “utility models” for the protection of inventions. Both of these forms of protection are based on statutory […]

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 […]