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Authors: Hatice Ekici Tağa, Sümeyye Uçar, Bensu Özdemir Econsumer.gov is an initiative of the International Consumer Protection and...
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PROTECTION OF UNREGISTERED TRADEMARKS
Authors: Hatice Ekici Tağa, Sümeyye Uçar, Bensu Özdemir The trademark is the sign which enables the goods or services of a business to be...
Sweepstakes and Competitions
Authors: Hatice Ekici Tağa, Sümeyye Uçar, Bensu Özdemir Provided that they comply with the relevant legal regulations, chance-based...
MISLEADING ADVERTISEMENTS
Authors: Hatice Ekici Tağa, Sümeyye Uçar, Bensu Özdemir Misleading advertisement is a type of advertisement which may or does mislead the...
Guideline on Commercial Advertising and Unfair Commercial Practices by Social Media Influencers
Authors: Hatice Ekici Tağa, Sümeyye Uçar, Bensu Özdemir On 5 May 2021, The Turkish Ministry of Commerce published the Guideline on...
Message Management System - Deadline for Registration is December 1, 2020.
IYS registration deadline - 01.12.2020
TRANSFER OF THE AUTHOR’S ECONOMIC RIGHTS
Authors who create intellectual and artistic works and their moral and economic rights concerning works which they created are regulated...
Deadlines postponed for the Electronic Message Management System (IYS)
On August 8, 2020, the Regulation on the Amendment of the Regulation on Commercial Communication and Commercial Electronic Messages (“the...
Mandatory Mediation in Consumer Disputes
The Law Amending the Civil Procedure Law and Certain Laws No. 7251 (“Amendment Law”) added “Article 73/A”, titled “Mediation as a...
MESSAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
WHAT IS THE MESSAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ("IYS")? The real and legal persons who want to send commercial electronic messages (service...
DOMAIN NAME ALLOCATION
Middle East Technical University (“METU”) has managed the administration and registration of ".tr" domain names for many years in Turkey...
TURKEY's SOCIAL MEDIA LAW
Turkey amends the Internet Law and makes changes specific for social network providers.
Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority Decision w. no. 2020/47
On 23 June 2020, The Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority (“the DPA”) published a summary of decision w. no. 2020/47 to respond a...
POSITION MARKS
The developments in business activities cause changes in Trademark Law, as well. In this respect, the non-traditional mark, also known as...
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE TURKISH DATA PROTECTION AUTHORITY ON PRIVACY NOTICES
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE TURKISH DATA PROTECTION AUTHORITY
Deadline for VERBIS Registration Requirement is Extended
On Dec, 27, 2019, the Turkish Data Protection Authority announced that the requirement for registration to VERBIS (Data Controllers'...
Making the Personal Data Publicly Available May Not Be Sufficient Everytime To Process Personal Data
On December 23, 2019, a new decision summary dated 07.11.2019 and w. no 2019/331 has been published by the Turkish Personal Data...
Processing a Mobile Phone Number without any Data Processing Conditions
On December 23, 2019; the Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority (“the Authority”) has published a summary of the new decision dated...
Likelihood of Confusion in Trademark Law
The Industrial Property Law w.no.6769 (IPL) makes a definition for the trademark as any sign capable of distinguishing the goods or...
The Principle Decision of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority
The principle decision of the Personal Data Protection Authority (“the Authority”) dated 18.09.2019 and numbered 2019/308 has been...