On June 30 2017 the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock published the Food Codex Energy Drinks Communique 2017/4 in the Official Gazette (30110). The communique introduces significant amendments to the market supply, advertising, labelling and sale of energy drinks.
The communique maintains the same component ratios for energy drinks as the abrogated communique. The supply and advertisement of energy drinks are prohibited in sports facilities, school cafeterias and…
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Turkey is the 75th least corrupt nation out of 176 countries, according to the 2016 Corruption Perception Index published by Transparency International. This index measures perception of corruption in the public sector, and Turkey was placed as the 13th country in the G20. Although the legal landscape in Turkey regarding anti-corruption and anti-bribery has undergone serious changes in the past two decades, and Turkey has shown considerable efforts to comply its local laws…
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1. Is the Turkish legal infrastructure sufficient for anti-counterfeiting?
Yes. Turkey has signed almost all international intellectual property agreements -including TRIPS signed by and between the members of the World Trade Organization which aim to harmonize its legal infrastructure targeting anti-counterfeiting and fighting the illicit trade- and has been acting in compliance with the said agreements.
As of today; the Industrial Property Law No. 6769, the Law No. 5846 on…
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Update: Investigations open on Roche Müstahzarları San. A.Ş. upon 13th Chamber of the Council of State’s annulment of the Competition Board’s decision no. 10-44/785-262.
I. Background
The Competition Board (“the Board”) has had the chance to examine the clauses containing restrictions or prohibitions on exports in contracts for the supply of pharmaceuticals put in place by the supplying firms. The complaint filed by Co-Re-Na Pharmacy Warehouse (“Corena”) contained allegations…
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Un examen juridique de la modernisation de l’Union Douanière UE- Turquie
Des motivations différentes, un objectif commun
L’union douanière (« UD ») adoptée par la décision 1/95 de Conseil d’Association CE-Turquie du 22 Décembre 1995 est la source de droit principale gouvernant le commerce bilatéral entre la Turquie et l’Union Européenne (UE). Elle est l’un des tout premiers exemples d’un accord commercial bilatéral conclu par l’UE avec un Etat non-membre.
L’UD unifie les…
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The Turkish Intellectual and Artistic Works Law No 5846 (the Copyright Law) is the law regulating copyright protection in Turkey. Law 5846 was first enacted in 1951. It has been amended several times in 1995, 2001 and more recently in 2004 to comply with the requirements of international treaties.
Since November 2016, a Draft Law has been prepared amending Law 5846 and the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism has recently published the Draft Law, including the proposed…
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The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office recently published the Regulation on the Code of Conduct and Discipline of Patent Attorneys and Trademark Attorneys, with the aim of regulating:
the rules and procedures applicable to the conduct of patent and trademark attorneys; l the Disciplinary Board of Patent and Trademark Attorneys;
the methods to be used to detect acts requiring a disciplinary penalty; and
other disciplinary issues.
In Turkey, the rules on patent and trademark…
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New system for medical devices launchedDicle Doğan and Merve Çimen, Gün + Partners
>On 2 June 2017, the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency announced a new electronic system for registration of medical devices (and cosmetic products) in Turkey. The new system, called the Product Tracking System (UTS), replaces the Turkish Pharmaceutical and Medical Device National Information Database (TITUBB) and as of 12 June 2017, companies have started to use the new system…
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The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office has published the Regulation on the Code of Conduct and Discipline of Patent and Trademark Attorneys on May 17, 2017. Up to now, there has been no regulation directly referring to Code of Conduct and discipline of Patent and Trademark Attorneys. The rules for the attorneys were firstly regulated by the Law of the Establishment and Functions of Turkish Patent Institute no. 5000 dated November 06, 2003; however this law used to regulate…
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The Industrial Property Code No 6769 (the ‘IP Code’), which was prepared by the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (the ‘Office’), and abolished previous intellectual property (IP)-related decree laws was accepted by Parliament on 22 December 2016 and entered into force on 10 January 2017 following its publication in the Official Gazette.In the 1990s, Turkey conducted official negotiations with the European Union (EU) in order to become a member of the Customs Union. Within…
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The Turkish Trade Mark Office has allowed an opposition based on genuine rights obtained via prior use of the opponent’s trade mark and worldwide registrations although that trade mark is not used in Turkey for the relevant goods and services.
The opponent is the owner of the New Zealand’s famous rugby team (the New Zealand Kiwis), commonly known as “The Kiwis”, and has trade mark registrations for “The Kiwis” in many countries. Turkey however is not one of them and the…
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