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Our partner Ayşen will speak at the INTA's Roundtable "Navigating Your Attendance and Maximizing the Value of the INTA Annual Meeting" at 11:00 am - 12:00 pm ET, on Wednesday, 5th of February.

WTR 1000 - the World's Leading Trademark Professionals have announced the top key professionals and firms. All of our partners were ranked amongst the IP professionals while the firm has been listed under Bronze Tier for Prosecution and Strategy.

“The Turkish Constitutional Court’s Decision on the Provision for Later-Dated Registered Right Owners Enabled Practitioners to Breathe a Sigh of Relief” co-authoured by our partners Berrin Dinçer Özbey, LL.M. and Melis Sılacı Korkmaz, LL.M. was published in the October edition of ECTA Bulletin.

The Article titled “Securing well-known status: how GoPro solidified its trademark rights in Türkiye” co-authored by our partner Ayşen Kunt has been published in INTA Bulletin's Law & Practice.

Melis and Berrin have evaluated Turkey’s New Food Labeling Standards for Consumer Protection

“Trademark Infringements of Trade Names from the Perspective of Turkish Courts: Aligning with EU Legislation Is One Thing, but Do We Ensure the Right Interpretation?” co-authoured by our partners Berrin Dinçer Özbey, LL.M. and Melis Sılacı Korkmaz, LL.M. was published in the October edition of ECTA Bulletin.

The Guideline on Procurement of Medicinal Products from Abroad was published by the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency on 23.02.2024.

The Turkish Patent and Trademark Office will be examining the revocation applications as of 10 January 2024.

The Article titled “Can a Shape Sign Be Described as a ‘Common Name’?” drafted by our partner Ayşen Kunt has been published in INTA Bulletin's Law & Practice.

“Exercise of the right to be forgotten in Turkey in terms of search engine results” co-authoured by our partners Melis Sılacı Korkmaz, LL.M. and Berrin Dinçer Özbey, LL.M. in the latest edition of International Bar Association Litigation Committee’s Newsletter.

Kodiak & INTA İşbirliği ile Gerçekleşecek Webinar: Tanınmış Markaların İkilemi: Jenerikleşme; Markanızı Kaybetmemenin Yolları

Berrin Dinçer Özbey and Dr. Çiğdem Yatağan Özkan's peer-reviewed article “Green Is the New Black: The Rise of Green Marks and Possible Solutions to Greenwashing” has been published on Annales de la Faculté de Droit d’Istanbul.

The Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (the "Agency") published the Guideline on the Scheduling Process of Applications for Marketing Authorization for Medicinal Products for Human Use (the “Guideline”) on 12 October 2023, and it will come into effect on 1 January 2024.

The updated Guideline on Procurement of Pharmaceuticals from Abroad has been published by the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency on 29 September 2023.

The Regulation Amending the Regulation on the Use of Health Claims in Food and Food Supplements was published in the Official Gazette dated 23 August 2023 and numbered 32288.

The Guideline on Observational Studies of Medical Products for Human Use (the “Guideline”) was published by the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency on 03.08.2023.

The Regulation on Promotional and Informative Activities in Health Services (“Regulation”) was published in the Official Gazette dated 29.07.2023 and numbered 32263.

The Regulation on Promotional and Informative Activities in Health Services (“Regulation”) was published in the Official Gazette dated 29.07.2023 and numbered 32263.

The Decree Amending the Decree on the Pricing of Medical Products for Human Use was published in the Official Gazette dated 23 July 2023 and numbered 32257.

New Regulation on the Licensing of Homeopathic Medical Products was published in the Official Gazette dated 8 July 2023 and numbered 32242.