Sponsored briefing: Istanbul Arbitration Centre (Istac) and some key numbers

Sponsored briefing: Istanbul Arbitration Centre (Istac) and some key numbers

Today if you travel to east from Europe on board a plane, it is most likely that you will make a transit connection in Istanbul Airport, which is now a hub. As Istanbul is located in a unique geography and joins two continents, it is very likely that Istanbul will be similarly a hub in …

Sponsored briefing: Bells are ringing: Information exchange and obstruction of on-site inspections

Sponsored briefing: Bells are ringing: Information exchange and obstruction of on-site inspections

Two main subjects have been in the Turkish Competition Authority (the Authority)’s spotlight in recent years. These two subjects are namely information exchange between competitors and fines for obstruction of on-site inspections. Information exchange naturally has always been a matter of discussion in many Turkish Competition Board (the Board) decisions. What has changed over the …

Sponsored briefing: Closer scrutiny for tech M&As

Sponsored briefing: Closer scrutiny for tech M&As

NAZALI’s Ayşe Ülkü Yalaz and Nilay Göker Duran on tech M&As in Turkey, the future of the practice and the new regulatory requirement which may affect ongoing and new transactions Mergers and acquisitions in the technology sector has an increasing trend in Turkey similar with global trends. With a young and tech-savvy population, Turkey has …

Sponsored briefing: What awaits companies that advertise on digital platforms?

Sponsored briefing: What awaits companies that advertise on digital platforms?

Bilge Derinbay describes an effect of developments on technology to marketing activities in digital platforms under the sense of recently published regulations in Turkey With the development of technology and the rapid growth of digitalisation in each sector, it is seen that companies are also sustaining their business to digital in order to increase their business capacity …

Sponsored briefing: Do temporary uses longer than three months before the vulnerability date of a trade mark meet the requirement of a genuine use?

Sponsored briefing: Do temporary uses longer than three months before the vulnerability date of a trade mark meet the requirement of a genuine use?

Simge Şahin, a partner of NSN Law Firm, reviews the final court order of Istanbul Anatolian 1st Intellectual Property Court regarding the non-use cancellation of a registered trade mark that was being used for a temporary period in Turkey Article 9 of the Turkish Intellectual Property Code (the IP Code) regulates that a trade mark …

Sponsored briefing: Legal developments in the retail and e-commerce sector in Turkey

Sponsored briefing: Legal developments in the retail and e-commerce sector in Turkey

The organised retail sector is one of the largest sectors in Turkey with an annual business volume of $80bn, 100,000 stores and a capacity of direct employment of 1.5 million people. These are the sales and service areas visited by most of the Turkish population to meet their daily needs and demands. Especially retail e-commerce, …

Sponsored briefing: Q&A: Caner Durgut, Isıkal Law Office

Sponsored briefing: Q&A: Caner Durgut, Isıkal Law Office

Given Turkey’s recent economic problems including the currency crash and inflation together with continued problems created by the Covid-19 pandemic, how is this affecting your firm? As is obvious, the world can be faced at any time with unexpected situations such as a pandemic, economic crisis, economic war, and even an actual war. The effects …

Sponsored briefing: Hot topics in Turkish renewable energy market

Sponsored briefing: Hot topics in Turkish renewable energy market

As of February 2022, Turkey’s renewable energy capacity is approximately 53,500 MW amounting to just over half of Turkey’s total installed capacity. This was largely thanks to YEKDEM, Turkey’s USD-based feed-in tariff. Depending on the renewable energy source, this mechanism provided guaranteed purchase prices between US$7.3 and US$13.3 per KWh for the first ten years …

Sponsored briefing: Recent developments on media and entertainment sector in Turkey

Sponsored briefing: Recent developments on media and entertainment sector in Turkey

As a consequence of the pandemic, the perspective on the media and entertainment sector and the way of consuming media content has changed as well as in all areas of life. Streaming platforms play a central role in the economy and its rapid development since the birth of the public commercial internet over 20 years …