Importance of Intellectual Property for Startups For entrepreneurs, registering an IP can be financially challenging and legally complicated, especially during the initial incorporation stage. Considering the value and importance of intellectual assets, it is vital for every startup to have an IP strategy to ensure that these assets are well protected. This may also have …
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Copyright protection in Turkey is regulated under the Intellectual and Artistic Works Law No. 5846 (hereinafter will be referred as “the Law”). Copyright arises automatically on creation of work, whereas “work” is defined as any intellectual or artistic product bearing the characteristic of its author, which are works that fall under the categories below
Emir Aksoy LL.M, LL.M. IP Copyright protection in Turkey is regulated under the Intellectual and Artistic Works Law No 5846. Turkey has unfortunately become one of the hubs for digital copyright infringement especially for movies and TV shows. Due to the high income generated through ads, the business models of many new web sites in …
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Emir Aksoy LL.M, LL.M. IP On a broader sense Due Diligence means the assessment of a company by a prospective buyer through an investigation and analysis of a target company. In this Article our aim is to provide an overview on how to draft a due diligence report (hereinafter referred as “DD”) and with a …
The European Parliament’s decision to approve the new EU Copyright Directive on 26 March 2019 saw huge protests and demonstrations against this directive. The main focus of these protests was Article 17, the so called “Upload Filter”, which aims to force tech giants like Google, YouTube, Facebook etc. to change their current upload system to …
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Emir Aksoy LL.M., LL.M. IP Turkey is a member to the WIPO and is a signatory to the major Intellectual Property related Agreements including Paris Convention, Patent Cooperation Treaty, Berne Convention, Trademark Law Treaty Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks and as well as TRIPS Agreement. Until January 10, 2017, trademark protection …
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Emir Aksoy LL.M., LL.M. IP Confidentiality Agreements or also known as Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) are often used between companies in order to protect their confidential information, developed technology, know-how and/or trade secrets that might be given to the receiving party during their interaction. The general industry practice is to keep these NDA’s as short as …
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Banning/Blocking Access to Certain Websites Av. Ali Yurtsever L.L.M I. OVERVIEW Turkey’s first foray into the Internet was back in 1993, which is when the country was first included within the global network which we now call the internet. The first years saw very limited adoption and usage due to the poor infrastructure of the country …
