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Articles

European Commission’s 2022 Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List

European Commission’s 2022 Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List and Türkiye Reports Reveals Critical Information Regarding Türkiye The European Commission published the Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List which aims to reveal the most problematic marketplaces and service providers in terms of IPR and copyright infringement on 01.12.2022. The list also intends to raise consumer awareness concerning […]

A New Era for Anti-Counterfeit

BLOCKCHAIN PLANS OF EU INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICE In the fight against counterfeiting, after EUIPO has launched the “Anti-Counterfeiting Blockathon Forum” in early 2021, now it intends to conduct a proof of concept at the end of this year and provide a live product by the end of 2023. The Forum’s mission is to create a […]

Supreme Court Declares That the Attention Level for Unprescribed Medicines Is No Different Than the Prescribed Ones

Supreme Court Declares in the Long-Lasting Trademark Combat That the Attention Level for Unprescribed Medicines Is No Different Than the Prescribed Ones. Supreme Court Assembly of Civil Chambers has rendered a significant decision (E. 2017/413, K. 2021/1127 T. 30.09.2021) on the long-lasting trademark combat between the pharma trademarks. In the precedent, the plaintiff- owner of the […]

The Effect of a Data Breach on Brand Value

It is crystal clear that with the rapid developments in technology, data processing has integrated in our everyday lives and the notion of data protection has become increasingly significant both for data subjects and brand owners. It was not so long ago that protection of brand value and brand trust was focused on conducting comprehensive […]

Personal Data Protection Authority Decision

Personal Data Protection Authority Decision to impose an Administrative Fine to Yemek Sepeti for Failing to Take Technical and Administrative Measures to Ensure Data Security Following a data breach which occurred within the company’s web application server, the Personal Data Protection Authority (‘‘Authority’’) published a summary of its Decision No. 2021/1324, which was issued on […]

The Effect of a Data Breach on Brand Value

is crystal clear that with the rapid developments in technology, data processing has integrated in our everyday lives and the notion of data protection has become increasingly significant both for data subjects and brand owners. It was not so long ago that protection of brand value and brand trust was focused on conducting comprehensive IP […]

Personal Data Protection Authority’s Decisions on Facebook for Breach of Data

Breach of data having caused the access to more photos than Facebook users are allowed, is announced by the Engineering Director of Facebook Tomer Bay on 14/12/2018 under the title of “Announcement about a photo API bugin our developer ecosystem”. According to this announcement, more photos were accessed than the capacity allowed by Facebook users. […]

Guidelines for Counterfeit, Illegal, or Out-of-Legal Supply Chain Drugs was published

The “Guideline on Counterfeit, Illegal or Out-of-Legal Supply Chain” (“Guide”) was published by the Drug Control Department of The Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Authority (“TMMDA”) on 05.01.2022. The Guide has been prepared to conduct the transactions to be carried out and determine the stakeholders’ responsibilities in the combat against counterfeit, illegal or out-of-the-legal supply […]

Human or non-human?

Human or non-human remains the question for designating AI (based machine) as inventor. An overall evaluation after the appeal decisions in the UK, EPO and in AUSTRALIA on DABUS applications It will be recalled that, in the subject applications, the applicant Dr. Thaler has designated AI (DABUS)as inventor and claimed that he derived the “right […]

Landmark decision of the Board of Appeal finds no legal base to amend…

Landmark decision of the Board of Appeal finds no legal base to amend the description for aligning it with the allowed claims (T 1989/18 of 16.12.2021) The appeal was filed against the decision of the examining division refusing the application because it considered that the scope of protection was unclear following the amendments to the […]

WhatsApp Gets Record Fine by the Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority

Personal Data Protection Authority (hereunder referred as the “Authority”) rendered its decision on WhatsApp’s “Terms of Service” and “Privacy Policy”. Just a day after the decision of the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) on WhatsApp, the Authority has also fined WhatsApp TL 1,950,000 (around EUR 197,600) on September 3, 2021. It is the largest fine […]

Data Protection Authority Recommendations in the Field of AI

The Personal Data Protection Authority (“KVKK”) has published its Recommendations on Protecting Personal Data in the Field of Artificial Intelligence (“Recommendations”) on September 15, 2021. The Recommendations consists of general policy recommendations and special considerations for developers, manufacturers, service providers, and policy makers who operate in the field of AI. Authors: Soley Çoban, Sinan Erkan The Recommendations […]

Press Releases

Deris: Once More One of the Best Workplaces of Turkey 2022

We are proud to be named as on of the “Best Workplaces of Turkey” by Great Place to Work ©. GPTW certification supports our “Compliance with Global Benchmarks” strategy and provides a very reliable and self-explaining performance indicator. We thank our team for this wonderful achievement.  

28 Jun 2022

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