Intellectual Property and Breeder’s Rights

A Q&A guide to agriculture law in Turkey

The Q&A gives a high level overview of agricultural law, including acquiring agricultural companies and cooperatives, competition law, land ownership and usage rights, pricing and tender processes, tax and financing, crop seed business, importing crop seeds, commercial crop production …

An Overview of Plant Variety Rights in Turkey

Plant variety rights regulations have been in place for over 15 years in Turkey. The number of applications for registration increases each year. Parallel to that we see more legal cases before the specialized courts. Here is an overview …

Trademarks and Patents in Turkey

Trademarks and Patents in Turkey, The Industrial Property Code numbered 6769IPC, which governs all IP rights – i.e. trademarks, patens, industrial designs, utility models and geographical indications – entered into force on January 10, 2017. This article gives a …

Protection of Breeder’s Rights of New Plant Varieties in Turkey

Turkey enacted Law No. 5042 on the Protection of Breeder’s Rights of New Varieties of Plants (“Law”) and its implementing regulation the Regulation on Protection of Breeder’s Rights of New Plant Varieties of Plants (“Regulation”), which came into force …