New IP Code enters into force: 2017 will be the year of IP rights

Following the merger of various IP-related decree-laws into a single code, the new Industrial Property Code (No 6769) entered into force as of January 10 2017. It is expected that the new code will influence and change Turkish IP law practice by bringing complete or partial solutions to some of the fundamental problems of the country’s trademark law. This update provides a summary of the novelties introduced by the IP Code.