Turkey: Trade Secrets

EU Data Act began to apply on 12 September 2025, granting users the right to access, use and share data generated by connected products and related services.

In the global economic order, as information has become a more strategic form of capital than tangible assets, the legal mechanisms designed to protect it have necessarily evolved. Non-Disclosure Agreements ("NDAs") function as the legal safeguard of trust at every level of the commercial ecosystem, from a simple business meeting to multi-billion-dollar mergers and acquisitions ("M&A") transactions.

Türk hukuk doktrininde gizlilik sözleşmeleri, kanunda objektif esaslı noktaları düzenlenmediği için "isimsiz sözleşme" (innominate contract) olarak kabul edilir. Bu sözleşmeler bazen hizmet, vekâlet veya eser sözleşmesi gibi tipik sözleşmelerin bir parçasını oluştururken, bazen de tamamen bağımsız bir hukuki işlem olarak karşımıza çıkar.

Not every inventive product or method has to be protected by means of patenting. Protecting an invention by a patent means sharing every detail of the invention with everyone.

"Guidelines on Examination of Digital Data in On-Site Inspection" ["the Guideline"] is published by the Competition Authority ["Authority"] on 09.10.2020 to identify...

Intellectual property rights are among the most critical assets of companies in today's information- and technology-driven economies. In an M&A process, the legal status of these rights can directly influence the outcome of the transaction

İşçilerin çalıştıkları süre boyunca, işyerindeki pozisyonlarına ve görev tanımlarına bağlı olarak, işverenin ticari sırlarını, özel bilgi ve mesleki yöntemlerini öğrenmeleri oldukça muhtemeldir.

Turkish Patent and Trademark Office (TÜRKPATENT) has applied for the registration of 10 geographically indicated products, to the European Union...

A patent is an industrial property right that gives the patent owner the right to prevent third parties from certain activities such as producing, using, selling,...