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Regulation on Intellectual Property Rights Common
Database
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It is stipulated under additional article 9 of the Law of Intellectual
Property Rights numbered 5846 (hereinafter referred to as the “Law”)
that a common database will be formed in order to follow-up and protect
intellectual property rights to be used in investigations and prosecutions
and that the details of this database will be determined in a regulation to
be issued.
The “Regulation of Intellectual Property Rights Common Database”
(hereinafter referred to as the “Regulation”) prepared by the Ministry of
Culture and Tourism pursuant to Law entered into force by being published
in the official gazette numbered 27751 on 06.11.2010. The Regulation
determines the principles and procedures regarding the formation of a
common database, as well as the concept, security and access, sharing and
usage of the database.
The information mentioned below will be included in the common
database pursuant to article 5 of the Regulation.a) Information with regard
to transactions of registration-record, certificate, banderole and producer’s
document;
a) Information with regard to the documents on intellectual property
rights prepared by the Ministry;
b) Information with regard to notifications made in conformity
with this section by the employee associations, radio-television
institutions, employee associations representing public places and
the institutions who copy and record artistic works;
c) Information with regard to notifications made in conformity
with this section by the employee associations, radio-television
institutions, employee associations representing public places and
the institutions who copy and record artistic works;
ç) Other information to be determined by the Copyright and Cinema
General Directorate (hereinafter referred to as the “General
Directorate”) and which is required by the legislation.
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Article of November 2010