Video Conferencing: Data Protection Risks for Companies
Introduction In light of the coronavirus pandemic, millions of people around the globe had been forced to work from home. The use of video conferencing tools such as Zoom and Skype has increased significantly as both businesses and individuals relied on the platform to conduct meetings. In the past few months, the daily users of …
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Employee’s Sensitive Personal Data Collection Amid COVID-19
Introduction As the world struggles to combat the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, employers around the globe are allowed to collect personal data of employees such as their travel history to prevent the spread of the virus at the workplace. In Malaysia, the Ministry of Human Resources has issued a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’S) on Movement Control1 on …
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Amendments in Communiqué on Principles Regarding Real Estate Investment Companies
Capital Markets Board of Turkey (“CMB“) has published the Communiqué Amending the Principles Regarding Real Estate Investment Companies (“Amendment Communiqué“) the Official Gazette dated 9 October 2020 and entered into force on the same date. Changes introduced by the Amendment Communiqué can be summarized as follows:
Turkish Constitutional Court Annulled Article 81/13 of Law on Intellectual and Artistic Works
Pursuant to Law numbered 5846 on Intellectual and Artistic Works (“Law“) reproduced copies of musical and cinematographic works and non-periodical publications should bear a special label, called a banderol for commercial exploitation. The breach of banderole liability crimes and related punishments are regulated under article 81 of the Law. Article 81/13 of the Law, on …
Guideline on Non-clinical Evaluation of Vaccines for Human Use has been Published
On 6 October 2020, Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (“Agency”) has published “Guideline on Non-clinical Evaluation of Vaccines for Human Use” (“Guideline”). The Guideline aims to provide guidance on “non-clinical evaluation” of vaccine candidates for vaccine developers.
WIPO Launches “WIPO Lex-Judgments” Database
Legal regulations and judicial practices are in a continuous transformation in order to meet the needs arising from new technological developments. Juridical authorities in different jurisdictions are facing new and highly sophisticated conflicts which are increasing day by day in practice of intellectual property. This global change also necessitates an international information exchange to have …
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Principles and Procedures Applying to Taxpayers Detected with High
Pursuant Article 160/A of the Tax Procedure Law (“Law number 213”) taxpayers who are determined by the relevant departments of the Ministry of Treasury and Finance to have a high risk of forging documents will be referred to tax inspection and then their taxpayer status will be abandoned. Within the scope of this amendment, which …
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COVID-19: A Force to Invoke Force Majeure
Introduction On 11 March 2020, coronavirus (“COVID-19”) was officially declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (“WHO”).1 COVID-19 has, since December 2019, infected more than 167 countries and over 203,000 individuals worldwide. The wide spread of COVID-19 has caused global alarm and in the effort to minimize the threat of this pandemic, many countries have …
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COVID-19 in the Workplace: The Malaysian Position
The recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus, Covid-19, has put much of the world at a standstill, with new cases reported by the day and the death toll rising rapidly. Unsurprisingly, the support services industry, especially the travel, tourism, and hospitality sectors, are a few of the industries which are severely impacted by the Covid-19 …
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Korea introduces new law strengthening protection against intentional infringement of IP rights
Following the July 2019 amendment to the Patent Act introducing punitive damages for patent infringement, the Korean National Assembly has since passed additional legislation to strengthen the protection of IP rights. The new legislation includes amendments to the Trademark Act, the Design Protection Act and the UCPA (Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secret Protection Act), …