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In today’s fast-paced age, chatbots, including advanced models like ChatGPT, have become ubiquitous tools. They serve various functions from writing poetry to solving math problems and even engaging in conversations with people. They transform AI technology and help us to complete complex tasks with great ease. However, they also pose serious dangers resulting from their uncontrolled use.

Recent developments in digital sectors have made online sales more prominent, leading competition authorities, including the European Commission, to focus on the impact of online marketplaces on competition. The Commission's report on the e-Commerce Sector Inquiry emphasizes selective distribution systems and stricter regulations on online sales via marketplaces. The Turkish Competition Authority's BSH decision also addressed online marketplaces' restrictions, categorizing them as hardcore restrictions. The EU's new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) provides more flexibility and considers the effective use of the internet as a key criterion for assessing restrictions. The Digital Markets Act (DMA) aims to control digital economy balance among gatekeepers.

On July 11, the European Commission adopted the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF) that allows multinational companies to transfer data from Europe to the U.S. in compliance with EU data protection regulations. The DPF replaces the invalidated Privacy Shield Agreement and introduces new binding safeguards, such as limited access to EU data by US intelligence services and a Data Protection Review Court. Despite some criticisms, officials view it as an improvement, and periodic reviews will ensure compliance. Stakeholders can expect information notes from the European Data Protection Board and access to the U.S. International Trade Administration's Data Privacy Framework website.

The right to be forgotten allows individuals to request the deletion of negative or outdated personal data stored online. Although not explicitly defined in legislation, the right to be forgotten can be exercised under existing laws. The criteria for search engines to remove search results from their index include public importance, relevance to work, accuracy, defamation, and more. Remedies involve submitting requests to data controllers, followed by complaints to the Personal Data Protection Board if necessary. Google, as an example, has an online form for right to be forgotten requests.

The European Health Union is implementing a reform to improve access, affordability, and innovation in the pharmaceutical industry. The reform aims to create a single market for drugs, deliver medications faster, provide equal access to medicines, eliminate drug shortages, promote an innovative and competitive sector, and make medicines more environmentally sustainable. The reform encourages an innovation-friendly environment, faster authorization processes, and transparency in public funding for drug development. It addresses challenges in accessing medicines, inequalities between countries, and high drug prices. The goal is to ensure EU patients have timely, equitable, and affordable access to medicines.

A critical topic that has been dealt with in judicature refers to the forwarding of emails from departing employees. In this regard, the following question should be constituted: When an individual who has access to a company mailbox, whether they are an employee, manager, director, or consultant, leaves the company, what is the proper protocol for managing their mailbox? In this analysis, the subject matter shall be assessed in the context of the General Data Protection Regulation and the authority's decision.

Trademark law defines trademarks as distinctive signs capable of distinguishing goods or services, with key elements like sign, distinctiveness, clarity, and certainty. Well-known marks, lacking a direct definition, are characterized by features such as high advertising power, widespread recognition, and association with quality. The Paris Convention's Article 6 bis protects well-known marks, overriding territoriality principles. Domestic law, such as Turkey's Industrial Property Law, also addresses well-known marks and their protection, highlighting their significance in the global marketplace.

Over the past months, with the introduction and development of new tools, the use of Artificial Intelligence has become one of the hotly debated topics in many aspects. While this brings excitement and joy in terms of innovation and discovering new methodologies in the modern prospect, it also brings some concerns about how far it could reach and potentially, wave many industries unexpectedly.

In the modern world, the number of technological developments is constantly increasing. Although Digital Technology tools have dominated our lives since the beginning of the millennium year, their impacts on copyrights are argued more nowadays when compared to the past due to the new improvements.

One of the greatest developments of recent times worldwide is undoubtedly artificial intelligence. Especially ChatGPT, which was released by OpenAI on November 30, 2022, has managed to attract the attention of millions of people in a very short time with its capabilities, and with GPT-4, which was released on March 14, 2023, it has shown that there is perhaps no end to the work that artificial intelligence systems can do and the points they can reach.

This article discusses the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), an international policy domain names. The UDRP provides a quick and cost-effective way to resolve domain name disputes without the need for litigation.

Trademarks are signs that can be any word, phrase, symbol, design, or combination of these things. Trademarks have a lot of functions. But their most important function is to distinguish the goods or services of one enterprise from those of other enterprises.