Passionate To Make Meaningful Impact on All Her Cases
İrem is an intellectual property lawyer representing many local and international clients in all kinds of trademark, design, copyright, and unfair competition disputes. She advises a wide range of clients belonging to different sectors and is able to strategically form the most effective solutions with a holistic approach that also protects the business side. She deals with heavy and complex IP issues and also handles the prosecution, opposition and domain name sides for all her portfolios with utmost care. She is very well experienced in leading negotiations and uses preventive law as an alternative dispute resolution tool. She is also experienced in conducting anti-counterfeiting projects including protection of IP rights before the Customs.
- Represented foreign and domestic clients from various industries including fashion, cosmetics, telecommunications, automotive and media on every aspect of trademark, design, domain names and unfair competition issues in Turkey; advised and represented domestic and international companies for protection of their IP rights in MENA region; handled settlement negotiations and managed all kinds of prosecution and litigation proceedings.
- Focused on prosecution and litigation matters including management of portfolios and administrative proceedings (oppositions, appeals, responses of trademarks and designs…etc.) before the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office, WIPO and other local patent offices, in addition to cancellation, invalidation, infringement and unfair competition actions before the IP courts.
- Drafted and reviewed contracts and licensing agreements as well as Deed of Assignments, Letters of Undertaking, Letters of Consent, Settlement Agreements, Cease and Desist Letters, etc.
- Represented the clients in complex prosecution files including obtaining and protecting 3D trademarks, color trademarks, position trademarks, filing well-known trademark applications, protection of non-registered rights (prior use, notoriety, tradename…etc).
- Was a speaker at the 2022 Young AIPPI Members Summit on NFTs & IP
- Can Right Owners Enjoy Cumulative Protection in Turkey? (January 2024)
- Turkish PTO Will Handle Non-Use Cancellation Actions as of January 10, 2024 (April 2024)
- Updates on Regulation and Implementation of NFTs in Turkiye (December 2023)
- How are perishable products suspended and preserved before customs? (February 2023)
- Supreme Court overturns its own decision in long-running pharmaceutical trademark battle (January 2023)
Koç University Faculty of Law, LL.B.
Languages: Turkish, English
- Istanbul Bar Association since 2018
- Member of the International Trademark Association (INTA) & INTA European Advisory Council
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