Lawyers Güldeniz Doğan Alkan

Güldeniz Doğan Alkan

Güldeniz Doğan Alkan

Gün + Partners

Güldeniz Doğan Alkan joined Gün + Partners in 2006 and has been a partner since 2017. Güldeniz is both lawyer and a trademark and patent attorney specializing in Intellectual Property law. She focuses on trademark and design, and copyright as well as unfair competition.

Güldeniz advises on both contentious and non-contentious matters including implementing IP protection and enforcement strategies, and represents clients before the Ankara IP courts (including actions against the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office) and represents clients before courts in cancellation, infringement and other types of action. She also works in IP enforcement where she supervises and drafts oppositions and appeals on trademark and design applications before the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office.

She represents foreign, multinational and Turkish clients from numerous business sectors including food and beverage, fashion, cosmetics, textile, electronics, entertainment, hotel and tourism, media and entertainment, pharmaceuticals, radio and TV broadcasting, telecoms, tobacco on all aspects of Intellectual Property and regulatory matters.


Practice Areas & Work Department

Intellectual Property

Trademarks and Designs

Copyrights


Languages

English

Turkish

French

German


Memberships

European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA), Member of Publication Committee

Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI)

International Trademark Association (INTA)

Patent and Trademark Attorneys’ Association of Turkey (PEM), Board Member

Association of Trademark and Design Law Practitioners (APRAM)

Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group (PTMG)

Intellectual Property and Competition Law Commission of Ankara Bar

European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA)

The Association of European Trade Mark Owners (MARQUES), Member of Designs Team

Protection of Digital Fonts Under Copyright and Design Law

Digital fonts combine aesthetics and functionality as a key element of modern design and digital communication.

10.03.2025

Chef’s Recommendation: Turkish Case Offers a Tasty Takeaway for Trademark Owners

Would you like to hear more about the chef’s recommendation? First, as a starter, some background information will be provided on a trademark dispute in Turkey that has a culinary theme ...

10.03.2025

Patent and Trademark Office Almost Loses Authority to Revoke Trademarks – Before It Even Gets a Chance to Use It

Along with the entry into force of the Industrial Property Code No 6769 on 10 January 2017, a fundamental change was brought about in terms of the abolition of trademark rights.

05.02.2025

A Trade Mark or a Song? Turkish Court of Cassation Casts Some Light on This Distinction

Article 4 of the Law No. 6769 on Industrial Property indicates that sounds can be registered as trade marks if they are capable of being distinguishable for the goods or services of one undertaking from that of another: ...

30.09.2024

The Supervisory Power of the Re-Examination and Evaluation Board

It is observed that the supervisory power of the Re-examination and Evaluation Board, which is in charge of examining and finalizing appeals against the decisions taken by the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office regarding the registration of IP rights, is in the form of a review of expediency.

25.09.2024

The Turkish Court of Cassation Reminds of the Significance of “Vested Rights” in Two Recent Decisions: Frigo V Frico

The concept of “vested rights” is notable in the Turkish trademark law, as it serves as a strong defense against potential refusal of a later mark because of the likelihood of confusion it may create against an earlier one.

26.08.2024

Kullan ya da Kaybet! McDONALD’S, “BIG MAC” Markaları için Verdiği Savaşı Genel Mahkeme Önünde Kaybetti

İrlandalı hamburger zinciri Supermac Ltd., McDonalds’a ait olan “BIG MAC” markasına karşı 29, 30 ve 42. sınıflardaki mal ve hizmetler için kullanmama nedeniyle iptal talebinde bulunmuş ve Avrupa Birliği Fikri Mülkiyet Ofisi (“EUIPO”) İptal Birimi, “BIG MAC” markasının kullanımının ispat edilemediğini değerlendirerek 29, 30 ve 42. sınıflardaki tüm mal ve hizmetler için iptaline karar vermişti.

29.07.2024

İstanbul Bölge Adliye Mahkemesi 20. Hukuk Dairesi’nin 2021/1507 E 2023/1017 K. sayılı ve 2306.2023 Tarihli Kararı Kapsamında Marka Hakkına Tecavüz Davalarında Sessiz Kalma Yoluyla Hak Kaybı İlkesine Bakış

Sessiz kalma yoluyla hak kaybı ilkesi, marka hakkına tecavüz davaları bakımından düzenlenmiş bir kavram olmayıp, yıllar içerisinde doktrindeki görüşler ve yargı kararları ile hatları ve çerçevesi çizilen ve temelde 4721 sayılı Türk Medeni Kanunu madde 2 “dürüst davranma ilkesi” kapsamında anlaşılması gereken bir ilke olup, içinde “çelişkili davranma yasağı”, “kullanımı bilme/bilebilme”, “ciddi kullanım”, “hak düşürücü süre”, “bu sürenin başlangıcı” ve “süreyi kesen fiiller” gibi birçok kavramı barındırmaktadır[1].

17.07.2024
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