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Sümeyye Uçar

Sümeyye Uçar

Özdağıstanli Ekici Attorney Partnership

Sümeyye is an Associate at Ozdagistanli Ekici. She advises multinational and Turkish clients in information technology, telecommunications, privacy, competition, and regulatory fields.

She acts as counsel to the world’s leading automotive brands with their telecommunication and technology queries in Turkey. She also assists multinational technology companies with their corporate work in Turkey.

Sümeyye also works with large media and VoD companies for their licenses and advertisement related queries in Turkey.


Practice Areas & Work Department

Technology, Media and Telecom

Data Protection

Intellectual Property

Electronic Commerce

Fintech


Languages

Turkish

English


Memberships

Istanbul Bar Association

Novel Amendments on Consumer Protection and E-Commerce Legislations

On October 30, 2024, the Law Amending the Consumer Protection Law and Other Laws was published on the Official Gazette, introducing significant changes regarding sanctions on advertisements and e-commerce license fees.

04.11.2024

Time to Legalize Data Transfers from Turkey - Deadline: September 1, 2024

As we posted here last week, the Regulation on The Procedures and Principles for Cross-Border Transfers of Personal Data has been published in the Official Gazette and entered into force on July 10, 2024.

22.07.2024

Regulation on Cross-Border Data Transfer Mechanisms is in Force

The Regulation on the Procedures and Principles on the Cross-Border Personal Data Transfers (“Regulation”) was published on the Official Gazette and entered into force today, on July 10, 2024.

10.07.2024

Tanınmış Türk Markalarının Avrupa’da Korunması: Kötü Niyet İncelemesi

21 Şubat 2024 tarihinde, Avrupa Birliği Adalet Divanı Genel Mahkemesi, yalnızca Türkiye'de tescilli olan tanınmış bir markaya benzerliği nedeniyle "hepsiburada" markasının Avrupa Birliği Fikri Mülkiyet Ofisi nezdinde tescil edilmesini kötü niyetli bulmuştur.

04.04.2024

Can an Employer Claim Rights to an Employee’s Invention in Turkey?

The legal protection of inventions has always been important to inventors because of the rights and exclusivity it confers. However, under certain circumstances, the Turkish Industrial Property Law No. 6769 ("Law") grants rights to the employer of an inventor, taking into account the fact that the employer has contributed to the creation of the invention by providing opportunities and making investments.

03.04.2024

European Protection on Well-Known Turkish Trademarks: A Case on Bad Faith

On February 21, 2024, the General Court of the Court of Justice rendered its decision regarding the registration of a trademark under the European Union Intellectual Property Office with bad faith, due to its identity to a well-known trademark registered only in Turkey.

22.03.2024

Markaları Değiştirerek Kullanmak Mümkün Mü?

6769 sayılı Sınai Mülkiyet Kanunu ("Kanun"), (i) tescilinden itibaren beş yıl içinde ciddi kullanımı olmayan veya (ii) kullanımına beş yıl kesintisiz ara verilen markanın iptaline karar verileceğini düzenlemektedir. Bu hükmün uygulanabilmesi için, markanın tescil edildiği mal veya hizmetlerle ilgili kullanımının olmaması ve marka sahibinin markayı kullanmamak için haklı bir nedeninin bulunmaması gerekmektedir.

06.03.2024

Is it Possible to Use an Altered Trademark in Turkey?

Law No. 6769 on Industrial Property (“Law”) regulates that a trademark shall be revoked if a trademark (i) has not been genuinely used within five years of its registration or (ii) is not used uninterruptedly for five years. For this provision to apply, the use of trademark must be in relation to the goods or services for which it is registered and the trademark owner should not have a valid reason for not using the trademark.

01.03.2024
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