Barış Kalaycı
Partner
+ 90 (212) 354 00 40
baris.kalayci@gun.av.tr
Bar Admissions:
Istanbul Bar Association
Languages:
English, Turkish
Expertise
Barış Kalaycı joined the firm in 1997 and has been a Partner since 2010. He is co-chair of the firm’s intellectual property and business crime and anti-corruption practices.
His Intellectual Property practice focuses on trademarks, designs and copyrights. He has been involved in numerous anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy campaigns and civil litigation cases mostly with preliminary injunction requests involving all aspects of IP rights. He also has a special focus on customs IP protection against counterfeit goods being exported, imported and in transit.
Baris also leads the firm’s in-house investigations department which supports the investigative needs of all the firm’s clients and practice groups, especially in anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy matters.
Barış also leads the teams in major business crimes and anti-corruption cases as well as some high profile commercial litigation.
Publications
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Some New Regulations Brought by the Judicial Reform Package
Gün + Partners, Co-Author, 15.11.2019 -
Brand Owners Must be Careful About Bringing Criminal Action for Infringement
Managing IP – International Briefings, Co-Author, 10.07.2019 -
Protecting Non-Traditional Trademarks
Managing IP – Turkey IP Focus 2019, Co-Author, 08.05.2019 -
Amendments to Collection of Electronic Evidence Procedures
ILO – White Collar Crime Newsletter, Co-Author, 25.09.2018 -
Anti-counterfeiting 2018 in Turkey
WTR, Co-Author, 25.05.2018 -
Business Crime and Investigations in Turkey
Practical Law, Co-Author, 23.05.2018 -
How to Evaluate Information Provided by a Whistleblower
ILO – White Collar Crime Newsletter, Author, 06.03.2018 -
New Developments in Combat Against Smuggled counterfeit Products
Managing IP – International Briefings, Co-Author, 01.02.2018 -
Survey on Decoding Conducted by Subcommittee of the Parallel Imports Committee
INTA Bulletin Vol. 72 No. 19, Author, 10.11.2017 -
Analysis on The Corruption Perception in Turkey
Compliance & Ethics Professional-SCCE, Co-Author, 08.08.2017 -
Turkey is Welcoming The Long Awaited Industrial Property Code
Gün + Partners, Co-Author, 10.01.2017 -
Pharmaceutical Trademarks 2017/2018, A Global Guide, Turkey Chapter
WTR, Co-Author, 07.09.2016
Speaking Engagements
Fighting Counterfeit and Diverted Medicines in and from Turkey, PTMG 99th conference, Speaker, Berlin, Germany, 03.10.2019
Enforcement Issues and Best Practices on Anti-Counterfeiting, Gün + Partners - World IP Day, Panellist, Istanbul, Turkey, 26.04.2019
Turkey’s New IP Code and Key Changes for Trademarks, Gün + Partners Seminar, Panellist, Istanbul, Turkey, 13.04.2018
Intellectual Property Rights in Fashion Law, Jurists' Association Turkey - Law School 6, Speaker, Istanbul, Turkey, 10.03.2018
Assessment of Whistleblowing, Ethics and Reputation Society Seminar, Speaker, Istanbul, Turkey, 28.11.2017
Parallel Importation and its reflections on IP Rights and Anti-Counterfeiting and Customs Regulations, AIPPI Turkey 4th IP Law Seminar, Speaker, Istanbul, Turkey, 07.04.2016
Trafficking in counterfeit goods – a cross-border commercial bonanza, IBA 17th Transnational Crime Conference, Speaker, Istanbul, Turkey, 03.04.2014
Developing Brands in Turkey: New Strategies, IP Summit - Regenerating Trademarks, Chair, Alicante, Spain, 11.12.2012
Seizure of Fake Products in Transit at Turkish Borders and Free Trade Areas, AIPPI Turkey IP Law Seminar, Speaker, Istanbul, Turkey, 28.06.2012
Associations
- Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI),
- Anti-Counterfeiting Group (ACG)
- International Trademark Association (INTA), Parallel Import Committee
- Ethics & Reputation Society (TEID)
- Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA)
- Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group (PTMG)
- Patent and Trademark Attorneys’ Association of Turkey (PEM)
- Transparency International Turkey
Education
- 2019, Istanbul University, Faculty of Law, Istanbul LLM. (Candidate)
- 1997, Ankara University, Faculty of Law, Ankara LL.B.
- 1993, Antalya Anatolian High School, Antalya