Güldeniz Doğan Alkan
Partner
+ 90 (212) 354 00 24
guldeniz.dogan@gun.av.tr
Bar Admissions:
Ankara Bar Association
Languages:
English, Turkish, French, German
Practice Areas
Expertise
Güldeniz Doğan Alkan joined the firm 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.
Publications
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Regional Court of Appeal Issues Controversial Reversal Decision
WTR, Co-Author, 08.06.2021 -
A Closer Look at the Turkish Court of Cassation’s Supervisory Power and Its Boundaries
ManagingIP, Co-Author, 22.04.2021 -
Implementation of Mandatory Mediation in IP Disputes: Court of Cassation Issues Contradictory Decisions
WTR, Co-Author, 17.03.2021 -
Enforcement: An International Litigation Guide 2020, Turkey
INTA, Co-Author, 17.03.2021 -
Turkish Court of Appeal Finds Likelihood of Confusion Based on a Common Weak Element
Oxford University Press - Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Co-Author, 22.02.2021 -
Patents, Trade Marks, Copyright and Designs 2020 in Turkey
Practical Law, Co-Author, 27.11.2020 -
Turkish Court of Appeal Rules on Abuse of the Right to Sue
Marques - Class 46, Co-Author, 13.10.2020 -
Turkish Court of Appeal Considers Mandatory Mediation Requirement in Disputes Containing Both Monetary and Nonmonetary Claims
WTR, Co-Author, 05.08.2020 -
Good News for Owners of IR Designations as Trademark Office Changes its Practice in Opposition Proceedings
WTR, Co-Author, 10.06.2020 -
Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Grace Periods and Use Obligation Provided for Trademarks in Turkey
Gün + Partners, Co-Author, 24.09.2020 -
Court of Appeal: Plaintiff Lost its Right to Claim Trademark Infringement Due to Silence
Gün + Partners, Co-Author, 12.05.2020 -
Court of Appeal Grants Protection to Relatively Weak Mark in Questionable Decision
WTR, Co-Author, 03.05.2020 -
Turkish Court of Appeal Rules on Likelihood of Confusion
Marques - Class 46, Co-Author, 14.04.2020 -
Claiming Compensation for IP Infringement
Managing IP - Future of IP: Turkey 2020, Co-Author, 19.03.2020 -
Court of Appeal Reverses Own Decision in WING CHUN Case
WTR, Co-Author, 19.03.2020 -
Turkish Appeal Court Rules in Cow Trade Mark Case
Marques - Class 46, Co-Author, 14.02.2020 -
Non-Use Defence in Litigation Proceedings before Turkish Courts: Special Emphasis on Pharmaceutical Trademarks!
PTMG - Law Lore & Practice Dec 2019, Co-Author, 13.12.2019 -
Online Marka Tecavüzü Davalarında Yetki – Avrupa Birliği Adalet Divanından Ön Karar: AMS Neve v. Heritage Audio SL
IPR Gezgini, Author, 30.09.2019 -
Court Rules on Protection of Well-Known Trade Mark
Managing IP – International Briefings, Co-Author, 26.10.2018 -
The Fashion Industry and New Provisions of Turkish Industrial Property Code Regarding Protection of Unregistered Design Rights
IBA – IP & Entertainment Law Committee Newsletter,, Co-Author, 10.10.2018 -
Turkish Court of Appeals Grants Protection to Well-Known ‘JELIBON’ Trade Mark Despite Its Original Lack of Distinctiveness
Oxford University Press - Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Volume 13, Issue 8, Author, 07.09.2018 -
International Registrations Subject to Disparate Treatment in Opposition Proceedings
INTA Bulettin Vol. 73 No. 14, Co-Author, 07.09.2018 -
Well-known Trade Marks in Turkish Legal Practice: Scope of Protection
Oxford University Press – Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Co-Author, 22.05.2018 -
A new adventure for the intellectual property system in Turkey: IP Code No 6769
IBA Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee Update, VOLUME 9 ISSUE 1, Co-Author, 29.06.2017
Speaking Engagements
ABAD Decision Review - III: “Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini v. EUIPO - J-M.- E.V. e hijos, SRL ”decision, Gün + Partners Webinar, Moderator, 17.02.2021
Key Developments and Predictions for Trademark Law in Turkey - 2020 With a Focus on the Impacts of the COVID-19, Gün + Partners Webinar, Speaker, 18.05.2020
Law and Trademark law, Patent and Trademark Attorneys Association - Trademark Attorneyship 2nd level Pre-Exam Training, Instructor, Ankara, Turkey, 04.01.2020
Law and IP law, Patent and Trademark Attorneys Association - Trademark Attorneyship Pre-Exam Training, Instructor, Ankara, Turkey, 10.11.2019
Law, Patent and Trademark Attorneys Association – Patent Attorneyship Pre-Exam Training, Instructor, Ankara, Turkey, 03.11.2019
Law and IP law, Patent and Trademark Attorneys Association – Trademark Attorneyship Pre-Exam Training, Instructor, Istanbul, Turkey, 20.10.2019
Law and IP law, Patent and Trademark Attorneys Association – Trademark Attorneyship Pre-Exam Training, Instructor, Istanbul, Turkey, 13.10.2019
Law and IP law, Patent and Trademark Attorneys Association – Trademark Attorneyship Pre-Exam Training, Instructor, Ankara, Turkey, 29.09.2019
Law, Patent and Trademark Attorneys Association – Patent Attorneyship Pre-Exam Training, Instructor, Ankara, Turkey, 15.09.2019
Recent EU Case Law and Turkish Court of Appeals Precedents on Trademark, Gün + Partners – World IP Day, Moderator, Istanbul, Turkey, 26.04.2019
Turkey’s New IP Code and Key Changes for Trademarks, Gün + Partners Seminar, Panellist, Istanbul, Turkey, 13.04.2018
Trademark Infringement under Turkish Law, Model Court of Justice 2018, Speaker, Ankara, Turkey, 09.02.2018
Turkey’s new Industrial Property Code (No. 6769), Gün + Partners Seminar, Speaker, Paris, France, 05.04.2017
Associations
- 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
Education
- 2021, Faculty of Law, Paris II Panthéon-Assas University, Paris LL.B.
- 2013, Faculty of Business Administration, Anadolu University, Eskişehir MA
- 2011, European Law, Gazi University, Ankara LL.M.
- 2005, Faculty of Law, Galatasaray University, Istanbul LL.B.
- 2001, Charles de Gaulle French High School, Ankara