Mutlu Yıldırım Köse
Partner
+ 90 (212) 354 00 22
mutlu.kose@gun.av.tr
Bar Admissions:
Istanbul Bar Association
Languages:
English, Turkish
Practice Areas
Expertise
Mutlu Yıldırım Köse has been with the firm since 2006 and a partner since 2017. Mutlu is both a lawyer and trademark and patent attorney specializing in intellectual property practice. Her IP practice focuses on trademarks, designs and copyrights.
She has been involved in numerous projects on all fields of IP. Her involvement includes both contentious and non-contentious matters in relation to trademarks, copyrights, designs, patents, domain names and unfair competition. She has an extensive litigation experience, counselled various domestic and foreign clients regarding their IP strategies, legal disputes, licensing and settlement agreements.
She also works in IP prosecution where supervises and drafts oppositions and appeals regarding trademark and design applications before the Turkish patent and trademark office.
She represents foreign, multinational and Turkish clients from numerous business areas including electronics, fashion, cosmetics, textile, entertainment, hotel and tourism, media and entertainment, pharmaceuticals, radio and TV broadcasting, telecoms on all aspects of intellectual property and regulatory matters.
Publications
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Cross-border IP Right Assignments 2021 in Turkey
Practical Law, Co-Author, 08.04.2021 -
How to Tackle Broad Trademarks Registered With No Intention to Use
ManagingIP , Co-Author, 01.03.2021 -
Employing a Trademark As a Domain Name Is Not Genuine Use
ManagingIP, Co-Author, 28.12.2020 -
Industrial Design Rights 2020: Turkey
Wolters Kluwer - Industrial Design Rights: An International Perspective, Co-Author, 26.10.2020 -
COVID-19 Impact on Trademarks
Marques - Class 46, Author, 28.07.2020 -
Analysing the Relationship Between AI and Copyright Law
ManagingIP, Co-Author, 02.07.2020 -
World Intellectual Property Rights and Remedies 2020, Turkey Chapter
Thomson Reuters (West), Co-Author, 19.03.2020 -
Insights as to Turkish Copyright Law
Asia IP Volume 12 Issue 02, Co-Author, 12.03.2020 -
Scope of Protection of Weak Marks in Turkey
Marques - Class 46, Author, 12.03.2020 -
Turkish Patent and Trademark Office Published the New Trademark Examination Guideline
Gün + Partners, Author, 15.11.2019 -
Trademark Litigation 2019 in Turkey
WTR, Co-Author, 19.09.2019 -
Protecting Non-Traditional Trademarks
Managing IP – Turkey IP Focus 2019, Co-Author, 08.05.2019 -
Global Patent Litigation 2019, Turkey Chapter
Wolters Kluwer, Co-Author, 20.10.2019 -
Short Marks Composed of Four Letters With Different Last Two Consonants Held to be Confusingly Similar
Oxford University Press – Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice Volume 13 Issue 1, Co-Author, 03.01.2018 -
International Design Protection, A Global Handbook, Second Edition, Turkey Chapter
Globe Law and Business, Co-Author, 18.10.2019 -
How Will the New Turkish IP Code Affect IP Practice in Turkey?
Wolters Kluwer – Intellectual Property and Technology Law Journal, Co-Author, 01.08.2016
Speaking Engagements
ABAD Decision Review - II: Brompton Bicycle Ltd v Chedech / Get2Get (C-833/18) Decision, Gün + Partners Webinar, Speaker, 16.12.2020
Artificial Intelligence and Copyright, ELSA Ankara - Legaltech/Fintech/Regtech Group, Speaker, 06.12.2020
Trademark Protection in Europe during the COVID 19 Asia and Pacific Session, Gün + Partners Webinar, Speaker, 19.06.2020
Trademark Protection in Europe During COVID-19, Gün + Partners Webinar, Speaker, 16.06.2020
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
Fair Use in Copyright,Model Courts of Justice 2020, Keynote Speaker, Ankara, Turkey, 19.02.2020
EU Copyright Reform and Implications for Turkish law, Gün + Partners – World IP Day, Panellist, Istanbul, Turkey, 26.04.2019
European Union Commission's Copyright Directive in the Digital Single Market, TRT Radio 1 – “Gün Ötesi” Program, Speaker, Istanbul, Turkey, 16.04.2019
Turkey’s New Industrial Property Code (No. 6769), Gün + Partners Seminar, Speaker, Istanbul, Turkey, 10.02.2017
Madrid Protocol & Turkey, Istanbul University, Speaker, Istanbul, Turkey, 2014
Associations
- Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI)
- The Association of European Trade Mark Owners (MARQUES), Copyright Committee
- The Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA)
Education
- 2010, Social Siciences Institute, Istanbul University, Istanbul LLM
- 2006, Faculty of Law, Istanbul University, Istanbul LL.B.
- 2002, Vefa Anatolian High School, Istanbul