Özge Atılgan Karakulak

Özge Atılgan Karakulak has been with the firm since 2005 and has been a partner since 2013. She is chair of the firm’s life sciences industry and competition practices and co-chair of intellectual property practice.

With the combination of Özge’s advisory and litigation expertise and in-depth knowledge of the life sciences sector, she advises clients across all phases of the business cycle of life science products, such as registration / authorization procedures, promotion practices, pricing and reimbursement regulations, distribution relationships and co-marketing deals, as well as on issues of merger control, vertical restraints and abusive conduct.

Özge has acted on behalf of originators in numerous complex patent infringement and validity actions in the pharmaceutical industry and she was involved in the first ever pharmaceutical data exclusivity actions in Turkey.

In addition her corporate work, Özge serves as a counsel to the Association of Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (AIFD) and the Association of Research-Based Medical Technologies Manufacturers (ARTED) in Turkey and advises on numerous regulatory policy papers and drafting regulations for the Turkish government authorities.

World IP Day – Conversation on Impact of COVID-19 on IP, Gün + Partners Webinar, Moderator, 27.04.2020

IBA - 7^th Annual World Life Sciences Conference, Conference Co-Chair, Philadelphia, USA, 31.05.2019

IP Rights in Health Technologies, LES Turkey - Friday IP Talks, Panellist, Istanbul, Turkey, 17.05.2019

Compliance Environment in Life Sciences Industry in Turkey, Seton Hall University School of Law Faculty - Middle East Healthcare Compliance Certificate Program, Speaker, Dubai, UAE, 02.05.2019

Review of Patent Cases in the German, Turkish And English Courts in 2018, Gün + Partners – World IP Day, Moderator, Istanbul, Turkey, 26.04.2019

Spotlight on Turkey – a Case Study, Managing Intellectual Property - International Patent Forum 2019, Speaker, London, UK, 07.03.2019

Licensing, Pricing and Reimbursement Processes, Transparency International Association Turkey - Pharmaceutical Sector Cooperation Program, Moderator, Istanbul, Turkey, 27.02.2019

IBA - 6^th Annual World Life Sciences Conference, Conference Co-Chair, Boston, MA, USA, 01.06.2018

Preliminary Injuction in Turkey, Managing Intellectual Property - International Patent Forum 2018, Speaker, London, UK, 08.03.2018

Life Science Patent II – Hot Topics in the Life Sciences Litigation, IBA - 5^th Annual World Life Sciences Conference, Co-Moderator, San Diego, CA, USA, 17.06.2017

IBA - 5^th Annual World Life Sciences Conference, Conference Co-Chair, San Diego, CA, USA, 16.06.2017

All You Need to Know About the New IP Code in Turkey, Managing Intellectual Property - International Patent Forum 2017, Speaker, London, UK, 09.03.2017

Litigation Topic 1, IBA - 4^th Annual World Life Sciences Conference, Co-Moderator, San Francisco, CA, USA, 04.06.2016

Pay for Delay, IBA - 4^th Annual World Life Sciences Conference, Co-Moderator, San Francisco, CA, USA, 03.06.2016

IBA - 4^th Annual World Life Sciences Conference, Co-Moderator, San Francisco, CA, USA, 03.06.2016

Creating a Sustainable Investment Environment in Pharma in the MENA Region, CPhI Istanbul 2016 Conference, Speaker, Istanbul, Turkey, 01.06.2016

Patent, Technology Licensing and Trademark, Istanbul Bilgi University – Master Program, Instructor, Istanbul, Turkey, 01.03.2016 – 30.04.2016

What’s New in Patent Litigation? IBA - Annual Conference 2013, Speaker, Boston, MA, USA, 07.10.2013

Who Pays? Pharmaceutical Patents and the Developing World, IBA - Annual Conference 2013, Speaker, Boston, MA, USA, 07.10.2013