Özge Atılgan Karakulak

Expertise

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 patent and utility models 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 and unfair competition actions in Turkey.

In addition her corporate work, Özge advises multinational industry associations in Turkey on numerous regulatory policy papers and drafting regulations for the Turkish government authorities.

Practice Areas

• Life Sciences
• Intellectual Property
• Patents and Utility Models
• Competition

Speaking Engagements

IBA - 9th Annual World Life Sciences Conference, Conference Co-Chair, Washington DC, 02.06.2023

Significant International Post-Pandemic IP Policies - A Worldwide Review, IBA - 9th Annual World Life Sciences Conference, Co-Moderator, Washington DC, 02.06.2023

Patent Litigation in Turkey Workshop, LES-Turkey - IP Camp 2022, Trainer, İzmir, 12.08.2022

Litigation and Filing Trends in Life Sciences, Managing IP Intellectual Property and Innovation Summit 2022 Europe, Panelist, London, UK, 15.06.2022

IBA - 8^th Annual World Life Sciences Conference, Conference Co-Chair, Paris, France, 04.06.2022

Have patents cured Covid-19?, IBA - Virtual Fever the New Pandemic Conference, Moderator, Berlin, Germany, 12.10.2021

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

Publications

• Global Patent Litigation 2023, Turkey Chapter
  Wolters Kluwer, Co-Author, Jan 29, 2024
• Healthcare Regulation 2024 in Turkey
  GTDT, Co-Author, Oct 02, 2023
• Pricing of Pharmaceuticals and the Fixed Exchange Rate
  Gün + Partners, Co-Author, Mar 01, 2023
• Market Access- Alternative Reimbursement Models
  Gün + Partners, Co-Author, Feb 28, 2023
• The Need for an Injunction in Cases Where the EPO Proceeding is a Pending Issue
  Gün + Partners, Co-Author, Feb 27, 2023
• Named Patient Program
  Gün + Partners, Co-Author, Feb 26, 2023
• REGIONAL COURT OF APPEALS: The Decision of the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency of Refusal of the Applications of the Original Medicine Owners to Obtain Information on Reference Product is Unlawful
  Gün + Partners, Co-Author, Feb 24, 2023
• SEP: Navigating the Technology-Driven World
  Gün + Partners, Co-Author, Feb 23, 2023
• Supply of Pharmaceutical Products from Abroad and Patent Rights
  Gün + Partners, Co-Author, Feb 22, 2023
• The Euro Value Applied to Pharmaceutical Prices was increased by 36.77%
  ILO - Litigation Newsletter, Co-Author, Jan 04, 2023
• IP in Business Transactions 2022 in Turkey
  Practical Law, Co-Author, Nov 08, 2022
• SSI Publishes Amendment to the Alternative Reimbursement Regulation Upon Annulment of the State Council
  Gün + Partners, Co-Author, Jul 20, 2022
• Recent Developments & Turkey’s Position on SEPs: Navigating The Technology-Driven World
  ManagingIP – Future of IP: Turkey 2022, Co-Author, Mar 16, 2022
• Patent Litigation 2022 in Turkey
  Practical Law, Co-Author, Feb 04, 2022
• World Intellectual Property Rights and Remedies 2021, Turkey Chapter
  Thomson Reuters (West), Co-Author, Oct 25, 2021

Associations

• International Bar Association (IBA), Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Committee Advisory Board Member

• Seton Hall University School of Law Healthcare Compliance Certification Program, Advisory Board Member

• Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI)

• Licensing Executives Society (LES)

• Galatasaray University Alumni Association

Education

• 2006, The Institute of Social Sciences, Galatasaray University, Istanbul (LL.M. in Business Law)
• 2004, Faculty of Law, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir (LL.B.)
• 2000, Wautoma High School, WI, US
• 1999, TED Aliaga Private High School, Izmir