Selin Sinem Erciyas

Expertise

Selin Sinem Erciyas joined the firm in 2006 and became a partner in 2014. She specializes in life sciences and intellectual property with a special focus on patents and utility models.

Selin has been involved in a number of advisory and litigation matters in all fields of IP and has handled hundreds of contentious and non-contentious administrative oppositions and court actions involving intellectual property rights, particularly in relation with protection of patent rights. She regularly advises on patent infringement actions, declaration of non-infringement actions and nullity actions.

She represents multinational pharmaceutical companies before the Ministry of Health on regulatory issues and examinations.

Selin is the spokesperson for some NGO’s in Turkey and in Europe and represents these NGO’s before Turkish Parliament and Turkish Ministries. Delegation of the European Union to Turkey contacts with Selin every year before drafting the IP section of EU Progress Report of Turkey. Selin also advises commercial counselors of Embassy of U.S.A, British Embassy, and Embassy of Switzerland in relation with the IP Law and developments in Turkey.

Practice Areas

• Intellectual Property
• Patent and Utility Models
• Life Sciences

Speaking Engagements

World IP Day - Women and IP: Women Behind Life Changing Innovations - An Interview with Prof. Rana Sanyal, Gün + Partners Webinar, Moderator, 25.04.2023

Current Issues in the Field of Trademark and Patent, FICPI - TURKEY & Turkish Patent and Trademark Office, Moderator, Ankara, 20.12.2022

World IP Day - Access to Medicine, Compulsory Licensing and Protection of Patent Rights, Gün + Partners Webinar, Speaker, Istanbul, 10.05.2022

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

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

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

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

Patent Case Study, FICPI – Turkey - Roundtable Meeting, Moderator, Istanbul, Turkey, 12.01.2018

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

What to Know About New Patent Law in Turkey, London IP Summit IPR Events, Speaker, London, UK, 14.10.2016

Patent Protection for Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnological Inventions, Turkish Pharmaceutical Technology Researches Association, Speaker, Istanbul, Turkey, 10.09.2016

Harmonisation of Turkish Patent Law (with EU regulations), Managing Intellectual Property - International Patent Forum 2016, Speaker, London, UK, 10.03.2016

Building and Protecting an International Drug Portfolio, World IP Forum 2015, Speaker, Bangkok, Thailand, 15.09.2015

Spotlight on Turkey: Recent Trends and Pitfalls in Patent Litigation, Managing Intellectual Property - International Patent Forum 2015, Speaker, London, UK, 11.03.2015

Publications

• Waiving from IP Rights in the Post-Covid Landscape
  Gün + Partners, Co-Author, 02 March 2023
• Unified Patent Court - How It Will Resonate in Turkey?
  ManagingIP, Co-Author, 01 March 2023
• “Plausibility” in Turkish Patent Law and Its Impact on Invalidation Proceedings
  ManagingIP, Co-Author, 28 February 2023
• Preliminary Injunction Decisions against Patent Trolls to Prevent the Enforcement of Patent Rights
  Gün + Partners, Co-Author, 26 February 2023
• SEP: Navigating the Technology-Driven World
  Gün + Partners, Co-Author, 23 February 2023
• Determination of Evidence in Disputes Over Pharmaceutical Patents
  ILO - Litigation Newsletter, Co-Author, 24 January 2023
• What The Plausibility Requirement Means For Turkish IP Law
  IAM - International Report, Co-Author, 10 January 2023
• The Dangers of Basing Preliminary Injunctions on Determination of Evidence
  IAM - International Report, Co-Author, 22 November 2022
• Patents, Trade Marks, Copyright and Designs 2022 in Turkey
  Practical Law, Co-Author, 09 November 2022
• Why Compulsory Licensing is a Blunt Instrument in the Post-Covid Landscape
  IAM - International Report, Author, 11 October 2022
• Global Patent Litigation 2022, Turkey Chapter (1)
  Wolters Kluwer, Co-Author, 22 August 2022
• A Milestone Decision on the Patentability of Second Medical Use Claims
  Kluwer Patent Blog, Co-Author, 16 August 2022
• Bolar-Like Hurdle for Generics
  IAM - International Report, Co-Author, 09 August 2022
• Neither a Compulsory License nor an IP Waiver is the Solution to Finding or Accessing the Vaccine
  ManagingIP, Author, 21 July 2022
• A Fairer Way to Determine Royalties in Turkish Compulsory Licensing
  IAM - International Report, Author, 01 April 2022

Associations

• International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys of Turkey (FICPI Turkey), Founder and Former President

• International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI)

• Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI), Standards and Patents Committee

• German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)

• Istanbul Arbitration Center (ISTAC), Intellectual Property Working Commission

Education

• 2005, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich (LL.M Eur)
• 2002, Faculty of Law, Ankara University, Ankara (LL.B.)
• 1998, Arı College, Ankara