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.

Publications

• Jurisdictional Implications of CJEU Case C-339/22 and Article 71(3) of Brussels Ibis for Non-EU States: The Case of the UK, Norway, Switzerland and Türkiye
  Legalink Newsletter, Author, May 08, 2025
• The Electrolux - BSH Decision of the CJEU: The Next Step for Jurisdiction in European and Global Patent Infringement Cases
  Legalink Newsletter, Co-Author, Mar 24, 2025
• The Regional Administrative Court’s Decision on Trade Secrets And The Administration’s Responsibility Against Unfair Competition
  IAM Weekly, Author, Feb 24, 2025
• Does the ‘Long Arm’ of the UPC Reach Turkey?
  ManagingIP, Co-Author, Jan 20, 2025
• Artificial Intelligence and Pharmaceutical Industry: The Transformation in the Technology and Patent System Shaping the Future
  Gün + Partners, Co-Author, Nov 25, 2024
• Applying Presumption of Patent Infringement Against Biosimilars
  Legalink European Monthly Newsletters, Co-Author, Sep 20, 2024
• IP Rights 2024 in Türkiye: Overview
  Practical Law, Co-Author, Sep 16, 2024
• Implementation of Discovery of Evidence in Patent Law
  Legalink European Monthly Newsletters, Co-Author, Aug 22, 2024
• Designs and Utility Models Throughout the World Chapter 149A Turkey
  Center For International Legal Studies, Co-Author, Jun 20, 2024
• Patents Throughout the World Chapter 169 Turkey
  Center For International Legal Studies, Co-Author, Jun 20, 2024
• What will be the Fate of the Guarantee Provided for the Preliminary Injunction Decision?
  ManagingIP, Co-Author, Jun 13, 2024
• A New Slant on the Implementation of the Bolar Exemption in Turkish Patent Law
  Gün + Partners, Co-Author, Jun 03, 2024
• Fending Off Tactical Patent Invalidation Actions
  Gün + Partners, Co-Author, Jun 03, 2024
• Possible Effects of a Unified Patent Court in Türkiye
  Gün + Partners, Co-Author, Jun 03, 2024
• Preventing Price Decreases of Original Pharmaceutical Products with Partial Preliminary Injunctions
  Gün + Partners, Co-Author, Jun 03, 2024

Speaking Engagements

What are the Latest Legal Developments Impacting the Life Sciences Industry?, Managing IP Intellectual Property and Innovation Summit 2023, Panelist, London, 07.06.2023

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

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

• Ethics and Reputation Society, Ankara Representative

Education

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