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
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
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International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys of Turkey (FICPI Turkey), Founder and Former President
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International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI)
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Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI), Standards and Patents Committee
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German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR)
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Istanbul Arbitration Center (ISTAC), Intellectual Property Working Commission
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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