Hande Hançar joined the Gün + Partners in 2005 and has been a partner since 2014. She is co-chair of the firm’s intellectual property and technology, media & telecommunication practices.

She advises on intellectual property, both contentious and non-contentious matters relating to trademarks, copyrights, industrial designs, domain names and unfair competition. She has extensive litigation experience and has counselled numerous foreign clients on IP strategies, legal disputes, licensing and settlement agreements.  Hande has also acted on behalf of originators in numerous complex patent infringement and validity actions in the pharmaceutical industry and assisted clients in drafting complex software and patent license contracts.

Within the scope of the technology, media & telecommunication practice group, Hande provides support to clients on consumer law particularly for labelling and product liability issues, commercial communication and advertising, data protection and ensuring that their products and services are compliant with the Turkish regulatory regime.

Hande also serves as a counsel to the Association of Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies (AIFD) in Turkey and advises on many regulatory policy papers and drafting regulations proposed to the Turkish governmental authorities.

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News

Uğur Aktekin (Turkey) will moderate a panel at the FICPI Forum in Barcelona on November 7th titled "Foreign Words as Trademarks".

October 23, 2014

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Uğur Aktekin (Turkey) will speak at the IBA Annual Conference in Tokyo on October the 23rd at a session called " 'Squeezed by globalization - The position of mid-sized firms'. His topic is: " Can mid-sized law firms manage their business and partnership alone anymore, or is it mandatory to hire consultants and professionals to support and lead".

October 22, 2014

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Uğur Aktekin (Turkey) will be speaking on October 14th at the Brussels Technology Days. The theme of first day is "IP Law in the Technology Sector" and his session is on "The Liability of Internet Service Providers for IP Infringement".

October 21, 2014

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