Uğur Aktekin joined Gün + Partners in 1999 and has been a partner since 2003. He is co-chair of the firm’s intellectual property practice and the technology, media and telecom industry practice

Uğur’s Intellectual Property practice focuses on trademarks, designs and copyrights.

He advises on implementing IP protection and enforcement strategies and portfolio management, representing clients before the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office, as well as  cancellation, infringement and other court actions and domain name ADR proceedings, filing for interlocutory and precautionary injunctions, negotiating and drafting co-existence, settlement and licensing agreements.

Uğur has been involved in numerous anti-piracy campaigns, civil litigation, criminal raids and litigation involving software copyrights, cinematographic and musical copyrights, cartoon character copyrights, architectural copyrights, databases and television film formats.

His TMT practice covers media, advertising, consumer, internet, technology licensing, information technologies, computer software, computer games, data protection, data privacy and security.

He advises on all aspects of advertising and media laws, including clearance of advertisements, contracts, promotions and sweepstakes to various local and multinational companies primarily on food and beverages, technology, media, telecom and entertainment sectors.

Uğur also advises on data protection legislation, website privacy policies and terms of use under Turkish law.

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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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