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Ms Arzu Bekem

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Work Department

Intellectual and Industrial Property

Position

Arzu Bekem is a member of Intellectual and Industrial Property department of Istanbul Office. She specializes in intellectual property, advising local and foreign clients on trademarks, designs, copyright, IP litigation and prosecution matters.  She also pleads before commercial, civil and criminal IP-specialized courts, and regularly acts on Uniformed Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) before WIPO. She supports the IP team on seizures and destruction of counterfeit products throughout Turkey on behalf of major multinational companies.

Along with being an experienced litigation attorney in IP Law, Arzu is also skilled in trademark and industrial design portfolio management as being a qualified trademark attorney and managing portfolios of companies through Turkish Patent and Trademark Office.  She handles all types of IP related civil and criminal actions and execute the IP & IT related contract processes. She conducts IP rights portfolio management for the clients which are international companies active in food, food supplement, cosmetics, medicines, luxury goods, textile, automotive, hospitality and many other sectors.

She was licensed by the Istanbul Bar Association and graduated with an LLM from the University of Surrey. As an Active member of AIPPI (Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle), she is currently working as Moderator of Legislative Monitoring and Compilation Working Group.

She specializes in intellectual property, advising local and foreign clients on trademarks, designs, copyright, IP litigation and prosecution matters. She also pleads before commercial, civil and criminal IP-specialized courts, and regularly acts on Uniformed Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) before WIPO. She supports the IP team on seizures and destruction of counterfeit products throughout Turkey on behalf of major multinational companies. Along with being an experienced litigation attorney in IP Law, Arzu is also skilled in trademark and industrial design portfolio management as being a qualified trademark attorney and managing portfolios of companies through Turkish Patent and Trademark Office. She handles all types of IP related civil and criminal actions and execute the IP & IT related contract processes. She conducts IP rights portfolio management for the clients which are international companies active in food, food supplement, cosmetics, medicines, luxury goods, textile, automotive, hospitality and many other sectors.