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Online Program - Certificate Program in Expert Witnessing under Intellectual and Industrial Property Legislation

Expert witness candidates, law faculty students and graduates, lawyers, trademark/patent attorneys, academics, researchers, staff working in R&D and innovation units, and anyone interested in the field of intellectual property
36 Hours

18,000₺ (up to 3 instalments available with World, Bonus, Paraf and Maksimum cards)

Synchronous Distance Learning

Date: 13-28 December 2025
Duration: 6 Days – 3 Weekends (36 hours in total)

Hours: 10.00-16.00

Dear participants

You can follow the steps below to enrol in IZUSEM certificate programmes.

(Candidates who are IZU staff members or students must notify izusem@izu.edu.tr before making a payment.)

  1. STEP
  2. https://kampus.izu.edu.tr/login
  3. You need to create an account by clicking the "Create Account" button via the link.
  4. STEP
  5. After completing the "Create Account" step, you need to click the link below again and log in to the Campus Information System with the e-mail address and password you used to register.
  6. https://kampus.izu.edu.tr/login
  7. STEP
  8. On the screen that opens, you can select the training you want under APPLICATION FORMS in the left panel and create your REGISTRATION.
The program enables expert witnesses and expert witness candidates to gain theoretical and practical knowledge of intellectual property through current legislation, court decisions and practical examples.

TRAINING PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Day 1 – Saturday, 13 December 2025

Topic: Introduction to Intellectual Property Rights and Law No. 5846 on Intellectual and Artistic Works

Instructor: Assoc. Prof. Canan Küçükali - Retired Judge, Att. Serdar Arıkan

Duration: 6 hours

Topics:

  • The concept of intellectual property and its historical development
  • The distinction between intellectual rights and industrial rights
  • Basic principles of Law No. 5846 (FSEK)
  • Works, authors and economic rights

Day 2 - Sunday, 14 December, 6 Hours

  • Moral rights and conditions of protection
  • Work contracts, licensing and assignment
  • Authorship disputes and judicial practice

Day 3 – Saturday, 20 December 2025

Topic: Introduction to Industrial Property Law No. 6769 and Trademark Law

Instructor: Retired Judge, Att. Serdar Arıkan - Trademark and Patent Attorney, Att. Aybüke Köker

Duration: 6 hours

Topics:

  • The general structure of Industrial Property Law No. 6769
  • The concept and functions of trademarks
  • Types of trademarks and the registration process
  • The scope of trademark rights and their exceptions

Day 4, Sunday, 21 December 2025, 6 Hours

Topic: Decisions of the Re-examination and Evaluation Board, cancellation, invalidity, and current issues and practices in trademark law

Instructor: Trademark and Patent Attorney, Att. Aybüke Köker - Retired Judge, Att. Serdar Arıkan

Duration: 6 hours

Topics:

  • Distinctiveness of trademarks and the obligation of use
  • Opposition and invalidity procedures
  • Analysis of the likelihood of confusion between trademarks
  • Examples from Turkish Patent Institute and court decisions
  • A comparative approach with the EU trademark system
  • Trademark infringement and legal remedies
  • Well-known trademarks and bad-faith applications
  • Trademark licensing, assignment and cases of cancellation

Day 5 – Saturday, 27 December 2025

Topic: Design Law

Instructor: Retired Judge, Att. İlhami Güneş - Trademark and Patent Attorney Uğur Yalçıner

Duration: 6 hours

Topics:

  • The concept of design and conditions of protection
  • Criteria of novelty and distinctive character
  • Registered and unregistered design protection
  • The rights of the design holder and their limits
  • Design infringements and court decisions
  • Examples of protection in fashion, industrial and digital design

Day 6 – Sunday, 28 December 2025

Topic: Patent and Utility Model Law

Instructors: Trademark and Patent Attorney Zafer Güzey and Trademark and Patent Attorney Uğur Yalçıner

Duration: 6 hours

Topics:

  • The concept of invention and patentability criteria
  • The difference between patents and utility models
  • Application and examination procedures
  • The scope of patent rights, exceptions and licences
  • Patent infringement and types of lawsuits
  • Current examples and the international system (PCT, EPC, UPC)
Assoc. Prof. Canan Küçükali
(Program Coordinator)
Att. İlhami Güneş
(Retired Judge of the Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights Court)
Att. Melek Aybüke Köker
(Trademark and Patent Attorney, Lawyer, LLM)
Att. Serdar Arıkan
(Retired Judge of the Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights Court)
Uğur Yalçıner
(WIPO Consultant, Mechanical Engineer, Trademark and Patent Attorney)
Zafer Güzey
(Mechanical Engineer, Trademark and Patent Attorney)
Participants who successfully complete the training will receive a certificate approved by Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University. The certificate can also be viewed via e-Devlet.
An 80% attendance requirement must be met during the training.
  • The discounted rate for students is limited by the available quota.
  • IZUSEM reserves the right to make any changes it deems necessary during the announcement and implementation stages of its programmes.
  • Places on the training programme are limited. Once participants have made their payment, IZUSEM will grant them final registration, and no refunds will be made unless participants apply in writing at least 2 weeks before the programme start date.