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Sinan Utku focuses on international intellectual property law. His practice includes intellectual property transactions and licensing, the drafting of original patent applications, patent prosecution, drafting patent opinions, technology transfers and client counseling, especially in the area of US patent law. He has had significant experience in the technology areas of pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, telecommunications, fiber optics, cryptography, computer software, business methods, and the electrical arts generally.
Dr. Utku has also had significant experience with formal dispute resolutions involving patents, including US district court litigation, ITC litigation, international arbitration and reexamination before the U.S. PTO. His patent-law and technology expertise assists him in litigations and arbitrations involving complex, hi-tech technologies. Dr. Utku also teaches part-time at Bilkent University Law School in Ankara, Turkey, including courses on patent and competition law, and contract law.
Representative Matters
- Patent counsel on transactions involving hi-tech target companies that own high-value patent portfolios.
- Client counseling involving US patent law issues.
- Drafting and prosecuting original US patent applications in complex, electrical-arts technology areas.
Pro Bono
- Provided assistance to non-governmental organizations in connection with issues relating to freedom of expression in Eastern Europe.
- Counseling a non-governmental organization on legality of data retention laws under the European Convention on Human Rights.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Crimea Foundation, Member
- Licensing Executives Society, Turkey, Member
Publications and Speeches
- "Efficiency of patent proceedings: Which jurisdiction to choose?," Licensing Executives Society (Paris, France, 6/23/2011)
- "Extending Patents to Medical Devices in Europe," Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal (February 2011), Author
- "Challenging Patents," IBC Legal Conferences' 4th Annual Standards & Patents (11/17/2010)
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