Türkiye

Firm overview

Orbis IP & Law offers a comprehensive suite of intellectual property services across Turkiye and North Cyprus, catering to both local and international clients. Our services include prosecution and litigation support, tailored to safeguard our clients' intellectual assets.
As pioneers in the Turkish IP landscape, Orbis proudly holds certification from British Certification Inc. and Jas-Anz, underscoring our commitment to quality service with the ISO 9001:2000 quality management certificate.

Our dual identity as both an IP firm and a law office provides us with a unique vantage point, allowing us to anticipate challenges and adopt proactive strategies. Our collaborative approach, facilitated by attorneys at law and registered trademark and patent attorneys, ensures comprehensive case analysis from diverse perspectives.

At the heart of our operations lies a dedication to delivering high-quality services in IPR prosecution and litigation. Our commitment to personalized consultancy ensures that each client receives tailored solutions crafted to address their specific needs with consistency and reliability. Known for our dedication, efficiency, and responsiveness, we prioritize client satisfaction in every engagement.

Our clientele spans a wide spectrum of industries, including healthcare, pharmaceuticals, technology, food and beverages, luxury goods, and the chemical industry. Each client receives individualized attention and priority.

Additionally, we maintain an in-house team of notarial sworn translators, certified under ISO 17100:2015 by QCS International, ensuring meticulous attention to detail and accuracy across technical translations, patent documentation, legal texts, proofreading, editing, and linguistic checks.

We have a team of six attorneys at law, 75% of whom possess over 30 years of experience. Several of our partners serve as court-appointed experts, providing expert reports for intellectual property law cases. This enriches our collective expertise and ensures relevance in diverse IP litigation scenarios. English and German proficiency, both written and oral, is a key asset of our office, facilitated by a team of multinational trademark and patent attorneys, as well as legal experts. Additionally, our counsels include professionals with a mechanical engineering background. Our team also boasts over ten experienced trademark and patent experts, as well as skilled paralegals.

Firm overview

NSN Law Firm does not only provide legal services limited to trademark law but is actively counselling in all areas of IP as well as other IP related law matters. The Firm’s IP Department consists of four practice groups namely; “Copyright Practice Group”; “Trademark & Design Practice Group”; “Advertising Practice Group” and “Patent & Life Sciences Practice” group. The Firm also experienced in regulatory matters and practice of trademark law in regulated industries such as pharma, food, beverage, telecommunication, media, tobacco and alcohol sectors. The Firm’s regulatory experience helps us to evaluate the issues from the holistic perspective. 

In NSN Law Firm, the team comprises of fully competent IP lawyers also holding trademark attorney licenses. Both prosecution and litigation processes are managed by the Firm’s lawyer team. Besides, we regularly track the last court decisions and amendments in the IP regulation, thereby we proactively guide our clients regarding the new developments in the system and give feedback if the strategy of portfolio management needs changes.

NSN Law Firm ranks at 1st tier in rankings of the Legal 500 since 2014 and 2nd tier in Chambers & Partners, Managing IP and WTR, IAM. The Firm is also selected as a Leading Law Firm by IAM for Patent Litigation and Transactions section. The senior partner Selma Ünlü is chosen amongst 250 IP women lawyer in the world from Turkey by MIP and is depicted as one of the leading recommended individuals in Legal 500, WTR and IAM in Turkey.

NSN Law firm, established and located in Istanbul, has strong ties and long-lasting cooperation with the associated legal offices in Izmir and Ankara, other two largest cities in Turkey, as well as foreign legal offices in other countries, and thus we serve our clients with the ability to represent them both within Turkey and worldwide.

Network Memberships: International Trademark Association (INTA), Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI), Healthcare Products Association, WIPO Domain Name Dispute Resolution Panel, European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA), Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group (PTMG), Marques

Firm overview

Firm overview

Kenaroğlu Avukatlik Bürosu was established in 2008 by Yasemin Kenaroğlu who qualified as an attorney at law in 2003 and a trademark and patent attorney in 2005. She has been active in all the firm’s practice areas since 2003.
The firm’s main office is ideally located in Istanbul, with a liaison office in Ankara – home to the Turkish Patent Office – and another in Izmir – western Turkey’s commercial centre. The firm is authorised and able to handle cases in the other cities and regions of the country as well.

Kenaroğlu’s team, consisting of attorneys at law, trademark and patent attorneys and support staff, is dedicated to providing the highest-quality litigation, enforcement, prosecution and counselling services in trademark, patent, design, domain name, copyright and unfair competition matters to local and international companies in a wide variety of industries, including automotive, fashion, media and entertainment, spirits, telecommunications, software, electronics, retail chains, pharmaceuticals and textile.

The team is widely known for its success in managing large-scale trademark portfolios before the Turkish Patent Office and for its achievements in litigation and enforcement cases before the Turkish civil and criminal IP courts.

Running its own investigation department is another asset helping the firm to provide full support to the clients in all areas of intellectual and industrial property rights.
In addition to the services that Kenaroğlu provides to its clients before the judicial and administrative authorities in Turkey, the firm also actively handles the trademark portfolios of local and international clients in the Middle East and Africa through its local partners in the region.

As a boutique law firm consisting of 20+ professionals practising IP law exclusively, Kenaroğlu’s depth of experience in the field creates a compelling value proposition for its demanding clients and their complex legal needs, and uniquely enables the team to provide constructive practical advice and creative solutions on a wide range of legal matters in the most responsive, competent, efficient and effective manner.

Kenaroğlu is an active member of INTA, MARQUES, the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property and the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys – among other associations. It is highly recommended by The Legal 500, Managing IP, IAM 1000 and WTR 1000 as one of the top-tier IP firms inTurkey.