Okan Can

Partner, Deris Attorney-at-Law Partnership

Okan Can represents market-leading companies in the protection and enforcement of IP rights. His expertise is in trademark and patent litigation, technology licensing, life sciences, personal data privacy and image rights. He has counselled a leading market player in an extensive project for licensing standard essential patents, represented a multinational chemical firm in complex multi-jurisdictional IP conflict and achieved one of the highest compensation awards for an IP conflict in Turkey. In 2016 he was selected as one of the world’s leading trademark professionals by the WTR 1000 and has been recognised by IAM and IP Star. He is admitted to the Istanbul Bar and is a member of INTA and the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property.