Deris Attorneys at Law Partnership

Patents

Partner

Oya Yalvac is one of the few Turkish professionals to have passed the European qualifying examination. She has worked in the pharmaceutical industry as an in-house patent attorney for more than 10 years and specialises in patent litigation – namely, infringement, invalidity actions and actions for declaration of non-infringement.

Ms Yalvac is also an adviser and expert for local R&D and innovation centres, as well as the technology transfer offices of Turkish universities.

Ms Yalvac has in-depth experience in patent oppositions and freedom-to-operate analyses. She has occasionally been appointed as a court expert for patent disputes before the Turkish IP courts.

Experience / Highlights

Counseling an internationally known apparel and advanced textile company for patent infringement action Counseling an internationally known chemical company for patent infringement action She has been selected as Patent Strategy & Management lawyer of the year at the LMG Life Sciences Awards.

English

Admissions and Memberships

European Patent Attorney Chartered Patent and Trademark Attorney Epi (Turkish representative of the Biotechnology Committee) Epi Tutor AIPPI

Boğaziçi University, BSc, Molecular Biology and Genetics