TEAM

ATTORNEY AT LAW - EŞREF BORÇA
FOUNDING PARTNER TRADE MARK & PATENT

He is graduated from Istanbul Marmara University School of Law at year 2001.

He founded Defans Law Bureau and Defans Patent in 2004 and practice private law, intellectual property law for 15 years. He had his certificate as trade mark attorney at 2004 and as patent attorney at 2006. He had experience in Turkish Patent (TP) and other nations local patent offices.

KORAY YILDIZ
FOUNDING PARTNER, SALES AND MARKETING DIRECTOR

He is graduated from Anadolu University Communication Sciences Faculty, Cinema and Television Department in year 1997.

In the first 10 years of his business life he worked at Daikin Turkey, Endi Retail Markets, Gima Retail Supermarkets as marketing communications and Public relations executive, Carrefour Hyper Market Chain as corporate communications manager. Between years 2007-2012 he acted as Branch Web Manager in HSBC Bank Turkey individual banking section. He achieved many projects in HSBC. He served as Marketing Manager at Tam Factoring in years 2012-2015. 

After 20 years of marketing experience he joined Defans Patent at 2016 as partner and Sales & Marketing Director.

SELİN GÜRKAŞ
International Business Manager

She graduated from Istanbul Technical University Chemical Engineering Department. She joined the Defans Patent in 2019 as International Business Specialist and she is maintaining her profession as International Business Manager. She specializes in international operations and technical fields about intellectual property rights. She is a qualified international IP specialist with technical experience. She is dealing with an extensive client group worldwide about international and European patents, trademarks, and designs. She has a wide experience as intellectual property specialist with especially clients who dealing with export trade with several countries around the world. Besides this, she assists clients from different European countries with all procedures to begin to end, particularly trademark registration, patent validation. With a team which she manages, she aims a full client satisfaction by dealing with all requirements in international cases.

Practice Areas

  • Intellectual Property
  • Patents and Utility Models
  • Trademarks and Designs
  • EUIPO, EPO, WIPO

ÖZLEM ŞELE
Operation Manager

She joined Defans Patent in 2016 after working as an operation specialist in HSBC for several years. Her practice focuses on main operations about intellectual property rights and formal transactions before the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office such as searching, filing, objection strategy, and renewals. She has 5 years of experience in patent, trademark, design, and domain operations with both Turkish both foreign cases. She is responsible for all operations of Defans Patent, both as a sales operation and a general operation, with a team which she manages. Besides, she carries out the management of general accounting and administrative affairs together with the teams affiliated with her.

Practice Areas

  • Intellectual Property
  • Patent, Trademarks, Designs
  • Turkish Patent and Trademark Office

ASLIHAN ŞAKİ
Trademark Specialist

She joined Defans Patent in 2016 with a high experience in sales and operation fields for several years at corporate firms such as HSBC. After joining Defans Patent, she specializes in the trademark and transactions related to trademark. She is an experienced trademark specialist with 5 years of experience and a high variety of clients. Her profession mainly focuses on trademark search, assisting in evaluating trademarks, trademark filing, and following the trademarks.

Practice Areas

  • Intellectual Property
  • Trademarks
  • Trademark and domain name registrations

SERAP ŞENOĞLU
Counsel, Technical Expert

She graduated from Pamukkale University Mechanical Engineering Department in 2001. After graduation, she practiced as a quality and business development engineer in the technical quality departments leading expert corporate firms for 15 years and gained experienced in technical, quality consultancy. During these years, she was also interested in Intellectual and Industrial Property rights, which was a special area of interest. She participated in invention and innovation projects in many companies she worked with and applied for a high number of patents and designs. She joined the Defans Patent in 2016 as counsel and she specialized in analytic and technical fields of patent procedures. She is dealing with a wide variety of patents in the mechanical sector and mechanic invents as a technical expert. She also provides patent and innovation consultancy on technical issues. Besides, she maintains her main profession of ISO 9001 System quality consultancy and inspection.

Practice Areas

  • Intellectual Property
  • Patents
  • Technical Counseling
  • Mechanics

ÇİĞDEM DAĞDELER
Trademark Specialist

She graduated from Uludağ University Management Department. She joined Defans Patent in 2015 after working as an operation and sales specialist with corporate finance companies. In Defans Patent she specialized in trademark operations and procedures after application. With a 6-year of experience, her practice especially focuses on trademark renewals, trademark oppositions, following publications and trademarks.

Practice Areas

  • Intellectual Property
  • Trademarks
  • Renewal and following up trademarks