1986 (IZMIR), 1996 (ISTANBUL)

UNSEVER was founded as a Law Firm in Izmir in 1986 by Ferhat İlker Ünsever, and moved to Istanbul in 1996, and up to now has been active at the same address.

UNSEVER provides real person, corporations and other legal entities in Istanbul, Antalya and Izmir and in the country with services in the areas of legal structuring, law consultancy and litigation in various sectors, particularly tourism.

UNSEVER commits itself to create original legal solutions and approaches specific to the clients and problems and avoids ordinary approaches based on stereotypes.

UNSEVER is not the name of a person but the name of a “team” which covers all of the members constituting it.

UNSEVER has a special logo, the two line towards up stands for the different activities conducted as attorney and consultant, adjacency of UNSEVER and its clients and upward movement; the colour red represents effective and dynamic work.

UNSEVER;

Applying law as an instrument to prevent problems rather than an instrument to solve problems,
Applying law as an instrument to remove barriers rather than an instrument to preclude commercial activity,
Considering to resort the jurisdiction in disputes as an inevitable final solution,
Enabling people, especially corporate executives to recognise the embeddedness of law and life, especially the commercial life,
Being proactive at approaching to legal problems,
Producing innovative perspective that will contribute to the development process of law and support this production with academic approaches,
Approach to the companies and events with a specific and unique understanding rather than a stereotyped understanding and make them develop an identity with “boutique” activities,
Acting with a sense of justice.

PRACTICE AREAS

In addition to the consultancy services and application of configuration projects Unsever provides advocacy in legal disputes in the following areas:

  • Corporate Law
  • Foreign-owned Company Foundation and Structuring
  • Trademark and Unfair Competition Cases
  • Regulation of the Joint Venture Relations
  • Cooperation and Build-Operate Projects
  • Company Mergers and Divisions
  • Contract Regulation
  • Contract Negotiations
  • Contract Evaluation
  • Tourism Investments
  • Sectoral Restructuring Consultancy in Tourism
  • Travel Businesses (travel agency-tour operator) Activities
  • Accommodation Businesses Activities
  • Transport Businesses Activities
  • Employee-Employer Relations
  • Business Procedures
  • Reemployment Lawsuits
  • Employee-Debt Lawsuits
  • Foundation & Association
  • European court of humain right lawsuits
  • Arbitration
  • Arbitration Lawsuits
  • Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards
  • Criminal law
  • Administrative & tax law
  • Divorce
  • Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments
  • Wills and Inheritance Contracts
  • Reduction and Estate Lawsuits

TRADEMARK


Trademarks may consist of any signs like words, including personal names, figures, colors, letters, numbers, sounds and the shape of goods or their packaging, provided that such signs are capable of distinguishing the goods or services of one undertaking from those of other undertakings and being represented on the register in a manner to determine the clear and precise subject matter of the protection afforded to its proprietor.

Previously trademark rights in Turkey were protected by Decree-Law No. 556 on the Protection of Trademark. But trademark rights have been protected by Industrial Property Law No. 6769 since 22.12.2016.

As stated in the first article the purpose of this Code is to protect the rights relating to trademark, geographical signs, design, patent, utility model and traditional product names and thus to contribute to technological, economic and social progress.

Trademarks must be registered before Turkish Patent and Trademark Office in order to benefit from the national / international protection stipulated by our legislation.

As is known, the application and registration procedures of “Trademark”, “Geographical Indication” and “Industrial Design” are carried out through “Trademark Attorneys” who are registered in the Turkish Patent and Trademark Attorney’s Registry.

Since 2014, Ünsever has been providing consultancy to its clients on "Trademark", "Geographical Indication" and "Industrial Design" and representing its clients in the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office.

The services provided by Ünsever are below;
Application and registration procedures of “Trademark”, “Geographical Indication” and “Industrial Design”
Cases on trademark/ unfair competition
Conflicts on intellectual property rights
Rights of the Author
Related Rights
Conflicts on industrial property rights
Trademark
Industrial Design
Geographical Indication
Patent
Utility Model
Conflicts on Other Rights
Business names
Non-registered rights
Domain names
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