Dr Koray Güven, PhD (Ankara), LLM (Ankara), LLM (MILPC), Attorney at law (Ankara Bar)

Profile

• 2024 – present: Lecturer in Law, Department of Law, Queen Mary University of London
• 2023 – present: Trainer, Patent Law and Global Public Health (PatentX) Course (WIPO and Harvard Law School)
• 2019 – 2024: Program Coordinator, Joint LLM in IP (WIPO and Ankara University)
• 2017 – 2024: Researcher, Faculty of Law, Ankara University

Undergraduate Teaching

• LAW6456 Intellectual Property - Industrial Property
• LAW6455 Intellectual Property - Copyright and Related Rights

Research

2023 – Present: Research Project ‘Metaverse and Intellectual Property’ (Ankara University and Bilkent University, Law’ (Grant from Grant from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK))

Funded research

• Researcher, Research Project ‘The Distribution of Licensing Revenues among Performers: An Evaluation in terms of IP Law’ (Grant from the Directorate of Copyright, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey)
• Researcher, Research Project ‘Standard Essential Patent Licensing Practices’ (Technology Transfer Office of Ankara University)

Works in Progress

Books:

• Copyright and 3D Printing 

Articles:

• `Intellectual Property’ in International Investment Agreements

Selected Conference Papers:

• Güven, K: ‘Current Developments in Commercialization of Intellectual Property`, Cankiri Karatekin University, Cankiri, March 8, 2024
• Güven, K: ‘Protecting 3D Design Files: An Uneasy Balance in Turkish Law’, 19th WIPO-WTO Colloquium for Teachers of Intellectual Property, Geneva, Switzerland, November 13-24, 2023
• Güven, K: ‘An Analysis of Recent Judgments of the CJEU regarding the Protection of Works of Applied Art`, 3rd EU Law and Legal Issues in Turkey – European Union Relations Conference, Ankara University European Union Research and Application Centre, May 12, 2022
• Güven, K: ‘Characterization of ‘Intellectual Property’ in International Investment Agreements’, 4th IPIRA Conference, Online, Feb. 10, 2022.

Publications

Articles in Peer-reviewed journals:

• Güven, K: ‘Eliminating “Aesthetics” from Copyright Law: The Aftermath of Cofemel’, GRUR International 77 (3), 213-225 (2022)
• Güven, K: ‘Unities of Art: Reconciling Function and Copyright’, International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law (IIC) 52(9), 1161–1189 (2021)
• Güven, K: ‘The Distinctive Features of Scandinavian Law and the Problem of Placing It among Legal Families of the World’, Istanbul Law Journal 78(1) (2020), 99-137
• Güven, K: ‘Partial Performance under German, Swiss, Turkish Law and CISG: A Comparative Analysis’, Marmara University Journal of Legal Research 26(1) (2020) 423-466
• Güven, K: ‘Lex Mercatoria and International Arbitration’, Istanbul University Public and Private International Law Bulletin [MHB] 34(2) (2016), 1-57
• Güven, K: ‘The Place of German Law amongst Major Legal Families and its Fundamental Features’, Ankara University Faculty of Law Journal 65(3) (2016), 837-891
• Güven, K: ‘Consumer Criteria in EU, German and Turkish Law from the Perspective of Advertising Law: An Analysis of the “Gut Springenheide” Judgment of the ECJ’, Journal of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations 120 (2015), 493-508

Public Engagement

• Dr Guven is a peer Reviewer for the GRUR International - Journal of European and International IP Law (published by Oxford) University Press and C. H. Beck (2024-present)
• Dr Guven is an assessor for the Jean Monnet Scholarship Programme Examinations implemented by the European Commission (2023-present)
• Dr Guven delivered a briefing on ‘Commercialization of Trademarks’ upon the invitation of the Sectoral Assembly of Trademark and Patent Attorneys at the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (December 2021)