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INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW – IV

May 6-7, 2026 | Balikesir, Turkey
Balıkesir Üniversitesi Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı İstanbul Zaim Üniversitesi Türk Patent International Vision University Tashkent State University of Law QDU Eurasian National University MÜ-YAP TBYM Bigadiç Belediyesi Filiz Kitabevi

Call for Papers

Dear Colleagues,

The International Symposium on Current Developments in Intellectual Property Law – III was held in 2025 and jointly hosted by Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University and Balıkesir University. Preparations are now underway for the fourth symposium, to be held in 2026.

Supported by the Directorate General for Copyright of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office, and Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, and hosted by Balıkesir University in cooperation with Tashkent State University of Law, L. N. Gumilev Eurasian National University, International Vision University (North Macedonia), and Karakalpak State University (Uzbekistan) on 6–7 May 2026, we are pleased to invite you to the International Symposium on Current Developments in Intellectual Property Law – IV, Presentations at the symposium may be delivered either online or in person at the conference halls of Balıkesir University.

The symposium aims to provide an academic platform for scholarly discussion and to promote the exchange of knowledge on recent developments, emerging challenges, and solution proposals in the fields of intellectual and industrial property. This year's symposium will give particular priority to papers concerning Literary and Artistic Works, especially within the area of Copyright Law.

Scheduled for 6–7 May 2026, the Symposium is open to all academics, members of the judiciary, legal practitioners, and sector representatives with advanced expertise in Intellectual Property Law. The primary language of the symposium will be Turkish; however, presentations in English are also welcome.

The deadline for abstract submission is 31 March 2026. Prospective presenters should complete the application form located under the "Click to Submit Abstract" section at: https://fikrimulkiyet.balikesir.edu.tr/

The application form must include the title of the paper, methodology, main argument, and conclusions in the language of the paper, as well as a short English abstract (minimum 750, maximum 1000 words) accompanied by five keywords. The applicant's full name, academic title, affiliation, contact information, and ORCID iD must also be included.

For any questions, comments, or suggestions regarding the symposium or paper submissions, please contact us at: fikrimulkiyet2026@balikesir.edu.tr

Note: Accommodation and local transportation expenses for presenters arriving from outside Balıkesir, as well as members of the Scientific and Organising Committees, will be covered by the symposium sponsors. Presenters travelling from outside Balıkesir are kindly requested to contact the responsible coordinators using the information provided below.

Contact

fikrimulkiyet2026@balikesir.edu.tr
+90 266 612 11 20 / 111026

Important Dates

March 31, 2026 Deadline for abstract submissions
April 10, 2026 Notification of accepted abstracts
April 10, 2026 Symposium program announcement
May 6-7, 2026 Symposium dates
June 26, 2026 Deadline for full paper submissions

Abstract Submission Guidelines

  1. Abstracts must include the title of the proposed paper, its purpose, and the potential topics to be addressed.
  2. Abstracts should be a minimum of 750 and a maximum of 1000 words. Abstracts submitted in Turkish must also include an English version.
  3. At least five keywords must be provided (in both Turkish and English for papers to be presented in Turkish).
  4. Abstracts must align with the symposium themes; otherwise, they will not be included in the symposium e-book or programme.
  5. Abstracts should be prepared in 12-point Times New Roman, 1.25 line spacing, justified, on A4-size paper (210 × 297 mm). Margins should be 4 cm (left), 2 cm (right), and 3 cm (top and bottom).

Full Paper Submission Guidelines

  1. Full papers may be written in Turkish or English and must be prepared on A4-size paper (210 × 297 mm), using 12-point Times New Roman, 1.25 line spacing, and justified text.
  2. Margins should be 4 cm (left), 2 cm (right), and 3 cm (top and bottom).
  3. The manuscript title should be centred, single-spaced, written in 14-point bold uppercase Times New Roman.
  4. Section headings (excluding Introduction and Conclusion) must follow a numbered hierarchy.
  5. A cover page or a footnote must include the author's full name, academic title, affiliation, contact details (telephone and email) and ORCID iD.
  6. The manuscript must not exceed 20 pages, including tables, figures, abstract, and references.
  7. References must appear both in endnotes and in a final bibliography in accordance with OSCOLA citation style.
Important: Abstracts and full papers will be evaluated through peer review and plagiarism screening. Submissions with a similarity index exceeding 25% will not be accepted.

Scientific Committee

Professor Abuzer Kendigelen
Istanbul University, Faculty of Law, Department of Commercial Law
Professor Ali Paslı
Istanbul University, Faculty of Law, Department of Commercial Law
Professor Ali Cem Budak
Istanbul Commerce University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Procedure and Enforcement Law
Professor Ali Necip Ortan
International Final University, Faculty of Law, Department of Commercial Law
Professor Arslan Kaya
Istanbul University, Faculty of Law, Department of Commercial Law
Professor Ayşe Odman Boztosun
Akdeniz University, Faculty of Law, Department of Commercial Law
Professor Azra Arkan Serim
Istanbul University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Law
Professor Binur Taytorina
Abay Kazakh National Pedagogical University, Faculty of Law, Kazakhstan
Professor Feyzan Hayal Şehiralı Çelik
Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Business Administration, Department of Commercial Law
Professor Fülürya Yusufoğlu Bilgin
Galatasaray University, Faculty of Law, Department of Commercial Law
Professor Hakan Çebi
Kocaeli University, Faculty of Law, Department of Commercial Law
Professor Hale Gezer
Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Industrial Product Design
Professor Hanife Öztürk Akkartal
Balıkesir University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Law
Professor Hasan Pulaşlı
Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Faculty of Law, Department of Commercial Law
Professor Hayri Bozgeyik
Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Faculty of Law, Department of Commercial Law
Professor Kadir Emre Gökyayla
Bahçeşehir University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Law
Professor Madi Yelyubayev
Abay Myrzakhmetov Kokshetau University, Faculty of Law, Kazakhstan
Professor Mehmet Emin Bilge
Ankara University of Social Sciences, Faculty of Law, Department of Commercial Law
Professor Murat Doğan
Erciyes University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Law
Professor Mustafa Aksu
Istanbul University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Law
Professor Mustafa Ateş
Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Law
Professor Mustafa Topaloğlu
Özyeğin University, Faculty of Law, Department of Commercial Law
Professor Mustafa Yasan
Balıkesir University, Faculty of Law, Department of Commercial Law
Professor Mustafa Fadıl Yıldırım
Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Law
Professor Şafak Narbay
Sakarya University, Faculty of Law, Department of Commercial Law
Professor Şahin Akıncı
Istanbul Commerce University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Law
Professor Abdülmecit Nuredin
International Vision University, Faculty of Law, North Macedonia
Professor Ezzat Abdelaziz Abdelrahim
Al-Azhar University, Damanhur Faculty of Islamic Law, Egypt
Assoc. Prof. Aigul Nukuşeva Aşimovna
Karaganda Buketov University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil and Labour Law, Kazakhstan
Assoc. Prof. Arhat Abikenov Ashmetovich
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Law and Civil Procedure, Kazakhstan
Assoc. Prof. Canan Küçükali
Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Faculty of Law, Department of Intellectual Property Law, Retired Judge of Istanbul Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights Court
Assoc. Prof. Dijana Gjorgieva
International Vision University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Law, North Macedonia
Assoc. Prof. Emilija Gjorgjioska
St. Kliment Ohridski – Bitola University, Faculty of Economics, North Macedonia
Assoc. Prof. Marat Ahmadi
M. Narikbayev KAZGUU University, Department of Private Law, Kazakhstan
Assoc. Prof. Nigora Barotovna Makhmudova
Bukhara State University, Department of Law and Socio-Political Sciences, Uzbekistan
Dr. Nurbahıt Dairabayeva
Kh. Dosmukhamedov Atyrau State University, Faculty of Law, Kazakhstan
Asst. Prof. Olzhas Dosekeyev
Ahmet Yesevi University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Law, Department of Criminal Law, Kazakhstan
Dr. Saida Assanova Ergashevna
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Law and Civil Procedure, Kazakhstan
Asst. Prof. Şengül Al Kılıç
Balıkesir University, Faculty of Law, Department of Commercial Law
Dr. Zebiniso Khalilova
Bukhara State University, Faculty of Law and Social Political Sciences, Uzbekistan

Symposium Organising Committee

Professor Mustafa Yasan
Balıkesir University, Faculty of Law, Department of Commercial Law
Professor Mustafa Ateş
Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Law
Professor Hanife Öztürk Akkartal
Balıkesir University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Law
Assoc. Prof. Canan Küçükali
Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Faculty of Law, Department of Intellectual Property Law, Retired Judge of Istanbul Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights Court
Assoc. Prof. Jordan Delev
International Vision University, Faculty of Law, North Macedonia
Assoc. Prof. Mekhrinigor Bakhodirovna Akhmedova
Bukhara State University, Department of English Literature, Uzbekistan
Assoc. Prof. Nazgül Isabayeva
Erzincan Binali Yıldırım University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of History, Department of General Turkish History
Asst. Prof. Ali Çetin Aslan
Balıkesir University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Procedure and Enforcement Law
Asst. Prof. Asem Hamdy A. Abdelghany
Balıkesir University, Faculty of Theology, Department of Arabic Language and Rhetoric
Asst. Prof. Aytuğ Ceyhun Çakır
Balıkesir University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Law
Asst. Prof. Banu Özden
Balıkesir University, Faculty of Law, Department of Labour and Social Security Law
Asst. Prof. Gökçe Arıkan
Balıkesir University, Faculty of Law, Department of Private International Law
Asst. Prof. Hakan Yıldırım
Balıkesir University, Faculty of Law, Department of Commercial Law
Asst. Prof. Kamala Valiyeva
Istanbul Commerce University, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences
Asst. Prof. Meiramkul Issayeva
Kazakhstan National Academy of Sciences, Center for Political Research
Asst. Prof. Mükerrem Onur Başar
Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Procedure and Enforcement Law
Asst. Prof. Münevver Kübra Bakırcı
Balıkesir University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Law
Asst. Prof. Mustafa Okan Yağcı
Balıkesir University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Procedure and Enforcement Law
Asst. Prof. Sinem Camcı
Doğuş University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Law
Asst. Prof. Şengül Al Kılıç
Balıkesir University, Faculty of Law, Department of Commercial Law
Asst. Prof. Şeref Güler
Balıkesir University, Faculty of Law, Department of Labour and Social Security Law
Asst. Prof. Yavuz Özkan
Balıkesir University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Procedure and Enforcement Law
Asst. Prof. Zebiniso Kamalova
Istanbul Commerce University, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences
Lecturer Ali Erfidan
Balıkesir University, Altınoluk Vocational School, Computer Programming
Dr Lecturer Enbiya Özkan
Head of Press and Public Relations Unit, Balıkesir University
Research Assistant Aleyna Akyüz Bülbül
Balıkesir University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Law
Research Assistant Emre Erdemir
Balıkesir University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Procedure and Enforcement Law
Research Assistant Fatih Furkan Bilge
Balıkesir University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Law
Research Assistant Güleda Özdemir Uzun
Balıkesir University, Faculty of Law, Department of Labour and Social Security Law
Research Assistant İlyas Atakan Yasak
Balıkesir University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Law
Research Assistant İsmet Çobanoğlu
Balıkesir University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Law
Research Assistant Mehmet Nuri Teke
Balıkesir University, Faculty of Law, Department of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
Research Assistant Meliha Ceyda Toparlak
Balıkesir University, Faculty of Law, Department of International Law
Research Assistant Merve Budun
Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Procedure and Enforcement Law
Research Assistant Muhammed Afif Kaya
Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Law
Research Assistant Ömer Fatih Gürcan
Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Law
Research Assistant Öykü Çalışkan Erdemir
Balıkesir University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Procedure and Enforcement Law
Research Assistant Semih Kaçmaz
Balıkesir University, Faculty of Law, Department of Islamic Law
Research Assistant Sezen Dilege Kayı
Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Faculty of Law, Department of Commercial Law
Research Assistant Şule Karaca
Balıkesir University, Faculty of Law, Department of Commercial Law
Research Assistant Yaren Nisa Öztay Yonsul
Balıkesir University, Faculty of Law, Department of Civil Procedure and Enforcement Law
Research Assistant Yavuz Selim Koyuncu
Balıkesir University, Faculty of Law, Department of Labour and Social Security Law
Research Assistant Zeynep Uluer Subaşı
Balıkesir University, Faculty of Law, Department of Islamic Law