Kaya Köklü

Kaya Köklü Germany

Sole Arbitrator Emergency Arbitrator Member of the arbitral tribunal
Germany German (Germany) Resident in Germany German — Fluent English — Fluent Turkish — Fluent

Surname
Köklü
First name
Kaya
Current professional position
Attorney at law
Organisation / firm
TIGGES Law Office
Country of residence
Germany
Nationality
German (Germany)
Languages spoken & proficiency
GermanFluent EnglishFluent TurkishFluent

Arbitrator roles
Sole Arbitrator Emergency Arbitrator Member of the arbitral tribunal
Professional biography
Dr. Kaya Köklü is a German-qualified lawyer and Certified Specialist in Intellectual Property with more than 20 years of experience in IP law. His practice is international in scope, with a particular focus on IP litigation. In addition to representing clients in patent and other IP disputes, he has extensive experience in settlement negotiations, assisting parties in reaching practical, interest-based and sustainable solutions. Since 2010, Kaya has also served as a neutral panelist with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, where he is regularly appointed to decide international domain name disputes under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). To date, he has decided more than 500 cases as a neutral, predominantly in English, but also in Turkish and German. His appointments include service as a sole panelist and as a member of three-member panels, including several appointments as presiding panelist. Throughout these appointments, he has applied the principles of independence and impartiality in deciding factual and legal issues and managing international proceedings efficiently. Kaya has further been recognized by IAM Strategy 300 Global Leaders for several consecutive years as one of the World’s Leading IP Strategists, most recently in 2026. From 2011 to 2017, he served as Secretary General of ALAI Germany, a leading association of copyright professionals. In addition to his legal practice and work as a neutral, he holds teaching positions at Koç University in Istanbul and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, where he is teaching intellectual property law.

Legal / dispute expertise
Copyrights & related rights Designs Dispute resolution / arbitration practice Licensing & technology transfer National patents Trademarks Unfair competition
Industries
Manufacturing & industrials

Bar admission(s)
Germany, Munich Bar Association
Governing law experience
Civil law
Mediation style
Evaluative Facilitative
Brief description

Facilitative, with evaluative elements where appropriate

Education (degrees)
Law Faculty
Certifications / licenses
Certified IP Expert (Fachanwalt)
PhD / Dr. jur
Memberships / accreditations
ALAI Germany (Association Littéraire Et Artistique Internationale) and former Secretary General
GRUR (German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property)
VPP (Association of Intellectual Property Experts)
AIPPI (Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle)
Institutional panels & memberships
WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
Publications and/or speaking engagements

Selection of Publications 2024 The Nightmare of Perpetual Protection – Thoughts on the increasing escape into copyright and trademark protection, in: Creation Innovation Markets, Festschrift for Reto M. Hilty, by Florent Thouvenin, Alexander Peukert, Thomas Jaeger, Christophe Geiger, 2024, 883 – 893. 2019 Application of Turkish Unfair Competition Law by German Courts, Journal of Bank and Finance Law, 8/2019, Prof. Dr. Ali Necip Ortan’a Armagan, Cilt 1, 1831-1846. 2018 Licence Agreements, in: Europäisches Immaterialgüterrecht, Reto M. Hilty / Thomas Jaeger, 2018, 561-575. 2016 How Public is the Public Domain? The Perpetual Protection of Inventions, Designs and Works by Trademarks (co-author: Sylvie Nèrisson), in: TRIPS plus 20 – From Trade Rules to Market Principles, Hanns Ullrich, Reto M. Hilty, Matthias Lamping, Josef Drexl (Eds.), 2016, 561-579. 2016 Individual Licensing to Copyrighted Works, in: Exploring Sensible Ways of Paying for Copyright Owners, Reto M. Hilty and Kung-Chung Liu (Eds.), 2017, 177-188. 2014 Scope of Protection of Computer Programs (Reichweite des Rechtsschutzes von Computerprogrammen) (co-author: Reto M. Hilty), in: Festschrift für Joachim Bornkamm, 2014, 797-809. 2013 Software Agreements: Stocktaking and Outlook – Lessons from the Usedsoft v. Oracle Case form a Comparative Law Perspective (co-authors: Reto M. Hilty and Fabian Hafenbrädl), in: IIC 2013, 263-292. 2011 Seizures on the basis of criminal law in patent cases (Die strafprozessuale Beschlagnahme in Patentsachen), in: Wettbewerb in Recht und Praxis (WRP) 2011, 1411-1415. 2006 Turkish Patent Law (Das türkische Patentrecht), PhD, 2006. Lectureship: Lecturer for Intellectual Property Law at Ludwig Maximilians University Munich (LMU) Lecturer for Intellectual Property Law at Koc University in Istanbul