İbrahim Barış Sayar

İbrahim Barış Sayar is a licensed lawyer with approximately eight years of experience. He currently practises at Esin Attorney Partnership, which he joined in April 2021. His professional journey includes significant experience at IP firms Gün + Partners and NSN Law Firm.As well as being a registered trademark attorney with Türkiye’s Patent and Trademark Office, Sayar serves as a sworn English-Turkish translator. His legal practice spans a comprehensive range of IP matters, including prosecution, litigation, and enforcement relating to trademarks, designs, and patents. He additionally handles trade dress disputes, unfair competition cases, domain name conflicts, copyright issues, and anti-counterfeiting efforts.Sayar graduated as valedictorian from his law faculty. He holds two Master of Laws degrees; one in civil procedure law from a Turkish university, completed with high honours, and a second in intellectual property and information technology law from Trinity College Dublin, achieved with first-class honours and distinction. His postgraduate studies were supported by scholarships from the Research Council of Türkiye and the Jean Monnet Scholarship Programme.He regularly contributes to his firm’s quarterly IP newsletter and was awarded the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland LLM Essay Prize during his studies at Trinity College Dublin.Professionally active in international organisations, Sayar is a committed member of AIPPI International and Türkiye. His involvement includes service on various working groups and committees, specifically the AIPPI Permanent Working Group on Legislation and Jurisprudence and the International Standing Committee on Designs.