The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys, also called International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys or FICPI, an acronym for Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle in French, is a non-political, international, professional body of intellectual property professionals, i.e. patent attorneys and trademark attorneys, in private practice, as opposed to intellectual property professionals working in the industry. FICPI was established on September 1, 1906 and is based in Basel, Switzerland. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Backronym and Apronym (Discuss) Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations, such as NATO, laser, and ABC, written as the initial letter or letters of words, and pronounced on the basis of this abbreviated written form. ... Politics is a process by which decisions are made within groups. ... The adjective global and adverb globally imply that the verb or noun to which they are applied applies to the entire Earth and all of its species and regions. ... A professional body or professional organization is an organisation, usually non-profit, that exists to further a particular profession, to protect both the public interest and the interests of professionals. ... In law, intellectual property (IP) is an umbrella term for various legal entitlements which attach to certain types of information, ideas, or other intangibles in their expressed form. ... A patent attorney is an attorney who has the specialized qualifications necessary for representing clients in obtaining patents and acting in all matters and procedures relating to patent law and practice, such as filing an opposition. ... A trademark attorney is an attorney-at-law specialized in trademark law. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Location within Switzerland Basel (British English traditionally: Basle and more recently Basel , German: Basel , French: Bâle , Italian and Spanish: Basilea ) is Switzerlands third most populous city (166,563 inhabitants (2004); 690,000 inhabitants in the conurbation stretching across the immediate cantonal and national boundaries made Basel Switzerlands...

Francis Ahner was president of the FICPI from 2003 to 2006. Charles Elderkin a partner with the Charlotte office of Alston & Bird was elected as President on June 26, 2006. ^[1]

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See also

• American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
• European Patent Institute (epi)
• International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (AIPPI)
• International Trademark Association (INTA)
• Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA)
• Trade Marks, Patents and Designs Federation (TMPDF) [1]

Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) is a national bar association that was formed in 1897 to improve intellectual property laws and educate the public about such issues. ... The Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office or European Patent Institute (epi) is a professional association of European patent attorneys and an international non-governmental public law corporation. ... The International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property or AIPPI, an acronym for Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle in French, is a non-profit international organisation of intellectual property professionals, academics and owners of intellectual property. ...

External links

• FICPI homepage