The International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys or International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys, abbreviated 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.
| Presidents of FICPI |
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| 2000 - 2003: Malcolm Royal, Australian. |
| 2003 - 2006: Francis Ahner, French. |
| 2006 - 2009: R. Danny Huntington, American. |
R. Danny Huntington is the current president of FICPI.
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