International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys
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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.
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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- ^ Charlotte Business Journal, Local attorney to head IP organization, June 26, 2006
