Activities

Collegio Italiano dei Consulenti in Proprietà Industriale (FICPI Italy) brings together independent professionals offering qualified advice on industrial property matters, including patents, trademarks, designs, copyrights, trade secrets, and other industrial and intellectual property rights. Collegio’s activities are defined in Article 2 of the Statute, which is copied below.

Article 2 – Collegio’s purposes are to study the issues surrounding the profession of Industrial Property Attorney, working to improve related procedures and services, and laws related to, similar to, and connected to industrial property law, with particular regard to issues arising from international conventions and treaties, as well as to propose solutions and promote awareness of these issues through collective action.

Collegio’s activities therefore encompass two main aspects. The first concerns specific issues inherent in practicing private practice, namely, external relationships with institutions, specifically the Italian Patent and Trademark Office, in defending inventors’ interests. The second aspect concerns ongoing attention to the rapidly evolving laws, especially internationally.

For most of these activities, Collegio’s work was exclusive from its founding in 1904 until 1983, when the Institute of Industrial Property Attorneys (Ordine dei Consulenti in Proprietà Industriale) was established, which assumed some of the Collegio’s statutory duties. In any case, Collegio’s activities are entirely independent, though it collaborates closely with the Institute whenever possible to avoid overlap with the latter’s institutional role.

History of FICPI International

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