FICPI's Advisory Council assists the Bureau and supervises observance of FICPI’s statutes, rules and code of conduct, the decisions of the EXCO and the traditions of the federation.

The immediate past president of FICPI is the Coordinator of the Advisory Council, which also comprises former presidents, honorary presidents, as well as the presidents of the CET, and the Communications Commission, who are members by right, and five to seven elected councillors. 

The Bureau keeps the Coordinator informed of its activities and are considered members too.

The Advisory Council members for the 2025-2028 term are:

Coordinator of Advisory Council
Name Company Country Contact
Dott. Roberto Pistolesi
Dragotti & Associati S.R.L.
Italy
Elected Councillors
Name Company Country Contact
Mr. Kenji Sugimura
Sugimura & Partners
Japan
Mr. Ivan Bacellar Ahlert
Dannemann, Siemsen, Bigler & Ipanema Moreira
Brazil
Dott. Francesco Paolo Vatti
FUMERO S.r.l.
Italy
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. Dieter Laufhütte
Lorenz Seidler Gossel Rechtsanwälte Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB
Germany
Ms. Toni Polson Ashton
Canada
Mr. Rohan Wallace
IP Sentinels
Australia
Mr. Ho-Hyun Nahm
BARUN IP & LAW
Korea, Republic of
Past Presidents and Presidents of Honour
Name Company Country Contact
Mr. Peter H. Huntsman
Australia
Mr. Francis Ahner
France
Mr. John R.S. Orange
Canada
Mr. Julian Crump
Abel + Imray
United Kingdom
Mr. Douglas N. Deeth
Deeth Williams Wall
Canada
Mr. Pierre François Héritier
Switzerland
Mr. R. Danny Huntington
Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.
United States
Mr. Knud Raffnsøe
Denmark
Mr. Bastiaan H. Koster
Von Seidels
South Africa
Bureau
Name Company Country Contact
Mr. Michael J. Caine
Davies Collison Cave
Australia
Mr. Louis-Pierre Gravelle
Dipchand LLP
Canada
Dipl.-Ing. Uwe R. Borchert
patcare Patentanwälte
Germany
Dr. Sharon E. Crane
Haynes Boone LLP
United States
Ms. Elia Sugrañes
Sugrañes S.L.P.
Spain
Mr. Swarup Kumar
Kumar & Sardana Associates (KSA)
India
President of the Study & Work Committee (CET)
Name Company Country Contact
Mr. Robert Watson
Mewburn Ellis LLP
United Kingdom