For IP professionals
This is the portal for professionals working in the field of intellectual property. Here you'll find direct access to all necessary resources.
Quick links
- Trade Mark Database
- Register changes for trade marks
- Swissreg
- Madrid Monitor
- TMview
- E-trademark
- International trade mark registration
- Trade Mark Guidelines (German, French, Italian)
- Classification tool for trade marks
- Trade mark examination support tool
- Trade marks: Costs and fees
- Trade marks: WIPO fee calculator
- Cancellation procedure for trade marks on the grounds of non-use
- Protected public signs: Abbreviations
- Protected public signs: Other signs (emblems)
- Directory of Intellectual Property Offices
- Trade marks: News Service Archive
- Patents: Patent Examination Guidelines (German, French)
- Patents: Fees
Deputy Director General and General Counsel of the IPI, Head of Legal & International Affairs Division

Felix Addor
Born in 1963, at the IPI since 1994
Prof. Dr. iur., Attorney-at-Law
Professional career
Current roles:
- Deputy Director General and General Counsel of the IPI as well as Head of Legal & International Affairs Division
- Adjunct professor and lecturer in international negotiations as well as intellectual property law, Faculty of Law, University of Bern
- Lecturer in international negotiations, Faculty of Law, University of Zurich
- Senior Fellow, Global Health Center, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
- Senior Fellow, Institute for Global Negotiation, Philosophisches Seminar ('Department of Philosophy'), University of Zurich
Previous roles:
- Head of Staff Division
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Deputy Head, International Trade Relations department, IPI
- Legal Advisor, International Trade Relations department, IPI
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Research Assistant, Institute for Private International Law and Civil Procedure, University of Bern
Events
19.01.2023 | Law and policy, Event
Conference on Intellectual Property & Sustainability at the University of Geneva
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