AIPPI Honours
Members who have made particularly noteworthy contributions to AIPPI or to its objectives may receive one of three special awards. They can be appointed a President or Member of Honour, or granted an AIPPI Award of Merit.
Presidents of Honour
Presidents of Honour are Members of Honour who are exceptionally distinguished in the field of intellectual property and have given exceptional service to AIPPI.
Deceased Members
Rudolf Blum (Switzerland)
d. December 12, 2009
Martin J. Lutz (Switzerland)
d. December 29, 2013
Paul Mathély (France)
d. October 15, 2001
Geoffroy Gaultier (France)
d. June 2, 2020
Members of Honour
Members of Honour are members who have displayed outstanding merit in promoting the objects of the association.
2024
Annie Siu-Ting TSOI (China Hong Kong)
2023
Anne Marie VERSCHUUR (The Netherlands)
Peter PAWLOY (Austria)
Luiz Henrique DO AMARAL (Brazil)
Martin MICHAUS (Mexico)
2022
Marek LAZEWSKI (Poland)
Fernand DE VISSCHER (Belgium)
2021
Jonathan Paul OSHA (United States of America)
Renata RIGHETTI PELOSI (Italy)
2020
Olga SIRAKOVA (Bulgaria)
2019
Hao MA (China)
Sarah MATHESON (Australia)
Gérard MYON (France)
2018
Laurent THIBON (France)
2017
Felipe CLARO (Chile)
2015
John BOCHNOVIC (Canada)
Thierry CALAME (Switzerland)
Stephan FREISCHEM (Germany)
2012
Ella CHEONG (China Hong Kong)
Yoshio KUMAKURA (Japan)
2011
Jochen BÜHLING (Germany)
Dariusz SZLEPER (France)
2010
Jorge OTAMENDI (Argentina)
2008
Bertrand F. MICHELI (Switzerland)
2007
Ch.E.F.M. GIELEN (The Netherlands)
2006
Luis-Alfonso DURÁN (Spain)
Örjan GRUNDÉN (Sweden)
Ian KARET (United Kingdom)
Vincenzo M. PEDRAZZINI (Switzerland)
Joseph STRAUS (Germany)
2004
Robert MITCHELL C.M (Canada)
2002
Richard ABNETT (United Kingdom)
François CURCHOD (Switzerland)
Hans Peter KUNZ-HALLSTEIN (Germany)
2001
Michael DOWLING (Australia)
Desmond RYAN (Australia)
1998
Luiz LEONARDOS (Brazil)
Tivadar PALÁGYI (Hungary)
1992
Thierry MOLLET-VIÉVILLE (France)
Teartse SCHAPER (The Netherlands)
1985
Peter Dirk SIEMSEN (Brazil)
Past Members
Edward Armitage, United Kingdom (1986)
Michael J. Brunner, United Kingdom (2011)
Esmé Desiré du Plessis, South Africa ( 2010)
Thomas M. Q.C. Gault, New Zealand (1990)
H. Dieter Hoinkes, USA (1989)
Gerd F. Kunze, Switzerland (1997)
Jacques Léger Q.C., Canada (2008)
Evgeni Pitrovanov, Russia (1984)
Christopher P. Tootal, United Kingdom (2001)
Donald Vincent, United Kingdom (1986)
Helmut Sonn, Austria (1998)
Gert Egon Dannemann, Brazil (2000)
Ernst M. Jucker, Switzerland (2021)
David J. Meisser, Switzerland (2021)
Deceased Members
Neville J. Anderson, Australia (2015)
Heinz Bardehle, Germany (2015)
Alfred E. Briner, Switzerland (2014)
George R. Clark, USA (2014)
Michael Cohn, Israel (2011)
Marcelino Curell Suñol, Spain (2013)
Gabriel Frayne, France (2000)
Robert Harle, France (2002)
Mario G.E. Luzzati, Italy (2003)
Mercedes Luzzati, Italy (2003)
Walter Oppenhoff, Germany (2001)
Beverly W. Pattishall, USA (2002)
Eckehart Freiherr von Pechmann, Germany (2017)
Andrzej Ponikiewski, Poland (2018)
George J. Primak, Canada (2019)
Hoda A. Serageldine, Egypt (2014)
Jorge Cruz, Portugal (2019)
Joan Clark Q. C., Canada (2020)
Alberto de Elzaburu, Spain (2020)
Yoon Bae Kim, Republic of Korea (2020)
Award of Merit Holders
The AIPPI Award of Merit is granted to members who have distinguished themselves in an outstanding way:
- in connection with the international activities of AIPPI, and in particular as Officers of AIPPI Committees or as Representatives of AIPPI
- in a long-term leadership function in a National or Regional Group of AIPPI as organizers of international events
- other unique contributions to the fulfilment of the aims of the Association
In exceptional cases, non-members may be honoured by an Award of Merit for bringing extraordinary benefit to the Association.
Past Members
Tim D. Burrell, South Africa (1997)
Marc Chomé, Belgium (1997)
Esmé Desiré du Plessis, South Africa (1997)
Carlo Fiammenghi, Italy (1997)
Florent Gevers, Belgium (1997)
David C. Harrison, United Kingdom (1998)
Keijo Heinonen, Finland (1997)
Jan E. Helgerud, Norway (2018)
Gunnar Karnell, Sweden (1997)
Elly A. Ladas, Greece (1997)
Endre Lontai, Hungary (1997)
G. Alexander Macklin, Canada (1997)
Shoji Matsui, Japan (1997)
David Merrylees, Brazil (1998)
Mogens Plesner, Denmark (1997)
Peter-Ulrik Plesner, Denmark (2017)
Jianxin Ren, China (1997)
Peter B. Shortt, Ireland (1997)
David H. Tatham, United Kingdom (1997)
Christopher P. Tootal, United Kingdom (1997)
J.S.W. Van Gennip, The Netherlands (1997)
Alexander Vida, Hungary (1997)
Hans-Heinrich Wey, Germany (1997)
Ulf Dahlgren, Sweden (2010)
Lawrence T. Welch, USA (2018)
Gert Egon Dannemann, Brazil (1997)
Deceased Members
Heinz Bardehle (Germany)
September 10, 2015
T.N. Daruwalla (India)
August 13, 2013
Donald A. Hill (Canada)
Leonard B. Mackey (USA)
April 3, 2002
Jeremiah D. McAuliffe (USA)
August 8, 2012
Ernesto O’Farrell (Argentina)
September 10, 2012
Hoda A. Serageldine (Egypt)
March 18, 2014
Jorge Cruz (Portugal)
May 28, 2019