EXCO/IT25/RES/005
STRENGTHENING THE PRACTICE OF THE INDEPENDENT IP ATTORNEY
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Resolution of the World Congress and Executive Committee, Naples, Italy
13 and 16 October 2025
“Human-centric use of AI in the IP system”
FICPI
, the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys, broadly representative
of the free profession throughout the world, assembled at its World Congress and Executive
Committee held in Naples, Italy, 13 to 17 October 2025, passed the following resolution:
RECOGNISING
the rapid development of Artificial Intelligence and the increasing use of this
technology by IP Offices, IP Attorneys
and applicants for IP protection;
REMINDING
IP Offices of our earlier resolutions “Search Tools of Patent Offices” (EXCO-CO13-
RES-005) and “Access to Automated Search, Classification and Examination Tools Developed
by IP Offices” (EXCO-EB21-RES-005) which urged IP Offices to make their automated tools
available to all users of the IP systems at no cost;
BELIEVING
that the right to be heard is a fundamental principle of fair proceedings and
trials, which means being heard by at least one competent human being;
WELCOMING
the idea of a human-centric approach to the use of AI, where it is a tool to assist
a human being;
ACKNOWLEDGING
that AI used responsibly may help in the preparation of applications for IP
rights, in the examination of IP rights, and in arriving at final decisions on IP rights with high
quality and in a very efficient way;
URGES
IP Attorneys to be transparent with their clients about their use of AI in providing
services to them;
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Artificial Intelligence in the IP Profession (2025)
published by the PMC of FICPI
“Human-centric use of AI in the IP system”
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URGES
IP Offices, administrative bodies and Courts to be transparent about their use of AI in
conducting searches and rendering opinions and decisions
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FURTHER URGES
IP Offices and IP courts to use AI responsibly in a human-centric manner,
such that substantive decisions are always made by at least one competent human examiner
or human judge.