Željko Topić Director General State Intellectual Property Office Zagreb

Mr. Topić was appointed Director General of the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) of the Republic of Croatia in 2004. He began his career in SIPO in 1992, initially as a Senior advisor and then as Assistant Director, working on National IP practice and International relations.

As Director General he was the initiator, coordinator and major contributor to the National Strategy for the development of the IP System of the Republic of Croatia. He is a national coordinator for IP matters in the process of accession to EU, Croatian Patent Attorney and Croatian Trademark Attorney, Member of the Administrative Council of European Patent Organization. Mr. Topic was head or member of Croatian delegations to a different WIPO bodies during more than 15 years (Governing Bodies of WIPO and the Unions Administered by WIPO, Vice President of the Assembly of the Madrid Union, Vice President of the Diplomatic Conference for the adoption of the RTLT, President of the SCT, representative of AIPPI in WIPO, etc.).

Appart of his expirience in the State Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Croatia, Mr. Topić was Managing Partner in Korper, Haramija & Topic Ltd. - a firm for complete IP managment. He holds a degree in economics and a Master of Business Administration.

He is a lecturer, a speaker and the author of more than 50 titles in the fields of IP and economics.

1. Family name: TOPIC

2. First name: ZELJKO

3. Date of birth: August 5, 1959

4. Nationality/Citizenship: Croatian

5. Education: graduated economist & Master of Business Administration

Record professional experience ( 27 years)

Period	Location	Company	Position	Description
2004 -	Zagreb	State Intellectual Property Office of the RC	Director General	National IP policies and practice, International Relations Strategic management
2003–04	Zagreb	Korper, Haramija & Topic Ltd IP Management	Managing Partner and CEO	Intellectual Property Rights and Intangible Assets Management
1992–03	Zagreb	State Intellectual Property Office	Senior advisor, Assistant director	National IP practice, International Relations Middle management
1989–92	Zagreb	Ministry of Science and Technology, Zagreb	Senior advisor,	investments and resources development in scientific sector
1983–88	Banjaluka	Institute for economics and development in Agribusiness and Trade Company	independent researcher	Feasibility studies in industry and agriculture, Project planning, evaluation and implementation, Corporate Strategies & Marketing Management
1981-83	Banjaluka	National Railways	Economist	Corporate finance

Other relevant  information - National / International

• Initiator,  coordinator and major contributor to the National Strategy for the Development of the IP System of the Republic of Croatia
• National coordinator for IP matters in the process of accession to EU
• Member of Supervisory Board of Croatian Institute for Technology & Croatian Copyright Association
• Croatian Patent Attorney, Croatian Trademark Attorney
• Member of the Administrative Council of European Patent Organization
• Governing Bodies of WIPO and the Unions Administered by WIPO (1997 -2009.)
• Vice President of the Assembly of the Special Union for the International Registration of Marks
• Vice President of the Diplomatic Conference for the adoption of the RTLT
• President of the Standing Committee on The Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs, and Geographical Indications - SCT, WIPO (2002) member from the establishment (1998)
• Committee of Experts on Well-Known Marks; (1995, 1996, 1997)
• Representative of AIPPI in WIPO (2003)
• Lecturer, speaker and Author of more tha n 50 titles in the fields of IP and economics.