Felix Addor read law at the University of Berne and completed his studies as a research assistant in private international law with a Ph.D. He joined the Swiss Intellectual Property Institute ((Swiss Ministry of Justice) in 1994, and in 2007 was appointed Deputy Director General, General Counsel and Director of the Legal and International Affairs Division.
He has been responsible for legal and policy matters regarding all fields of intellectual property at the national and international levels since 1999. He leads Swiss negotiating delegations to the relevant international fora such as the World Trade Organization and the World Intellectual Property Organization, and to bi- and plurilateral negotiations. Since 2008 Dr Addor has been an adjunct professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Bern. He lectures on intellectual property law, international negotiations and global governance at the University of Bern, the World Trade Institute the Graduate Institute Geneva and other institutions. He has authored numerous articles and is a regular guest lecturer on various topics relating to intellectual property and negotiations.