Topic: Diversity and inclusion

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New USPTO guidelines direct patent examiners on Section 112, obviousness analyses

The memos do not establish new agency policy but instead remind examiners of the law and point to training resources

21 March 2024

Robot wars, IP leadership and trade secrets: IPBC Europe 2024

Panellists tackled a broad range of subjects on day two of our flagship conference in Munich

20 March 2024

Advice for aspiring leaders from IP’s most influential women

The journey to leadership can be daunting, but words of wisdom from those who are already at the top of their game can serve as encouragement and support for others

08 March 2024

Step-by-step methods to boost innovation diversity for women

International Women’s Day is prime time to discuss how to both increase the number of women inventors and also get more women inventors named on patents

08 March 2024

The Diversity Pledge has boosted women inventor rates, survey suggests

“What is interesting is that all patenting went up. Male inventors also increased,” states Suzanne Harrison, co-founder of Increasing Diversity in Innovation

08 February 2024

How Microsoft is advancing diversity in inventorship

Celebrating and empowering women inventors: small, yet persistent steps

05 January 2024

Using data to drive diversity at Spotify

The digital audio giant has been rigorously analysing the numbers to understand women inventorship

28 November 2023

Amplifying the voices of women working in intellectual property

"Women across patents, copyright and trademarks spoke about how they were presumed not to understand technology, or they were left out of the conversation as soon as the subject matter became about technology," says Jessica Lai, associate professor at the Victoria University of Wellington

06 October 2023

Chief IP officers must support more female lead patent counsel in their cases

Opinion: Over Baker Botts partner Rachael Lamkin’s 20-year IP litigation career she has observed a gross lack of female lead litigators in patent cases, but she and peers are pushing for change

26 August 2023

Meet Meta’s patents team, in which diversity strengthens strategy, acquisitions and licensing

Through a series of exclusive interviews with IAM, Meta’s patents, licensing and open-source leaders take us inside their patent strategy

23 August 2023

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