Managing IP celebrates International Women’s Day

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Managing IP celebrates International Women’s Day

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Read our interviews with female judges and IP chiefs, and articles on topics such as mentorship and career-building for women in IP

The past year has been a trying time for professionals, but especially for women, including those in intellectual property.

We know this because female in-house and private practice spoke to Managing IP at various points throughout the year about their struggles with mentorship, career progression and looking after young children while working from home.

This International Women’s Day, we felt it was important to recognise those hardships – which is why we’ve collated articles from the past year covering these challenges.

We also thought it was important on this day (and really every other day) to showcase female leaders in IP, which is why we’ve gathered our interviews with female judges, company heads and IP office chiefs as well.

You can find all the articles below. Happy International Women’s Day.

Articles

The importance of mentorship for women in IP 

STEM women must be more visible, say in-house experts

Female IP leaders divulge COVID-created career challenges 

How COVID has changed the lives of women in IP

How RBG inspired generations of women in IP

USPTO should rework patent bar test rules, say in-house

Interviews

Vanessa Bailey, global director of IP policy at Intel

Johanne Belisle, former CEO of the Canadian IP Office

Johanna Brückner-Hofmann, judge at the Düsseldorf District Court

Komal Kalha, head of IP and trade policy at IFPMA

Irene Keeley, judge for the District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia

Virginia Kendall, judge for the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Van Nguy, assistant general counsel at Waymo

Kathleen O’Malley, judge for the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Shira Perlmutter, register of copyrights at the US Copyright Office

Diane Peters, general counsel at Creative Commons

Laurie Self, senior vice president and counsel for government affairs at Qualcomm

Ellen ‘t Hoen, director at Medicines Law & Policy

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More from across our site

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A lot of the reporting around the Anthropic settlement misses something critical: it isn’t that relevant to AI training, argues Rebecca Newman at Addleshaw Goddard
Justin Hill and Marie Jansson Heeks, part of an 18-strong team to have joined Crowell & Moring, explain why IP client advice must go beyond only being called upon for patent disclosure
To mark the EUIPO having processed five million EUTM and REUD applications, Managing IP speaks to the most prolific representatives to uncover how they stay at the top of their game
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Simon Tønners explains why IP provides the chance to work with some of the most passionate, risk-taking, and emotionally invested clients
The co-leaders of the firm’s new SEP practice group say the team will combine litigation and prosecution expertise to guide clients through cross-border challenges
Boasting four former Spruson & Ferguson leaders and with offices in Hong Kong and Singapore, the IP firm aims to provide fast, practical advice to clients
Partners at three law firms explain why trade secrets cases are rising, and how litigation is giving clients a market advantage
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