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Former USPTO Director Andrei Iancu calls for robust IP regime to keep pace with China

America risks losing ground in the next tech revolution he warns in an interview with Burford Capital Managing Director Katharine Wolanyk

Diversity in IP: a global conversation that needs to continue

Saturday Opinion: IAM editor Rachel Mountain reflects on social mobility and offers a glimpse into an upcoming special report on DEI

Apple’s ex-licensing director alleges patent department favours white men

Jayna Whitt’s wrongful termination suit against the iPhone maker claims that women and minority patent professionals do not receive the same career opportunities

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Finding ‘lost Einsteins’: US patent advisory committee calls for more diverse inventors

Chair of the PPAC Steve Caltrider shares annual report extract on expanding the base of innovation

29 November 2022

Corning’s journey toward applying a diversity and inclusion lens to IP

IP director Anjanette Lecher reflects on the intersection of her culture and career

01 November 2022

WIPO DDG Lisa Jorgenson on women in IP and global patent trends

Director General speaks about development of PCT and launch of the IP and Gender Action Plan in conversation with IAM

25 October 2022

Increasing diversity in innovation sprints

Changing your approach to collaboration can yield greater participation and higher quality ideas

28 September 2022

How European countries compare on gender diversity in inventorship

Analysis of EPO data reveals ‘Women Inventor Rate’ lags when compared to USPTO and WIPO

15 September 2022

Diversity, equity & inclusion matter: a son’s perspective

P&G’s John M Lipchitz reflects on an employment discrimination case in Massachusetts involving his mother

02 September 2022

IP and innovation inclusion takes a village: a Meta perspective

As the Advancing Diversity Across Patent Teams programme launches, Micheal L Binns expands on the company’s DEI efforts

29 July 2022

There are dangers in excluding the unvaccinated from jury service in US patent cases

Courts striking-out those who have not had covid-19 jabs may unintentionally be eliminating people from diverse demographics holding multiple world views

16 July 2022

How the Pure patent programme is engineered for inclusive innovation

A focus on people can drive innovation levels, explains the Pure Storage patent team in this month's Inclusivity Insights

01 July 2022

The keys to ensuring sustained IP success

The first day of IPBC Global 2022 in Chicago was all about building strategies for long-term value creation and the importance of nurturing top talent, wherever it is to be found

13 June 2022

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