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