The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will offer a webinar entitled "International Exchange: Promoting the Inclusion of Women in Intellectual Property" on November 16, 2021 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm (ET). Representatives from the USPTO, IP Australia, the Canadian IP Office, the IP Office of the Philippines, the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property, the IP Office of New Zealand, the Industrial Property Protection Directorate of Jordan, and other national offices will discuss the underrepresentation of women inventors in the patent system worldwide and explain how some countries have succeeded in increasing the participation rate of women in their IP systems. Topics to be discussed will include:
• Strategies for increasing the participation of women in the IP system
• How to recruit, retain, and promote women in IP fields
Those interested in registering for the webinar can do so here.
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