WIPO: Third Session on Closing the Gender Gap in Intellectual Property

WIPO: Third Session on Closing the Gender Gap in Intellectual Property

IPTango   October 02, 2021   No comments:

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will hold the third session on Closing the Gender Gap in Intellectual Property on 12 October 2021.

The online event is part of a series of sharing sessions in light of WIPO initiatives around Gender Equality, Diversity and Intellectual Property. As announced here, the first session took place in April 2021.

The third session theme is 'Looking at good practices' to close the gender gap in Intellectual Property.

The program “will look at good practices in IP service delivery, design and analysis by various stakeholders, in order to enhance women’s participation and contribution to the IP ecosystem”.

Panellists are representatives from the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI), the Innovation & Technology Transfer Center (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman), the organization Grooming a Successful Woman with Intellectual Mind (GSWIM, Uganda), and IP Inclusive (United Kingdom). You can review here the full program and the list of speakers.

The event will be held in English, but interpretation in French and Spanish will be provided. The session is free of charge. Register here!

Review here more information about the third session, and here about the first and second sessions.

Source: WIPO newsletter.

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The Latin American Network of IP and Gender has been created

The Latin American Network of IP and Gender has been created

IPTango   July 05, 2021   No comments:

On 28 June 2021, it was announced the creation of the Latin American Network of Intellectual Property and Gender. For such purpose, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between INAPI (Chile), INDECOPI (Peru), RN (Costa Rica), SIC (Colombia) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO, as an honorary member).

The Network was conceived as a forum “to develop activities and promote the intellectual property at the regional level, with a gender perspective”.

The Latin American Network of Intellectual Property and Gender will facilitate the exchange of good practices, stats, and experiences between the Offices to close the gender gap and empower women in the region concerning innovation and entrepreneurship.

During the virtual signing ceremony of the MoU, the founding members expressed the desire that the entire region joins the Network to make a more significant impact.

The Network’s creation was discussed during the “III Sub-regional Meeting on Intellectual Property, Innovation and Gender Equality” in 2019. Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay participated in such a meeting.

Throughout 2020, the IP Offices of Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Peru held meetings with WIPO to follow up on the creation of the Network.

Sources: INAPI (Chile), INDECOPI (Peru) and RN (Costa Rica) websites.

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WIPO session on Closing the Gender Gap in Intellectual Property

WIPO session on Closing the Gender Gap in Intellectual Property

IPTango   April 20, 2021   No comments:

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will hold the first session on Closing the Gender Gap in Intellectual Property on 28 April 2021.

The online event is part of a series of sharing sessions in light of WIPO initiatives around Gender Equality, Diversity and Intellectual Property.

The first session theme is Mapping and Addressing Barriers to close the gender gap in Intellectual Property.

The program “will map the existing barriers that prevent women from using the IP system in greater numbers and with greater benefits, and will explore opportunities to foster their participation based on case studies from Chile and South Korea”. You can review here the full program and the list of speakers.

The event will be held in English, but interpretation in French and Spanish will be provided.

The session is free of charge, but you can register here. The event will also be streamed here (no registration required).

Review more information here.

Source: WIPO newsletter.

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