ChIPs Global Summit: Women Making A Difference
ChIPs Global Summit’s 2023 opening keynote, “Leading Innovation for All,” included a power panel of four international policymakers who addressed “how inclusion and diversity can unlock innovation worldwide.” Innovation thrives from cross-pollinating ideas among people, including women, who think differently from each other and who come from varied experiences. Moderator Katherine Minarik (Coinbase) remarked that […]
Hot Topics in IP Law at Global Summit
The Hot Topics in IP Law panel moderated by Dale Cendali, and featuring Yimeng Dou, Christen Dubois, Diana Torres, and Kimberly Schmitt, was substance laden. The conversation began discussing intellectual property (IP) litigation, particularly disputes driven by non-practicing entities (NPEs) or patent trolls. Data from the last decade charts a rise in costs and a […]
Federal Judges Offer Advice at ChIPs Global Summit
On November 10, 2023, ChIPs welcomed Chief Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer (N.D. Illinois), Senior Judge Barbara Lynn (N.D. Texas), and Magistrate Judge Nicole Mitchell (E.D. Texas) to ChIPs Global Summit 2023 for a judicial panel moderated by Professor Colleen Chien, faculty director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology. The judges offered tips for practicing […]
ChIPs Global Summit: Expanding Female Equity
The roster for “Expanding Female Equity in Global IP” during ChIPs Global Summit 2023 November 9 in San Francisco, was phenomenal, intimidating almost: Moderator Vaishali Udupa, commissioner for patents at the USPTO, was joined by panelists Monica Grewal of WilmerHale, Dr. Ruthie Lyle, principal technical patent architect at NVIDIA, Chi Chang, head of patents at […]
Innovation Leaders Kick Off ChIPs Global Summit
Four of the world’s top IP policy makers launched the ChIPs Global Summit November 9, 2023, in San Francisco. Nearly 650 women in tech and IP law and policy from around the world attended the two-day event, which was themed “Inclusion for All.” The opening panel was moderated by ChIPs Board Chair Katherine Minarik, vice […]