On February 11, 2019, the USPTO released “Progress and Potential: A profile of women inventors on U.S. patents,” a report on the trends and characteristics of U.S. women inventors named on U.S. patents granted from 1976 through 2016. The report showed that women still comprise…
European online patent publication JUVE Patent recently published “Beyond Window Dressing”, an article featuring Annsley Merelle Ward, ChIPs London Co-chair and Senior Associate at Bristows, LLP. Annsley discussed gender diversity in UK patent litigation and the work that ChIPs London is doing to change the…
The CBS Corporation and the Association of National Advertisers recently paid tribute to the Honorable Michelle K. Lee in their #SEEHER PSA Campaign to Celebrate Women’s History Month. Michelle is being honored for being the first woman director of the United States Patent and Trademark…
Noreen Krall, ChIPs Co-founder and Board Chair, was recently featured on Law.com’s “Legal Speak” podcast. In this insightful podcast, Noreen shared stories about the people who have helped shape her career and some of the events leading up to the founding of ChIPs. Listen to…
SAN FRANCISCO (October 30, 2018) – ChIPs, a nonprofit organization focused on advancing and connecting women in technology, law, and policy, has released the results of their ground-breaking Inclusion Blueprint Survey, a joint initiative with Diversity Lab that measures gender diversity in law firm leadership as well…
Mallun Yen, ChIPs Co-founder and CEO, explores this question and discusses her findings from a year of interviews. “Doing deals with your buddies is a time-honored way to build your book of business. But women tend to struggle when it comes to mixing money and…
Rachel Krevans, a leading intellectual property attorney at Morrison & Foerster LLP for over 30 years who died last year of cancer, has been honored with a scholarship in her name… Read full article…
The 2018 ALI Program for high school girls took place in San Francisco on June 12 and 13. The program introduces girls interested in the law to a diverse range of women who practice at firms, in-house and in government.
ChIPs, a nonprofit corporation that advances women in technology, law and policy, announced today that the Honorable Michelle K. Lee, has re-joined the board of directors. The board at its last quarterly meeting unanimously voted to approve Lee, a founding member of ChIPs, for a two-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2018.
The Thomson Reuters Legal Executive Institute Blog published an article about the 2017 ChIPs Global Summit panel on robotics and artificial intelligence. Celine Jimenez Crowson, a partner and chair of the IP practice in the Americas at Hogan Lovells, moderated the discussion with panelists Carol…
ChIPs co-founder and board member Noreen Krall appeared on a cybersecurity panel at the 2017 Summit along with FireEye General Counsel Alexa King, United States Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand and Jennifer Morrish of the United Kingdom’s UCHQ. The panel was moderated by Caroline Krass, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, the former GC of the CIA. (Photo by Tracey Salazar)
In a wide-ranging discussion on the final day of the 2017 ChIPs Global Summit, former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates talked about her path to becoming a lawyer, those fateful 10 days at the Acting Attorney General and her lack of desire — for now…
