Congratulations to Marie Weisfeiler, of Columbia Law School, recipient of our 2020 Rachel Krevans Scholarship! For her undergraduate degree, Marie attended UC Berkeley where she studied physics and received a Student Service Award for her work mentoring female transfer students to help them integrate into…
On April 3, 2020, Laetitia Benard in Paris and I in London welcomed ChIPsters across Europe (and the US) for a virtual event on change and uncertainty. Joined by ChIPs Board Members Jennifer Yokoyama (Deputy GC of IP Group and Chief IP Counsel at Microsoft),…
On April 16th, ChIPs hosted our first Virtual Roundtable, “Why We Should All Double Down on Diversity & Inclusion Right Now,” with Diversity Lab’s Caren Ulrich Stacy and Leila Hock. The 2008 recession increased gender and racial minority inequalities and the pay gap among those…
We are all in this together. ChIPs was formed through personal connection – seven women joining forces, and having conversations. Today we are a community of more than 3,000 women globally…and last week we discovered the power of virtual community and connection. On April 8th,…
ChIPs Member Spotlight: Hon. Elizabeth Laporte Hon. Elizabeth D. Laporte (Ret.) spent more than two decades as a United States magistrate judge for the Northern District of California. As Chief United States Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of California (2013 to 2015), she presided…
Last week ChIPs leadership hosted a virtual roundtable with our ChIPs community of women in tech, law and policy. The conversation spotlighted how these women are leading their teams and organizations during this time of turmoil. As a follow-up to this dialogue, we have included…
In 2018, ChIPs established the Rachel Krevans Scholarship to encourage women to pursue careers in intellectual property law. We established the scholarship to honor the memory of Rachel Krevans, a renowned intellectual property litigator at Morrison & Foerster LLP, and to promote diversity in IP,…
ChIPs Member Spotlight: Mindy Morton Mindy Morton is an Internet and Intellectual Property Litigator at Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch. Mindy’s practice focuses on internet and intellectual property litigation. She litigates cutting-edge cases at the intersection of technology and free speech issues. She defends internet…
In the past decade, only 4% of patents have been held by solely by women inventors, despite the groundbreaking contributions by amazing women in IP across the globe. As an organization focused on the advancement of women across tech policy and law, our chapters are…
On January 14, 2020, the ChIPs DC chapter came together with Betsy Fisher to put on 2020: New Year, New You. ChIPs asked a new DC ChIPster to write about her experience as a first time ChIPs event attendee. Below, Annette Puente shares her impressions…
SAN FRANCISCO (February 19, 2020) — ChIPs, a nonprofit organization focused on advancing women in technology, law and policy, welcomed four new board directors last month. Effective January 1, 2020, Katherine Minarik (General Counsel, Dyson-Americas), Sarita Venkat, (Head of IP Transactions, Apple Inc.), Cyndi Wheeler…
We’re excited to announce the launch of our new ChIPs Member Community, an online community platform designed exclusively for ChIPs members. This community will be the hub for all ChIPs member communications and news, as well as the place for our members to join one…
