Hon. Michelle K. Lee Testifies at Congressional Hearing
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 a small minority of patent inventors – only 21% of […]
Michelle K. Lee Honored in “CBS Cares” #SEEHER PSA Campaign
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 Office. The PSAs aired March 1, 2019 during primetime and […]
Technology, Politics, Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Bias and Women!
Lately I’ve been on a mission to get event organizers (be they corporations, industry associations or various firms) to appreciate the abundance of women with incredible expertise in a variety of trending topics that are available to speak at their often male dominated conferences. As I sit here at the 7th annual ChIPs Global Summit and look […]
Former PTO Director Michelle Lee Re-joins ChIPs Board
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.
2017 Hall of Fame Honoree Announced: Michelle Lee
We’re thrilled to announce that this year’s honoree for the ChIPs Hall of Fame award is our very own Co-founder and is our very own Co-founder and Board Emeritus, Michelle Lee. As the first woman to head the 200-year-old U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Michelle is a role model for women in STEM (science, technology, […]
ChIPs Co-Founder Michelle Lee Confirmed as Director of the USPTO
We are thrilled to offer our heartfelt congratulations to ChIPs co-founder and board member emeritus Michelle Lee, who was confirmed on March 9th by the US Senate as Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Formerly the Head of Patents and Patent Strategy at […]
The Rise of Stiletto Networks – Top 5 Women’s Power Circles
Based in: Silicon Valley Co-founders: Anirma Gupta, Deputy General Counsel, Intuit Noreen Krall, Chief Litigation Counsel, Apple Michelle Lee, Director of the Silicon Valley United States Patent and Trademark Office Julie Mar-Spinola, VP Legal, Alta Devices Mona Sabet, VP, Business Development, Cadence Design Systems Emily Ward, Deputy General Counsel, Technology and Patents, eBay Mallun Yen, Executive […]
Long-time Googler will head Silicon Valley patent office
Michelle Lee, a former Google attorney who was one of the first corporate lawyers to speak out about the harmful effects of patent trolls, will be the director of a new ‘satellite office’ of the US Patent and Trademark Office. The move was announced Friday afternoon at a conference about software patents, sponsored by Santa […]