Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office
Resources
epi resources
- Article from epi information issue 1/2022- Why is everybody talking about diversity and inclusion?
- Article from epi Information isuue 3/2023 - Prerequisites to sit the future e-EQE: perspective from the epi Diversity and Inclusion Working Group
- Article from epi Information 1/2024 - Woman and IP - the long road to equality
- Video from epi panel session on “Diversity and Inclusion” in May 2022
Resources by other organisations:
Please note that the Working Group on Diversity & Inclusion has no control over the content of these sites or resources and takes no responsibility for the material published on them or liability in relation thereto.
a) IP-related resources
EPO
- Diversity and inclusion webpage:
https://jobs.epo.org/content/Diversity-and-Inclusion/?locale=en_GB
WIPO
- Gender Equality, Diversity and Intellectual Property pages:
https://www.wipo.int/women-and-ip/en - Policy on Gender Equality
https://www.wipo.int/export/sites/www/women-and-ip/
en/docs/wipo_policy_gender_equality.pdf - Innovation Gender Gap: How to Measure the Gender Gap in Innovation
https://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/ip_innovation_economics/
gender_innovation_gap/measuring_gender_gap.html - Guidelines for producing gender analysis from innovation and IP data
https://www.wipo.int/publications/en/details.jsp?id=4588
EUIPO
- 2021 annual report (diversity discussion from page 33):
https://euipo.europa.eu/tunnel-web/secure/webdav/
guest/document_library/contentPdfs/about_euipo/annual_report/
annual_activity_report_2021_en.pdf
UKIPO
- Article “Gender profiles in worldwide patenting”:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/
uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/846363/
Gender-profiles-in-worldwide-patenting-2019.pdf
USPTO
- Initiative: Inclusive innovation
https://www.uspto.gov/initiatives/equity - Sexual-Orientation-and-Gender-Identity Policy
https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/
AAO-214-03-Sexual-Orientation-and-Gender-Identity.pdf - Equal Opportunity Employment Plan
https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/
2020-25_USPTO_Equal_Opportunity_Employment_Plan.pdf
French IP profession demographics:
UK Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys diversity and inclusion pages
Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)
- Diversity and inclusion in IP:
https://ipo.org/index.php/diversity-inclusion - Whitepaper: Diversity in the European Innovation Industry and IP Profession
https://ipo.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/
DiversityinIPProfesstionalsinEurope-publish.pdf
UK IP Inclusive
Jonathan’s voice
Invent Together
b) Other resources
World Health Organisation
Harvard implicit bias tests