Innovation Council Director Jennifer Brant and co-author Craig Moss, Executive Vice President-Measurement of Ethisphere published a guide titled “Improving Diversity & Inclusion in Intellectual Property Development and Management: A Guide for Organizations”.
The information and recommendations are based on research and insights that were shared during a series of closed-door roundtables convened by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Invent Together in Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, and the Arab region during the period from October 2021 to June 2023.
72 representatives from corporations, technology transfer offices of universities and research centers, NGOs, and government agencies contributed their insights about the current state of intellectual property (IP) diversity, their reasons for prioritizing action in this area, challenges encountered, and actions taken to address the issue. While participants acknowledged that IP gaps affecting all historically underrepresented groups must be closed, these roundtables focused on gender.
This Guide is intended to provide a straightforward roadmap for organizations wishing to improve IP diversity and inclusion in relation to how innovation, that is, the creation and management of intellectual property, is managed internally. The core goal is to reshape the processes for managing and rewarding innovation within organizations to make them more inclusive.
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