tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post6050072146265085187..comments2024-03-19T10:57:44.760+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Intellectual property and gender: a Katonomist writes ...Verónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-88099801039584599112013-01-27T13:29:07.097+00:002013-01-27T13:29:07.097+00:00Finally catching up on this. Good stuff. On what w...Finally catching up on this. Good stuff. On what women do not being seen as inention, or innovation, I am reminded of thefinale of the last series of The Apprentice, where Surallen rubbished the female finalists eminently sensible suggestion for a service providing part time outsourced PAs (I'd have signed up instantly)in favour of, um, a rather uncomfortable chair :-(Lilian Edwardsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-64086824730849802032013-01-08T23:44:14.859+00:002013-01-08T23:44:14.859+00:00Shoulder; a chip thereupon!Shoulder; a chip thereupon!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-87470748462986261632013-01-07T23:07:48.281+00:002013-01-07T23:07:48.281+00:00There is an article in the CIPA journal discussing...There is an article in the CIPA journal discussing diversity within the patent profession. Slightly more detailed than the previous dismissal of discrimination (race, social background) by one of the contributors in her day-in-the-life style blog.<br /><br />This time I am pleased to see a long-standing member of the profession make clear that things have changed over the past 20 years. Apparently he recently interviewed several candidates and couldn't even remember which university they came from. How that is evidence of a lack of discrimination against the lower classes or ethnic minorities (or combination thereof) is beyond my state-school-educated grey matter's ability to understand. He should rest assured, however, that they will have come from the same gene pool as the majority of attorneys from the previous century.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-21944291100970008482013-01-07T17:01:00.391+00:002013-01-07T17:01:00.391+00:00Michael Factor - I would highly recommend you read...Michael Factor - I would highly recommend you read the Ding, Murray and Stuart paper which addresses a number of your points.<br /><br />http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1260388Nicola Searlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05582267523535551739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-45946600120834886602013-01-07T13:27:28.511+00:002013-01-07T13:27:28.511+00:00The cost of patenting may discriminate against tho...The cost of patenting may discriminate against those with lower income and this includes women, but most patents are filed by universities and corporations and women inventors are still rare. I suspect that if a married female inventor was bankrolled by her husband, she would still appear as the inventor or joint inventor. <br /><br />Most universities having tech transfer capabilities file applications and then look for partners to further commercialization. Women are key players in the Israel tech transfer offices of the universities, but are rarely inventors.<br /><br />I know it is not politically correct, but maybe women and men think differently? <br /><br />I have an aunt who was brought up in an egalitarian Kibbutz where boys and girls were treated exactly the same. she maintains that if it were left to women, we would still be living in caves. Women would decorate the caves and sweep the floor, since they are genetically programmed to make do and to build homes. Men are programmed to try to break out and improve. <br /><br />At an event in Bar Ilan university, a lady lecturer, Dr Shlomit Yanitsky-Ravid argued that patent law, by limiting patents to technology, discriminated against women as women are less technologically minded. She suggested allowing patents for inventions in the social sciences.<br /><br />I have drafted and prosecuted hundreds of patent applications, and female inventors are rare. where they are part of a team in industry or academia, it appears that they are generally NOT the main driving force behind the patent.<br /><br />One caveat to this - I generally write applications in the physical sciences and engineering. It may be that in life sciences, women are more active in inventing. There appears to be a higher proportion of women researching and teaching <br />these areas.<br /><br />Slightly amusingly, one of the few patents that I have drafted where the inventor was female was US 6,755,051 for "Novel knitted garments and methods of fabrication thereof." The patent covers an invention of Rachel Israel, an engineer at Delta Galil Industries, and relates to a novel techology for fabricating knickers. Go figure. Michael Factorhttp://www.ipfactor.co.ilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-65594254243604831602013-01-07T12:11:59.815+00:002013-01-07T12:11:59.815+00:00Feminist critiques of power structures have the ve...Feminist critiques of power structures have the very important function of realising the existence of the power structures and throwing light on our psychological response to them. I think the oft-quoted opinion that women are better at recognising power structures in situations (e.g. class rooms, board rooms, research labs) is true. However I think until now many have worked within existing power structures, and are less likely to overturn them. To do well in certain situations does require a pushiness/forcefulness and strength to challenge the prevailing culture and dominant people. I think more and more women are appreciating that and are able to do what is necessary to succeed. Hopefully in doing so they will make the required inroads into the remaining male-dominated activities.Sulemanhttp://www.hollyip.comnoreply@blogger.com