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MIP International Patent Forum: Why straight white men should help diversity drive
Everyone should join efforts to improve diversity and inclusion in IP, said panellists, who insisted that this must also include straight white males March 04 2021
“We need to see more straight white males on panels to get involved in these issues,” said one speaker at a diversity-focused seminar at Managing IP’s International Patent Forum this week.
This assertion may seem incongruous in a discussion on how to improve diversity and inclusion (D&I) in the IP profession.
However, the idea of encouraging the contributions of people who fit into this category – and who occupy the majority of senior roles – is one that is gaining traction.
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Counsel split on IPAB
closure
While in-house and private practice counsel see the closure
of India’s Intellectual Property Appellate Board as an opportunity for wider
reform of the country’s overburdened judicial system, they have different views
on how that reform should be achieved, several revealed to Managing IP this
week.
While some say that the technical expertise of IPAB members has
been useful for IP owners, others argue that the huge delays in appointing
experts and members to the board have made the hearing process too arduous.
Mohit Patwardhan, legal and IP counsel at pharma company ACG
Group in Mumbai, says that because the courts are already overburdened, the