Event Website

https://vimeo.com/835926709

Start Date

9-6-2023 12:00 PM

End Date

9-6-2023 12:50 PM

Description

The field of intellectual property suffers from a lack of diversity. Women are underrepresented as credited inventors in the United States. Additionally, multi-gender inventor groups are underrepresented compared to all-male and, sometimes, even all-female groups. This representation has changed over time, with changes not always reflecting an increase in female representation. This is particularly true when studying gender-disparity as it exists in the field of computer programming and software patents. While women were well represented in computer programming at field’s inception, this changed after World War II because men lobbied to push women out of the field. Women have since been erased from the history of computer programming and have not been recognized for their contributions to the field.

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Jun 9th, 12:00 PM Jun 9th, 12:50 PM

Session 3: Diversity Enhancing Intellectual Property

The field of intellectual property suffers from a lack of diversity. Women are underrepresented as credited inventors in the United States. Additionally, multi-gender inventor groups are underrepresented compared to all-male and, sometimes, even all-female groups. This representation has changed over time, with changes not always reflecting an increase in female representation. This is particularly true when studying gender-disparity as it exists in the field of computer programming and software patents. While women were well represented in computer programming at field’s inception, this changed after World War II because men lobbied to push women out of the field. Women have since been erased from the history of computer programming and have not been recognized for their contributions to the field.

https://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/sitie_symposium/sitie2023/introduction/5