On August 1, 2023, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the Council for Inclusive Innovation (CI2), and the U.S. Intellectual Property Alliance (USIPA) cohosted the second annual Increasing Diversity in Innovation Conference. As part of the Diversity Conference, USIPA board member Suzanne Harrison moderated a fireside chat with Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO, and Don Graves, Deputy Secretary of Commerce. The two leaders discussed the roles government, public, and private organizations must play in expanding American innovation.
Watch a recording of the fireside chat.
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The Diversity Pledge was designed to facilitate collaboration among corporations who collectively represent the largest filers of patents. Pledgees include over 40 companies spanning a variety of industries including consumer products, telecommunications, social media, software, finance and biologics among others. We hope many more companies join the founding pledgees to make actionable and measurable change in increasing diversity in innovation with their current employee base.
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Suzanne Harrison
USIPA, Diversity & Inclusion
Bowman Heiden
UC Berkeley
Karla Soler Riba
Center for Intellectual Property (CIP)
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