On day one of IPWatchdog’s inaugural Women’s IP Forum, which was also National Women’s Equality Day, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal shared her insights for women seeking to move into leadership positions in IP and the challenges she’s had to face along the way, both personally and professionally—from being told she shouldn’t play guitar or drums at age seven to redirecting (and even harnessing) misogynist comments and bullies she has encountered along the way.
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