Patent Law and Women

Tackling Gender Bias in Knowledge Governance

Jessica Lai

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Routledge
31 May 2023

Politics & government; Law; Commercial law; Patents law; Social law; Technology: general issues; Environmental science, engineering & technology

This book analyses the gendered nature of patent law and the knowledge governance system it supports.

The vast majority of patented inventions are attributed to male inventors. While this has resulted in arguments that there are not enough women working in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, this book maintains that the issue lies with the very nature of patent law and how it governs knowledge. The reason why fewer women patent than men is that patent law and the knowledge governance system it supports are gendered. This book deconstructs patent law to reveal the multiple gendered binaries it embodies, and how these in turn reflect gendered understandings of what constitutes science and an invention, and a scientist and an inventor. Revealing the inherent biases of the patent system, as well as its reliance on an idea of the public domain, the book argues that an egalitarian knowledge governance system must go beyond socialised binaries to better govern knowledge creation, dissemination and maintenance.

This book will appeal to scholars and policymakers in the field of patent law, as well as those in law and other disciplines with interests in law, gender and technology.

By: Jessica Lai
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 300g
ISBN: 9781032079578
ISBN 10: 1032079576
Pages: 202
Publication Date: 31 May 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jessica C. Lai is Associate Professor of Commercial Law, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.