ANALYSIS: Gender Difference in the Practice of IP Law

There’s no escaping the fact that the gender pay gap is alive and well within the legal profession. The American Bar Association recently passed two resolutions aiming to close this gap. The accompanying study showed that male partners’ compensation at Am Law 200 firms was 53% higher on average than women’s, while general counsels’ compensation was an average of 39% higher for men than for women.

Each year, the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) sponsors a survey of their membership. This year, Bloomberg Law partnered with the Women in IP subcommittee to analyze the results of the member survey ...