Posts Tagged: media
Innovation Versus Information: How the Shifting Definition of ‘News’ and a Media-Shy IP Community are Driving the Anti-Patent Narrative
When did it become necessary to triangulate the news in order to figure out what was really happening in the world? Many media outlets have significantly slowed …
Fortune’s misguided screed on patent trolls misrepresents patent owner Blackbird Technologies
Fortune tech writer Jeff John Roberts, who penned this particular article, regurgitates Cloudflare’s claims that Blackbird “may be engaging in illegal fee-splitting arrangements with patent owners” …
Facebook announces three firms will integrate with Rights Manager for automated protection of copyrighted content
Early this October, Facebook announced a partnership with three entities that will be integrated with the Rights Manager suite to offer rights management as a service on …
CIPU media survey reflects high subjectivity in mainstream media reporting of patent infringement stories
The media study shows high subjectivity among patent infringement news coverage, with 42% of the articles surveyed advocating a specific narrative... The study, which focused on coverage of …
Lies, Damn Lies and Media Bias: Fortune Misrepresents FTC Report on Patent Assertion Entities
Simply stated, Fortune is wrong. The FTC report did not have harsh words for patent trolls. In fact, the FTC had harsh words for those who use …
Arch-conservative political pundit obtains “Media Malpractice” trademark
William J. Kelly and his television production company RevDigital had secured the trademark rights to “media malpractice.” U.S. Trademark Registration No. 5027942 was issued as a standard …
Musk fanboys at Barron’s take dim view of patents at their own readers’ expense
A recent Barron's editorial, however, has raised some eyebrows among those who are familiar with the effect of proper patent enforcement on financial fortunes. Published May 14th, “…
Poor management at Facebook leads to allegations of de facto censorship for some conservatives
News that Facebook engaged in suppressing content from conservative groups was first reported by Gizmodo in early May. The online publication reported comments from former Facebook workers …
Study: Media use of the term “patent troll” negatively predisposes readers, courts
"Patent troll," the term employed by leading newspapers, magazines and online publications to describe how some patents are owned and used, provides a prejudicial impression of patent …
Don’t Write About What You Don’t Understand
Before you decide to bash the United States patent system or teach Patents 101 in 300 words or less, please acknowledge your limited knowledge of the subject matter. Please …
Getting Your Innovation Story to Journalists Who Care
I spend a lot of time every day and my staff also spends time every day looking through press releases, looking for stories. And I can't tell …
Robotics: The Business Depends on More than Patents
In the late 1970s patents for devices which would accommodate the self-care and mobility needs of the aging and handicapped began to be filed. But it wasn’…
What the NY Times Doesn’t Understand about the Patent System
These first-level-thinkers just assume that information would be disseminated at the same rate without a patent system, which is so ridiculous it is hard to take anyone …
All In! Doubling Down on Erroneous Attacks on the Federal Circuit
In a recently published Forbes.com article titled"The Federal Circuit, Not the Supreme Court, Legalized Software Patents," Lee doubled down with his absurd and provably incorrect …
Lies, Damn Lies and Media Hatred of Patents (and the CAFC)
Indeed, few articles have struck a nerve in me quite the way that a recent Ars Technica article did. The article is titled How a rogue appeals …
