NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, June 12, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ — Tech Media are More Likely to Editorialize About Patent Disputes and “Trolls” than Business & Consumer Publications
Patterns in recent media coverage of patent disputes analyzed by
the Center for Intellectual Property Understanding suggest that subjective content may be fostering a narrow view of patents and holders
Typically, the reform debate regarding the U.S. patent system features smaller players in the system on the one side, arguing for a return to stronger patent enforcement rights. . .
Schecter joins other board members, Marshall Phelps, Keith Bergelt, Harry Gwinell, Brian Hinman, & Bruce Berman
NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, March 28, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ — New York, NY, March 28, 2017 – The Center for Intellectual Property Understanding, a non-profit devoted to increasing awareness of IP rights and their impact on peoples’ lives, announced today that Manny W. Schecter, Chief Patent Counsel of IBM Corporation, has joined the board of directors.
New IP initiative launched to help improve understanding of IP’s importance to wider economy
By Marshall Phelps
There is a widening gap in intellectual property knowledge. Most people do not have a clue what patents and other IP rights achieve, and for whom. This includes the general public and many in government and business.
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Center for Intellectual Property Understanding, a new non-profit devoted to increasing awareness of IP rights and their impact on peoples’ lives, announced today an ambitious program of activities for 2017.
“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 licensing that unfairly influences attitudes towards disputes.
This is among the findings of the research conducted by Illinois Institute of Technology – Chicago-Kent College of Law Professor, Edward Lee. Writing in the Stanford Technology Law Review, Professor Lee says that while “some courts have even barred the use of the term [patent troll] altogether during patent trials on the ground that the term is unfairly prejudicial. But, among the mainstream media, the term is pervasive.”
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