New IP initiative launched to help improve understanding of IP’s importance to wider economy
Respect for IP can be Taught and Nurtured
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.
Q&A with the Center for IP Understanding Exec
Major Cos. Back New Group Aimed at Educating Public on IP
The Center for Intellectual Property Understanding is Established to Raise IP Awareness and Reduce Confusion
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.
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 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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