Beyond the Headlines: Two Veteran Reporters Confront IP Media Coverage

Two veteran IP journalists look at coverage of patent and other IP disputes and legislation. Are reporters sufficiently informed to write about IP developments? Can their sources and the publications they work unwittingly impede the accuracy of their coverage?

Understanding IP Matters is brought to you by the nonprofit Center for Intellectual Property Understanding (CIPU) with generous support from its partners and sponsors. The podcast provides leading innovators and experts the space to share their IP stories.

Chapters

• 3:10 Challenges of reporting on IP development
• 6:05 Writing accurately yet comprehensibly is crucial
• 10:35 Making IP policy coverage interesting and relevant
• 14:11 Reporting on court case decisions
• 19:07 Determining what is news worthy in the IP world
• 22:45 How the law impacts patents and the patent industry
• 25:20 The Supreme Court is uninformed on IP and often misunderstands Section 101
• 29:36 Audiences need to understand the value of IP and protecting it
• 30:39 Big Tech perpetuates the idea that patents are bad
• 34:29 The origin of "Patent Trolls"
• 37:33 The future of IP media coverage