Understanding IP Matters

Beyond the Headlines: Two Veteran Reporters Confront IP Media Coverage

October 19, 2022 Sue Decker & Gene Quinn Season 2 Episode 3
Understanding IP Matters
Beyond the Headlines: Two Veteran Reporters Confront IP Media Coverage
Show Notes Chapter Markers

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?

Challenges of reporting on IP development
Writing accurately yet comprehensibly is crucial
Making IP policy coverage interesting and relevant
Reporting on court case decisions
Determining what is news worthy in the IP world
How the law impacts patents and the patent industry
The Supreme Court is uninformed on IP and often misunderstands Section 101
Audiences need to understand the value of IP and protecting it
Big Tech perpetuates the idea that patents are bad
The origin of "Patent Trolls"
The future of IP media coverage