THE NEWS regarding patents remains dominated by a lot of articles that are composed -- either directly or indirectly -- by the patent microcosm. People try to sell services or promote their commercial agenda. It's not journalism. See this new example, which looks like a typical puff piece (advertisement), not reporting.

"People try to sell services or promote their commercial agenda."Not only corporate media is the issue; some blogs too are in it (sites like IAM or Patently-O, where the author some days ago was an Oracle employee). Even IP Watch, which is typically okay, published a "sponsored" (fake/advertisement) 'article' which would have us believe that startups need patents (waste of money/time). It's hard to see the reason for publishing this in a readers-supported site. Days ago, behind paywall, it wrote about Google's patent aggression (there's no lack of stories about patent aggression in the news).

It has become hard to find a source for patent news which we can consistently trust. Some sites actively and consciously push patent propaganda (on the payroll of patent trolls), some are literally run and/or funded by rich corporations, and even some antagonists are occasionally selling out to advertisers in pursuit of quick cash. ⬆