11.13.17
Gemini version available ♊︎Why Honest Journalism on Patent Matters Barely Exists
One month ago: Patent Microcosm, Patent Media and Patent Office: “It’s a Big Club and You Ain’t in It”
Summary: Media coverage in the area of patent law is still appalling as it’s dominated if not monopolised by those who benefit from patent maximalism
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. █
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