Intellectual Property (IP), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Open Movements (OM)

Issues and developments related to IP, AI, and OM. My Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology" will be published in January 2026 and includes chapters on IP, AI, OM, and other emerging technologies (IoT, drones, robots, autonomous vehicles, VR/AR). Preorders are available via this webpage: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/ethics-information-and-technology-9781440856662/

UK Government Plans To Open Public Transport Data To Third Parties; Forbes, December 31, 2019

In Favor of the Caselaw Access Project; The Harvard Crimson, November 7, 2018

Harvard Converts Millions of Legal Documents into Open Data; Government Technology, November 2, 2018

China has shot far ahead of the US on deep-learning patents; Quartz, March 2, 2018

Professor Tells UN, Governments Of Coming “Tsunami” Of Data And Artificial Intelligence; Intellectual Property Watch, February 21, 2018

How can we stop algorithms telling lies?; Guardian, July 16, 2017

Amazon has a patent to keep you from comparison shopping while you’re in its stores; Washington Post, June 16, 2017

Patent Data – The Modern Investor’s Crystal Ball; Intellectual Property Watch, March 6, 2017

Second Internet of Things National Institute; American Bar Association, Washington, DC, May 10-11, 2017

There’s No Such Thing as Innocuous Personal Data; Slate, 8/8/16

Uncle Sam Wants You — Or at Least Your Genetic and Lifestyle Information; New York Times, 7/23/16

Biden calls for open-data research; Politico, 5/10/16

Analytics key to agencies in big data explosion; FedScoop, 3/10/16

Sara Fine Institute presents: Christine Borgman, "Big Data, Open Data, and Scholarship": Mon Feb 29th 3.00pm - 5.00pm, University of Pittsburgh

Balancing Benefits and Risks of Immortal Data Participants’ Views of Open Consent in the Personal Genome Project; Hastings Center Report, 12/17/15

Cops will adapt big data platform to secure Super Bowl; FedScoop.com, 2/5/16

Pitt, CMU and UPMC hope to remake health care via new big data alliance; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 3/16/15