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/

How Indigenous traditional knowledge is improving our understanding of aurora borealis; CBC Radio, December 22, 2024

Rethinking natural hazards research and engagement to include co-creation with Indigenous communities; npj Natural Hazards, November 22, 2024

AI copyright case; CTV News, July 13, 2024

Tech companies battle content creators over use of copyrighted material to train AI models; The Canadian Press via CBC, June 30, 2024

Canada moves to protect coral reef that scientists say ‘shouldn’t exist’; The Guardian, March 15, 2024

Federal government considering copyright law changes for AI-generated work; National Post, October 16, 2023

Thousands of Canadians could be on the hook for allegedly sharing Ryan Reynolds movie; CBC, September 14, 2023

With an unruly China, safeguarding intellectual property is vital to national security; The Globe and Mail, March 6, 2023

PUBLIC DOMAIN: A BELATED STEP FORWARD, TWO HUGE STEPS BACK; Walled Culture, January 16, 2023

Canada enters a public domain pause as copyright laws change to match other nations; CBC, January 7, 2023

Canadian copyright protection term extended to 70 years; Lexology, January 3, 2023

Canada Steals Cultural Works From The Public By Extending Copyright Terms; TechDirt, November 29, 2022

Russia Is Trying to Steal Virus Vaccine Data, Western Nations Say; The New York Times, July 16, 2020

US-Mexico-Canada Trade Deal Carries Copyright Implications Across Borders; Billboard, December 10, 2019

USMCA, the new trade deal between the US, Canada, and Mexico, explained; Vox, November 30, 2018

How your employees can – and must – protect intellectual property; The Globe and Mail, July 18, 2018

Canada’s intellectual property strategy must play to the country’s strengths; The Globe and Mail, August 4, 2017

OUT FOR A SIP - FRIGGIN' BUDDY v COKE - OFFICIAL VIDEO; YouTube, July 11, 2017

The problem with patents; Winnipeg Free Pres, June 10, 2017

Copyright in Seismic Data is Confirmed; JDSupra, June 7, 2017