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/

Viewpoint: Don’t let America’s copyright crackdown hand China global AI leadership; Grand Forks Herald, July 5, 2025

The US Copyright Office is wrong about artificial intelligence; The Hill, June 30, 2025

The copyright war between the AI industry and creatives; Financial Times, June 23, 2025

As US and UK refuse to sign the Paris AI Action Summit statement, other countries commit to developing ‘open, inclusive, ethical’ AI;TechCrunch, February 11, 2025

Indigenous Colombian coca company challenges Coca-Cola’s trademark; The Washington Post, September 15, 2024

Kim Dotcom to be extradited from New Zealand to US; The Guardian, August 15, 2024

China is the runaway leader in generative AI patent applications followed by the US, the UN says; AP, July 3, 2024

Navigating the Patchwork of AI Laws, Standards, and Guidance; American Bar Association (ABA), May 9, 2024

Japan's universities fail to make the most of intellectual property; Nikkei Asia, March 9, 2024

Computer Love: Beijing Court Finds AI-Generated Image is Copyrightable in Split with United States ; Lexology, December 4, 2023

Internet Archive’s digital library has been found in breach of copyright. The decision has some important implications; The Conversation, August 22, 2023

Prosecraft has infuriated authors by using their books without consent – but what does copyright law say?; The Conversation, August 9, 2023

US cyber ambassador says China knows how to steal its way to dominance of cloud and AI; The Register, June 23, 2023

Patents, spy balloons and outcompeting China: What our leaders are missing; The Hill, March 12, 2023

ASML chief warns of IP theft risks amid chip sanctions; Financial Times, March 8, 2023

The Daring Ruse That Exposed China’s Campaign to Steal American Secrets; The New York Times Magazine, March 7, 2023

Industrial espionage: How China sneaks out America's technology secrets; BBC, January 16, 2023

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

Belarus legalizes digital piracy—as long as the copyright holders are from "unfriendly" countries; Quartz, January 11, 2023

US court sentences Chinese spy to 20 years for stealing trade secrets; The Guardian, November 16, 2022