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

Issues and developments related to IP, AI, and OM, examined in the IP and tech ethics graduate courses I teach at the University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. 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). Kip Currier, PhD, JD

The Evolution of the Right to Repair; American Bar Association, September 15, 2023

Bizarre AI-generated products are in stores. Here’s how to avoid them.; The Washington Post, September 18, 2023

Bad Spaniel's: barking the line between permitted parody and trademark infringement; Reuters, February 15, 2023

The Freewheeling, Copyright-Infringing World of Custom-Printed Tees; Wired, March 16, 2020

Steal This Intellectual Property; Reason, March 2020 Issue

‘Rhapsody in Blue’ (1924) just reached the public domain, showing the insanity of U.S. copyright law; The Los Angeles Times, January 4, 2020

Nobel laureate takes stance against allowing research to be intellectual property; The Auburn Plainsman, April 11, 2019

Drug Company ‘Shenanigans’ to Block Generics Come Under Federal Scrutiny; The New York Times, April 14, 2018

You can’t trademark yellow, Cheerios; , August 25, 2017

Gucci sues Forever 21 for trademark infringement; CBS News, August 10, 2017

Current copyright regime makes entertainment industry boring; The Daily Texan, June 18, 2017

How a rigid fair-use standard would harm free speech and fundamentally undermine the Internet; Los Angeles Times, June 1, 2017

Patents Are A Big Part Of Why We Can’t Own Nice Things: the Supreme Court Should Fix That; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), March 21, 2017

Public Meeting on Consumer Messaging in Connection with Online Transactions Involving Copyrighted Works from 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. ET on April 18, 2017

Under pressure from tech companies, ‘Fair Repair’ bill stalls in Nebraska; Guardian, March 11, 2017

US Finds Existing Copyright Law Suited For Software Embedded In Everyday Products; Intellectual Property Watch, 12/16/16

Consumers caught out as UK firms furnished with crippling copyright laws; Guardian, 11/21/16

Warning: This article on trademarks may include language deemed ‘scandalous, immoral or disparaging’; Washington Post, 9/30/16

People who pay for content but also infringe copyright spend more; ZDNet, 7/22/15

Using copyright to keep repair manuals secret undermines circular economy; Guardian, 12/20/13