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 on December 11, 2025 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/

Getty Images Wants $1.7 Billion From its Lawsuit With Stability AI; PetaPixel, December 19, 2024

5th Circuit rules ISP should have terminated Internet users accused of piracy; Ars Technica, October 11, 2024

Supreme Court to Clarify Copyright Infringement Limits in Case Against Warner Music; The Hollywood Reporter, September 29, 2023

A Photographer Tried to Get His Photos Removed from an AI Dataset. He Got an Invoice Instead.; Vice, April 28, 2023

Guns N' Roses sue online Texas gun and flower shop for trademark infringement; Entertainment Weekly, December 5, 2022

Jury orders Steve King's campaign to pay $750 for using copyrighted meme; Des Moines Register, November 18, 2022

Who Owns the Copyright in A Tattoo?; Lexology, October 17, 2022

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex to receive confidential sum from UK newspaper for copyright infringement; CNN, January 5, 2022

The Copyright Lawsuit in Tiger King Is an Outrage; Slate, May 7, 2020

CalTech wins $1.1 billion jury verdict in patent case against Apple, Broadcom; Reuters, January 29, 2020

Judge Lets NMPA Double Damages to $300M in Peloton Copyright Suit; Billboard, September 28, 2019

Two skyline photo cases, two different results; Lexology, August 9, 2018

Judge Orders Chinese Wind-Turbine Maker To Pay $59 Million For Stealing Trade Secrets; NPR, July 6, 2018

Former law student obtains $6.45M judgment in revenge porn case; ABA Journal, April 11, 2018

Google loses Android battle and could owe Oracle billions of dollars; CNN Money, March 27, 2018

Merck Falls After $2.54 Billion Gilead Verdict Is Tossed; Bloomberg, February 20, 2018

ASCAP sues Peninsula bar for copyright infringement; Peninsula Daily News, February 18, 2018

New Balance wins record China trademark award; BBC, August 24, 2017

Apple ordered to pay $506 million to university in patent dispute; Reuters, July 25, 2017

Supreme Court turns down EFF’s “Dancing Baby” fair use case; Ars Technica, June 19, 2017