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/

Two Courts Rule On Generative AI and Fair Use — One Gets It Right; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), June 26, 2025

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

Intellectual property is our bedrock; Daily Journal, May 17, 2025

Opt out or get scraped: UK’s AI copyright shake-up has Elton John, Dua Lipa fighting back; CNBC, May 12, 2025

World Intellectual Property Day, 2025; The White House, April 26, 2025

AI and the visual arts: The case for copyright protection; Brookings, April 18, 2025

AI and Copyright: Expanding Copyright Hurts Everyone—Here’s What to Do Instead; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), February 19, 2025

The US Copyright Office's new ruling on AI art is here - and it could change everything; ZDNet, February 3, 2025

Congress Must Change Copyright Law for AI | Opinion; Newsweek, January 16, 2025

USPTO announces new Artificial Intelligence Strategy to empower responsible implementation of innovation; United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), January 14, 2025

While the Court Fights Over AI and Copyright Continue, Congress and States Focus On Digital Replicas: 2024 in Review; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), December 27, 2024

How Hallucinatory A.I. Helps Science Dream Up Big Breakthroughs; The New York Times, December 23, 2024

Pittsburgh has big ideas. One professor is documenting them.; 90.5 WESA, December 24, 2024

The Heart of the Matter: Copyright, AI Training, and LLMs; SSRN, November 1, 2024

US Trademark Office cancels Marvel, DC's 'Super Hero' marks; Reuters, September 26, 2024

USPTO issues AI subject matter eligibility guidance; United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), July 16, 2024

Pitt’s national patent ranking improved to No. 14 in 2023; PittWire, June 4, 2024

Will the rise of AI spell the end of intellectual property rights?; The Globe and Mail, May 27, 2024

The Generative AI Copyright Disclosure Act of 2024: Balancing Innovation and IP Rights; The National Law Review, May 13, 2024

AI and inventorship guidance: Incentivizing human ingenuity and investment in AI-assisted inventions; United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), February 12, 2024