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/

The AI Boom May Be Too Good to Be True; Wall Street Journal, December 26, 2024

Intellectual Property In Horticulture: A Guide To Plant Patents And Trademarks; Forbes, December 4, 2024

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

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

Public Symposium on AI and IP; United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Wednesday, March 27, 2024 10 AM - 3 PM PT/1 PM - 6 PM ET

Computer scientist makes case for AI-generated copyrights in US appeal; Reuters, January 23, 2024

AI cannot patent inventions, UK Supreme Court confirms; BBC, December 20, 2023

Apple stops selling latest Apple Watch after losing patent case; NPR, December 18, 2023

The Patent Fight That Could Take Apple Watches Off the Market; The New York Times, October 30, 2023

How a Drug Maker Profited by Slow-Walking a Promising H.I.V. Therapy; The New York Times, July 22, 2023

Sullivan & Cromwell hires former USPTO head, Federal Circuit judge; Reuters, July 11, 2023

IP Considerations in Protecting Autonomous Vehicle Software with Patents and Copyrights; National Law Review, July 6, 2023

AMP v. Myriad: The Fight to Take Back Our Genes; ACLU, June 13, 2023

US judge facing competency probe asks court to block her suspension; Reuters, June 27, 2023

Colleagues want a 95-year-old judge to retire. She’s suing them instead.; The Washington Post, June 5, 2023

If AI invents a new medicine, who gets the patent?; Stat, June 8, 2023

UVM Extension: Plants and intellectual property; Rutland Herald, March 18, 2023

What’s the Real Deal between AI Art & IP?; The Michelson Institute for Intellectual Property, February 22, 2023

Turns out Sony owns the creepiest TV patent ever; Creative Bloq, January 15, 2023

United States: Art And Artificial Intelligence Collide With Copyright Law; Mondaq, December 29, 2022