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

Elon Musk’s Tesla sues former Optimus robot engineer for allegedly stealing trade secrets; New York Post, June 12, 2025

U.S. Copyright Office Releases New Copyright Registration Toolkit; U.S. Copyright Office, April 22, 2025

AI/IP Issues Part 2: What Current Litigation Can Tell Us About Where IP in AI Is Heading; LexisNexis, Wednesday, July 24, 2024 1 PM EDT, 10 AM PDT

U.S. bans noncompete agreements for nearly all jobs; NPR, April 23, 2024

What 70% of Americans Don’t Understand About Intellectual Property; Stites & Harbison, October 26, 2023

Introduction to Intellectual Property; West Virginia Libraries (WVU) , Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Crocs and rival footwear maker Joybees clash over trade secrets in US court; Reuters, July 7, 2023

Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over Threads; Semafor, July 6, 2023

Why Your Face Should Be a Trade Secret; University of Virginia School of Law, March 23, 2023

10 things to know about copyright and software; Lexology, June 20, 2023

Keeping Your Trade Secrets a Secret: Three Common Myths about Trade Secret Protection that could put your Business's Trade Secrets at Risk; Lexology, April 10, 2023

Generative AI Has an Intellectual Property Problem; Harvard Business Review, April 7, 2023

NASA unveils new spacesuit specially tailored for lunar wear; The Business Standard, March 18, 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

Bay Area vegan company sues founder for allegedly stealing trade secrets; SFGate, February 24, 2023

Failures are valuable IP: Protect your startup’s negative trade secrets; TechCrunch via JDSupra, January 23, 2023

2022 Trade Secrets Webinar Series: Takeaways & Recordings; Seyfarth Shaw LLP via JDSupra, December 29, 2022

US farmers win right to repair John Deere equipment; BBC News, January 9, 2022

Congress Passes The Protecting American Intellectual Property Act of 2022; JD Supra, December 28, 2022