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

The Ebook version of my Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology" will be published on December 11, 2025 and the Hardback, Cloth, and Paperback versions will be available on January 8, 2026. The book includes chapters on IP, OM, AI, and other emerging technologies. Preorders are available via Amazon and this Bloomsbury webpage: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/ethics-information-and-technology-9781440856662/

Japan's universities fail to make the most of intellectual property; Nikkei Asia, March 9, 2024

Pitt is a top 20 leader in patents in the U.S.; Pittwire, University of Pittsburgh, September 15, 2023

Intellectual Property and Education in the Age of COVID-19; Research Symposium, QUT Faculty of Law via infojustice.org, July 29, 2020

Universities And The Commercialization Of Intellectual Property; Forbes, February 25, 2020

Justice Department investigates Sci-Hub founder on suspicion of working for Russian intelligence; The Washington Post, December 19, 2019

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

How to make sure we all benefit when nonprofits patent technologies like CRISPR; The Conversation via The Associated Press via WTOP, July 19, 2017

Major CRISPR Patent-Holders Agree to Patent Pool; The Scientist, July 10, 2017

U.S. Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement Announced; Press Release, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), 12/12/16

How the CRISPR Patent Dispute Became So Heated; The Atlantic, 12/6/16

Pittsburgh's smart city efforts include autonomous driving, open data, and renewable energy; TechRepublic, 11/18/16

[Open Access Week Event at University of Pittsburgh] Open in Action: The Government, the University, and You: Presenter: Congressman Mike Doyle, Thursday, 10/27/16 4 PM - 6 PM

Tell Your University: Don't Sell Patents to Trolls; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), 8/17/16

Student-Built Apps Teach Colleges a Thing or Two; New York Times, 8/27/14

Court OKs Universities' Quest To Turn To More Digital Copies Of Books; NPR, 6/10/14

Universities in hot water over students' peer-to-peer sharing; ZDNet, 10/25/09

Intersting development in Georgia State case; Scholarly Communications @ Duke Blog, 7/1/09

Universities Cope with New Anti-Piracy Requirement; Network World, 6/15/09

Universities Struggling To Deal With Law Requiring Them To Fight File Sharing; TechDirt, 6/19/09

Big music file-sharing penalties getting tuned out; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 6/20/09