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

Britain’s scientists are freaking out over Brexit; Washington Post, 7/31/16

Marvel Artist Complains After 'X-Men: Apocalypse' Giveaway Uses His Work; Hollywood Reporter,

Milton Glaser Still Hearts New York; New York Times, 7/29/16

Bowser’s $9,000 in Trump change; Washington Post, 7/29/16

The Blog That Disappeared; New York Times, 7/29/16

Photographer sues Getty Images for $1 billion after she's billed for her own photo; Los Angeles Times, 7/29/16

Stephen Colbert Officially Retired “Stephen Colbert” Because Corporate Lawyers Made Him; Slate, 7/28/16

A Presidential Priority: Unleashing Open Data; Huffington Post, 7/21/16

Uncle Sam Wants You — Or at Least Your Genetic and Lifestyle Information; New York Times, 7/23/16

"Tablet v. Newspaper"; Bizarro, 7/11/16

Wellcome Trust launches open-access publishing venture; Nature, 7/6/16

EFF sues US government, saying copyright rules on DRM are unconstitutional; Ars Technica, 7/22/16

Why Do Women Inventors Hold So Few Patents?; Atlantic, 7/21/16

Publisher Seeks to Overcome Copyright Suit Over Famous Civil Rights Song; Hollywood Reporter, 7/18/16

Political Art in a Fractious Election Year; New York Times, 7/17/16

Zika Data From the Lab, and Right to the Web; New York Times, 7/18/16

Pittsburgh's Digital Dream Labs sues British toy company over patent; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 6/24/16

Are MOOCs Forever?; Chronicle of Higher Education, 7/14/16

"Jail for Self-Publishing Novels"; Bizarro, 7/16/16

The Fight for the "Right to Repair"; Smithsonian.com, 7/13/16

Pokemon Go spurs lawyers to stop and consider legal issues; ABA Journal, 7/13/16

Meet Your New Librarian of Congress; Smithsonian.com, 7/14/16

Bastille Day Fireworks and Copyright; Trademark & Copyright Law Blog, 7/13/16

‘We’re lucky someone wasn’t killed’: A look at the patent office’s Christmas outage; Fed Scoop, 7/13/16

Carla Hayden confirmed as 14th librarian of Congress; Washington Post, 7/13/16

Nomination of Carla Hayden to Library of Congress is stuck in Senate; Washington Post, 7/13/16

Give the nominee for librarian of Congress a vote; Washington Post, 7/12/16

To Boldly Go Where No Fan Production Has Gone Before; Slate, 7/13/16

An Open Letter From Technology Sector Leaders On Donald Trump’s Candidacy For President; Huffington Post, 7/14/16

FAN-MADE "MARVEL ULTIMATE ALLIANCE" TRAILER IS INHUMANLY EPIC; Comic Book Resources, 7/12/16

A Fight to Make Two Classic Songs Copyright Free to You and Me; New York Times, 7/12/16

Is Our Love of Netflix and Spotify Really Reducing Piracy?; Huffington Post UK, July 8, 2016

New Censorship and Copyright Restrictions in UK Digital Economy Bill; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), 7/8/16

Park City trademark battle: Mayor says ski resort won't put its promises in writing; Deseret News, 7/8/16

Asia Is Getting Its Own Patent Police; Bloomberg, 7/7/16

Wright Brothers’ Patent Application, Missing for 36 Years, Turns Up Underground; Air & Space Magazine, 4/4/16

Wright Brothers’ Long-Lost Patent Gets a Private Family Viewing; Air & Space Magazine, 7/8/16

Hillary Clinton backs US copyright reform; The Bookseller, 7/8/16

What Is a Patent Cliff?; Fool.com via Fox Business, 7/6/16

Look Who's Winning A New Generation Of U.S.-China Patent Disputes; Forbes, 7/5/16

McDonald's Wins EU Trademark for 'Mac' and 'Mc'; Associated Press via New York Times, 7/5/16

Korean Tutor Gets Suspended Sentence in U.S. Exam Leak Scandal; Reuters via New York Times, 6/30/16

11 THINGS DC COMICS TAUGHT US ABOUT KFC'S MULTIDIMENSIONAL COLONEL SANDERS; Comic Book Resources, 7/5/16

Juno probe enters Jupiter's orbit after 'amazing' Nasa mission – as it happened; Guardian, 7/5/16

NASA’s Juno orbiter set to arrive at Jupiter on Monday; Washington Post, 7/4/16

Episode 709: The Quiet Old Lady Who Whispers "Fair Use"; Planet Money, NPR, 7/1/16

Fur flies in this purrr-fect ‘Batcat v Supercat’ video; Comic Book Resources, 7/3/16

One of the copyright's scummiest trolls loses his law license; Boing Boing, 7/3/16

With Canada’s Entry, Treaty for the Blind Will Come Into Force; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), 6/30/16

Amazon Inspire Removes Some Content Over Copyright Issues; New York Times, 6/29/16