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/

Supreme Court Takes Up Case That Could Affect Redskins Trademark; NPR, 9/29/16

Pitt Innovation Showcase; University of Pittsburgh, 9/28/16

Can You Trademark a Cocktail Recipe?; Daily Beast, 9/27/16

U.S. man held for allegedly breaching trademark of Tokyo games logo; Japan Times, 9/28/16

The man who created the Hamdog is now selling his US patent; CNBC, 9/28/16

"Phonebooks"; Pearls Before Swine, GoComics, 9/28/16

STRANGER THINGS GETS BUFFY-STYLE CREDITS IN FAN VIDEO; Comic Book Resources, 9/26/16

Commemorating Five Years of the America Invents Act; USPTO Director's Forum Blog: Guest Blog by Dana Robert Colarulli, Director of the Office of Governmental Affairs, 9/26/16

Las Vegas NHL team files trademark applications for Silver Knights, Desert Knights and Golden Knights nicknames; IPWatchdog, 9/26/16

Reuters via New York Times; Divided U.S. Supreme Court Turns to Less Sensitive IP Cases, 9/21/16

Apple's new patent proposes a way to eliminate 'butt dialing' once and for all; Digital Trends, 9/24/16

White House expanding open data initiatives; FedScoop, 9/21/16

Apple patents bold new innovation – a paper bag; Guardian, 9/20/16

Professor analyzing decades of data to determine patent value; University of Kansas, 8/30/16

Redskins, rock band battle government in trademark fight; Washington Post, 9/19/16

McGregor beaten to the punch as 'IP squatter' files trademark claim; Irish Independent, 9/18/16

Swatch succeeds in trademark case over Apple 'iWatch'; BBC, 9/13/16

Oprah Winfrey beats 'Own Your Power' trademark appeal; Reuters, 9/16/16

Revised IP/copyright policy being readied; University Times, 9/15/16

Commemorating the Lanham Act’s 70th; Politico, 9/14/16

Patent chief tells lawmakers ‘time and attendance fraud is not tolerated’; New York Times, 9/13/16

Fixing why USPTO issues low-quality patents should be oversight hearing's focus; The Hill, 9/13/16

The Strange Case of Off-Patent Drug Price Gougers; Bloomberg, 9/9/16

Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter prevail in database patent appeal; Reuters, 9/12/16

Yahoo on the hunt for patent thieves; New York Post, 9/9/16

Minnesota winery owner helps breeders patent their unique plants and potables; In Forum, 9/10/16

Ray Kurzweil: Accelerating Tech Is Making Old Intellectual Property Laws Obsolete; Singularity Hub, 9/8/16

It Gets Better: U.S. Patent and Trademark employees share their stories; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 6/25/15

The US Copyright Office is the poster child for regulatory capture; Boing Boing, 9/8/16

Trade secret law: A brief guide for in-house counsel; Inside Counsel, 8/18/16

Trade Secret Protection Blocks Sick Samsung Workers From Data; Claims Journal, 8/12/16

'Moonshot' cancer panel calls for US to create national research database; Guardian, 9/7/16

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

No, the Internet Has Not Killed the Printed Book. Most People Still Prefer Them.; New York Times, 9/2/16

IP Offices Focus On Educating Younger Population About IP Protection; Intellectual Property Watch, 9/6/16

You've Gotta Love This Stranger Things / X-Men Mash-Up; Gizmodo, 8/29/16

Behind the EpiPen controversy are questions about patents granted to drugmaker; St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 9/4/16

Seattle salon shares trademark warning for small businesses; King5.com, 9/1/16

Pro athletes and the things they trademark; CNN Money, 8/19/16

Europe’s copyright cop-out; Politico, 9/1/16

Yes, the News Can Survive the Newspaper; New York Times, 9/4/16

University of Pittsburgh Announces U.S. Patents Issued in July 2016; 8/15/16

University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute; University of Pittsburgh, Press Release, 9/1/16

Elsevier’s New Patent for Online Peer Review Throws a Scare Into Open-Source Advocates; Chronicle of Higher Education, 9/1/16

Patent office workers bilked the government of millions by playing hooky, watchdog finds; Washington Post, 8/31/16

President Obama to Host White House Frontiers Conference in Pittsburgh; University of Pittsburgh Press Release, 8/30/16

Pennsylvania wades into open data; GCN, 8/26/16

Feds Target 'Predatory' Publishers; Inside Higher Ed, 8/29/16

Sci-Hub Controversy Triggers Publishers’ Critique of Librarian; Library Journal, 8/25/16

Oakland Raiders File Trademark Applications For Las Vegas Raiders; Forbes, 8/25/16