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/

A right to repair: why Nebraska farmers are taking on John Deere and Apple; Guardian, March 6, 2017

China’s theft of U.S. trade secrets under scrutiny; Science, February 28, 2017

The day of Trump toilets and condoms in China may have just ended. Here's why that's controversial; Los Angeles Times, March 6, 2017

Patent Data – The Modern Investor’s Crystal Ball; Intellectual Property Watch, March 6, 2017

Peer-review activists push psychology journals towards open data; Nature, March 1, 2017

U.S. Withdrawal from TPP Impact on Intellectual Property; Inside Counsel, March 3, 2017

LDS Church goes after MormonLeaks, accuses website of ‘copyright’ violation; Salt Lake Tribune, March 3, 2017

Lou Reed Archives Head to New York Public Library; New York Times, March 2, 2017

Privacy Laws and Listener Data in the Music Industry; Inside Counsel, March 2, 2017

Stupid Patent of the Month: IBM Patents Out-of-Office Email; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), February 28, 2017

Trademark Quality Chat Webinar on Tuesday, March 14, 2017 12 noon - 1 PM ET

Richmond-based Red Eye Cookie Co. gets sued over trademark issue by national cookie delivery chain; Richmond Times-Dispatch, March 1, 2017

Toy giant Hasbro is trying to trademark the smell of Play-Doh; Independent, March 1, 2017

DISNEY, LUCASFILM TRADEMARK MYSTERIOUS NEW STAR WARS TITLE; Comic Book Resources, February 28, 2017

Breitbart News filed for trademark rights to term 'Big Gay Hate Machine' under Steve Bannon leadership; New York Daily News, February 28, 2017

Law Professors Address RCEP Negotiators on Copyright; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF, February 24, 2017

Copy This: Vatican Stakes Out Rights to Pope Francis' Image; Associated Press via New York Times, February 26, 2017

Second Internet of Things National Institute; American Bar Association, Washington, DC, May 10-11, 2017

CRISPR Patent Ruling: 3 Different Takes; KQED, February 23, 2017

Google accuses a former top engineer of stealing trade secrets and taking them to Uber; Washington Post, February 23, 2017

Today in History; Associated Press via Washington Post, February 24, 2017

The Story Behind Trump’s Chinese Trademark; The Atlantic, February 22, 2017

Public Knowledge Launches Copyright Educational Video Based on Frozen’s “Let it Go”; Public Knowledge, February 22, 2017

Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week; Association of Research Libraries (ARL), Monday, February 20 through Friday, February 24, 2017

Washington signed into law the first copyright law; Daily Record, February 22, 2017

Data disappeared from Obama administration site promoting transparency; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 22, 2017

From Trump the Nationalist, a Trail of Global Trademarks; New York Times, February 21, 2017

T Bone Burnett Delivers Scathing Message to Copyright Office, Urging Reform: 'Our Culture Is At Stake'; Billboard, February 21, 2017

THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS AND THE GREATNESS OF HUMILITY; New Yorker, February 19, 2017

Supporting Open Access; Library Journal, February 20, 2017

‘All of our federal data assets are currently at risk’ — here’s how people are trying to protect them; FedScoop, February 19, 2017

Information Access and the 800-Pound Gorilla; Inside Higher Ed, February 20, 2017