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

EFF Says No to So-Called “Moral Rights” Copyright Expansion; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), March 30, 2017

London Book Fair 2017: Judge Pierre Leval Defends Google Books Decision, Fair Use; Publishers Weekly, March 16, 2017

Economic Development: Intellectual property must be protected from theft; Billings Gazette, April 2, 2017

The findings of medical research are disseminated too slowly; The Economist, March 25, 2017

Uber Executive Invokes Fifth Amendment, Seeking to Avoid Potential Charges; New York Times, March 30, 2017

Feds Call Miami Beach Patent Operation A Scam; NBC6 South Florida, March 29, 2017

It's About Time for Congress to Improves [sic] the Copyright Office; Forbes, March 31, 2017

Judge: Annotations to Georgia Law Are Protected by Copyright; Associated Press via U.S. News & World Report, March 28, 2017

Judge Allows Copyright Lawsuit Against Marvel Over 'Iron Man 3' Poster; Hollywood Reporter, March 28, 2017

I am an Arctic researcher. Donald Trump is deleting my citations; Guardian, March 28, 2017

BrewDog backs down over Lone Wolf pub trademark dispute; Guardian, March 27, 2017

Who Has the Keys to Self-Driving Cars?; Inside Counsel, March 28, 2017

Supreme Court Considers Why Patent Trolls Love Texas; New York Times, March 27, 2017

Let’s Make The Copyright Office Less Political, Not More; Electronic Frontier foundation (EFF), March 27, 2017

'Edison", Frank and Ernest by Thaves, GoComics, March 20, 2017

Planning for International Trade Secret Protection; National Law Review, March 23, 2017

3 Steps to Protect Trade Secrets Under the DTSA; Inside Counsel, March 21, 2017

Becoming a trademark practitioner; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, March 2017

A new bill on US copyright law would take power from the Library of Congress and give it to Trump; Quartz, March 24, 2017

Gates Foundation announces open-access publishing venture; Nature, March 23, 2017

Copyright law protects decorative features on cheerleading uniform, SCOTUS rules; ABA Journal, March 22, 2017

Patents Are A Big Part Of Why We Can’t Own Nice Things: the Supreme Court Should Fix That; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), March 21, 2017

A Scholarly Sting Operation Shines a Light on ‘Predatory’ Journals; New York Times, March 22, 2017

Public Meeting on Consumer Messaging in Connection with Online Transactions Involving Copyrighted Works from 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. ET on April 18, 2017

Why Trademarking a Scent is Actually Really Hard; Inside Counsel, March 22, 2017

Adidas Trademark War Means Three Stripes And You’re in Court; Bloomberg, March 15, 2017

One Way To Force Down Drug Prices: Have The U.S. Exercise Its Patent Rights; NPR, March 16, 2017

Coachella Organizers Suing Urban Outfitters for Trademark Infringement; Rolling Stone, March 17, 2017

Patents harder to obtain now, attorney [sic] say; Tulsa Business & Legal News, March 17, 2017

UN agency: China has explosive growth in patent applications; Associated Press via ABC News, March 15, 2017

Why the FDA hides the names of grocery stores that sell contaminated food; Washington Post, March 13, 2017

Trademark infringement award for Sturgis rally set aside; Associated Press via Minneapolis StarTribune, March 14, 2017

Lloyd Conover, Inventor of Groundbreaking Antibiotic, Dies at 93; New York Times, March 12, 2017

Patent Office finally confirms Michelle Lee is Director of the USPTO; IP Watchdog, March 10, 2017

USPTO Freedom Of Information Act Inquiry; National Law Review, March 10, 2017

Under pressure from tech companies, ‘Fair Repair’ bill stalls in Nebraska; Guardian, March 11, 2017

I Got Sued, Babe: Cher On Defense In Copyright Infringement Case; Forbes, March 8, 2017

China defends its Trump trademark approvals as in line with law; Reuters, March 10, 2017

Relax About Trump's China Trademarks; Bloomberg, March 9, 2017

Should an artificial intelligence be allowed to get a patent?; Robohub, March 9, 2017

Trump’s actions raise fears about access to government data; The Spokesman-Review, March 8, 2017

Open-data contest unearths scientific gems — and controversy; Nature, March 8, 2017