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/

We Shall Overcome’ Is Put in Public Domain in a Copyright Settlement; New York Times, January 26, 2018

Exclusive: playwright's estate says The Shape of Water used his work without credit; Guardian, January 25, 2018

Grumpy Cat Awarded $710,000 In Copyright Infringement Suit; NPR, January 25, 2018

What's behind the soaring cost of college textbooks; CBSNews.com, January 26, 2018

Appeals court vacates decisions that canceled Redskins trademark registrations; USA Today, January 18, 2018

Kitty Perry and the copyright lessons for seven-year-olds; BBC News, January 17, 2018

How AI and copyright would work; Tech Crunch, January 9, 2018

Copyright Week 2018: Join Us in Fighting for Better Copyright Law and Policy; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), January 15, 2018

Primary school children need to learn about intellectual property, Government agency says ; Telegraph, January 20, 2018

Every College Student's Dream: An 8 AM Class On Patents; Wired, January 20, 2018

Brain Power Pays Off With Japan’s Intellectual Property Exports; Bloomberg, January 15, 2018

Parsing the patents: CMU seeking clear answers on AI in workforce; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 15, 2018

Jack Kirby’s 100 Coolest Comic Book Creations; Comic Book Resources, August 28, 2017

United States: Even Bambi Is A Trade Secret: Eastern District Of Texas Finds That Lineage And Genetic Information Of Deer Are Trade Secrets, Grants Preliminary Injunction; Mondaq, August 22, 2017

You can’t trademark yellow, Cheerios; , August 25, 2017

New Balance wins record China trademark award; BBC, August 24, 2017

China says will tighten controls over intellectual property theft; Reuters, August 24, 2017

Here’s a test: What’s your copyright IQ?; AZBIGMEDIA, August 24, 2017

Will TPP-11 Nations Escape the Copyright Trap?; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), August 23, 2017

Microsoft v MikeRoweSoft and Iceland v Iceland: Five of the strangest trademark disputes; Telegraph, August 18, 2017

With ‘Open Access,’ the Met Museum’s Digital Operation Has a Bona Fide Hit on Its Hands; artnetnews, August 10, 2017

Augusta National Sues to Stop Auction of Green Jackets; New York Times, August 14, 2017

Toblerone shape not distinctive enough for trademark, Poundland claims; Guardian, August 17, 2017

Isle of Man: Protecting Your Ideas: Intellectual Property Rights In The Isle of Man; Mondaq, August 17, 2017

App iTrump wins trademark fight against Trump Organization; BBC, August 16, 2017

"My Lawyer Wasn't Sure Who To Sue"; Pearls Before Swine, August 16, 2017

If an AI creates a work of art, who owns the rights to it?; Quartz, August 15, 2017

"Let's Hear Some Ideas"; Bizarro, August 15, 2017

Niwot-based Crocs may lose claim to iconic clog following patent ruling; Daily Camera, August 14, 2017

Costco made $3.7 million selling ‘Tiffany’ rings. Now it must pay $19 million to the real Tiffany.; Washington Post, August 15, 2017

China’s Intellectual Property Theft Must Stop; New York Times, August 15, 2017

Trump administration goes after China over intellectual property, advanced technology; Washington Post, August 14, 2017

Do I need an overseas trademark?; Lexology, August 14, 2017

Gucci sues Forever 21 for trademark infringement; CBS News, August 10, 2017

Two Phillies had their nickname jerseys denied because of copyright issue; CSNPhilly.com, August 11, 2017

How Did ‘Copyright Piracy’ Language Get Into ESSA, the K-12 Law?; EdWeek Market Brief, August 11, 2017