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/

Free textbooks? Federal government is on track with a pilot program.; The Washington Post, May 8, 2018

USPTO Designates Durango, Colorado Public Library a Patent and Trademark Resource Center; Press Release, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), May 15, 2018

The Blurred Lines of Copyright Law Are Limiting Musical Creativity; The Recorder, Law.com, May 14, 2018

Japan wants to teach kids how to patent their ideas; Nikkei Asian Review, May 14, 2018

Copyright infringement lawsuits make Indy skyline photo worth a lot more than 1,000 words; IndyStar, May 8, 2018

Romance writer ignites copyright war after securing ownership of the word ‘cocky’; New York Daily News, May 10, 2018

How copyright law hides work like Zora Neale Hurston’s new book from the public; The Washington Post, May 7, 2018

10 intellectual property tips for startup companies; Pittsburgh Business Times, April 30, 2018

[Podcast] HOW TO PROTECT YOUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | CAPE TALK RADIO; Cape Talk Radio, 2018

Blurred Lines Songwriters Have Got to Give It Up for the Gaye Family: Pharrell Williams v. Frankie Christian Gaye; The National Law Review, April 27, 2018

Supreme Court Upholds Procedure That’s Said to Combat ‘Patent Trolls’; The New York Times, April 24, 2018

Monkey can't sue for copyright infringement of selfies, 9th Circuit rules; The Los Angeles Times, April 23, 2018

What Harley Davidson’s $19.2M Throttling Of Sunfrog REALLY Means… And It’s Not The Money; Above The Law, April 23, 2018

New Tattoo Copyright Infringement Case Filed By Artist Who Inked WWE Wrestler Randy Orton; Forbes, April 18, 2018

Frida Kahlo Barbie doll banned from shop shelves in Mexico; BBC, April 20, 2018

IP-Transformative Entrepreneurs or IP Law Infringers and Scofflaws? Observations from Steel City Con 2018

33rd Annual ABA Intellectual Property Law Conference, April 18-20, 2018

33rd Annual ABA Intellectual Property Law Conference, April 18-20, 2018