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

New Tool for Open-Access Research; Inside Higher Ed, July 9, 2018

IBM wants $167M from Groupon over alleged patent infringement; CNet, July 17, 2018

Fans howl over taking down World Cup Twitter posts for copyright issues; NBC News, July 14, 2018

Former Apple employee charged with theft of autonomous-vehicle trade secrets; CNet, July 10, 2018

Is ‘Balanced Intellectual Property’ Code For ‘Anti-Intellectual Property’?; Above The Law, June 28, 2018

After trademark dispute, Voodoo Brewery relaunches Pitt-themed beer with tongue-in-cheek name; The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 12, 2018

U.S. Postal Service must pay $3.5 million after confusing Statue of Liberty with ‘sexier’ Las Vegas replica; The Washington Post, July 7, 2018

Europe's copyright plan: Why was it so controversial?; BBC, July 5, 2018

Judge Orders Chinese Wind-Turbine Maker To Pay $59 Million For Stealing Trade Secrets; NPR, July 6, 2018

California Can Lead the Way in Open Access; Electronic Frontier Foundation, June 11, 2018

Tech Giants Win a Battle Over Copyright Rules in Europe; The New York Times, July 5, 2018

Equity pending: Why so few women receive patents; The Christian Science Monitor, July 2, 2018

The EU's dodgy Article 13 copyright directive has been rejected; Wired, July 5, 2015

Kitty Pryde Owns the Trademark on the X-Men; Bleeding Cool, July 4, 2018

WIPO Marrakesh Treaty On Copyright Exceptions For Blind Readers Clears US Senate; Intellectual Property Watch, June 29, 2018

A trademark can protect that clever slogan; Houston Chronicle, July 2, 2018

The marvellous world of superhero licensing ; Lexology, June 26, 2018

Elon Musk drawn into farting unicorn dispute with potter; The Guardian, June 27, 2018

Indigenous Knowledge Databases: Is It Something To Be Concerned About?; Intellectual Property Watch, June 28, 2018

Intellectual property basics for startups: trade secrets; DLA Piper via Lexology, June 27, 2018

Apple, Samsung Declare Peace in Biggest Modern Tech Patent Fight; Bloomberg, June 27, 2018

Infamous 'Dancing Baby' copyright battle settled just before YouTube tot becomes a teen; The Register, June 27, 2018

In tech, patents are trophies -- and these companies are dominating; CNN, June 19, 2018

Want to patent your invention? Here's what you need to know.; Marketplace, February 2, 2018

Bethesda Sues Warner Bros., Calls ‘Westworld’ Game ‘Blatant Ripoff’; Variety, June 22, 2018

MSF Challenges Gilead Hepatitis C Patent In China; Intellectual Property Watch, June 19, 2018

Trademark Basics: What Can and Can't Be Trademarked?; Business.com, June 21, 2018

Play-Doh Scent Registration May Serve As Trademark Model; Bloomberg Law, June 20, 2018

The sudden rush of vulgar trademarks; The Boston Globe, June 23, 2018

This guy's invention got U.S. Patent No. 10 million; Marketplace, June 19, 2018

Nathan Myhrvold: ‘Nasa doesn’t want to admit it’s wrong about asteroids’; The Observer via The Guardian, June 24, 2018

Article 13: Europe's hotly debated revamp of copyright law, explained; CNet, June 22, 2018

Europe Approves 'Wildly Dangerous' Copyright Rules; Forbes, June 20, 2018

Protests greet Brussels copyright reform plan; BBC News, June 15, 2018

Copyright in tattoos - a prickly legal question; Lexology, June 4, 2018

10 million patents: A celebration of American innovation; Director's Forum: A Blog from USPTO's Leadership, Thursday, June 14, 2018

10 Million Patents; Patents Through History, U.S. Patent and Trademark office (USPTO), 2018

“We rely on a quilt of rights”: inside Starbucks’ trademark strategy"; World Trademark Review, June 14, 2018

Expert in Native American intellectual property joins ASU Law Indian Legal Program; Arizona State University, June 11, 2018

Europe's New Copyright Rules Will Be Devastating to the Internet as We Know It; Motherboard, June 14, 2018

5 Common Copyright Misconceptions Held by Photographers; PetaPixel, June 6, 2018

Pitt Rises to 21st in Annual Global Patent Ranking; University of Pittsburgh, June 7, 2018

BBC; Copyright law could put end to net memes, June 8, 2018

Copyright Term: When Does a Work Enter the Public Domain?; Lexology, May 24, 2018

When Scientists Develop Products From Personal Medical Data, Who Gets To Profit?; NPR, May 31, 2018

Data mining: why the EU’s proposed copyright measures get it wrong; The Conversation, May 24, 2018

Judge Denies Author Attempt to Trademark 'Cocky' ; Publishers Weekly, June 4, 2018

Rapunzel, Rapunzel let down your trademark restrictions; The Boston Globe, June 5, 2018

In Defense Of Fair Use; Intellectual Property Watch, June 4, 2018

Photographers Shutter at Plan to Boost Copyright Fees; Bloomberg, June 4, 2018