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

Monday, September 3, 2018

Print Is Dead? Not Here; The New York Times, September 2, 2018

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Ted Geltner, The New York Times; Print Is Dead? Not Here [Kip Currier: Timely New York Times article, given my Letter to the Editor th...
Saturday, September 1, 2018

Letter to the Editor: "Get the Facts on Readers", Emailed to The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Kip Currier, September 1, 2018

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[Kip Currier: I'm copying below a Letter to the Editor--titled "Get the Facts on Readers"--that I emailed today (September...

Post-Gazette Is Going Digital, At Least On Some Days, With An Ad Campaign That Is Raising Eyebrows; KDKA 2 CBS Pittsburgh, August 22, 2018

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Jon Delano , KDKA 2 CBS Pittsburgh; Post-Gazette Is Going Digital, At Least On Some Days, With An Ad Campaign That Is Raising Eyebrows ...
Friday, August 31, 2018

IBM makes millions off patents, but it could make billions with open source; TechRepublic, August 24, 2018

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Matt Asay, TechRepublic; IBM makes millions off patents, but it could make billions with open source "While patent collectors will ...

New Paper Looks At Differential Protection For Traditional Knowledge, Folklore; Intellectual Property Watch, August 30, 2018

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Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch; New Paper Looks At Differential Protection For Traditional Knowledge, Folklore   "Th...

Trademarks, Patents and Copyrights, Oh My! What's the Difference?; Business News Daily, August 10, 2018

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Adam C. Uzialko, Business News Daily; Trademarks, Patents and Copyrights, Oh My! What's the Difference? "Intellectual property...
Thursday, August 30, 2018

Ethics in Computing Panel; InfoQ, August 28, 2018

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[Video] InfoQ; Ethics in Computing Panel " Summary   The panelists discuss the important points ar...

Predatory publishers: the journals that churn out fake science; The Guardian, August 10, 2018

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Alex Hern and Pamela Duncan, The Guardian; Predatory publishers: the journals that churn out fake science "A vast ecosystem of pred...

California Bill Is a Win for Access to Scientific Research; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), August 30, 2018

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Elliot Harmon, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF); California Bill Is a Win for Access to Scientific Research " In Passing A.B. 219...

Copyright and Cosplay: Working With an Awkward Fit; Public Knowledge, August 29, 2018

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Meredith Filak Rose , Public Knowledge ; Copyright and Cosplay: Working With an Awkward Fit " One of the questions about copyright t...
Wednesday, August 29, 2018

The Biggest Mistakes When Dealing With Copyrights; FosterSwift via YouTube, June 18, 2018

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[Video] Josh W. Mashni, FosterSwift via YouTube; The Biggest Mistakes When Dealing With Copyrights

WIPO Traditional Knowledge Committee Begins Work On Core Issues; Indigenous Peoples May Be Left Out; Intellectual Property Watch, August 27, 2018

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Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch; WIPO Traditional Knowledge Committee Begins Work On Core Issues; Indigenous Peoples May Be Le...

Trump’s NAFTA Revision Could Further Extend Copyright Term (Or Not); Comic Book Resources, August 27, 2018

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Eirik Gumeny, Comic Book Resources; Trump’s NAFTA Revision Could Further Extend Copyright Term (Or Not) "An ambiguous press release f...
Tuesday, August 28, 2018

The Story of the American Inventor Denied a Patent Because He Was a Slave; Gizmodo, August 28, 2018

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Matt Novak, Gizmodo; The Story of the American Inventor Denied a Patent Because He Was a Slave "The world of invention is famous fo...

This New Hotel Room Is So Groundbreaking That They Patented It; Forbes, August 26, 2018

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Christopher Elliott, Forbes; This New Hotel Room Is So Groundbreaking That They Patented It "Can a hotel room be so groundbreaking ...
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Kip Currier, PhD, JD
Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. Education: PhD, University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences (2007); Juris Doctor (JD), University of Pittsburgh School of Law; Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences. Member of American Bar Association (ABA), ABA IP Law Section, ABA Science & Technology Section
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