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

Why Trump tariffs on China not stopping theft of trade secrets; USA TODAY, November 28, 2018

Intellectual Property to Take Center Stage as Trump and Xi Meet; The New York Times, November 28, 2018

Navy Official: Concerns About Intellectual Property Rights Becoming More 'Acute'; National Defense, NDIA's Business & Technology Magazine, November 29, 2018

IP is the G20 Issue; Forbes, November 29, 2018

Did Uber Steal Google’s Intellectual Property?; The New Yorker, October 22, 2018 Issue

Do You Have Concerns about Plan S? Then You Must be an Irresponsible, Privileged, Conspiratorial Hypocrite; The Scholarly Kitchen, November 26, 2018

Counterfeits in the Digital Marketplace; Lexology, November 7, 2018

How to Crush an Outlaw Biker Club: Seize Its … Logo?; The New York Times, November 21, 2018

Addressing the Crisis in Academic Publishing; Inside Higher Ed, November 5, 2018

Thanksgiving dinner: How to find common ground on divisive issues; CNN, November 22, 2018

IBM Will Acquire Open-Source Software Company Red Hat In $34 Billion Deal; October 28, 2018

American Bar Association (ABA) Webinar: "Modernizing NAFTA into a 21st Century Trade Agreement: The New USMCA & IP; Thursday, November 29, 2018 12 Noon - 1 PM CT; 1 PM - 2 PM ET

New York Bar Sues Image Comics and Forbidden Planet For $2 Million Over Dead Rabbit Trademark; Bleeding Cool, November 20, 2018

If Mozart and Beethoven Were Alive Today, Would they Be Guilty of Copyright Infringement?; Above The Law, November 15, 2018

The darker side of Stan Lee’s legacy; Vox, November 14, 2018

Stan Lee Is Dead at 95; Superhero of Marvel Comics; The New York Times, November 12, 2018

Arguments over European open-access plan heat up; Nature, November 12, 2018

Stan Lee’s Radical Fight Against Racists: ‘The Only Way to Destroy Them Is to Expose Them’; The Daily Beast, November 13, 2018

How Stan Lee Helped Bring Humanity to Superheroes; Comic Book Resources, November 13, 2018

Marvel Icon Stan Lee Leaves a Legacy as Complex as His Superheroes; The Daily Beast, November 12, 2018

Marvel Comics' Stan Lee Passes Away at 95; November 12, 2018