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/

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Trying to Trademark a Meme? OK Boomer; The New York Times, November 19, 2019

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Derrick Bryson Taylor , The New York Times; Trying to Trademark a Meme? OK Boomer " In light of the phrase’s popularity, it’s not l...
Sunday, November 24, 2019

Baby Yoda GIFs Are Being Pulled For Copyright Concerns; ScreenRant, November 23, 2019

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Josh Plainse, ScreenRant; Baby Yoda GIFs Are Being Pulled For Copyright Concerns "Baby Yoda GIFs from the  Disney+ show  The Mandalo...

Congress Introduces AM-FM Act to Revise Copyright Law for Terrestrial Radio; Variety, November 21, 2019

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Jem Aswad, Variety; Congress Introduces AM-FM Act to Revise Copyright Law for Terrestrial Radio "Senator Marsha Blackburn and Rep. Je...
Friday, November 22, 2019

Lawsuit: Target's Good & Gather line infringes trademark of Georgia woman's business; USA Today, November 22, 2019

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Nicquel Terry Ellis , USA Today; Lawsuit: Target's Good & Gather line infringes trademark of Georgia woman's business "A...
Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Protect your restaurant’s intellectual property; The Miami Herald, Novermber 18, 2019

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Andrew Cromer, The Miami Herald; Protect your restaurant’s intellectual property "What if I told you that the most valuable piece of ...
Sunday, November 17, 2019

Supreme Court will hear Google’s appeal in massive copyright suit brought by Oracle; CNBC, November 15, 2019

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Tucker Higgins, CNBC; Supreme Court will hear Google’s appeal in massive copyright suit brought by Oracle "The Supreme Court said on...
Saturday, November 16, 2019

Giant Publisher Macmillan Goes To War Against Libraries; TechDirt, November 15, 2019

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Mike Masnick, TechDirt; Giant Publisher Macmillan Goes To War Against Libraries "In September, librarians around the US launched a ca...
Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Spinal Tap Creators and Universal Music Settle Copyright Dispute; Variety, November 5, 2019

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Jem Aswad, Variety; Spinal Tap Creators and Universal Music Settle Copyright Dispute "The complaint also sought a judgment in the act...
Thursday, November 7, 2019

NNS Spotlight: Nonprofit uses data research to spur change in communities; Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service (NNS), November 6, 2019

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Caroline White , Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service (NNS); NNS Spotlight: Nonprofit uses data research to spur change in communities ...

What if "Sesame Street" Were Open Access?; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), October 25, 2019

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Elliot Harmon, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF); What if "Sesame Street" Were Open Access? "The news of iconic children...

Backcountry.com breaks its silence amid trademark lawsuit controversy to apologize and say “we made a mistake”; The Colorado Sun, November 6, 2019

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Jason Blevins, The Colorado Sun; Backcountry.com breaks its silence amid trademark lawsuit controversy to apologize and say “we made a mista...

Ludacris, Tom Luse, More to Speak at Intellectual Property Master Class; Georgia State University, November 6, 2019

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Kelundra Smith, Georgia State University; Ludacris, Tom Luse, More to Speak at Intellectual Property Master Class "Entertainer and ...

Trump administration sues drugmaker Gilead Sciences over patent on Truvada for HIV prevention; The Washington Post, November 7, 2019

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Christopher Rowland, The Washington Post; Trump administration sues drugmaker Gilead Sciences over patent on Truvada for HIV prevention ...
Monday, November 4, 2019

Scientists With Links to China May Be Stealing Biomedical Research, U.S. Says; The New York Times, November 4, 2019

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Gina Kolata , The New York Times; Scientists With Links to China May Be Stealing Biomedical Research, U.S. Says " "The investiga...

The pirate Blackbeard is laughing in his grave over a SCOTUS copyright case; Quartz, November 2, 2019

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Ephrat Livni , Quartz; The pirate Blackbeard is laughing in his grave over a SCOTUS copyright case "The high court will decide who is...
Wednesday, October 23, 2019

A face-scanning algorithm increasingly decides whether you deserve the job; The Washington Post, October 22, 2019

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Drew Harwell, The Washington Post; A face-scanning algorithm increasingly decides whether you deserve the job   HireVue claims it uses art...
Monday, October 14, 2019

MARVEL & Others Sued Over X-MEN: THE ANIMATED SERIES Theme Song Alleging Copyright Infringement - Report; Newsarama, October 9, 2019

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Chris Arant, Newsarama; MARVEL & Others Sued Over X-MEN: THE ANIMATED SERIES Theme Song Alleging Copyright Infringement - Report ...
Saturday, October 5, 2019

The Hippocratic License: A new software license that prohibits uses that contravene the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights; BoingBoing, October 4, 2019

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Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing; The Hippocratic License: A new software license that prohibits uses that contravene the UN Universal Declaration ...

An Open Source License That Requires Users to Do No Harm; Wired, October 4, 2019

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Klint Finley, Wired; An Open Source License That Requires Users to Do No Harm Open source software can generally be freely copied and r...
Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Under Armour trademark dispute hits family start-up company with Boise ties; KTVB.com, October 1, 2019

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Ashley Miller, KTVB.com; Under Armour trademark dispute hits family start-up company with Boise ties "“Trademark dilution” is the leg...
Tuesday, October 1, 2019

IP and counterculture: Who owns a tattoo?; Lexology, September 27, 2019

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Novagraaf - Alastair Rawlence , Lexology; IP and counterculture: Who owns a tattoo? " Advising the artist: think bigger than copyri...
Monday, September 30, 2019

Judge Lets NMPA Double Damages to $300M in Peloton Copyright Suit; Billboard, September 28, 2019

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Tatiana Cirisano , Billboard ; Judge Lets NMPA Double Damages to $300M in Peloton Copyright Suit "A Manhattan federal judge has app...
Friday, September 20, 2019

People Are Looking At Your LinkedIn Profile. They Might Be Chinese Spies; NPR, September 19, 2019

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Ryan Lucas, NPR; People Are Looking At Your LinkedIn Profile. They Might Be Chinese Spies "Demers took over leadership of the Nationa...
Saturday, September 14, 2019

Pitt Tells Student Groups Not to Use Pitt in Their Names; Inside Higher Ed, September 13, 2019

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Elin Johnson , Inside Higher Ed; Pitt Tells Student Groups Not to Use Pitt in Their Names "An emailed statement from communications m...
Thursday, September 12, 2019

Māori anger as Air New Zealand seeks to trademark 'Kia Ora' logo; The Guardian, September 12, 2019

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Eleanor Ainge Roy, The Guardian; Māori anger as Air New Zealand seeks to trademark 'Kia Ora' logo "New Zealand’s national car...
Thursday, April 25, 2019

Faculty Council reexamines lost intellectual property rights policy; The Ithacan, April 24, 2019

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Ashley Stalnecker, The Ithacan;  Faculty Council reexamines lost intellectual property rights policy " Peter Rothbart, professor in...

Peloton owners are pissed about bad music after copyright lawsuit; The Verge, April 24, 2019

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Natt Auran, The Verge;  Peloton owners are pissed about bad music after copyright lawsuit " The changes in music selections resulted ...
Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Technion sues own lecturer, claims intellectual property infringement; The Jerusalem Post, April 23, 2019

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Eytan Halon, The Jerusalem Post; Technion sues own lecturer, claims intellectual property infringement "The Technion–Israel Insti...

What the EU’s copyright overhaul means — and what might change for big tech; NiemanLab, Nieman Foundation at Harvard, April 22, 2019

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Marcello Rossi, NiemanLab, Nieman Foundation at Harvard; What the EU’s copyright overhaul means — and what might change for big tech ...
Monday, April 22, 2019

Wary of Chinese Espionage, Houston Cancer Center Chose to Fire 3 Scientists; The New York Times, April 22, 2019

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Mihir Zaveri , The New York Times;  Wary of Chinese Espionage, Houston Cancer Center Chose to Fire 3 Scientists " “A small but signif...

Iancu v. Brunetti Oral Argument; C-SPAN, April 15, 2019

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April 15, 2019, C-SPAN;  " Iancu v. Brunetti   Oral Argument The Supreme Court  heard oral argument for Iancu v. Brunetti, a cas...
Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Marvel's Kevin Feige Says It's 'Wonderful' to Have X-Men, FF Rights Back; Comic Book Resources, April 16, 2019

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Colin Hickson, Comic Book Resources; Marvel's Kevin Feige Says It's 'Wonderful' to Have X-Men, FF Rights Back "Despit...

Trademark Battle: Pitt Football Forced To Remove ‘412’ From New Helmets; KDKA 2 CBS Pittsburgh, April 13, 2019

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KDKA 2 CBS Pittsburgh; Trademark Battle: Pitt Football Forced To Remove ‘412’ From New Helmets "Just a week after the University of P...
Monday, April 15, 2019

EU approves tougher EU copyright rules in blow to Google, Facebook; Reuters, April 15, 2019

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Foo Yun Chee, Reuters;  EU approves tougher EU copyright rules in blow to Google, Facebook " Under the new rules, Google and other on...
Friday, April 12, 2019

Post-Elsevier breakup, new publishing agreement ‘a win for everyone’; University of Caifornia, April 11, 2019

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Gretchen Kell, UC Berkeley , University of California; Post-Elsevier breakup, new publishing agreement ‘a win for everyone’ " Six wee...

The open access research model is hurting academics in poorer countries; Quartz, April 12, 2019

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Brenda Wingfield, University of Pretoria & Bob Millar, University of Pretoria , Quartz; The open access research model is hurting acade...
Thursday, April 11, 2019

Nobel laureate takes stance against allowing research to be intellectual property; The Auburn Plainsman, April 11, 2019

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Trice Brown, The Auburn Plainsman; Nobel laureate takes stance against allowing research to be intellectual property "George Smith, r...
Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Pride and profit: Why Mayan weavers fight for intellectual property rights; The Christian Science Monitor, March 27, 2019

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Whitney Eulich , The Christian Science Monitor; Pride and profit: Why Mayan weavers fight for intellectual property rights ...
Thursday, April 4, 2019

Toyota is giving automakers free access to nearly 24,000 hybrid car-related patents; TechCrunch, April 3, 2019

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Kirsten Korosec, TechCrunch;  T oyota is giving automakers free access to nearly 24,000 hybrid car-related patents " Toyota said Wedn...

Highly Profitable Medical Journal Says Open Access Publishing Has Failed. Right.; Forbes, April 1, 2019

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Steven Salzberg, Forbes;  Highly Profitable Medical Journal Says Open Access Publishing Has Failed. Right. " What Haug doesn't me...

Faculty Council discusses intellectual property rights; The Ithacan, April 3, 2019

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Ashley Stalnecker, The Ithacan;  Faculty Council discusses intellectual property rights " Costa said the current policy on student wo...
Wednesday, April 3, 2019

‘Blurred Lines’ on Their Minds, Songwriters Create Nervously; The New York Times, March 31, 2019

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Ben Sisario , The New York Times; ‘Blurred Lines’ on Their Minds, Songwriters Create Nervously " “There’s no question in my mind tha...
Friday, March 29, 2019

Avengers IP, Assemble: the wild, circuitous path to Marvel getting its own brands back; Polygon, March 23, 2019

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Ross Miller, Polygon; Avengers IP, Assemble: the wild, circuitous path to Marvel getting its own brands back "Since 1998, the...
Wednesday, March 20, 2019

What Is the Difference Between a State and Federal Trademark?; New York Law Journal, Law.com, March 15, 2019

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Biana Borukhovich , New York Law Journal, Law.com; What Is the Difference Between a State and Federal Trademark?   "Once a person...

Open access task force releases draft recommendations; MIT News, March 18, 2019

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MIT Libraries, MIT News; Open access task force releases draft recommendation...

Miss Vanjie! Miss Vanjie!: What RuPaul’s Drag Race Can Teach Us About Fair Use Under Copyright; Lexology, March 15, 2019

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Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC - Brian Murphy , Lexology; Miss Vanjie! Miss Vanjie!: What RuPaul’s Drag Race Can Teach Us About Fair...
Tuesday, March 19, 2019

What does copyright infringement sound like?; The Washington Post, March 4, 2019

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Daron Taylor, The Washington Post; What does copyright infringement sound like? "Most music copyright infringement cases are settled...
Saturday, March 16, 2019

'I can get any novel I want in 30 seconds': can book piracy be stopped?; The Guardian, March 6, 2019

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Katy Guest, The Guardian; 'I can get any novel I want in 30 seconds': can book piracy be stopped? "The UK government’s Inte...

The Marines don’t want you to see what happens when propaganda stops and combat begins; The Washngton Post, March 15, 2019

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Alex Horton, The Washington Post; The Marines don’t want you to see what happens when propaganda stops and combat begins "Lagoze foun...
Friday, March 15, 2019

Review: 'The Inventor' is a coolly appalling portrait of Elizabeth Holmes and the Theranos scandal; The Los Angeles Times, March 14, 2019

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Justin Chang, The Los Angeles Times; Review: 'The Inventor' is a coolly appalling portrait of Elizabeth Holmes and the Theranos sc...
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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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