Intellectual Property (IP), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Open Movements (OM)

My Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology" was published on Nov. 13, 2025. Purchases can be made via Amazon and this Bloomsbury webpage: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/ethics-information-and-technology-9781440856662/

Chinese scientists ask for patent on US drug to fight virus; Associated Press, February 6, 2020

Disney CEO apologizes after elementary school is fined for Lion King showing; The Verge, February 6, 2020

Copyright Pros Don’t Know What to Do About Authorless AI Paintings; Broadband Breakfast, February 5, 2020

BYU students compete to make new art out of old — and now copyright-free — works; The Salt Lake Tribune, February 2, 2020

Users Lament PAIR Changes During USPTO Forum; IP Watchdog, January 30, 2020

Pitt researcher’s work featured by U.S. Patent & Trademark Office; Trib Live, November 12, 2019

Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing Engineering and Science Success (SUCCESS) Act of 2018; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, October 2019

Rumored executive order would change landscape of UC subscription partnerships; The Daily Californian, January 30, 2020

Libraries will champion an open future for scholarship; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 29, 2020

Inaugural copyright lecture to probe evolving landscape; Law Society Gazette Ireland, January 30, 2020

YouTube reversed my bogus copyright strike after I threatened to write this; Mashable, January 28, 2020

2020 Intellectual Property Primer: Cases to Watch this Year; Lexology, Janaury 27, 2020

U.S. Accuses Harvard Scientist of Concealing Chinese Funding; The New York Times, January 28, 2020

Kobe Bryant filed 'Mambacita' trademark for his daughter Gianna in December; CBS Sports, January 28, 2020

The Decade In Trademark Litigation; Above The Law, January 28, 2020

Our privacy doomsday could come sooner than we think; The Washington Post, January 23, 2020

Article 13: UK will not implement EU copyright law; BBC News, January 24, 2020

America’s Innovators Need Clear Patent Laws; Wall Street Journal, January 23, 2020

In serving big company interests, copyright is in crisis; BoingBoing, January 22, 2020

Keeping digitised works in the public domain: how the copyright directive makes it a reality; Europeana Pro, January 21, 2020

Sharing the love: OSU librarian works to increase educational resources for students and faculty; O'Colly, January 16, 2020

Provost’s office accepting OER grant applications; The Pitt News, January 16, 2020

Buying textbooks: 'A sense of desperation'; The Exponent (Purdue University), January 23, 2020

State Fair Corny Dog Icon Fletcher’s Wins Messy Family Trademark Battle; Eater Dallas, January 21, 2020

Everyone invited: `Great Gatsby’ copyright to end in 2021; Associated Press, January 22, 2020

It’s Copyright Week 2020: Stand Up for Copyright Laws That Actually Serve Us All; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), January 20, 2020

Listening Session on Appointment of Next Register of Copyrights; The Library of Congress, January 2020

How Music Copyright Lawsuits Are Scaring Away New Hits; The Rolling Stone, January 9, 2020

A Tool That Removes Copyrighted Works Is Not a Substitute for Fair Use; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), January 20, 2020

Here’s How The Supreme Court Can Stop Google From Stealing People’s Ideas; The Federalist, January 17, 2020