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

2019 IP Law Year in Review: Copyrights; The National Law Review, February 25, 2020

Smithsonian Releases 2.8 Million Images Into Public Domain; Smithsonian Magazine, February 25, 2020

The Phillies Unveil a New Phanatic as Lawyers Fight Over Mascot Copyright; The New York Times, February 24, 2020

Feds to US Firms: Watch Out for Employees Trying to Steal Trade Secrets for China; PC Mag, February 26, 2020

Universities And The Commercialization Of Intellectual Property; Forbes, February 25, 2020

WIPO Publishes Submissions on AI and IP Policy; IP Watchdog, February 24, 2020

The Real Cost Of Doing Business: Newport Gallery Owner Kristen Coates Sued For Copyright Infringement; Newport Buzz, February 17, 2020

What Happens to Trade Secrets in a World Where Professor X & Mind Reading Are Real?; Escapist Magazine, February 2, 2020

The Lifecycle of Copyright: 1924 Works Enter the Public Domain; Library of Congress, February 20, 2020

Empowering Young Entrepreneurs with Intellectual Property Education; The Michelson Institute for Intellectual Property via PR Newswire, February 20, 2020

WIPO and U.S. Copyright Office Team Up to Talk Copyright in the Age of AI; IP Watchdog, February 17, 2020

Protecting Your Most Valuable Assets: How to Identify and Maintain Your Institution’s Trade Secrets; The National Law Review, January 23, 2020

Why AI systems should be recognized as inventors; TNW, February 17, 2020

On National Inventors’ Day, Celebrating IBM’s Innovators; Forbes, February 11, 2020

Online auction to sell Hemingway and Kerouac typewriters, Samuel Colt gun patents; Hartford Courant, February 17, 2020

CalTech wins $1.1 billion jury verdict in patent case against Apple, Broadcom; Reuters, January 29, 2020

Oracle Files Response To Google and API Copyright - We Are All Doomed; i-Programmer, February 17, 2020

Huge Job Fair at United States Patent & Trademark Office; Zebra, February 28-29, 2020

Job Posting, Copyright Librarian in Circulation Department, Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island

Steal This Intellectual Property; Reason, March 2020 Issue

U.S.-China Feud Ensnares Obscure UN Intellectual Property Agency; Bloomberg, February 16, 2020

Coronavirus: The global race to patent a remedy; The Mercury News, February 13, 2020

Copyright could be the next way for Congress to take on Big Tech; The Verge, February 13, 2020

WIPO Impact of Artificial Intelligence on IP Policy: Draft Issues Paper. (December 13, 2019). [Comments due by 2/14/20] ﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿

WIPO and the US Copyright Office Examine Artificial Intelligence and, to Lesser Extent, Intellectual Property; Info Justice, February 11, 2020

Why Is the U.S. Surrendering the Global IP System to China?; National Review, February 12, 2020

The Public Domain Is the Rule, Copyright Is the Exception; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), January 23, 2020

The Murkiness Of The Public Domain; Mondaq, January 7, 2020

Acting U.S. Copyright Register Maria Strong: All Eyes on Modernization; IP Watchdog, February 10, 2020

Film and music festival celebrates student creatives and public domain; The Daily Universe, February 6, 2020

David Gooder appointed USPTO Commissioner for Trademarks; United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), February 5, 2020

Five Royal Trademark Lessons from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex; IP Watchdog, February 8, 2020

How This CEO Is Streamlining The Copyright Process For Independent Artists; Forbes, January 27, 2020

Montana seeks balancing act with wildlife location data, hunting ethics; Independent Record, February 6, 2020

Putting China in charge of the world’s intellectual property is a bad idea; The Washington Post, Janaury 30, 2020

A pub played ‘Conga’ — and now it must face the music with a copyright lawsuit; Miami Herald, February 6, 2020

WIPO Impact of Artificial Intelligence on IP Policy: Draft Issues Paper. (December 13, 2019). [Comments due by 2/14/20]