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/

This Guy is Suing the Patent Office for Deciding an AI Can't Invent Things; Vice, August 24, 2020

Intellectual-Property Assets Are Getting More Valuable; The Wall Street Journal, August 19, 2020

Trade Secret Theft: Investigation Into Theft of Intellectual Property from GE Leads to Two Guilty Pleas; Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), July 29, 2020

'The Terrible Towel' trademark owners sue Indiana county store over 'The Terrible Mask'; WTAE, August 23, 2020

Any Way You Slice It, D.C. Circuit Holds That &Pizza Can’t Get Piece of @Pizza; Lexology, July 23, 2020

A New Copyright Office Warehouse–25 Years in the Making; Library of Congress, August 19, 2020

Self-Driving to Federal Prison: The Trade Secret Theft Saga of Anthony Levandowski Continues; Lexology, August 13, 2020

Intellectual Property ‘Grab’; Inside Higher Ed, August 17, 2020

Volvo says copyright claim to photo of SC-made S60 doesn’t extend to Instagram; Post and Courier, August 16, 2020

The cool story behind popsicles; CBS Sunday Morning, August 16, 2020

Will Online College Courses Help Reduce Textbook Prices?; Forbes, August 7, 2020

Australia to reform copyright laws in face of digital and COVID-19 world; ZDNet, August 13, 2020

Why Patents Don't Stop People From Stealing Your Invention; Forbes, June 4, 2020

Explainer: who owns the copyright to your tattoo?; The Conversation, August 10, 2020

Intellectual Property and Education in the Age of COVID-19; Research Symposium, QUT Faculty of Law via infojustice.org, July 29, 2020

CBS’ overzealous copyright bots hit Star Trek virtual Comic-Con panel; Ars Technica, July 23, 2020

U.S. Copyright Office: DMCA Is “Tilted Askew,” Recommends Remedies for Rightsholders; JDSupra, August 7, 2020

CCC Salutes and Celebrates the US Copyright Office’s 150th Anniversary; Copyright Clearance Center, August 5, 2020

U.S. Copyright Office Celebrates 150 Years of Fostering American Creativity and Innovation; U.S. Chamber of Commerce, August 4, 2020

Can Neil Young Sue Donald Trump Into Silence?; Rolling Stone, August 5, 2020

Sold: An 1891 Patent by Granville T. Woods, Innovative Black Engineer; Atlas Obscura, July 22, 2020

Internet Archives Fires Back in Lawsuit Over Covid-19 Emergency Library; Vice, July 29, 2020

Internet Archive to Publishers: Drop ‘Needless’ Copyright Lawsuit and Work with Us; Publishers Weekly, July 23, 2020

Attorney Gregory S. DeSantis Breaks Down Copyright Law—and Just What Constitutes 'Fair Use'; Playbill, July 21, 2020

Reforming Digital Lending Libraries and the End of the Internet Archive; Jurist, July 20, 2020

Open-access Plan S to allow publishing in any journal; Nature, July 16, 2020

Twitter disables video retweeted by Donald Trump over copyright complaint; The Guardian, July 19, 2020

Russia Is Trying to Steal Virus Vaccine Data, Western Nations Say; The New York Times, July 16, 2020

How to protect algorithms as intellectual property; CSO, July 13, 2020

The Great Gatsby prequel set for release days after copyright expires; The Guardian, July 15, 2020

He stockpiled Washington NFL trademarks for years. Now he faces backlash online.; The Washington Post, July 15, 2020

Arthur Conan Doyle’s estate sues Netflix for giving Sherlock Holmes too many feelings; The Verge, June 25, 2020

A Trademark Attorney Explains Why the Former Lady Antebellum Is Suing the Black Singer Lady A; Slate, July 10, 2020

Copyright Office Celebrates its 150th Anniversary with Virtual Event – August 5 at Noon; U.S. Copyright Office, July 8, 2020

Targeting intellectual theft; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 11, 2020

Democracy activists' books unavailable in Hong Kong libraries after new law; Reuters, July 5, 2020

Library seeks community's help to document COVID-19 changes to daily life; University of North Georgia, May 21, 2020

Do Online Storytimes Violate Copyright?; American Libraries, June 16, 2020

American Girl Walks Back Threat to Sue 'Karen' Doll Parody Meme; Comic Book Resources, July 8, 2020

Copyright in Pride; Library of Congress, June 25, 2020

United States: Welsh Government Not Immune from Copyright Lawsuit for Using Dylan Thomas Photos in Tourism Ads; Library of Congress Law, June 23, 2020

As the 'engine of free expression,' copyright law plays a vital role in enabling journalists to shine a light on injustice; The Hill, June 11, 2020

[Video] Is the DMCA's Notice-and-Takedown System Working in the 21st Century?; June 2, 2020, Subcommittee Hearing, Committee on the Judiciary

Senators introduce Protecting American Intellectual Property Act; IT Pro, June 12, 2020

Data Privacy Law and Intellectual Property Considerations for Biometric-Based AI Innovations; Security, June 12, 2020