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

Learning the Art of Civil Discourse; Ole Miss University of Mississippi News, October 22, 2021

Copyright Law and Machine Learning for AI: Where Are We and Where Are We Going?; Co-Sponsored by the United States Copyright Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Tuesday, October 26, 2021 10 AM - 3 PM EDT

Difference between copyright and trademark; WYTV, October 15, 2021

‘Star Trek,’ Dr. Seuss Mashup Dispute Ends After 5-Year Legal Journey; The Hollywood Reporter, October 5, 2021

Hey, those are our Kisses! Hershey Co. files trademark lawsuit against cookie maker; Penn Live, September 29, 2021

Marvel Reveals Who Really Owns Iron Man and Mr Fantastic’s First Inventions; Comic Book Resources, October 10, 2021

Peter Parker Losing his Trademark in Amazing Spider-Man #75 (Spoilers); Bleeding Cool, October 6, 2021

Marie Wilcox, Who Saved Her Native Language From Extinction, Dies at 87; The New York Times, October 6, 2021

AI-ethics pioneer Margaret Mitchell on her five-year plan at open-source AI startup Hugging Face; Emerging Tech Brew, October 4, 2021

Ode to Cicadas; Library of Congress, May 24, 2021

A Little-Known Statute Compels Medical Research Transparency. Compliance Is Pretty Shabby.; On The Media, April 21, 2021

Scientific Publishing Is a Joke; The Atlantic, May 6, 2021

US-backed vaccine patent waiver: pros and cons explained; The Conversation, May 6, 2021

Want to borrow that e-book from the library? Sorry, Amazon won’t let you.; The Washington Post, March 10, 2021

Houdini and the Magic of Copyright; Library of Congress, March 24, 2021

Introduction to Intellectual Property; OpenStax, March 2021

The Marrakesh Treaty in Action: Exciting Progress in Access to Published Works for the Blind and Print-Disabled Communities; U.S. Copyright Office, February 22, 2021

Want to Reverse Inequality? Change Intellectual Property Rules.; The Nation, February 8, 2021

The ultimate crash course on protecting Intellectual Property; Lexology, October 13, 2020

A Supreme Court Without RBG May Impact Hollywood's Grip on Intellectual Property; Billboard, September 21, 2020

Judge Rules in Favor of Nicki Minaj in Tracy Chapman Copyright Dispute; Variety, September 16, 2020

Google v. Oracle: Fair Use and the Seventh Amendment; JD Supra, September 15, 2020

Censoring Jon Hamm's Penis Doesn't Violate Copyright Law, Federal Judge Rules; Gizmodo, September 11, 2020

Nicki Minaj-Tracy Chapman copyright battle sets stage for future of music recording; Marketplace, September 14, 2020

When a Right Click Is Wrong; Comstock's Magazine, September 16, 2020

Historic Court Cases That Helped Shape Scope of Copyright Protections; Library of Congress, September 9, 2020

Fair Use, "The Frankenstein," and the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler; Lexology, August 9, 2020

What I Wish They Taught Me about Copyright in Art School; Library of Congress, September 1, 2020

A Spider-Man Comic Was Written By A.I. And The Result Is Madness; Screen Rant, August 31, 2020

'Electric Avenue' Singer Files Suit Against Trump Campaign for Copyright Infringement: Exclusive; Billboard, September 1, 2020

Will the Supreme Court Provide the Fair Use Clarity that IP Law Needs?; IP Watchdog, August 18, 2020

Pirated Versions of ‘Tenet,’ ‘New Mutants’ Appear Online; Variety, August 31, 2020

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