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/

The global appeal of "Take Me Home, Country Roads"; CBS Sunday Morning, December 26, 2021

Ben Reilly And Miles Morales Continue Clash Over Spider-Man Trademark; Bleeding Cool, December 15, 2021

Taylor Swift ‘Shake It Off’ Trial Alarms Legal Experts: “Makes Copyright Law Look Absurd” | Billboard News, December 2021

Pizza dough trade secrets case pits Schwan's against Conagra; AgWeek, December 8, 2021

Sonny Bono’s Widow Strikes Back in Cher Copyright Fight; Billboard, December 9, 2021

Marvel's New Spider-Man is Taking The Name from Miles Morales; ScreenRant, December 13, 2021

Papa’s Burgers changes name after trademark trouble with Houston’s Pappas Restaurants; KSAT.com, December 11, 2021

The sled that steers; Journeys of Innovation series, United States Patent and Trademark Office; December 2021

Andy Warhol Foundation Asks Supreme Court to Review Prince Pop Art Dispute; The Hollywood Reporter, December 9, 2021

Top Intellectual Property Issues to Watch in 2022; Bloomberg Law, December 3, 2021

4 Things to Know About Intellectual Property and COVID-19 Vaccines; U.S. Chamber of Commerce, December 9, 2021

How Led Zeppelin Gave Us All a Lesson in Copyright Law; Ultimate Guitar, December 9, 2021

YouTube reveals millions of incorrect copyright claims in six months; The Verge, December 6, 2021

USPTO implements the Trademark Modernization Act; United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO, November 17, 2021

Diversity in innovation: Best practices; United States Patent and Trademark Office Webinar: Tuesday, December 7, 2021 12 PM EST - 1 PM EST

Who Owns a Recipe? A Plagiarism Claim Has Cookbook Authors Asking.; The New York Times, November 29, 2021

The Path to a Patent, Part VI: Learn how to protect your IP abroad; United States Patent and Trademark Office Webinar: Thursday, December 2, 2021 2 PM EST; 1 PM CST; 12 PM MST; 11 AM PST

Pfizer Says Employee Stole Files With Covid Vaccine Secrets; Bloomberg Law, November 24, 2021

Hawkeye Kate Bishop Comic Cover Recreated With Hailee Steinfeld; SCREENRANT, November 29, 2021

Cleveland Baseball Will Share ‘Guardians’ Name With Roller Derby Team; The New York Times, November 16, 2021

E-commerce and China: Strategies for fighting online counterfeits, Part 2; United States Patent and Trademark Office Webinar: Thursday, December 2, 2021 9 AM - 10:30 AM EST

Counterfeit Covid Masks Are Still Sold Everywhere, Despite Misleading Claims; The New York Times, November 30, 2021

Statement by President Joe Biden on the Omicron COVID-⁠19 Variant; The White House, November 26, 2021

Biden pressed to support intellectual property waiver for COVID-19 vaccines; Marketplace, November 26, 2021

Nursing unions around world call for UN action on Covid vaccine patents; The Guardian, November 29, 2021

Frustrated by vaccine inequity, a South African lab rushes to replicate Moderna’s shot; The Washington Post, November 28, 2021

193 countries adopt first-ever global agreement on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence; UN News, November 25, 2021

After COVID boom, ebook aggregators face licensing questions from Congress; The Verge, November 18, 2021

E-commerce and China: Strategies for fighting online counterfeits, Part 2; United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), December 2, 2021

Music Copyright Value Hit $32.5B in 2020, With Streaming Taking Its Biggest Slice Yet; Billboard, November 18, 2021

Barbara Ringer’s Legacy of Fighting for Equity at the Copyright Office: An Interview with Amanda Levendowski; Library of Congress, November 19, 2021

Will the Supreme Court Finally Declare Copyright Infringement As “Theft”?; The Hollywood Reporter, November 17, 2021

Pfizer agrees to let other companies make its COVID-19 pill; Associated Press, November 16, 2021

Spider-Man trademark battle unfolds in comics as a real life copyright dispute brews in real life; gamesradar+, November 10, 2021