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

Neal Adams, Comic Book Artist Who Revitalized Batman and Fought for Creators’ Rights, Dies at 80; The Hollywood Reporter, April 29, 2022

World IP Day 2022—IP and Youth: Innovating for a Better Future; Library of Congress, April 26, 2022

AI and Copyright in China; Lexology, April 15, 2022

Save America’s Patent System; The New York Times, April 16, 2022

California police department investigates officers blaring Disney music; The Guardian, April 15, 2022

Ed Sheeran now films “every single writing session” to prevent future copyright cases; NME, April 11, 2022

Copyright Office Launches New Copyright Claims Board Website; U.S. Copyright Office, April 7, 2022

Jacklyn Napier Named Assistant Register and Director of Operations of the U.S. Copyright Office; U.S. Copyright Office, Issue No. 953 - March 29, 2022

Senate Approves Kathi Vidal for Patent and Trademark Office; Bloomberg Law, April 5, 2022

After 61 Years, McDonald's Just Revealed Some Big Plans That Nobody Could Have Predicted; Inc., April 2022

Three Ways Meghan Markle Shows Us That Copyright Registration Is for Everyone; The Library of Congress, March 31, 2022

Sound familiar? Taking songwriters to court; CBS News, April 3, 2022

How a Dracula Lawsuit Helped Create the Modern Vampire; CBR, April 2, 2022

She Took the White House Photos. Trump Moved to Take the Profit.; The New York Times, March 31, 2022

Open source intelligence observers gain growing role in how war is viewed; Stars and Stripes, March 29, 2022

Even in the digital age, Only human-made works are copyrightable in the U.S.; March 21, 2022

Online Copyright Piracy Debate Ramps Up Over Proposed Legal Fix; Bloomberg Law, March 23, 2022

A professor found his exam questions posted online. He’s suing the students responsible for copyright infringement.; The Washington Post, March 16, 2022

"Finding Owners of Copyright"; Indiana University Bloomington Libraries

U.S. Copyright Office Joins Message on International Women’s Day 2022; U.S. Copyright Office, Issue No. 948, March 8, 2022

ResearchGate dealt a blow in copyright lawsuit; Nature, March 4, 2022

David Boggs, Co-Inventor of Ethernet, Dies at 71; The New York Times, February 28, 2022

Moderna faces new lawsuit over lucrative coronavirus vaccine; The Washington Post, February 28, 2022

PRH, Internet Archive Clash Over ‘Maus’; Publishers Weekly, February 15, 2022

You can’t copyright AI-created art, according to US officials; Engadget; February 21, 2022

Court Blocks Maryland’s Library E-book Law; Publishers Weekly, February 16, 2022

How the intellectual property monopoly has impeded an effective response to Covid-19; The Conversation, February 14, 2022

Music group sues NBC, US figure skating pair over use of song during Winter Olympics; USA Today, February 19, 2022

Copyright Office Launches Digitized Copyright Historical Record Books Collection; U.S. Copyright Office, February 7, 2022

U.S. Copyright Office Consultation Triggers Massive “Upload Filter” Opposition; TorrentFreak, February 16, 2022

Mephisto's Most Powerful Servant Got Marvel Sued by the Hells Angels; ScreenRant, February 10, 2022

The government dropped its case against Gang Chen. Scientists still see damage done; WBUR, February 16, 2022

COPYRIGHT, WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW; Hackaday, February 4, 2022

The Spider-Man Problem; NPR, Planet Money, January 28, 2022

Know if Someone Else Will Own the Copyright in What Your Freelance Writer Creates; Lexology, January 27, 2022

Is Old Music Killing New Music?; The Atlantic, January 23, 2022

Massive open index of scholarly papers launches; Nature, January 24, 2022

Stephen G. Breyer may shape tech’s copyright battles for years to come; The Washington Post, January 27, 2022

Aboriginal flag copyright transferred to Commonwealth, as artist agrees to make flag freely available to all; ABC News, January 24, 2022

2022–2026 Strategic Plan: Fostering Creativity and Enriching Culture; U.S. Copyright Office, January 20, 2022