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/

Thursday, March 30, 2023

Publishers beat Internet Archive as judge rules e-book lending violates copyright; Ars Technica, March 27, 2023

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ASHLEY BELANGER , Ars Technica;  Publishers beat Internet Archive as judge rules e-book lending violates copyright Internet Archive: Judge’s...
Friday, March 24, 2023

Can you copyright a rhythm? Inside the reggaeton lawsuit that could shake the pop world; The Guardian, March 22, 2023

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Saxon Baird , The Guardian;  Can you copyright a rhythm? Inside the reggaeton lawsuit that could shake the pop world " While rhythms ar...

AI and Copyright: Human Artistry Campaign Launches to Support Songwriters and Musicians’ Rights; Variety, March 17, 2023

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 Jim Aswad, Variety;  AI and Copyright: Human Artistry Campaign Launches to Support Songwriters and Musicians’ Rights "A new coalition ...
Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Why the Internet Archive’s copyright battle is likely to come to a very bad end; Media Nation, March 21, 2023

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DAN KENNEDY , Media Nation  ;  Why the Internet Archive’s copyright battle is likely to come to a very bad end " The Archive ramped up ...

Jack Daniel's tells Supreme Court its brand is harmed by dog toy Bad Spaniels; NPR, March 22, 2023

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Nina Totenberg , NPR ;  Jack Daniel's tells Supreme Court its brand is harmed by dog toy Bad Spaniels " This case involves the fede...
Tuesday, March 21, 2023

UVM Extension: Plants and intellectual property; Rutland Herald, March 18, 2023

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Nadie Vanzandt , Rutland Herald;  UVM Extension: Plants and intellectual property " On May 23, 1930, President Herbert Hoover signed in...
Monday, March 20, 2023

Book publishers with surging profits struggle to prove Internet Archive hurt sales; Ars Technica, March 20, 2023

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ASHLEY BELANGER   , Ars Technica;  Book publishers with surging profits struggle to prove Internet Archive hurt sales "Today, the Inter...

Free textbooks? It could soon be a reality at California’s community colleges; Capital Public Radio, March 14, 2023

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Alyssa Story ,  Carmen González . Capital Public Radio;  Free textbooks? It could soon be a reality at California’s community colleges ...

DC Dubliner sues Boston pub with same name for trademark infringement, report says; Mass Live, March 17, 2023

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Ryan Mancini , Mass Live;  DC Dubliner sues Boston pub with same name for trademark infringement, report says " In the tale of two Dubl...
Sunday, March 19, 2023

Copyright lawsuit over artist who used Ruth Bader Ginsburg photo dismissed; UPI, March 18, 2023

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Adam Schrader , UPI ;  Copyright lawsuit over artist who used Ruth Bader Ginsburg photo dismissed " A federal judge has sided with an a...
Saturday, March 18, 2023

The Internet Archive Is a Library; Inside Higher Ed, March 17, 2023

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Dave Hansen ,  Deborah Jakubs ,  Chris Bourg ,  Thomas Leonard ,  Jeff MacKie-Mason ,  Joseph A. Salem Jr. ,  MacKenzie Smith , and  Winston...

NASA unveils new spacesuit specially tailored for lunar wear; The Business Standard, March 18, 2023

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 Reuters via The Business Standard;  NASA unveils new spacesuit specially tailored for lunar wear "The precise look of the suits, howev...

Cher’s Royalties Lawsuit Against Sonny Bono’s Widow Can Move Forward, Judge Says; Billboard, March 17, 2023

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BILL DONAHUE , Billboard;  Cher’s Royalties Lawsuit Against Sonny Bono’s Widow Can Move Forward, Judge Says " Sonny and Cher   started ...
Friday, March 17, 2023

Dog Toys, Drugs Lead Supreme Court’s High-Stakes IP Arguments; Bloomberg Law, March 17, 2023

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Kelcee Griffis and   Kyle Jahner , Bloomberg Law ;  Dog Toys, Drugs Lead Supreme Court’s High-Stakes IP Arguments " The US Supreme Cour...
Thursday, March 16, 2023

Copyright Registration Guidance: Works Containing Material Generated by Artificial Intelligence; Federal Register, March 16, 2023

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Federal Register;  Copyright Registration Guidance: Works Containing Material Generated by Artificial Intelligence " SUMMARY : The Copy...

Copyright Report Says AI-Assisted Works Can Be Protected – But Only If A Human Was Still In Charge; Billboard, March 15, 2023

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BILL DONAHUE , Billboard;  Copyright Report Says AI-Assisted Works Can Be Protected – But Only If A Human Was Still In Charge "A  new p...
Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Trump Gets Copyright Law Wrong While Defending Release of Jay Leno Letters; Newsweek, March 15, 2023

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EWAN PALMER  , Newsweek;  Trump Gets Copyright Law Wrong While Defending Release of Jay Leno Letters " Jane C. Ginsburg, professor of l...
Tuesday, March 14, 2023

The 1954 Liz Taylor movie, "The Last Time I Saw Paris" entered the public domain 10 years early because the copyright notice had an error; BoingBoing, March 14, 2023

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MARK FRAUENFELDER , BoingBoing;  The 1954 Liz Taylor movie, "The Last Time I Saw Paris" entered the public domain 10 years early b...

How to Type the Copyright (©) Symbol; IT Pro Today, March 11, 2023

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Henry Chapman , IT Pro Today;  How to Type the Copyright (©) Symbol " You don’t need any special intellectual property to type the copy...

Opinion: To protect human artistry from AI, new safeguards might be essential; The Washington Post, March 13, 2023

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T Bone Burnett  and  Jonathan Taplin , The Washington Post ; Opinion: To protect human artistry from AI, new safeguards might be essential ...
Monday, March 13, 2023

Patents, spy balloons and outcompeting China: What our leaders are missing; The Hill, March 12, 2023

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PAUL R. MICHEL AND MATTHEW J. DOWD , The Hill;  Patents, spy balloons and outcompeting China: What our leaders are missing " For all of...

The top 10 drugs losing US exclusivity in 2023; Fierce Pharma, March 13, 2023

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Fraiser Kansteiner, Eric Sagonowsky, Zoey Becker, Kevin Dunleavy, Angus Liu, Fierce Pharma;  The top 10 drugs losing US exclusivity in 2023 ...

Taylor Swift is a Pioneer of Intellectual Property Rights; American University Intellectual Property Brief, March 13, 2023

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  Abigail Smith , American University Intellectual Property Brief;  Taylor Swift is a Pioneer of Intellectual Property Rights " Every t...

China’s Newest Weapon to Nab Western Technology—Its Courts; The Wall Street Journal, February 20, 2023

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Stu Woo   and  Daniel Michaels , The Wall Street Journal;  China’s Newest Weapon to Nab Western Technology—Its Courts Rulings nullify patent...
Thursday, March 9, 2023

Leader of Illegal Copyright Infringement Scheme Sentenced to 5 ½ Years’ Imprisonment; U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Department of Justice, March 8, 2023

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U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Department of Justice ;  Leader of Illegal Copyright Infringement Scheme Sente...

Artificial Intelligence Meets Its Worst Enemy: the U.S. Copyright Office; The New Republic, March 3, 2023

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Matt Ford ,  The New Republic;  Artificial Intelligence Meets Its Worst Enemy: the U.S. Copyright Office " What Silicon Valley calls “a...
Wednesday, March 8, 2023

ASML chief warns of IP theft risks amid chip sanctions; Financial Times, March 8, 2023

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Anna Gross  and  Tim Bradshaw ,  F inancial Times ;  ASML chief warns of IP theft risks amid chip sanctions "Please use the sharing too...

With an unruly China, safeguarding intellectual property is vital to national security; The Globe and Mail, March 6, 2023

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DAVID DURAND  AND  AARON SHULL , The Globe and Mail;  With an unruly China, safeguarding intellectual property is vital to national security...

The Daring Ruse That Exposed China’s Campaign to Steal American Secrets; The New York Times Magazine, March 7, 2023

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  Yudhijit Bhattacharjee , The New York Times Magazine ;  The Daring Ruse That Exposed China’s Campaign to Steal American Secrets " Alt...

NFTs are creating trademark problems. For these Minnesota lawyers, expertise is a commodity; Star Tribune, March 8, 2023

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  Nick Williams , Star Tribune ;  NFTs are creating trademark problems. For these Minnesota lawyers, expertise is a commodity " For NFT...

From Roald Dahl to Goosebumps, revisions to children’s classics are really about copyright – a legal expert explains; The Conversation, March 7, 2023

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Cathay Smith ,  Professor of Law, University of Montana; Visiting Research Fellow, University of Oxford , The Conversation ;  From Roald Dah...
Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Reducing the Choice Between a Textbook and Your Next Meal; UCFToday, March 6, 2023

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James Paradiso ,  UCFToday;  Reducing the Choice Between a Textbook and Your Next Meal "With textbooks and other required course materi...

ARE THE CREATIVE COMMONS PUBLIC DOMAIN TOOLS FIT-FOR-PURPOSE IN THE CULTURAL HERITAGE SECTOR?; Creative Commons, February 23, 2023

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Creative Commons;  ARE THE CREATIVE COMMONS PUBLIC DOMAIN TOOLS  FIT-FOR-PURPOSE  IN THE CULTURAL HERITAGE SECTOR? A Creative Commons Needs ...

Industrial espionage: How China sneaks out America's technology secrets; BBC, January 16, 2023

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  Nicholas Yong  , BBC News;  Industrial espionage: How China sneaks out America's technology secrets "I t is part of a broader str...

The Supreme Court May Force Us to Rethink 500 Years of Art; The New York Times, March 1, 2023

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    Blake Gopnik , The New York Times ;  The Supreme Court May Force Us to Rethink 500 Years of Art " Any day now,   the Supreme Court ...

New Copyright Claims Board Rules in Favor of Photographer in First Case; PetaPixel, March 6, 2023

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  MATT GROWCOOT , PetaPixel;  New Copyright Claims Board Rules in Favor of Photographer in First Case " In a judgment   on February 28,...
Friday, March 3, 2023

New open access resources from Library of Congress; Illinois State University News, March 2, 2023

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Eric Willey, Illinois State University News;  New open access resources from Library of Congress "For those interested in Open Access m...

On AI-Generated Works, Artists, and Intellectual Property; Lawfare, February 28, 2023

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Ryan Merkley , Lawfare;  On AI-Generated Works, Artists, and Intellectual Property   " Today’s laws allow only humans to create a new c...

Bay Area vegan company sues founder for allegedly stealing trade secrets; SFGate, February 24, 2023

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Susana Guerrero, SFGate ;  Bay Area vegan company sues founder for allegedly stealing trade secrets " “Instead of facilitating an order...

When Songs Sound Similar, Courts Look for Musical DNA; The New York Times, March 1, 2023

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  Ben Sisario , The New York Times;  When Songs Sound Similar, Courts Look for Musical DNA " But are they close enough that Sheeran sho...
Thursday, March 2, 2023

How fake copyright complaints are muzzling journalists; BBC News, March 1, 2023

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BBC News;  How fake copyright complaints are muzzling journalists " Journalists have been forced to temporarily take down articles crit...

Can You Spot the Copyright Infringement?; The New York Times, March 1, 2023

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  Jason M. Bailey , The New York Times;  Can You Spot the Copyright Infringement? " It can be difficult to predict the outcome of copyr...
Saturday, February 25, 2023

Science Fiction Magazines Battle a Flood of Chatbot-Generated Stories; The New York Times, February 23, 2023

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Michael Levenson  , The New York Times;  Science Fiction Magazines Battle a Flood of Chatbot-Generated Stories " Elaborating on his con...
Thursday, February 23, 2023

What’s the Real Deal between AI Art & IP?; The Michelson Institute for Intellectual Property, February 22, 2023

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Executive Editor: David Orozco, J.D., Bank of America Professor at Florida State University & Editor-in-Chief at American Business Law J...
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Kip Currier, PhD, JD
Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. Education: PhD, University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences (2007); Juris Doctor (JD), University of Pittsburgh School of Law; Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences. Member of American Bar Association (ABA), ABA IP Law Section, ABA Science & Technology Section
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