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

A Photographer Tried to Get His Photos Removed from an AI Dataset. He Got an Invoice Instead.; Vice, April 28, 2023

Editors quit top neuroscience journal to protest against open-access charges; Nature, April 21, 2023

Celebrating Women Innovators on World Intellectual Property Day; Office of Intellectual Property Enforcement, U.S. Department of State, April 26, 2023

Famous Music Copyright Cases Revisited: Ed Sheeran, Led Zeppelin, Katy Perry and More; Variety, April 27, 2023

A terrible decision on AI-made images hurts creators; The Washington Post, April 27, 2023

Grimes Endorses AI Songs And “Killing Copyright”; Stereogum, April 24, 2023

EU proposes new copyright rules for generative AI; Reuters, April 28, 2023

Stolen or Original? Hear Songs From 7 Landmark Copyright Cases.; The New York Times, April 27, 2023

World Intellectual Property Day – April 26, 2023; World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

The Andy Warhol Copyright Case That Could Transform Generative AI; Wired, April 25, 2023

Ed Sheeran Trial: Did He Copy Marvin Gaye? Here’s What to Know.; The New York Times, April 24, 2023

World Intellectual Property (IP) Day 2023 – Capitol Hill; USPTO, Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Music Creators Want Consent in the AI Age, But Developers Find Safe Havens Abroad; Billboard, April 20, 2023

Surge in Trademark Fraud Scams Overwhelms Regulators, Applicants; Bloomberg Law, April 19, 2023

Trademark scams: how to avoid them and what to do if you get fooled; USPTO Webinar, Thursday, April 27, 2023 2 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Exclusive: German authors, performers call for tougher ChatGPT rules amid copyright concerns; Reuters, April 19, 2023

ChatGPT: what the law says about who owns the copyright of AI-generated content; The Conversation, April 17, 2023

Rise of the machines: Copyright in a world of AI; Phoenix Business Journal, April 17, 2023

Who Owns a Song Created by A.I.?; The New York Times, April 15, 2023

Keeping Your Trade Secrets a Secret: Three Common Myths about Trade Secret Protection that could put your Business's Trade Secrets at Risk; Lexology, April 10, 2023

How We Think About Copyright and AI Art; Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), April 3, 2023

To Ingrain AI Ethics, We Should Get Creative About Copyrights; Undark Magazine, April 13, 2023

Generative AI Has an Intellectual Property Problem; Harvard Business Review, April 7, 2023

Zoom Panel: Haven’t We Been Here Before: A Panel Discussion on Banning LGBTQIA+ Books. Wednesday, April 5. 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM EDT. University of Pittsburgh

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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