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/

Local internet star wages cat fight over online copyrights; Monroe Journal, July 28, 2023

Senators aim to protect small businesses from foreign IP theft with new bill; CNBC, July 27, 2023

Jason Aldean's 'Try That In A Small Town' music video edited due to copyright issues; Good Morning America (GMA), July 26, 2023

Meta, Microsoft, hundreds more own trademarks to new Twitter name; Reuters, July 25, 2023

Elon Musk Apparently Didn’t Bother To Make Basic Preparations Ahead Of His Chaotic, Comical Rebranding Of Twitter As ‘X’ Despite His Decades-Long Obsession With The Letter; UPROXX, July 25, 2023

If artificial intelligence uses your work, it should pay you; The Washington Post, July 26, 2023

International Copyright Issues and Artificial Intelligence; U.S. Copyright Office, Wednesday, July 26, 2023 11 AM - 1 PM EDT

Why Carol Burnett Sued Family Guy (& What Happened Next); ScreenRant, July 25, 2023

The Generative AI Battle Has a Fundamental Flaw; Wired, July 25, 2023

Victory! Embedded Links to Photos on Instagram Don’t Infringe Photographers’ Copyrights, Court Rules; EFF, July 20, 2023

How judges, not politicians, could dictate America’s AI rules; MIT Technology Review, July 17, 2023

Five Takeaways From the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property’s AI and Copyright Hearing; JD Supra, July 21, 2023

How a Drug Maker Profited by Slow-Walking a Promising H.I.V. Therapy; The New York Times, July 22, 2023

Top tech firms sign White House pledge to identify AI-generated images; The Washington Post, July 21, 2023

Cheaper TB drugs for millions after global deal on patent rights agreed; The Guardian, July 18, 2023

Llama 2: why is Meta releasing open-source AI model and are there any risks?; The Guardian, July 20, 2023

US judge finds flaws in artists' lawsuit against AI companies; Reuters, July 19, 2023

Taco Bell wins 'Taco Tuesday' trademark dispute with rival chain; Reuters, July 18, 2023

Instagram dodges photographers' copyright claims on appeal – but case likely continues; Reuters, July 18, 2023

The Copyright Office Hears from Stakeholders on Important Issues with AI and Copyright; Library of Congress, Copyright Creativity at Work, July 18, 2023

AI learned from their work. Now they want compensation.; The Washington Post, July 16, 2023

Thousands of authors urge AI companies to stop using work without permission; Morning Edition, NPR, July 17, 2023

As pandemic raged, global south lacked vaccines. Never again, researchers vow.; The Washington Post, July 16, 2023

Study: 87% of Classic Video Games Are Endangered, Mostly Due to Copyright Laws, ExtremeTech, July 12, 2023

The Library of Congress marks a year of helping solve copyright disputes; Federal News Network, July 14, 2023

'Not for Machines to Harvest’: Data Revolts Break Out Against A.I.; The New York Times, July 15, 2023

Trader Joe’s Sues Trader Joe’s United for Copyright Infringement; Vice, July 14, 2023

Generative AI meets copyright; Science, July 13, 2023

"Shadow libraries" are at the heart of the mounting copyright lawsuits against OpenAI; Quartz, July 10, 2023

Aretha Franklin’s Estate: Why Copyrights Require Estate Planning.; Forbes, July 13, 2023

Sullivan & Cromwell hires former USPTO head, Federal Circuit judge; Reuters, July 11, 2023

Shein Named in Copyright, Racketeering Lawsuit Over Alleged Infringement Scheme; TFL, July 12, 2023

Music & Tech Executives Testify on Artificial Intelligence & Copyright; C-Span, July 12, 2023

Does Section 230 cover artificial intelligence? Experts are not sure; ABC7, July 11, 2023