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

FAU, NAI OFFER STUDENTS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CERTIFICATE; Florida Atlantic University (FAU), November 8, 2023

Copyright Forum 11/22/23; Vox Pop, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, November 22, 2023

Her Music Fell Into Obscurity. Now It’s Back at the Philharmonic.; The New York Times, November 20, 2023

Roundtable discussion: Tribes, intellectual property, and consumer protection; United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), November 30, 2023 9 AM EST - 5 PM EST

Patent Poetry: Judge Throws Out Most of Artists’ AI Copyright Infringement Claims; JD Supra, November 20, 2023

Trademark judge rules in favor of Arkansas State University in logo dispute; KAIT8, November 20, 2023

‘Please regulate AI:' Artists push for U.S. copyright reforms but tech industry says not so fast; AP, November 18, 2023

Two arrested after US storage facility emptied of $1bn in ‘massive amounts of knock-off designer goods’; The Guardian, November 16, 2023

Figuring Out Fair Use; American Libraries, November 1, 2023

U.S. Copyright Office Extends Deadline for Reply Comments on Artificial Intelligence Notice of Inquiry; U.S. Copyright Office, November 15, 2023

The Evolution of the Right to Repair; American Bar Association, September 15, 2023

YouTube to offer option to flag AI-generated songs that mimic artists’ voices; The Guardian, November 14, 2023

Blue Moose in Topeka is among a dozen bars and restaurants being sued. Here's why.; The Topeka Capital-Journal, November 7, 2023

OpenAI offers to pay for ChatGPT customers’ copyright lawsuits; The Guardian, November 6, 2023

Artists may “poison” AI models before Copyright Office can issue guidance; Ars Technica, November 3, 2023

An Apparent Cyberattack Hushes the British Library; The New York Times, November 3, 2023

Rory Cooper honored at White House by President Biden; University Times, University of Pittsburgh, November 2, 2023

The Copyright Battle Over Artificial Intelligence; Hard Fork, The New York Times, November 3, 2023

MPA Sees “No Need” For New AI Copyright Legislation Or Special Rules, Warns Of “Inflexible” Guidelines; Deadline, October 31, 2023

Georgia State Hosts Deep-Dive Event on Intellectual Property and AI; Georgia State News Hub, October 26, 2023

Judge pares down artists' AI copyright lawsuit against Midjourney, Stability AI; Reuters, October 30, 2023

What 70% of Americans Don’t Understand About Intellectual Property; Stites & Harbison, October 26, 2023

Justices Will Probe Trademarks’ Nature in ‘Trump Too Small’ Case; Bloomberg Law, October 30, 2023

The Patent Fight That Could Take Apple Watches Off the Market; The New York Times, October 30, 2023

Books under attack, then and now; MIT News, October 26, 2023

Feds Seek Tribal Input on Tribal Intellectual Property Issues; Native News Online, October 28, 2023

An AI engine scans a book. Is that copyright infringement or fair use?; Columbia Journalism Review, October 26, 2023

Intellectual Property Careers: Top 9 Jobs to Consider and the Skills Needed to Get Them; The Michelson Institute for Intellectual Property, October 26, 2023

Why I let an AI chatbot train on my book; Vox, October 25, 2023

Taco Bell has squeezed out its last big challenger to the Taco Tuesday trademark; Quartz, October 25, 2023

The fingerprints on a letter to Congress about AI; Politico, October 23, 2023

International Open Access Week: 2023 Theme Community over Commercialization, October 23-29, 2023

Prominent journal editor fired for endorsing satirical article about Israel-Hamas conflict; Science, October 24, 2023

Artists, copyright law, and the battle over artificial intelligence; 1A, October 23, 2023