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/

Meet the 2024 I Love My Librarian Award Honorees; American Libraries, December 18, 2023

Photographer Sues Church Over Copyright Infringement; Fstoppers, December 28, 2023

Photographer Sues Church Over Copyright Infringement; Fstoppers, December 28, 2023

Court of Appeal ruling will prevent UK museums from charging reproduction fees—at last; The Art Newspaper, December 29, 2023

Boom in A.I. Prompts a Test of Copyright Law; The New York Times, December 30, 2023

Disney loses famous Mickey Mouse copyright in 2024, along with many others; CBS News, December 30, 2023

Testing Ethical Boundaries. The New York Times Sues Microsoft And OpenAI On Copyright Concerns; Forbes, December 29, 2023

Complaint: New York Times v. Microsoft & OpenAI, December 2023

AI starts a music-making revolution and plenty of noise about ethics and royalties; The Washington Times, December 26, 2023

Classical Musicians Victimized by Erroneous Copyright Claims; Violinist.com, December 19, 2023

The Times Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over A.I. Use of Copyrighted Work; The New York Times, December 27, 2023

Big law firms gobble up intellectual property firms in consolidation push; Reuters, December 12, 2023

Column: Mickey Mouse and ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ enter the public domain on Jan. 1, a reminder of our crazy copyright laws; Los Angeles Times, December 26, 2023

Whose “It’s a Wonderful Life” Is It Anyway?; The Nation, December 25, 2023

AI cannot patent inventions, UK Supreme Court confirms; BBC, December 20, 2023

Mickey Mouse, Long a Symbol in Copyright Wars, to Enter Public Domain: ‘It’s Finally Happening’; Variety, December 22, 2023

Original Mickey And Minnie Mouse Will Enter Public Domain Next Week—Here’s What It Means For Creators; Forbes, December 22, 2023

AI’s Billion-Dollar Copyright Battle Starts With a Font Designer; Bloomberg Law, December 18, 2023

Apple stops selling latest Apple Watch after losing patent case; NPR, December 18, 2023

Copyright claim against Tolkien estate backfires on Lord of the Rings fanfiction author; The Guardian, December 18, 2023

AI could threaten creators — but only if humans let it; The Washington Post, December 17, 2023

Why You Should Care About a Federal Right of Publicity; IP Watchdog, December 15, 2023

Intellectual Property 101; United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), December 1, 2023

Science fiction writers imagine a future in which AI doesn’t abuse copyright – or their generosity; The Register, December 15, 2023

Marvel Settles Fight Over Spider-Man, Doctor Strange Rights; The Hollywood Reporter, December 8, 2023

Copyright Board Upholds Latest Refusal to Register AI Generated Art; The Fashion Law (TFL), December 12, 2023

Marybeth Peters: Renaissance Woman of Copyright; New York City Bar Association Podcasts, December 13, 2023

Atlanta; New Hampshire county selected for new USPTO outreach office locations; United States Patent and Trademark Office e (USPTO), December 13, 2023

Disney is about to lose its decades-long battle to keep Mickey Mouse out of the public domain; Business Insider, December 14, 2023

Grinch-themed Christmas photos look fun, could have serious legal consequences, experts say; USA Today, December 11, 2023

Computer Love: Beijing Court Finds AI-Generated Image is Copyrightable in Split with United States ; Lexology, December 4, 2023

Jackson Slide and Ride sued over copyright infringement violations for the second time; Jackson Sun, December 4, 2023

Beijing Internet Court Recognizes Copyright in AI-Generated Images; The National Law Review, November 29, 2023

Copyright law will shape how we use generative AI; Axios, December 1, 2023

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