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.I. ‘Friend’ for Public School Students Falls Flat; The New York Times, July 1, 2024

Starbucks just sued this weed business for copying its logo; Fast Company, July 2, 2024

Center for Investigative Reporting sues Microsoft and OpenAI for copyright infringement; Business Today, June 29, 2024

Public roundtable: AI and protections for use of an individual’s name, image, likeness, or reputation; United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), Monday, August 5, 2024 9 AM EDT - 4:30 PM EDT

Following Scarlett Johansson Flap, Intellectual Property Expert Talks AI and the Law; UVAToday, June 24, 2024

Internet Archive forced to remove 500,000 books after publishers’ court win; Ars Technica, June 21, 2024

Tech companies battle content creators over use of copyrighted material to train AI models; The Canadian Press via CBC, June 30, 2024

Microsoft’s AI boss thinks it’s perfectly OK to steal content if it’s on the open web; The Verge, June 28, 2024

AI scientist Ray Kurzweil: ‘We are going to expand intelligence a millionfold by 2045’; The Guardian, June 29, 2024

2024 Generative AI in Professional Services: Perceptions, Usage & Impact on the Future of Work; Thomson Reuters Institute, 2024

GenAI in focus: Understanding the latest trends and considerations; Thomson Reuters, June 27, 2024

Native Hawaiian Intellectual Property Working Group convenes inaugural meeting; The Maui News, June 27, 2024

Original sins and dirty secrets: GenAI has an ethics problem. These are the three things it most urgently needs to fix; Fortune, June 27, 2024

As AI Marches on Music Industry, Record Labels Counter With $350M Lawsuits In Assertive Move; The Hollywood Reporter, June 24, 2024

AI: World's biggest music labels sue over copyright; BBC News, June 24, 2024

How to Fix “AI’s Original Sin”; O'Reilly, June 18, 2024

Intellectual property and entrepreneurship resources for the military community; United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), May 31, 2024

NBCUniversal’s Donna Langley on AI: ‘We’ve got to get the ethics of it right’; Los Angeles Times, June 21, 2024

AI lab at Christian university aims to bring morality and ethics to artificial intelligence; Fox News, June 17, 2024

Oxford University institute hosts AI ethics conference; Oxford Mail, June 21, 2024

Using AI to Create Content? Watch Out for Copyright Violations; Chicago Business Attorney Blog, June 20, 2024

POPE FRANCIS ATTENDS THE G7 SESSION ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS, June 14, 2024

‘Trump Too Small’ Trademark Case Morphs Into Free Speech Debate; Bloomberg Law, June 18, 2024

USPTO Seeks Public Comment on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Patentability; JDSupra, June 17, 2024

A classical composer just brought down a Chinese state-run YouTube channel over copyright infringement; Fast Company, June 17, 2024

Pope Francis is first pontiff to address G7 leaders with AI speech; Axios, June 14, 2024

OpenAI Asks to Merge New York Times, Daily News Copyright Suits; Bloomberg Law, June 14, 2024

How Pope Francis became the AI ethicist for tech titans and world leaders; The Washington Post, June 14, 2024

Voice of America (VoA), June 13, 2024

Patently insufficient: a new intellectual property treaty does little to protect Māori traditional knowledge; The Conversation, June 9, 2024