Old Rules for New Issues with New Media: Is There a Gap in Intellectual Property Law?

AuthorBarry Sookman
Pages25-29
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OldRulesforNewIssues
withNewMedia
IS TH ER EA GA PI N
IN TE LLECT UAL PROPE RT YL AW
Barry Sookman*
TheevolutionofissuesinITlawhasbeenfascinatingtowatchovermy
twoandahalfdecadesofpracticeAsapointofreferencewhenIbegan
practisinginth isareaoflawIwasoneoftwolawyersinmyocewho
hadac omputerItwa sanAppleII withKo fmemoryThe predomin-
ant issues of IT law have evolvedsince t hen from dealing with the
mainframes and desktop computers to the network environment and
socialmediathatwearedisc ussingtoday
Noone couldhave predictedthe developmentsthat wehavew it-
nessedandI thinknoonec anpredictwhatissueswew illbedealing
withinveyearsThisuncer taintyiswhatmakesthepracticeofITlaw
sointerestinginthestcentur y
This articlewill rstfocus onthe gapinintellec tualproperty law
intheso cialmediaemploymentcontextandthespecicissuesrelating
toownershipof accountsanddataMyslideswhicharepostedonmy
websitealsodealwithotherintellectua lpropertyissuesinvolvedwith
socialmedia
Ownershipissues inthecontextofemploymentlawhavebecomea
hottopicHereisacommonfactpaern
 BarrySookma nisseniorpartnerintheTech nologyLawGroupatMcCarthy
TétraultLLPauthorofnumerousbooksandadjunctprofessorofi ntellectual
propertyatOsgoodeHa llLawSchoolHeappreciatesandacknowledgesther oleof
ClaireGowdyinhelpingtoed ittheseremarksforpublication
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