Old Rules for New Issues with New Media: Is There a Gap in Intellectual Property Law?
Author | Barry Sookman |
Pages | 25-29 |
OldRulesforNewIssues
withNewMedia
ISTHEREAGAPIN
INTELLECTUALPROPERTYLAW
Barry Sookman*
TheevolutionofissuesinITlawhasbeenfascinatingtowatchovermy
twoandahalfdecadesofpracticeAsapointofreferencewhenIbegan
practisinginthisareaoflawIwasoneoftwolawyersinmyocewho
hadacomputerItwasanAppleIIwithKofmemoryThepredomin-
ant issues of IT law have evolvedsince t hen from dealing with the
mainframes and desktop computers to the network environment and
socialmediathatwearediscussingtoday
Noonecouldhavepredictedthedevelopmentsthatwehavewit-
nessedandIthinknoonecanpredictwhatissueswewillbedealing
withinveyearsThisuncertaintyiswhatmakesthepracticeofITlaw
sointerestinginthestcentury
Thisarticlewillrstfocusonthegapinintellectualpropertylaw
inthesocialmediaemploymentcontextandthespecicissuesrelating
toownershipofaccountsanddataMyslideswhicharepostedonmy
websitealsodealwithotherintellectualpropertyissuesinvolvedwith
socialmedia
Ownershipissuesinthecontextofemploymentlawhavebecomea
hottopicHereisacommonfactpaern
BarrySookmanisseniorpartnerintheTechnologyLawGroupatMcCarthy
TétraultLLPauthorofnumerousbooksandadjunctprofessorofintellectual
propertyatOsgoodeHallLawSchoolHeappreciatesandacknowledgestheroleof
ClaireGowdyinhelpingtoedittheseremarksforpublication
wwwbarrysookmancom
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