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THEREAGAPIN
INTELLECTUALPROPERTYLAW
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thisareaoflawIwasoneoftwolawyersinmyocewho
hadacomputerItwasanAppleIIwithKof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discussingtoday
Noonecouldhavepredictedthedevelopmentsthatwehavewit-
nessedandIthinknoonecanpredictwhatissueswewillbedealing
withinveyearsThisuncertaintyiswhatmakesthepracticeofITlaw
sointerestinginthestcentury
Thisarticlewillrstfocusonthegapinintellectualpropertylaw
inthesocial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intellectual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SookmanisseniorpartnerintheTechnologyLawGroupatMcCarthy
TétraultLLPauthorofnumerousbooksandadjunctprofessorofintellectual
propertyatOsgoodeHallLawSchoolHeappreciatesandacknowledgestheroleof
ClaireGowdyinhelpingtoedittheseremarksforpublication
 wwwbarrysookmancom

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