Social media, intellectual property and the workplace, is there a gap in the law?

April 25th, 2012 by Barry Sookman Leave a reply »

I gave a speech earlier today at the Law Society Special Lectures on Employment Law and the New Workplace in the Social Media Age. My talk was entitled, ”Is There a Gap in Intellectual Property Law?” My slides are shown below.

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