Mr Sookman is also very experienced in information technology and intellectual property issues that arise in military procurement contexts. He also provides advice in connection with protecting and exploiting intellectual property and new media products. He regularly acts on transactions which must meet regulatory requirements including the OSFI-B10 Outsourcing Guideline. He has been involved as lead lawyer in Canada’s biggest and most complicated domestic and international outsourcing and cloud computing deals. Sookman is very experienced in providing advice in connection with complex information technology/intellectual property transactions including outsourcing and other strategic procurement relationships, cloud computing, SAAS, joint venture transactions, and licensing.

As well, he is an adjunct Professor who teaches intellectual property at Osgoode Hall Law School. Sookman is also the author of numerous articles dealing with information technology and intellectual property. He is a contributing author to the following books: Gordon Henderson’s Copyright Law in Canada (Carswell, 1994) Barbara McIsaac’s The Law of Privacy in Canada (Carswell, 2000-2003), which was published by McCarthy Tètrault authors George Takach’s The Software Business (McGraw Hill 1999) and Marco Giovanoli’s International Monetary Law: Issues for the New Millennium (Oxford 2000). Carswell 2013) Computer, Internet and E-Commerce Terms: Judicial, Legislative and Technical Definitions (Carswell, 2001-2015) and Sookman: Computer Law: Acquiring and Protecting Information Technology (Carswell, 1989-1999). Carswell, 2013), Intellectual Property Law in Canada: Cases and Commentary, co-authored with Steven Mason and Dan Glover (2nd. He is one of Canada’s foremost authorities in the area of information technology, intellectual property (including copyright), and privacy/anti-spam law.īarry Sookman is the author of several books including the leading eight-volume treatise, Sookman: Computer, Internet and E-Commerce Law (Carswell, 1999-2021) Copyright: Cases and Commentary on the Canadian and International Law, co-authored with Steven Mason and Prof.

Prior to that, he was head of its Intellectual Property Group for six years. He is the former Co-Chair of the firm’s Technology Law Group and was the head of the firm’s Internet and Electronic Commerce Group. Barry Sookman is a senior counsel with McCarthy Tétrault in the Toronto office.

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