Mark Fischer (attorney)

For those of a similar name, see Mark Fisher (disambiguation).
Mark Alan Fischer
Born September 28, 1950
Evanston, Illinois
Died February 18, 2015
Nationality American
Education Boston College Law School, J.D., 1980
Occupation Author, Lawyer

Mark Alan Fischer (September 28, 1950 – February 18, 2015) was a Boston-based intellectual property and copyright lawyer, speaker, and co-author of the fourth edition of Perle, Williams & Fischer on Publishing Law with E. Gabriel Perle and John Taylor Williams.[1][2][3][4] He was a partner at Duane Morris LLP.[3][4] Fischer represented corporate and private clients with interests in entertainment law, copyright litigation, and social media law.[2][5] He helped draft the Biobricks Foundation Public Agreement, which allows scientists to make their biotechnology tools available to the public.[6][7]

Fischer was admitted to practice in Massachusetts, New York, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts..[8] He was a longtime Red Sox season ticket holder who rated Keith Foulke's Oct. 27, 2004 toss to Doug Mientkiewicz as one of his most-treasured moments.[9]

Teaching and scholarship

Mr. Fischer taught copyright law at Suffolk University Law School, Berklee College of Music, Boston College Law School, Northeastern University Law School, and New England School of Law. He was a prolific writer and lecturer with a widely followed blog on new media and intellectual property issues. Mr. Fischer was a Trustee of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. and an Overseer of the Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston).

GNU General Public License

Fischer was a contributor to the concept and adoption of the GNU General Public License.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Perle, Williams & Fischer on Publishing Law". Wolters Kluwer. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Renowned attorney champions innovation in technology, entertainment". Washington Times. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Bioengineers look beyond patents". Nature. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  4. 1 2 Prince Sefa-Boakye. "50 Shades of Law: Attorney Mark Fischer". Prince's Daily Journal. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Hollywood Wants Tougher Piracy Laws, But Odds Are Unclear". Law360. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Brick-a-Barack". Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Open Science Initiative Developed by YLS Associate Professor David Grewal '02 and Stanford Bioengineer Receives White House Honor". Yale Law School. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Mark A. Fischer, Partner Attorney". LawyerDB. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  9. ↑ "MARK ALAN FISCHER". Boston Globe. February 20, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2015 – via Legacy.com.
  10. ↑ "Free as in Freedom". O'Reilly Media. Retrieved 18 Oct 2013.


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