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]
Mark Alan Fischer | |
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 Fischer in 2012 | |
| Born | September 28, 1950 Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | February 18, 2015 (aged 64) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Boston College Law School, J.D., 1980 |
| Occupation(s) | Author, lawyer |
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
editFischer 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. Fischer was a Trustee of the Copyright Society of the US and an Overseer of the Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston).
GNU General Public License
editFischer was a contributor to the concept and adoption of the GNU General Public License.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Perle, Williams & Fischer on Publishing Law". Wolters Kluwer. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
- ^ a b "Renowned attorney champions innovation in technology, entertainment". Washington Times. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ^ a b Ledford, Heidi (2013). "Bioengineers look beyond patents". Nature. 499 (7456): 16–17. doi:10.1038/499016a. PMID 23823774. S2CID 4430624. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ^ a b Prince Sefa-Boakye (15 October 2013). "50 Shades of Law: Attorney Mark Fischer". Prince's Daily Journal. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
- ^ "Hollywood Wants Tougher Piracy Laws, But Odds Are Unclear". Law360. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ^ "Brick-a-Barack". Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. 16 August 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ^ "Open Science Initiative Developed by YLS Associate Professor David Grewal '02 and Stanford Bioengineer Receives White House Honor". Yale Law School. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ^ "Mark A. Fischer, Partner Attorney". LawyerDB. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ^ "MARK ALAN FISCHER". Boston Globe. February 20, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2015 – via Legacy.com.
- ^ "Free as in Freedom". O'Reilly Media. Retrieved 18 Oct 2013.
External links
edit- Fischer's blog
- Bryan Marquard, "Mark Fischer, at 64; lawyer helped define copyright in Internet age", Boston Globe, Feb. 24, 2015.