Mark Fischer (attorney)
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Mark Alan Fischer | |
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 Fischer in 2012 | |
| Born | September 28, 1950 Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | February 18, 2015 (aged 64) |
| Education | Boston College Law School, J.D., 1980 |
| Occupations | 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]
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. Fischer was a Trustee of the Copyright Society of the US and an Overseer of the Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston).
