| Mark Alan Fischer | |
| Birth Date: | 28 September 1950 |
| Birth Place: | Evanston, Illinois |
| 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]
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).
Fischer was a contributor to the concept and adoption of the GNU General Public License.[10]