Mark Perry

is Associate Dean Research, Graduate Studies and Operations
at The University of Western Ontario. He is internationally renowned for
his research into the interface between law and new technologies, in particular
in intellectual property and software licensing. He has published in
this field in Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, the UK,
and the US. He has addressed audiences in these and other countries, usually
as an invited speaker. Recent publications, not listed below, include
a new chapter on Technology Law for the reference work Butterworths’
looseleaf Electronic Business Law. He is a Barrister and Solicitor of the Law
Society of Upper Canada, a Faculty Fellow at IBM’s Center for Advanced
Studies, a correspondent for the Computer Law & Security Report, and a
member of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching
and Research in Intellectual Property, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, and the
Association of Computer Machinery (ACM) and a committee member of
the ACM Special Interest Group of Computers in Society. He is a reviewer
for multiple granting societies and associations.