Mark Webbink
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Mark Webbink is lawyer
and a visiting professor of law at New York Law School
(NYLS). At NYLS Webbink serves as the Executive Director of the Center for Patent Innovations, the home of the Peer-to-Patent program.
Webbink is also a senior lecturing fellow at Duke University School of Law
and a member of the board of Software Freedom Law Center
, which he joined in October, 2007. Webbink worked at Red Hat
as its first general counsel from 2000 to 2004 and its deputy general counsel for intellectual property from 2004 to August 2007, when he retired.
Webbink writes a blog covering open source and intellectual property issues.
On May 16, 2011 Groklaw's
Pamela Jones
announced that Groklaw's new editor would be Mark Webbink.
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
and a visiting professor of law at New York Law School
New York Law School
New York Law School is a private law school in the TriBeCa neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City. New York Law School is one of the oldest independent law schools in the United States. The school is located within four blocks of all major courts in Manhattan. In 2011, New York Law School...
(NYLS). At NYLS Webbink serves as the Executive Director of the Center for Patent Innovations, the home of the Peer-to-Patent program.
Webbink is also a senior lecturing fellow at Duke University School of Law
Duke University School of Law
The Duke University School of Law is the law school and a constituent academic unit of Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States. One of Duke's 10 schools and colleges, the School of Law began as the Trinity College School of Law in 1868. In 1924, following the renaming of Trinity...
and a member of the board of Software Freedom Law Center
Software Freedom Law Center
The Software Freedom Law Center is an organization that provides pro bono legal representation and related services to not-for-profit developers of free software/open source software. It was launched in February 2005 with Eben Moglen as Chairman. Initial funding of US$4 million was pledged by...
, which he joined in October, 2007. Webbink worked at Red Hat
Red Hat
Red Hat, Inc. is an S&P 500 company in the free and open source software sector, and a major Linux distribution vendor. Founded in 1993, Red Hat has its corporate headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina with satellite offices worldwide....
as its first general counsel from 2000 to 2004 and its deputy general counsel for intellectual property from 2004 to August 2007, when he retired.
Webbink writes a blog covering open source and intellectual property issues.
On May 16, 2011 Groklaw's
Groklaw
Groklaw is an award-winning website covering legal news of interest to the free and open source software community. Started as a law blog on May 16, 2003 by paralegal Pamela Jones at Radio UserLand, it has covered issues such as the SCO-Linux lawsuits, the EU anti-trust case against Microsoft, and...
Pamela Jones
Pamela Jones
Pamela Jones, commonly known as PJ, is the creator and editor of Groklaw, an award-winning website that covers legal news of interest to the free and open-source software community...
announced that Groklaw's new editor would be Mark Webbink.
External links
- A series of videos in which Webbink discusses intellectual property, Red Hat's Patent Promise, the GNU General Public License version 3, and software patents
- Webbink's article in the Duke Law and Technology Review "A New Paradigm For Intellectual Property Rights In Software"
- Webbink's article in the Journal of the New South Wales Society for Computers and the Law "Understanding Open Source"
- U.S. Patent Reform Bill: An Interview with Mark Webbink, by Richard Koman, O'Reilly Policy Devcenter
- Webbink's 2002 testimony before a joint hearing of the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission on competition and intellectual property law