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MARK L. SEELEY, General Counsel, Elsevier division (science & medical publishing) of Reed Elsevier NV/plc. Special responsibilities for acquisitions and copyright policy and enforcement. Member of Copyright Committee, Association of American Publishers; Vice Chair, Copyright Committee, International STM Publishers Association.
Previously: Associate Counsel, Reed Elsevier US corporate headquarters, 1993-1995. Admitted to the Massachusetts bar, 1993. Prior to law school, legal assistant/manager dealing with litigation, copyright and trademark matters.
Education: Thomas Jefferson College, Grand Valley State University, Michigan, USA (B.Ph., 1979); Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Mass., USA (J.D., cum laude, 1993).
Author: "Facts and Creativity: U.S. Originality Standards for Copyright Protection for Factual Compilations After Feist, " Copyright World, 1993. Frequent speaker at publishing and other conferences, including 2003 MCLE course on international copyright issues, 2002 AAP panel on digital infringement issues; 2001 National Research Council conference on database protection, 1999 presentation on digital archiving for EU library conference.
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