Research Profile
"My unique joint law/science position here at the University of Western Ontario enables me to draw together research projects that combine disciplines. My current research interests lie in the realm of biotechnology and policy issues that are causing concern both to the legislature and citizens – issues such as stem cell research, transgenic plants and animals, and the propertisation of genetic and proteomic materials. Additionally, the slow but sure advancement of digital technologies in the management of knowledge are also presenting many challenges. Over the last decade the exposure to a wide variety of cutting edge research and collaborations has put me in an advantaged position for reflection on law, policy and future developments."
Recent publications
Mark Perry, "From Pasteur to Monsanto: approaches to patenting life in Canada" Chapter 4 in Ysolde Gendreau (ed.), An Emerging Intellectual Property Paradigm - Perspectives from Canada (Cheltenham (UK): Edward Elgar, 2008)
Mark Perry, Qian Zhao "An Ontology for Autonomic Licence Management" Proceedings of the International Conference on Autonomic Computing 2008
Halina Kaminski, Mark Perry "Autonomic Creation of Service Level Agreements" Proceedings of IADIS e-Society Conference, 2008
Mark Perry, Halina Kaminski “A Pattern Language for Open Source” Proceedings of SugarLoafPLoP 2007
Bio
Professor Perry was jointly appointed to the Faculty of Law and the Department of Computer Science, in 1999, following seven years at the University of Auckland Faculty of Law. Professor Perry’s legal research remains focused on the intersection of law and technology, with particular emphasis on Open Innovation, intellectual property rights, software licensing, and the blossoming field of biotechnology law. Being jointly appointed, Professor Perry has to address platforms in both Law and Computer Science, and in the last year prelected audiences from these disciplines in India, Australia, Brasil and New Zealand. In addition to papers published in Germany, United Kingdom, New Zealand and the United States, he was a regular commentator for television, radio and the newspapers in his areas of research. He is currently Associate Dean, Research, Graduate Studies, & Operations.
