Mark Seeley
Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Elsevier, based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Mark joined the Elsevier science and medical publishing division (http://www.elsevier.com) of Reed Elsevier in 1995 as General Counsel (previously with Reed Elsevier USA Legal Department from 1989-1995). Leads organization of 16 lawyers (Europe, the US and Singapore). Principal responsibilities: copyright policy and enforcement, corporate organization and compliance, M&A.
Education: Thomas Jefferson College, Grand Valley State University, Michigan, USA (B.Ph, Literature); Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Mass., USA (J.D., cum laude). Member, Massachusetts and New York bars.
Chair, Copyright & Legal Affairs Committee, International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (http://www.stm-assoc.org). Member, Copyright Committee, Association of American Publishers.
Regular contributor to STM association papers on copyright issues and best practices guidelines for research journal publishing, including:
- STM-FEP-EC Memorandum of Understanding on “Out of Commerce” works (2011) http://www.stm-assoc.org/industry-news/stm-association-signs-out-of-commerce-memorandum-of-understanding-mou/
- STM Statement on document delivery and interlibrary loan (2011) http://www.stm-assoc.org/2011_06_08_STM_Statement_Document_Delivery.pdf
- STM Statement on subscription license negotiations and journal publishing agreements (2011) http://www.stm-assoc.org/2011_04_19_STM_statement_on_licensing_and_authors_rights.pdf
Co-author: chapter on copyright & other legal issues in academic publishing, Academic & Professional Publishing (Campbell, Pentz & Borthwick, editors), Chandos Publishing (2012); contributor: “Copyright Protection in the USA”, Publishing Law, 3rd Edition (2006) and 4th edition (2011), Hugh Jones and Christopher Benson, Routledge
Recent speeches/presentations:
- “Copyright in the digital age: creative industries vs technology?,” East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai, October 2011
- “Elsevier and the publisher’s role in supporting publishing ethics,” University of Maryland conference on publishing ethics, October 2011
- Panel, “Beyond Licensing” at Suffolk University Law School, Boston, November 2010 (co-sponsored by CCC)
- Panel, “The Digital Marketplace after the Google Settlement” at the International Publishers Association Copyright Seminar (Abu Dhabi, February 2010)
- “Open Access to Scholarly Publications,” February 2010, Columbia Law School (with Kenneth Crews from Columbia)