Matt Norwood

Matthew Norwood lives in Toronto. He is training to be a Canadian patent agent. Previously, he served as Counsel at the Software Freedom Law Center in New York, providing legal services to free and open-source software projects. He grew up in Washington, DC and graduated from MIT with a double major in Brain and Cognitive Science and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science before continuing his studies in human-machine interaction and media theory at the MIT Media Lab, where he earned a Masters' in Computer Science. He has worked as a software engineer, an IT manager, a salesman, a teacher, and a documentary film researcher. In 2006, he completed his Juris Doctor at Columbia Law School.

Education

BS, Brain and Cognitive Science, MIT 1999
BS, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT 1999
M.Eng., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT 2000
J.D., Columbia University School of Law 2006

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Affiliations

Software Freedom Law Center, 2005 - 2007
Fish & Richardson P.C., 2005
DC Public Defender Service, Mental Health Division, 2004
Columbia Law School, 2003 - 2006
New York Psychiatric Institute Brain Imaging Lab, 2003
New York Shaolin Kung Fu, 2002 -
Big Blue Kickball, 2002 -
MIT Partnership with NYC Public Schools, 2002 - 2003
MIT Media Lab: Affective Computing, 1997 - 2000
MIT India Program, 1998

Publications

Counterpoint Magazine, Writer/Editor 1999 - 2000
Memepark, Author/Publisher 2004 -
Amicus Curiae brief in MGM v. Grokster, filed by Professor Eben Moglen on behalf of the Free Software Foundation and New Yorkers for Fair Use. (Contributed technical history section.)