Peter J. Canut was born in Barbastro (Huesca) in 1966. He has a Law Degree from the University of Zaragoza, a Diploma in Legal Practice, a Master's Degree in International Internet Law and is an expert in electronic Law.

He has taught at the School for Legal Practice at the University of Zaragoza, has been the president of Sección de Derecho de Internet y Nuevas Tecnologías del ReICAZ and an observer in the XIV and XV sessions of the WIPO to write the Treaty on the rights of broadcasting organizations.

Since 1994 he has been the general manager of  the company Canut y Grávalos, Abogados, and chairs ColorIURIS, IEA, an agency that develops and distributes the ColorIURIS copyright self-management system.