Dan Burk
J.S.M., Stanford Law School
J.D., Arizona State University, cum laude
M.S., Northwestern University
B.S., Brigham Young University
Dan L. Burk is an internationally recognized expert in the law of intellectual property who teaches in the areas of Patent, Copyright, Cyberlaw, and Biotechnology. Beginning in the Fall of 2000, he joins the University of Minnesota faculty as Professor of Law and Vance K. Opperman Research Scholar, with appointments at Law School and at the Center for Bioethics. He is the author of numerous papers on the legal and societal impact of new technologies, including articles on scientific misconduct, on the regulation of biotechnology, and on the intellectual property implications of global computer networks.
Prior to his arrival at the University of Minnesota, Professor Burk taught at Seton Hall University in New Jersey. He has taught as a visitor at George Mason University, Cardozo Law School, and the Ohio State University Programme at Oxford, and as a Teaching Fellow at Stanford Law School. He holds a B.S. in Microbiology (1985) from Brigham Young University, an M.S. in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry (1987) from Northwestern University, a J.D., cum laude, (1990) from Arizona State University, and a J.S.M. (1994) from Stanford University. He is a member of the Order of the Coif legal honor society and of several scientific societies. He has served as a legal advisor to a variety of private, governmental, and intergovernmental organizations, including the American Committee for Interoperable Systems, the OECD Committee on Consumer Protection, and the United States State Department Working Group on Intellectual Property, Interoperability, and Standards.
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