Bernard Chao

Bernard Chao is a professor of law at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. He is also the co-director of the law school’s Intellectual Property and Technology Law Program and chair of the law school’s Hughes Committee, which supports faculty conducting empirical research. Professor Chao has written about both patent and data privacy issues important to the technology sector. His patent writings have been recognized with a Samsung-Stanford Patent Prize and included in West/Thomson’s annual Intellectual Property Law and Patent Law Reviews. As an outgrowth of this research, Professor Chao has authored several amicus briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court working with different groups including the Harvard Cyberlaw Clinic and Electronic Frontier Foundation. Professor Chao also conducts experiments on legal decision-making. This research cuts across several subject areas including remedies, the 4th Amendment, evidentiary rules, and jury instructions. Professor Chao’s papers have appeared in a number of leading publications including the California Law Review, Northwestern University Law Review and American Business Law Journal.