Jorge L. Contreras
Salt Lake City,
UT
Jorge L. Contreras is a Presidential Scholar and professor at the school, where his research focuses on intellectual property, technical standards, antitrust law, and science policy. He has written or edited 11 books and published more than 100 book chapters and scholarly articles on these topics. His most recent book, “The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA” (2021), tells the story of the litigation that ended gene patenting in America. His work on standards and standardization has received numerous awards and has been cited by government agencies and courts in the United States, Europe, and Asia. His two-volume “Cambridge Handbook of Technical Standardization Law” (2017, 2019) is the leading reference work in the field. Professor Contreras is a frequent lecturer and speaker, and teaches an annual course on patent litigation, standards, and pools at East China University of Political Science and Law (ECUPL). He was previously a partner at the international law firm of Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale, and Dorr LLP, where he practiced international technology transfer law in Boston, London, and Washington, DC. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School (JD) and Rice University (BSEE, BA).
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