About the Author
John Cross
Professor John T. Cross joined the faculty of the Louis B. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville in 1987. Prior to joining the law school, Professor Cross practiced law in Minneapolis. At Louisville, he has taught and published in the areas of Civil Procedure, Conficts, Federal Jurisdiction, and Intellectual Property Law (both domestic and international). For his exemplary work in the field of Intellectual Property Law, Professor Cross was named Gosscurth Chair in Law in 2005.
Because of the broad scope of Professor Cross's research, his work has been recognized both in the United States and abroad. Most significantly, in 2006 he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws H.C. from the University of Turku in Finland, in recognition of his significant contributions to legal scholarship. He has also received two Fulbright awards (the maximum allowable), one in Finland (1995), the other in Ireland (2000). John has been invited to teach classes and/or give lectures in a number of foreign locales, including institutions in Argentina, Canada, Germany, England, Finland, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. In January of 2008, he was visiting professor at the University of Western Ontario.
Professor Cross is the author of numerous law review articles.
