Bio
Professor Linford focuses his scholarship on Intellectual Property, Privacy, and Contract Law. He teaches Contracts, Copyright Law, Trademarks and Unfair Competition, Information Privacy, and seminars on Intellectual Property, Media Law, and Law, Technology, Race & Gender.Professor Linford received his J.D. from the University of Chicago, where he was a member ofThe University of Chicago Law Review, graduated with high honors and was elected to the Order of the Coif.
Prior to joining the Florida State law faculty, Professor Linford litigated copyright and trademark matters with the law firm of Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson, LLP, in Chicago and clerked for the Honorable M. Margaret McKeown of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.