Mark Bartholomew is a professor of law at the University at Buffalo, where he teachers courses on advertising law, intellectual property, online privacy, and legal history. A graduate of Cornell University and Yale Law School, he worked as a litigator in San Francisco before starting his career in academia. His research and commentary have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and other news outlets. He grew up in South Bend, Indiana.