Sari Mazzurco
Assistant Professor of Law
Full-time faculty
Sari Mazzurco is an Assistant Professor of Law at 91茄子 Dedman School of Law. Professor Mazzurco's teaching and scholarship focus on law and technology and intellectual property. She writes on the role and limits of law in addressing social, political, and cultural issues associated with digital technologies, information markets, and creative expression.
Professor Mazzurco's work has appeared or is forthcoming in Cardozo Law Review, Indiana Law Review, Boston University Law Review, Fordham Intellectual Property, Media, and Entertainment Law Journal, Columbia Journal of Law and the Arts, European Intellectual Property Review, and the Federal Circuit Bar Journal.
Before joining 91茄子 Dedman Law, Professor Mazzurco earned a Ph.D. in Law at Yale University, where she served as a Resident Fellow at the Yale Information Society Project. She previously worked as an associate at Covington & Burling LLP where she counseled clients on data privacy, defamation, copyright, and trademark issues, advised on technology transactions, and represented sports and media companies in litigation. She also clerked for the Honorable Thomas L. Ambro on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Professor Mazzurco received her J.D. from Stanford Law School and her B.A. from Georgetown University with Honors with Distinction in Government. She also served as a U.S. Department of State Boren Fellow to Israel, where she studied technology diplomacy.
Area of expertise
- Intellectual Property
- Law and Technology
Education
B.A., Georgetown University
J.D., Stanford Law School
Ph.D., Yale University
Courses
Internet Law
Contracts
Trademark Law
Information Privacy Law
Articles
Privacy Law's Role in an Information Economy, 43 Cardozo Law Review 123 (2024)
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Content Moderation Regulation as Legal Role Scripting, 99 Indiana Law Journal 1131 (2024)
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The Exclusive Right to Customize?, 103 Boston University Law Review 385 (2023) (with Mark Lemley)
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Democratizing Platform Privacy, 31 Fordham Intellectual Property Media and Entertainment Law Journal 792 (2021)
Navigating The Ambiguities and Uncertainties of the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016, 42 Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts 157 (2019) (with Simon Frankel)
The Mark of a Culture: The Efficacy and Propriety of Using Trademark Law to Deter Cultural Appropriation, 63 FEDERAL CIRCUIT BAR Journal 408 (2017)
E-Citizenship: Trust in Government, Political Efficacy, and Political Participation in the Internet Era, 1 Journal of Electronic Media and Politics 119 (2012)
Other publications
Internet Intermediary "Must Carry" Rules, Marquette Lawyer (2023)
Canadian Privacy Commissioner Releases Official Guidance as Data Breach Law Takes Effect, Inside Privacy (2018)
More Uncertainty on Nazi-Era Art Restitution Claims, Law360 (2017) (with Simon Frankel)
Reno at 20: The Packingham Decision and the Supreme Court on Online Speech, Inside Privacy (2017)
Privacy and Listener Data in the Music Industry, Corporate Counsel (2017) (with Adrian Perry)
Senators Seek Answers from DHS on Privacy Aspects of Trump Order, Including Privacy Shield, Inside Privacy (2017)
The Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity Releases Its Report on Securing and Growing the Digital Economy, Inside Privacy (2016)
Comments of the American Bar Association Sections of Antitrust Law and International Law on the Preliminary Bills for the Protection of Personal Data For the Republic of Brazil (2016) (with Kurt Wimmer)
Media
Dallas Morning News, Interview, (January 2024)