Daniel C K Chow
Robert J. Nordstrom Designated Professor of Law
Ohio State University
Professor Chow specializes in international trade law, international business transactions, international intellectual property, and legal issues concerning China.
He is the author of numerous books and articles, including two casebooks: "International Business Transactions: Problems, Cases, and Materials" (Aspen 2005) and "International Intellectual Property: Problems, Cases, and Materials" (West 2006). He is also the author of the popular book "The Legal System of the People's Republic in a Nutshell" (West 2003) and "Foreign Investment and Protection of Intellectual Property in China" (Kluwer 2002).
From 1997-1999, Mr. Chow lived and worked in China for Procter & Gamble. Mr. Chow was in charge of protecting the company's intellectual property rights and spent a great deal of time out in the field enforcing the company's rights.
Professor Chow served as a law clerk to the Honorable Constance Baker Motley, Chief Judge, Southern District of New York, following graduation from law school, and then became an associate with Debevoise and Plimpton in New York.
He went to Ohio State in 1985 and teaches International Law, International Transactions, Jurisprudence, Asian Law, and Property. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Professor Chow was featured on CBS' 60 Minutes II program on January 28, 2004. In "The World's Greatest Fakes," he said "We have never seen a problem of this size and magnitude in world history. There's more counterfeiting going on in China now than we've ever seen anywhere."
Mr. Chow is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and reads and writes Chinese at a high level. He received his B.A. from Yale College and his J.D. from Yale Law School.