Matthew Marinett

Matthew is an Assistant Professor in the Law and Business Department of the Ted Rogers School of Management. His research examines the accountability of businesses in the governance of technology and intellectual property, especially with respect to its impacts upon human rights, privacy, user rights in IP, and the democratic process. His work also engages with social media content moderation, artificial intelligence and automated decision-making, Canadian IP and internet policy, and business contracts. His writing has appeared in the UBC Law Review, the Alberta Law Review, the Internet Policy Review, and the Intellectual Property Journal.

Matthew is also finishing his doctorate at University of Toronto Faculty of Law, where he is affiliated with the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society.  

Prior to pursuing an academic path, Matthew practiced intellectual property, advertising, and entertainment law at Gowling Lafleur Henderson (now Gowling WLG).  He previously taught law at Osgoode Hall Law School and the University of Toronto Faculty of Law as an Adjunct faculty member.