João Marinotti

Professor João Marinotti is an Associate Professor of Law at Indiana University Maurer School of Law, Affiliated Fellow at Yale Law School's Information Society Project, Visiting Fellow at Center for Quantum Networks, and Fellow at Indiana University Center for Intellectual Property Research.

• JD, cum laude, Harvard Law School, 2020
• MPhil, Linguistics, City University of New York, Graduate Center, 2021
• MA, Linguistics, City University of New York, Graduate Center, 2017
• MSc, Cognitive Science, University of Edinburgh, 2014
• BA, Linguistics, Columbia University, 2013

His research focuses on property law, private law theory, and law and technology, particularly examining how interpersonal norms shape regulation of emerging technologies like cryptocurrency, NFTs, and virtual reality. He also explores legal interpretation through linguistics and philosophy of language.

Recent publications analyze copyright in AI-generated content, legal personhood in digital consciousness, and surveillance capitalism, with a recurring emphasis on the intersection of technology law, privacy rights, and contract ethics.

Scientific Awards:

• Private Law Writing Prize, Harvard Law School

He advises on DEI initiatives, serves on executive committees for the Virtual Law & Technology Workshop and AALS Law & Interpretation Section, and has been cited by Forbes, Financial Times, and UNESCO.