Giuseppina D'Agostino ("Pina D'Agostino") is an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, and holds the York Research Chair in Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies. She is an internationally recognized scholar in copyright law, intellectual property, and innovation law and policy. Education: HonBA (York University), LLB (Osgoode Hall Law School), MSt and DPhil (University of Oxford), ICD.D (University of Toronto) Her research focuses on intellectual property, data governance and ownership, innovation law and policy, and emerging technologies like AI, IoT, robotics, 3D printing, and blockchain. She has testified before the Canadian Parliament, served as a consultant and expert witness, and her work is cited in the Supreme Court of Canada. She has received multiple accolades, including: Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada (2022) Woman of the Year (CIBPA, 2024) Ontario Minister's Award of Excellence in Innovation and Entrepreneurship (2024) Professor D'Agostino supervises graduate students (LLM, PhD) in areas aligned with her research, emphasizing evidence-based and comparative international approaches. She leads initiatives such as the $318M CFREF-funded Connected Minds project, co-founded the Centre for Artificial Intelligence & Society (CAIS), and established IP Osgoode, the IPilogue, and the IP Innovation Clinic, which commercialize IP for inventors and startups.






