Daniela Simone

Daniela Simone is a Senior Lecturer at Macquarie Law School, affiliated with the Ethics and Agency Research Centre and Data Horizons Research Centre at Macquarie University. She holds a DPhil, MPhil, and BCL from the University of Oxford, alongside a BA/LLB from the University of Sydney. Previously, she was a Lecturer and Co-Director at University College London's Institute of Brand and Innovation Law (2020–2026 as Honorary Lecturer). Her expertise lies at the intersection of law, technology, and culture, focusing on copyright challenges in the digital age, artificial intelligence, collaborative authorship, and cultural property regulation.

Research Interests:

• Artificial Intelligence's impact on copyright
• Collaborative authorship frameworks
• Internet regulation and IP systems
• Cultural property protection
• Philosophy of intellectual property

Recent Work: Her monograph Copyright and Collective Authorship (2019) influenced UK copyright law via the landmark Kogan v Martin case. She actively engages with global bodies like WIPO on AI and IP policy. Her 2025 article on recipe copyright explores IP boundaries in culinary creativity.

Awards: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2020).

Professional Roles: Supervises research students on topics like AI and copyright, leads projects such as 'Protecting Creators in the Digital Age' (2025), and participates in high-profile conferences and policy dialogues internationally.

Labs/Teams: Active in the Data Society Research Stream at Macquarie's Faculty of Arts, focusing on AI ethics and societal impacts.