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Jani McCutcheon is a Professor at the UWA Law School, The University of Western Australia, specializing in intellectual property law. She holds a BA (Honours) in English Literature and LLB from Monash University, and an LLM by research from UWA. Her research focuses on copyright and moral rights, particularly in literature, visual art, and creative industries, with additional interests in AI's impact on copyright law and improving cultural access.
Professor McCutcheon teaches Intellectual Property Law at postgraduate levels (JD and LLM), Business Law in Practice, Creative Expression and the Law, and Foundations of Law and Legal Institutions. She has served as Director of the Business Law Major and Deputy Head of School (Learning and Teaching).
Her research examines copyright remedies' impact on art, literary characters in IP law, disability exceptions in copyright, and modern photography's copyright challenges. Her publications demonstrate interdisciplinary approaches to art-law intersections and advocate for balanced copyright frameworks supporting both creators and public access.
Professor McCutcheon has received multiple grants including from Lotterywest, Minderoo Foundation, and the Ian Potter Foundation. She was a visiting scholar at Berkeley Law (2016) and Sciences Po, Paris (2025), and contributes to legal reform through parliamentary submissions and industry consultations.
- Lotterywest Grant: Charities Accessing Reserves (2020-2022)
- Minderoo Foundation Grant: Tackling Forced Marriage (2023)
- Ian Potter Foundation Grant: Art in Law Conference (2017)
