Nouf Ali S Algazlan

Overview

Nouf is in her final year of her PhD. She previously served as a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, from September 2025 to January 2026, under the supervision of Pamela Samuelson, as part of her PhD research in Copyright Law. She is a future trainee solicitor at White & Case (GCC) and has previously earned an LLM in Intellectual Property Law from University College London (Merit) and an LLB in Law from City, University of London (First Class). Alongside her research, Nouf teaches LLB and LLM students at both City St George's and the University of Hertfordshire. 

Nouf's research is interdisciplinary, combining Philosophy and Law. It focuses on the concept of 'work' (Subject Matter). As the Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act (1988) is arguably a closed system (meaning only certain works gain copyright protection), Nouf's research will examine whether it is justified to have such a system. Her research explores whether other creative works can be copyrighted (unusual subject matter such as a taste of food, body art, memes, etc.) and what 'work' means under copyright law. The research is not merely about extending the accepted and clear fundamentals to cover unusual copyrightable works, but to use these unusual works as a basis to identify the core by its very nature: How does copyright law think about subject matter?

Dr. Patrick Goold supervises Nouf's research.

Qualifications

• MPhil/PhD, City, University of London, United Kingdom, 2022 - October 2026
• Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, City, University of London, United Kingdom, January 2023 - November 2024
• LLM Intellectual Property Law, University College London, United Kingdom, September 2021 - June 2022
• LLB Law, City, University of London, United Kingdom, September 2018 - June 2021

Employment

• Visiting Lecturer, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, April 2024 - present
• Associate Editor, City, University of London, United Kingdom, April 2023 - August 2025
• Research Assistant, City, University of London, United Kingdom, February - August 2023
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, City University of london, United Kingdom, January 2023 - present

Memberships of committees

• PGR Representative, Doctoral College Board of Studies, December 2022 - October 2023

Awards

• City St George's, University of London (2025). Best Overall Presentation
  PhD Forum 2025
• UCL Institute of Brand & Innovation Law (2024). Best Conference Poster
• City, University of London (2024). Best Ph.D. Presentation
• University of Bradford (2022). Best External Presentation
• City University of London (2022). Three-Year Doctoral Scholarship
• City University of London (2021). Hart Publishing Prize for the Best Dissertation

Languages

Arabic (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review) and English (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review)

1^stsupervisor

• Dr Patrick Goold, Professor

2^ndsupervisor

• Dr Marc Mimler, Senior Lecturer in Law

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