Research Projects
Postgraduate Research Supervision
I supervise postgraduate research on various aspects of intellectual property, technology and the Internet. The following dissertations have been completed under my supervision or co-supervision:
2023
- Lechaba, Refilwe ‘Access to affordable pharmaceutical products and the interplay between patents and public health’ LLM
- Kwofie Karl ‘The application of copyright law in dealing with digital sampling’ LLM
- Kok, Lucinda ‘The scope of the adaptation right in South African copyright law’ LLM
2022
- Du Preez, Kiara ‘Music and the originality requirement under copyright law’ LLM
- Mayesa, Mzimasi ‘Copyright in the music industry: The protection of artists’ rights against exploitation in South Africa’ LLM
2021
Research Projects
- (funded by Coimbra Group/KU Leuven Postdoctoral Scholarship 2021) Fair use v Fair dealing in Africa: The South Africa experience
- (as part of the Right to Research in International Copyright project supported by the Arcadia Foundation, 2021-2022) Government role in realizing the right to research in Africa
- (with Dr Desmond Oriakhogba) Multi-territorial digital copyright licensing
within the AfCFTA (Open African Innovation Research (Open AIR) project:
2020). - (for Queen Elizabeth Scholars) Gender equality in South Africa’s creative
sector through the regulation of collective management organisations
(2019)