Dr Jade Kouletakis

Interests

Dr Kouletakis is currently the lead editor for the following book: Dr Jade Kouletakis and Dr Nkem Itanyi (eds), Decolonising Intellectual Property Law: An Afrocentric Approach (Routledge 2025 – accepted and forthcoming). The book has been endorsed by a wide array of esteemed individuals, from Professors of Intellectual Property Law at Cambridge University and Queen Mary University of London, to The Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and University of the Western Cape.

Dr Kouletakis's research interests include intellectual property law and decolonisation. Her focus is on intellectual property law as a means of furthering the interests of vulnerable groups and developing nations.

Dr Kouletakis's publications to date include the following:

Books

1. Jade Kouletakis and Nkem Itanyi (eds), Decolonising Intellectual Property Law: An Afrocentric Approach (Routledge 2025 – accepted and forthcoming).

Book Chapters

1. Jade Kouletakis, ‘Chapter 1: Decolonising Copyright Theory: Justifying Copyright Ownership Through the Prism of the United Nations Developmental Agenda’ in Jade Kouletakis and Nkem Itanyi (eds) Decolonising Intellectual Property Law: An Afrocentric Approach (Routledge 2025 – accepted and forthcoming).
2. Jade Kouletakis, 'Introduction’ in Jade Kouletakis and Nkem Itanyi (eds) Decolonising Intellectual Property Law: An Afrocentric Approach (Routledge 2025 – accepted and forthcoming).

Journal Papers (Peer Reviewed)

1. Jade Kouletakis, Nkem Itanyi and Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, ‘Copyright Law Protection of Films in Nigeria (Nollywood) and South Africa (Sollywood): The Era of Covid’ (2023) Journal of World Intellectual Property 1 – 32.
2. Jade Kouletakis, ‘Decolonising Copyright: Reconsidering Copyright Exclusivity and the Role of the Public Interest in International Intellectual Property Frameworks’ (2022) 71 1 GRUR International: Journal of European and International IP Law 24 – 33.
3. Nkem Itanyi, Jade Kouletakis and Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, ‘Exclusivity in the 6th edition of Nigeria Broadcast Commission (NBC) Code and a glimpse of the practice in South Africa and the United Kingdom’ (2021) 43 6 European Intellectual Property Review
4. Jade Kouletakis, ‘No Man is an Island: A Critical Analysis of the UK’s Implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty’ (2020) 17 1 SCRIPTed 54 – 82.
5. Jade Kouletakis, ‘Strangers in the Night: A Comparative Study on the Socio-Legal Difficulties of Importing America’s Bayh-Dole Legislation to South African Universities’ (2019) 6 2 Journal of Advocacy, Research and Education 17-32.
6. Jade Kouletakis, ‘Good Practice and the UK LLB Degree or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the 21st Century’ (2018) 5 The Online Journal of Quality in Higher Education 34 – 41.
7. Jade Kouletakis, ‘The Language of Western Homogeneity: A Rose by Any Other Name is a Potential Lawsuit’ (2016) 6 Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property 392 - 404.
8. Jade Kouletakis, ‘South Africa’s Draft Copyright Amendment Bill to Incorporate Exception for the Visually Impaired’ (2016) 7 European Intellectual Property Review 387 - 390.
9. Jade Kouletakis, ‘A Critical Examination of Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for the Visually Impaired Pertaining to Literary Works in South Africa in the Local and Global Context’ (2014) 2 South African Intellectual Property Law Journal 42 - 65.

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