{"id":850,"date":"2012-01-26T16:33:35","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T14:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/?page_id=850"},"modified":"2025-08-13T13:34:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T11:34:22","slug":"mr-sadulla-karjiker","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/staff\/handelsreg-mercantile-law\/mr-sadulla-karjiker\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof Sadulla Karjiker"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8732 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2024\/02\/Sadulla-Karjiker_2-photoaidcom-cropped-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2024\/02\/Sadulla-Karjiker_2-photoaidcom-cropped-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2024\/02\/Sadulla-Karjiker_2-photoaidcom-cropped-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2024\/02\/Sadulla-Karjiker_2-photoaidcom-cropped-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2024\/02\/Sadulla-Karjiker_2-photoaidcom-cropped-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2024\/02\/Sadulla-Karjiker_2-photoaidcom-cropped-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2024\/02\/Sadulla-Karjiker_2-photoaidcom-cropped.png 2039w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/> Professor &amp; Anton Mostert Leerstoel in Intellektuele Goederereg | Professor &amp; Anton Mostert Chair in Intellectual Property Law<\/h2>\n<p>BSc LLB (UCT) LLM (London) LLD (Stell)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Email\/E-pos: <a href=\"mailto:skarjiker@sun.ac.za\">skarjiker@sun.ac.za<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"1\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;height: 922px\" border=\"0\" align=\"none\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 48%;text-align: justify\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Prof. Sadulla Karjiker joined the Faculty in 2008.\u00a0 He is admitted as an attorney in South Africa and as a solicitor in England, and has practised in corporate and commercial law in both jurisdictions.\u00a0 He also worked for a UK legal publisher on its technology-related projects.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Karjiker received his BSc degree in Mathematics in 1991 at the University of Cape Town. He then completed his LLB in 1994 also at the University of Cape Town, followed by an LLM at the University of London in 1997. In 2012, he received an LLD degree for his dissertation entitled &#8220;Open\u2013source software and the rationale for copyright protection of computer programs&#8221; at Stellenbosch University. His research and teaching interests include intellectual property law, data protection, law and economics, and information technology law.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2016 he was appointed as a professor and the incumbent of the Anton Mostert Chair in Intellectual Property Law. Read <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/iplaw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more here<\/a>. He is the co-author of the Handbook of South African Copyright Law, the leading text on copyright law in South Africa. He teaches Copyright Law (LLM), Trade Mark Law (LLM), and Intellectual Property Law (LLB). He previously taught the following courses (or parts thereof): Intellectual Property Law (LLM), Information Technology Law (LLM), Internet Law (LLB), Company Law (LLB), and Roman Law (LLB).<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Fields of specialisation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Company Law, Intellectual Property Law and Information Technology Law<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Modules taught<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">LLB: Intellectual Property Law; LLM:\u00a0 Copyright Law<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 6.99588%\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;width: 44.2387%\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Prof. Sadulla Karjiker het in 2008 by die Fakulteit aangesluit. Hy is \u0149 toegelate prokureur van die Hoogeregshof van Suid-Afrika, en is ook toegelaat as regspraktisyn in Engeland en het as &#8216; korporatiewe en kommersi\u00eble prokureur in beide jurisdiksies gepraktiseer. Hy het ook by \u0149 regsuitgewer in die Verenigde Koninkryk gewerk aan tegnologie verwante projekte.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Karjiker het sy BSc graad in Wiskunde aan die Universiteit van Kaapstad verwerf in 1991. Daarna het hy ook sy LLB in 1994 aan die Universiteit van Kaapstad verwerf, gevolg deur &#8216;n LLM aan die Universiteit van Londen in 1997. In 2012 het hy &#8216;n LLD graad aan die Universiteit van Stellenbosch verwerf, gebaseer op sy proefskrif getiteld <em>\u201cOpen-source software and the rationale for copyright protection of computer programs\u201d<\/em>. Sy navorsings- en onderrig belangstellings is intellektuele goederereg, databeskerming, ekonomiese perspektiewe van die reg, asook inligtingstegnologie reg.<\/p>\n<p>Hy is aangestel as professor en hoof van die Anton Mostert Leerstoel in Intellektuele Goederereg sedert 2016. Lees <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/iplaw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">meer hier<\/a>. Hy is ook die mede-outeur van die <em>Handbook of South African Copyright Law<\/em>, die toonaangewende handboek oor outeursreg in Suid-Afrika. Hy bied kursusse aan in Outeursreg (LLM), Die Reg op Handelsmerke (LLM) en Intellektuele Goederereg (LLB). Hy het ook voorheen die volgende kursusse (of dele daarvan) aangebied: Intellektuele Goederereg (LLM), Inligtings Tegnologie Reg (LLM), Internet Reg (LLB), Maatskappye Reg (LLB) en Romeinse Reg (LLB).<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Areas van belangstelling<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Maatskappyereg, Immateri\u00eble Goederereg, Informasietegnologiereg<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Modules aangebied<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>LLB: Intellektuele Goederereg; LLM:\u00a0 Outeursreg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Publications\/Publikasies<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Books\/Boeke<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jooste C, Karjiker S, \u201cChapter 10: Intellectual Property in the Digital Environment (eIP Law)\u201d in <em>Dean &amp; Dyer: Introduction to Intellectual Property Law<\/em>, Oxford University Press 2014.<\/li>\n<li>Dean OH, Karjiker S, <em>Handbook of South African Copyright Law<\/em>, Juta looseleaf.<\/li>\n<li>Co-author from the 2015 update (Revision Service 15).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Journal articles\/Joernaalartikels\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Karjiker S \u201cJustifications for Copyright: The Moral Justifications\u201d2013 <em>South African Intellectual Property Law Journal<\/em> 1 42-58.<\/li>\n<li>Karjiker S \u201cJustifications for Copyright: The Economic Justification\u201d2014 <em>South African Intellectual Property Law Journal<\/em> 1 13-41.<\/li>\n<li>Karjiker S \u201cThe New gTLDs and the Resolution of Trade Mark Disputes\u201d2014 <em>Stell LR<\/em> 2 408-424.<\/li>\n<li>Karjiker S \u201cA Response to Forechimes\u2019 \u2018Download this Essay: A Defence of Stealing eBooks\u2019\u201d2014 <em>Think: Philosophy for everyone <\/em>(Cambridge Journals), 13 (38), 51-57.<\/li>\n<li>Karjiker S \u201cThe First-Sale Doctrine: Parallel Importation and Beyond\u201d2015 <em>Stell LR<\/em> 3 633-661.<\/li>\n<li>Karjiker S \u201cCopyright Protection of Computer Programs\u201d2016 <em>South African Law Journal<\/em> 1 51-72.<\/li>\n<li>Hobson-Jones S, Karjiker S \u201cIs South African Trademark Law out of Shape? A Comparative Analysis of Shape Marks, in Light of the Recent SCA and CJEU Kit Kat Decisions\u201d2016 <em>Stell LR<\/em> 3 575-598.<\/li>\n<li>Karjiker S \u201cCopyright Infringement and Game Theory: The Law and its Limits\u201d2017 <em>Stell LR<\/em> 1 164-186.<\/li>\n<li>Karjiker S \u201cThe Case for the Recognition of a Public-Interest Defence in Copyright\u201d2017 <em>TSAR<\/em> 3 451-469.<\/li>\n<li>Karjiker S \u201cThe Role of Reputation in Trade Mark Infringement\u201d2018 <em>TSAR<\/em> 4 726-738.<\/li>\n<li>Karjiker S \u201cIntellectual Property as Real Security\u201d 2018 <em>South African Intellectual Property Law Journal<\/em> 1 1-23.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Handelsreg \/ Mercantile Law\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/staff\/handelsreg-mercantile-law\/\">Terug \/ Back<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor &amp; Anton Mostert Leerstoel in Intellektuele Goederereg | Professor &amp; Anton Mostert Chair in Intellectual Property Law BSc LLB (UCT) LLM (London) LLD (Stell) Email\/E-pos: skarjiker@sun.ac.za &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Prof. Sadulla Karjiker joined the Faculty in 2008.\u00a0 He is admitted as an attorney in South Africa and as a solicitor in England, and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2085,"featured_media":0,"parent":421,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-850","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2085"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=850"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10800,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/850\/revisions\/10800"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}