Intellectual Property Rights: Open Access

Caroline Ncube

Biography

Caroline Ncube is an NRF rated researcher. She holds a PhD from the University of Cape Town. Her doctoral thesis examined the intellectual property protection of e-commerce business methods within the context of South Africa's tourism SMEs. She obtained her LLB from the University of Zimbabwe and her LLM from the University of Cambridge where she majored in Intellectual Property Law and Company Law. Caroline joined the Department of Commercial Law in January 2005. Before that she lectured at the University of Limpopo (formerly University of the North) and the University of Zimbabwe. Prior to embarking on an academic career, she briefly practised as an attorney. Caroline plays an active role in various professional associations and participates in socially responsive research projects. She is often invited to give lectures and seminars in Intellectual Property to various constituencies including WIPO Summer School students and librarians. Caroline is also actively involved in research projects that focus on open development, access to knowledge and the promotion of a balanced approach to IP. She is also the founding co-editor of the South African Intellectual Property Law Journal.

Research Interest

Commerce,  Business Law, E-Law (LLB), Intellectual Property Law (LLB), Electronic Intellectual Property Law (LLM), Electronic Transactions (LLM)