Dr Jade Kouletakis

Teaching
Research

Dr Kouletakis is currently the module lead for Intellectual Property Law; Public Law 1 (Constitutional Law); and Public Law 2 (Administrative Law). She is also the LLB diploma administrator and Law Honours Dissertation module tutor.

Interests

Dr Kouletakis is currently the lead editor and contributor for the following book: Dr Jade Kouletakis and Dr Nkem Itanyi (eds), Decolonising Intellectual Property Law: An Afrocentric Approach (Routledge 2025). 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

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

Book Chapters

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 (2025 Routledge).
Jade Kouletakis, 'Introduction’ in Jade Kouletakis and Nkem Itanyi (eds) Decolonising Intellectual Property Law: An Afrocentric Approach (2025 Routledge).

Journal Papers (Peer Reviewed)

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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Jade Kouletakis, ‘South Africa’s Draft Copyright Amendment Bill to Incorporate Exception for the Visually Impaired’ (2016) 7 European Intellectual Property Review 387 - 390.
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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Funding

Dr Kouletakis has been the recipient of the following funding awards:

Clark Foundation Scholarship

Esteem

Dr Kouletakis has been an invited keynote speaker for the following events:

Cambridge University Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law Evening Seminar Series available at: https://youtu.be/KMt_wT8SbpQ?t=1 (2 February 2023).
St Andrews University ILCR Seminar Series available at https://ilcr.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/event/seminar-on-decolonising-copyright-law-by-jade-kouletakis-abertay/ (7 February 2024).
Scottish Law and Innovation Network Enlightening Talk with Jade Kouletakis available at https://youtu.be/agldyW_bwiU?t=5 (27 October 2022).

Dr Kouletakis holds the following positions:

Co-founder and steering committee member of the Scottish Law and Innovation Network (SCOTLIN).
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Advocacy, Research and Education.
Peer-reviewer, Journal of World Intellectual Property and South African Intellectual Property Law Journal.
Member, Society of Legal Scholars.
Member, Socio-Legal Studies Association.
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 was ranked the second ‘most read’ article on the publisher's website.

Dr Kouletakis has received the following in the Student-Led Teaching Awards:

Won Enhancing Student Opportunities in 2023 and 2021.
Won Going Above & Beyond in Covid-19 in 2021
Nominated for Most Engaging Module in 2023.
Nominated for Outstanding Teaching in 2022 and 2019.
Nominated for Innovative Online Learning in 2019.
Nominated for Enhancing Student Opportunities in 2018.

Knowledge Exchange

Dr Kouletakis submitted the Impact Case Study on behalf of Law for the REF 2021, titled: "Enhancing the optimal application of the Marrakesh Treaty to increase access to literary works for the disabled community". It can be viewed here: https://results2021.ref.ac.uk/impact/1110fb83-2a9a-4266-bb34-c9648fc08756?page=1. It is based on Dr Kouletakis having worked closely with the South African government and a variety of local and international interest groups in amending South Africa's copyright legislation. This included making submissions to parliament and attending parliamentary meetings.

Further to this, Dr Kouletakis has undertaken the following activities:

Conference Proceedings

Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, Oxford-Brookes University ‘African Filmmakers and Covid-19’ (27 – 30 June 2023).
Scottish Law and Innovation Network Conference, Stirling University ‘Decolonising Copyright’ (21 – 22 April 2022).
ICON-S International Society of Public Law British-Irish Chapter’s Annual Conference held at the University of Strathclyde ‘No man is an island: A critical analysis of the UK’s implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty’ (24 – 25 April 2019).
British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Association’s Annual Conference, University of Belfast ‘No man is an island: A critical analysis of the UK’s implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty’ (16 – 17 April 2019).
British and Irish Law, Education and Technology Association’s Annual Conference, University of Aberdeen ‘South African IP developments and universities’ (9 – 10 April 2018).
Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, Bristol University ‘Softly as I leave you: Comparing the hardline legislative approach of South Africa's Bayh-Dole Act against the United Kingdom's moderate approach to increasing university-industry collaborations’ (27–29 March 2018).

Invited Presentations

L&A Legal Consultants and Babcock University IP Talk Series Traditional Medicine, Health, Environment & Intellectual Property: Food as Medicine available at https://lalegalconsultants.com/la-ipr-talk-series-webinar/ (22 February 2024).
L&A Legal Consultants and Babcock University IP Talk Series Exclusivity in the Media Industry in Nigeria: Decoding the NBC Code available at https://www.lalegalconsultants.com/ver1/publications/ipr/iprtalkseries3-exclusivity-in-the-media-industry-3/ (5 September 2020).
Parliamentary Comment: Jade Kouletakis, Comment on the Copyright Amendment Bill (B-13-2017) Submitted to Department of Trade and Industry Republic of South Africa available at http://infojustice.org/archives/38534 (July 2017).

Other Refereed Outputs

Briefing Paper for the South African Department of Trade & Industry: Jade Kouletakis, Tobias Schonwetter, Bram van Wiele and Alexandra Akantorana Kisuul, ‘Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Guide for South Africa’ available at http://ip-unit.org/2015/1251/ (May 2015).