Prof. Desmond Oriakhogba is an Associate Professor in the Department of Private Law at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). He holds a PhD from the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, as well as an LLM and LLB from the University of Benin, Nigeria.
He is an alumnus of the Queen Elizabeth Scholars (QES) program funded by the Government of Canada. Prof. Oriakhogba collaborates as an expert with international research networks, including the Open African Innovation Research Network and the International Network on the Right to Research in International Copyright. He serves as an independent consultant to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), where he tutors participants in the WIPO Academy’s distance learning programmes. He is an associate editor of the South African Intellectual Property Law Journal and has been a visiting researcher at the Centre for Technology, Law and Society, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Canada.
A lawyer, teacher, and researcher, Prof. Oriakhogba’s work focuses on intellectual property law, competition law, law and technology, and international human rights law.
