PROF. AYOYEMI LAWAL – AROWOLO BRIEF

AYOYEMI LAWAL – AROWOLO

 

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY OF LAW (KENT)

 

PROFESSOR

A. Educational background

  • UNIVERSITY OF KENT, Canterbury, United Kingdom

Department of Private Law (2005 – 2008)

Course of Study: Intellectual Property Law

Degree: Ph.D. (2008)

Thesis: “Protecting Traditional Knowledge Systems: An African Perspective” (429 pages), available at University of Kent Library

 

  • INDIANA UNIVERSITY-INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, United States

School of Law (2002-2003)

Course of Study: American Law for Foreign Lawyers

Degree: LL.M. (2003)

 

  • NIGERIA LAW SCHOOL, Bwari Abuja, Nigeria

Law School (1998-1999)

Course of Study: Law

Degree: BL (1999)

 

  • LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY, Ojo Lagos State, Nigeria

Faculty of Law (1996/97 Session)

Course of Study: Law

Degree: LLB. (1997)

 

  • FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COLLEGE ODOGBOLU, Ogun State, Nigeria

Course of Study: Pure Arts (Maths, English, English Literature, History, Economics, Geography, Biology and Home Economics)

Certificate: Senior Secondary School Certificate

 

 

B. Current Employment

 

  • CALEB UNIVERSITY, Lagos State, Nigeria

College of Law (Department of Private and Commercial Law)

Year of Employment: 2023

Current Position: Professor of Intellectual Property Law (2023 – till date)

Type of Employment: Regular

 

  • L & A LEGAL CONSULTANTS, Lagos State, Nigeria

Partner

Year of Employment: 2004

Current Position: Head of Legal Research (2004 – till date)

Type of Employment: Regular

 

  • BABCOCK UNIVERSITY, Ogun State, Nigeria

School of Law & Security Studies (Department of Private and Commercial Law)

Year of Employment: 2011

Current Position: Professor of Intellectual Property Law (2011 – 2023)

Type of Employment: Regular

 

  • BABCOCK UNIVERSITY, Ogun State, Nigeria

School of Law & Security Studies (Department of Private and Commercial Law)

Year of Employment: 2011

Current Position: Associate Professor, Intellectual Property Law (2016 – 2020)

Type of Employment: Regular

 

  • UNIVERSITY OF KENT, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom

Kent Law School

Year of Employment: September – November 2018

Position: Visiting Academic

Type of Employment: Temporary

 

  • BABCOCK UNIVERSITY, Ogun State, Nigeria

School of Law & Security Studies (Department of Private and Commercial Law)

Year of Employment: 2011

Position: Senior Lecturer (2011 – 2015)

Type of Employment: Regular

 

C. Previous Employment

 

  • NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY, Keffi Nasarawa State, Nigeria

School of Law & Security Studies (Department of Private and Commercial Law)

Year of Employment: 2009

Position: Lecturer 1

Type of Employment: Regular

 

  • NIGERIA COPYRIGHT COMMISSION, FCT Abuja, Nigeria

Nigeria Copyright Institute

Year of Employment: 2008

Position: Principal Copyright Officer

Type of Employment: Permanent

 

  • COASTAL FINANCE, London, United Kingdom Nigeria

Mortgages Department

Year of Employment: 2004-2005

Position: Legal Officer

Type of Employment: Temporary

 

  • INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, Indianapolis, United States

School of Law (Programme in International Human Rights Law)

Year of Employment: 2003

Position: Co-Ordinator Program in International Human Rights Law (PIHRL)

Type of Employment: Permanent

 

  • PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION CLINIC, Missouri, United States

Attorney’s Office

Year of Employment: 2003

Position: Summer Intern

Type of Employment: Temporary

 

  • WESTMINISTER UNIVERSITY, London, United Kingdom

Centre for Capital Punishment

Year of Employment: 2003

Position: Summer Intern

Type of Employment: Temporary

 

D. Teaching Courses (Past and Present)

Intellectual Property Law, International Intellectual Property Law, International Business Transaction, Commercial Transactions, Industrial Law, Insurance Law, Computer Application for Legal Research, Environmental Law, and International Environmental Law

 

E. Research Interest

Intellectual property rights in African countries with particular attention to non-western knowledge systems, Traditional Knowledge, Entertainment Law, Performers Rights, Human Rights, Commercial and Industrial Law.

 

F. Administrative/Community Service

  • Chairman Local Organizing Committee BU School of Law International Conference on Law, Science and the Politics of Knowledge (2019-2020)
  • Chairman Local Organizing Committee BU School of Law International Conference on Law, Science and the Politics of Knowledge (2018-2019)
  • Secretary Instructional Material Committee (2016-2019)
  • Member Employment Policy Committee (2017 – 2019)
  • Head of Department Babcock University School of Law and Security Studies (2017-2018)
  • Chairman Local Organizing Committee BU School of Law International Conference on Law and Digital Technology Challenges and Prospects (2016-2017)
  • Head of Department Babcock University School of Law and Security Studies (2015-2017)
  • Contributed to the panel discussion on “Female Academics in a Changing Society and the Babcock Mission” during 2014/2015 University colloquium.
  • Babcock University School of Law and Security Studies – postgraduate coordinator (2012-2014)
  • Coordinator graduating students chapel seminars (2011)
  • Timetable and Examination officer (2011-2012)
  • Member school of law library committee (2012 – 2013)
  • 500 level law course advisor and co-sponsor graduating students 2012.
  • Nasarawa State University, Faculty of Law – Faculty Representative Senate Committee on Examination and 200 Level (2nd year) Coordinator (2009-2010)

 

G. MEMBERSHIP OF ASSOCIATIONS

  • Nigerian Bar Association
  • International Intellectual Property Law Association
  • Nigeria International Law Society

 

H. COURSES TAUGHT DURING THE ACADEMIC YEAR

  • Industrial Law (Laws 515 & 516)
  • Computer Application for Legal Research (Laws 300)
  • Environmental Law (Laws 313 & 314)
  • International Environmental Law (Law and Diplomacy)
  • Intellectual Property Law (Laws 308 & 309)
  • Intellectual Property Law (ILDP 338) Law and Diplomacy
  • Intellectual Property Law Innovation and the Creative Industry (Laws 803)
  • International Business Transactions (Law and Diplomacy)
  • International Civil Litigation (Law and Diplomacy)

 

I. GRADUATE STUDIES SUPERVISION

  • LL. B
  • LL. M
  • Ph. D

 

J. Publication Details

 

(i). Books

 

  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo and Kunle Ola (eds.), Nigerian Intellectual Property Law: Reform and Development (Routledge 2022)
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo and Dorcas A. Odunaike (eds.), Methods and Perspectives in Intellectual Property law in Nigeria: Essays in Honour of Professor Bankole Sodipo (Lagos Princeton Press 2020)
  • Ayoyemi Arowolo, Intellectual Property Rights, Traditional Knowledge Systems and Jurisprudence in Africa (Ibadan: Ababa Press 2012) (250 pages)
  • Agbede I. O. and Arowolo Ayoyemi (eds.) Babcock University Essays on Legal Issues First Series (Lagos, Princeton Press, 2017)
  • Agbede I.O. and Arowolo Ayoyemi (eds.) Babcock University Essays on Legal Issues: Law and Digital Technology Second Series (Ibadan, Ababa Press 2018)
  • Agbede I.O. and Arowolo Ayoyemi (eds.) Babcock University Essays on Legal Issues: Law Science and the Politics of Knowledge Third Series (Lagos Law Pavilion 2019)

 

(ii). Chapters in Books

 

  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, ‘Cinematographic Works and Copyright in Nollywood: The Clog in the Wheel of Creativity and Originality in Enrico Bonadio and Patrick Goold, The Cambridge Handbook of Investment Driven Intellectual Property (Cambridge University Press 2023)
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, Nigerian IP Experience Past and Present’ in in Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo and Kunle Ola (eds.), Nigerian Intellectual Property Law: Reform and Development (Routledge 2022)
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, Two Strings on a Bow: Scope of Registrable Trademarks from the Era of Traditional Knowledge to Digital Technology in Nigeria (Pre and Post1965) in Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo and Kunle Ola (eds.), Nigerian Intellectual Property Law: Reform and Development (Routledge 2022)
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, ‘Intellectual Property Rights (Patents) and Ethical Incentives for Innovation: The COVID 19 Situation in Nigeria’ Emerging Issues and Thoughts in Contemporary Public Law (Compendium of essays written in honour of Justice Paul Adamu Galumje, JSC) (Constellation Publishers 2020) 544-555
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, ‘Wealth in Health in Africa: Traditional (Medicine) Knowledge, Intellectual Property Rights and Poverty Reduction’’ in Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo and Dorcas A. Odunaike, Methods and Perspectives in Intellectual Property law in Nigeria: Essays in Honour of Professor Bankole Sodipo (Lagos Princeton Press 2020) 163-180.
  • Bayo Ayo, Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo and Louisa Dinchi James, ‘Copyright, Folklores and Artifacts: Reaping Values of Cultural Properties from the Past in the Present’ in Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo and Dorcas A. Odunaike Methods and Perspectives in Intellectual Property law in Nigeria: Essays in Honour of Professor Bankole Sodipo (Lagos Princeton Press) 112-129.
  • Ayoyemi Lawal Arowolo and Deborah Ikonne Okemiri ‘Patent Law Protection of Traditional Medicine: Nigeria and China in Focus’ in Methods and Perspectives in Intellectual Property law in Nigeria: Essays in Honour of Professor Bankole Sodipo (Lagos Princeton Press 2020) 181 – 196.
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, Adesoji Adebayo and Dorcas Odunaike, ‘Protecting Traditional Methods of Producing Medicine as an option for Healing in Nigeria’ in Agbede I.O. and Arowolo Ayoyemi (eds.) Babcock University Essays on Legal Issues:Law Science and the Politics of Knowledge Third Series (Lagos Law Pavilion 2019) 56 – 73.
  • Adewale K. Kupoluyi and Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, ‘Politics of knowledge systems (north v. South): a dilemma to the protection of non-western (African) scientific knowledge Systems’ in Agbede I.O. and Arowolo Ayoyemi (eds.) Babcock University Essays on Legal Issues: Law Science and the Politics of Knowledge Third Series (Lagos Law Pavilion 2019) 161 – 176.
  • Deborah Ikonne Okemiri and Ayoyemi Lawal Arowolo, Protecting Traditional Medicine at the International Level: A Scrutiny of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights in Agbede I.O. and Arowolo Ayoyemi (eds.) Babcock University Essays on Legal Issues: Law Science and the Politics of Knowledge Third Series (Lagos Law Pavilion 2019) 64-75.
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, Repugnancy Doctrine: A Dilemma to Customary Law Protection of Traditional Knowledge Systems in Nigeria in the Domain of Customary Law Jurisprudence in Nigeria: Past, Present and Future (Essays in Honour of Justice Folashade Oluwatoyin Aguda-Taiwo (Customary Court of Appeal Ondo State 2019) 232-243.
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, A Perspective from Nigeria on IPRs and AI: Can Robots have IPRs for Creating or Inventing or Be Sued for an Infringement of IPRs? in Agbede I.O. and Arowolo Ayoyemi (eds.) Babcock University Essays on Legal Issues: Law and Digital Technology (Ibadan, Ababa Press 2018)
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, Economic Significance of Protecting Expressions of Folklore in Nigeria in Agbede I.O. and Arowolo Ayoyemi, Babcock University Essays on Legal Issues (Lagos, Princeton Press, 2017)
  • Ayoyemi Arowolo, ‘The Implication of Intellectual Property Rights on Gender Roles in Farming Practices and Food Security in Africa’ in Mobolanle Sotunsa and Olajumoke Haliso, Rights, Hegemonies (Ibadan: 2013)
  • Ayoyemi Arowolo, ‘Cyber IP Crime: Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights Online’ in Deji Olanrewaju (ed) Law and Its Leeway – Essays in Honour of Emeritus Professor Isaac Oluwole Agbede (Lagos: Gem Communications Resources, 2014)

 

(iii). Journal Articles

  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo and Vera Ekundayo, Recording labels, artistes and copyright music contracts in the era of Afrobeats in Nigeria: slavery in favour of stardom, (2023) Issue 7 European Intellectual Property Law Review – Thompson Reuter (Sweet and Maxwell) – International
  • Jade Kouletakis, Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo and Nkem Itanyi, Copyright Law Protection of Films in Nigeria (Nollywood) and South Africa (Sollywood): The Era of COVID (2023) The Journal of World Intellectual Property.
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, Traditional Intellectual Properties and Yoruba (Ifa) Philosophy: The Modern versus Traditional Protection Approach (2022) 25(3) The Journal of World Intellectual Property – International
  • Kemi Ayanleye, Bankole Sodipo and Ayoyemi Arowolo, ‘Ownership of Employee Inventions in Nigeria: Need for a Paradigm Shift’, (2022) 117 Journal of Law, Policy and Globalization
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo and Oluwatobiloba Iyanuoluwa Olatunji, Traditional Environmental Technology, Biological Resources and Patents in the Era of Green Industrialisation in Africa: Regarding the Disregarded, (forthcoming 2023) Carnelian Journal of Law and Politics
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo and Tayo Douglas, Electricity Generation and Renewable Energy Policy in Nigeria: Resolving the Regulatory Challenge (2022) 1(1) American Journal of Environment and Climate (AJEC) 42-53.
  • Tayo Douglas and Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, Renewable Energy and its Instrumentality to Sustainable Development in Nigeria, (2022) 3(2) Carnelian Journal of Law and Politics 15-31.
  • Olalekan Moyosore Lalude and Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, ‘A Portraiture of Environmental Justice in Communities of Concern, Protecting Africa While Achieving Sustainable Development’, (2022) 13(1) International Journal of Environmental Sustainability and Green Technologies 1-15.
  • Olalekan Moyosore Lalude and Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, ‘Africa in the Eye of the Storm: Navigating Law and Structural Inequalities in Global Environmental Relations’, (2022) 8(1) International Journal of Law: Law and World 8-26.
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, Dorcas Odunaike and Olubukola Olugasa, Protecting the Faces of Afrobeats Celebrities: A Peek into the Protection of Image Rights in the UK (2021) 43(4) European Intellectual Property Review – Thompson Reuter (Sweet and Maxwell) – International
  • Cheluchi Onyemelukwe, Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo and Chinaka Emmanuel, Patents, Traditional Medicines and Access to COVID-19 Vaccine and Medicine: A Dilemma for African Countries, (2020) 42 (9) European Intellectual Property Review – Thompson Reuter (Sweet and Maxwell) – International
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo and Yinka Olomojobi, ‘Intellectual Property Rights, Orthodox Medicine and Traditional (Medicine) Knowledge Systems: The Protected and the Neglected in (Nigeria) Africa’, (2020) 42 (12) European Intellectual Property Review – Thompson Reuter (Sweet and Maxwell)- International.
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo and Dorcas Odunaike, ‘Related rights in uncommon places: the rights of performers during spiritual traditional festivals in contemporary Nigeria’, (2020) 10 (1) Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property 128 – 139 Scimago – International
  • 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 Law Review – Thompson Reuter (Sweet and Maxwell)- International.
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, Representing Right Holders in Nigeria’s Contemporary Music Industry: A Review of Adeokin Records V MCSN Supreme Court Case, (2018) 5 NIALS Journal of Intellectual Property (NJIP).
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, Geographical indication and cultural artworks in Nigeria: A cue from other jurisdictions, Journal of World Intellectual Property 2019 1-11, DOI 10.1111/jwip.12128 Scimago – International
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, Influence from United States and Europe: Exploitation of Copyright Law and New Trends in Nollywood (Nigeria’s Filmmaking Industry) (2019) vol. 41 Issue 5 European Intellectual Property Review 284 – 289 Thomson Reuters and Contributors – International
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, African Traditional Intellectual Property Rights, Customary Law and Legal Pluralism, 11 2019 African Journal of Legal Studies 301 Scimago – International
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, Science and Art in Islam: The Protection of Traditional Intellectual Property Rights in Muslim Communities in Africa (2018) vol. 40 Issue 11 European Intellectual Property Review 736-746 Thomson Reuters and Contributors – International
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, ‘Technical and Legal Challenges Regarding Copyright in the Digital Era: International Treaties and Initiatives in Nigeria (2016) Babcock University School of Law and Security Studies Socio-legal Journal Vol. 1 Issue 4. Local
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, ‘Traditional Knowledge, Intellectual Properties, Development and Poverty Reduction in Africa’, SSRN, distributed in African Law eJournal Vol 3, Issue 12, January 27, 2016. International
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, ‘Constructing Intellectual Property Policy for Development in Nigeria’ (2014/2015) NIALS Journal of Intellectual Property (NJIP) Vol. 3 No.1 – International
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, ‘Losing Their Status: Traditional Peoples in Africa, Their Intellectual Properties and Laws’ SSRN, distributed in African Law eJournal Vol 2, Issue 102, December 04, 2015. International
  • Ayoyemi Arowolo, ‘Due Diligence and Corporate Governance Ethics in the Public Sector in Nigeria: A Case Study of the Nigerian Copyright Commission’ (2014) Journal of Corporate Governance vol. 16 No. 2 – Local
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, ‘Patent Regimes and African Traditional Medicine Practitioners: Towards a Synergy’ (2013) NIALS Journal of Intellectual Property (NJIP) Vol. 2 No.1 – International
  • Ayoyemi Arowolo, Expanding Trade between Nigeria and the United States: The Role of Intellectual Property in Bilateral Trade’ (2013) Babcock University Law Students Journal Volume 1 Issue 1) – Local
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, ‘Ferodo Limited and Ferodo Nigeria Limited v. Ibeto Industries Limited: A Critical Review’ (2012) NIALS Journal of Intellectual Property (NJIP) Vol. 1 No.2 International
  • Ayoyemi Arowolo, ‘Traditional Knowledge Systems Management: The Struggle between Science and Tradition’ (2011) IUP Journal of Knowledge Management India Volume IX No. 4 International
  • Ayoyemi Arowolo, Copyright Law and the Recognition of Folkloric Creations and Folk Medicine in Nigeria (2011) Vol. 5 Journal of Black and African Arts and Civilization Local
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, Africa’s Traditional Knowledge Systems in Global Trade (July 20, 2019). http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1613383 International
  • Ayoyemi Arowolo, ‘Performer’s Rights under Nigerian Copyright Law: An Appraisal of Rome Convention’ SSRN distributed in Intellectual Property Law eJournal, Archives of 1997-2010 Vol 3, Issue 75, July 15, 2010. international
  • Ayoyemi Arowolo, ‘A Continental Approach to Protecting Traditional Knowledge Systems and Related Resources in Africa’ (2012) Babcock University School of Law and Security Studies Law Journal – Local

 

(iv). Conference/Workshop Presentations

 

  • Ayoyemi Lawal, ‘Cyber law and Cyber Crime: Online Infringement of Copyright Works’ presented at the 1st National Conference on Cybercrime and Cyber Security’, held at, NICON Luxury Hotel Abuja, Nigeria 17 – 20 August 2008
  • Ayoyemi Lawal, ‘Copyright Exploitation: A Discussion of the Film, Television, and New Media Market for Nigerian Product both Inside and Outside Nigeria’, presented at the WIPO National Seminar on Intellectual Property Rights for Professionals in the Film Industry, EKO Hotel Lagos, October 13-14, 2008
  • Ayoyemi Arowolo, ‘International Framework Protecting Broadcasting Organisations’ presented at the Regional Seminar for African Countries on the Adoption of International Treaties for the Protection of Broadcasting Organisations and the Protection of Audio Visual Performances, NICON Luxury Hotel, Area 11, Garki, Abuja Nigeria, October 18 – 20, 2010
  • Ayoyemi Arowolo, ‘The Relationship Between Intellectual Property Regulation, Nigeria’s Socio-Economic Development and International Treaty Obligations’ presented at the Intellectual Property Law Reform Workshop, Henry Fajemirokun Memorial Hall, Commerce House Victoria Island Lagos, March 5, 2012
  • Ayoyemi Arowolo, ‘Constructing IP Policy for Development: Which Model for Nigeria’ (paper presented at the Intellectual Property Capacity Building for Development: The Role of Scholars, Ajomo Auditorium Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies University of Lagos Akoka Lagos 20 November 2012
  • Ayoyemi Arowolo, ‘Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in the Online Environment’ paper presented at Ajomo Auditorium Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies University of Lagos Akoka Lagos 3rd May 2017
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, A Perspective from Nigeria on IPRs and AI: Can Robots have IPRs for Creating or Inventing or Be Sued for an Infringement of IPRs? A paper presented at the 1st International Conference on Law and Digital Technology: Challenges and Prospects held at Babcock University Guest House Ilishan Remo Ogun State, 12 July 2017
  • Ayoyemi Lawal Arowolo, New Trends in E-Commerce, Forum on Contract Law in Nigeria in the Age of Electronic Contract and Electronic Commerce, Babcock University Guest House (BGH), Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State Nigeria. March 2, 2018.
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo and Dorcas Odunaike, Intellectual property in digital banking services: maximizing and safeguarding inherent values in assets, 2nd International Conference on Digital banking, Babcock University Ilisan Remo Ogun State 25-26 July 2019
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, Environmental Justice and the Ecological Crisis in Nigeria: A Rule of Law Approach, Nigeria Bar Association Annual General Conference 2019, Facing the Future August 23-29 2019 Eko Hotel Victoria Island Lagos
  • Adewale Kupoluyi and Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, Politics of Knowledge Systems (the North versus the South): A Dilemma to the Protection of Non-Western Scientific (African) Knowledge Systems, Babcock University International Conference on Law, Science and the Politics of Knowledge (ICLSPK 2019) 28 August 2019 BGH Ilishan Remo Ogun state
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo and Adesoji Adebayo, Law and Traditional Methods of Technology in the Production of Medicine: Providing Options for Healing in Nigeria, International Conference on Law, Science and the Politics of Knowledge (ICLSPK 2019) 28 August 2019 BGH Ilishan Remo Ogun state
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, Historical Background of IP and Administration in Pre and Post-Independence Nigeria, Webinar: The Impact of the Implementation of the Oronsaye Report on Intellectual Property Rights in Nigeria’ Thursday 2nd July, 2020 at 11am.
  • Webinar: Copyright and Entertainment Industries in the New Normal, L&A Talk Series, 4th July 2020, 12 noon – 2pm.
  • Webinar: Music, Music Publishing and Sound Recording: A Paradigm Shit for Afrobeat(s), 15th August, 2020, 12 noon – 2pm.
  • Webinar: Exclusivity in the Media Industry: Decoding NBC Broadcasting Code, 3rd September, 2020, 12 noon – 2pm.
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, Art and Science in Ifa (Yoruba Philosophy): Traditional Versus Modern Intellectual Property Protection, Kent Africa Summit, Redefining the African Identity 10th March, 2021, 3pm-5pm.

 

(v). Forthcoming Publications

 

  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, Copyright Law, Culture and Cultural Properties in Nigeria (2021) Princeton Press.
  • Ayoyemi Lawal-Arowolo, Intellectual Property Law Reform in Nigeria (2021 Routledge.

 

(vi). Works in Progress

  • Intellectual Property Rights and the Erosion of Indigenous Knowledge Industries in Nigeria: A Study of the Textile Industry
  • Intellectual Property Rights and Human Rights Law in Nigerian Context: A Perspective on Protecting Traditional Knowledge Systems

 

K. Conferences Attended

  • ‘AHRB Copyright Conference’ held at Birbeck College, University College London from 28–29 July 2005.”
  • ‘New Directions of Copyright Workshop’ held at Queen Mary University London from 28th to 29th February 2005
  • ‘Critical Legal Conference’ organized by the University of Kent Law School held at the Grimond Building University of Kent Canterbury from 1–4September 2005.
  • ‘Patenting Lives’ Conference held at Clore Management Centre Birkbeck College, University College London from 1–2 December 2005
  • Global Summit on HIV/AIDS, Traditional Medicine and Indigenous Knowledge held in Ghana from 14–18 March 2006, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration Accra, Ghana
  • ‘Law, Policy and Enforcement of Intellectual Property’, Workshop organized by the Commercial Law Development Program and the United States Patent and Trademark Office June 24-26, 2008, Abuja Nigeria
  • ‘HerbFest 2009’, Shehu Musa Yaradua Centre Abuja Nigeria, 24-26 February 2009
  • Workshop on African Indigenous Knowledge (IK) and Intellectual Property Rights: Implication for Nigeria’s Development, University of Ibadan Conference Center, 20–22 April 2009
  • Nigerian Bar Association (Section on Business Law) Conference 14–17 April 2009, Trancorp Hilton Abuja
  • ‘Copyright and Pay Subscription Broadcasting in Nigeria: Rights Acquisition & Infringement’ Workshop held at Planet One Maryland Ikeja Lagos 12–13 May 2009,
  • ‘Symposium for Heads of Intellectual Property Academies’ European Patents Office Munich Germany, 8-10 June 2009
  • International Convention on Cybercrime, Rockview Hotel, Wuse II, Abuja Nigeria, July 30, 2009
  • Nigerian Bar Association 2009 Annual General Conference, Lekki Lagos Nigeria, 17-21 August 2009
  • NCC Anniversary Lecture: Intellectual Property and Development, NICON Luxury Hotel, Abuja September 2009
  • International Workshop on Review of Legal Education in Nigeria, Ladi Kwali Hall, Sheraton Hotel, Abuja Nigeria, November 11-12, 2009
  • National Consultative Meeting on the Proposed WIPO Treaty for the Protection of Audiovisual Performances, NICON Luxury Hotel, Area 11, Garki, Abuja Nigeria, October 16, 2010
  • 2010 Chief G. O. Sodipo Annual Lecture ‘Oil and Gas Industry in Nigeria’ Henry Fajemirokun Memorial Hall, COMMERCE HOUSE Victoria Island Lagos, November 2010
  • Nigerian Association of Law Teachers 44th Annual Conference Rivers State University of Science and Technology Port-Harcourt, 17– 21 July 2011
  • 2011 Chief G. O. Sodipo Annual Lecture ‘Anti-Corruption Compliance in the Market Place’ Henry Fajemirokun Memorial Hall, Commerce House Victoria Island Lagos, December 12, 2011
  • Nigerian Association of Law Teachers 45th Annual Conference, Main Auditorium University of Lagos Akoka Lagos, 17 – 20 July 2012
  • First Creative Commons Roundtable in Kenya, Strathmore University Business School Nairobi Kenya, 8 November 2012
  • 3RD Dubai Intellectual Property Law Congress 2017, January 16-17 2017 Radisson Blu Hotel Dubai Creek Dubai
  • Nigerian Association of Law Teachers 50th Annual Conference, June 2017
  • Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, ICT and Law, Ajomo Auditorium Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies University of Lagos Akoka Lagos 3rd May, 2017
  • Babcock University1st International Conference on Law and Digital Technology: Challenges and Prospects held at Babcock University Guest House Ilishan Remo Ogun State, 12 July 2017
  • University of Kent, Corner House & Global Witness, Tracking Faulty Towers: Strategies and Techniques for Whistleblowing & Tracing Property Purchased from Proceeds of Bribery and Corruption in the UK, Wigoder Law Building, University of Kent Canterbury July 29 2017
  • Nigerian Society of International Law, 40th Annual Conference, International Law in the Season of Change Ajomo Auditorium Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies University of Lagos Akoka Lagos 20-21 October 2017
  • Forum on Contract Law in Nigeria in the Age of Electronic Contract and Electronic Commerce, Babcock University Guest House (BGH), Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State Nigeria. March 2, 2018.
  • Negotiating the boundaries of ‘legitimate healthcare’: regulation, normativities and the social ordering of alternative and traditional healing Kent Law School, University of Kent, Canterbury 8th and 9th November 2018
  • Intellectual Property for Business, Maucher Jenkins, Seminar held at A Taj Hotel, 51 Buckingham Gate London 17 April 2019
  • Protecting Innovation, Mathys & Squire, Seminar held at 80 Wood Lane London Thursday 18 April 2019
  • National Association of Law Teachers Conference University of Ibadan July 1-5 2019
  • Third International Conference for Faith Integration, Faith Integration in the 21st Century the Missing Link, Queen Esther Activity Hall Babcock University Ilisan Remo Ogun State July 8-11 2019
  • Nigeria Bar Association Annual General Conference 2019, Facing the Future August 23-29 2019 Eko Hotel Victoria Island Lagos
  • Babcock University International Conference on Law, Science and the Politics of Knowledge (ICLSPK 2019) 28 August 2019 BGH Ilishan Remo Ogun state.
  • Webinar: The Impact of the Implementation of the Oronsaye Report on Intellectual Property Rights in Nigeria’ Thursday May 14, 2020

 

L. Major Academic-Related Services to the Nation outside the University System

I have interacted with various government agencies dealing with various issues related to indigenous intellectual properties such as the Center for Black African Arts and Civilization (CBBAC), Nigeria Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA), Bio-resources Development and Conservation Program (BDCP) and Nigerian Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD).  Other landmark responsibilities at Nigeria Copyright commission that aligns with the required skills are:

  • Writing the proposal for the – Recognition of Intellectual Property Rights and the Nigeria Copyright Commission at NEPAD African Trade Fair of Indigenous Products and Services.
  • Writing the report of Syndicate Group 1 on WIPO Development and EOWAS IP Agenda at the Nigeria Copyright Management Retreat in Abuja.
  • The Intellectual Property Development Plan (IPDP) for the Country of Nigeria.
  • Preliminary Bilateral Meeting of the Council of Europe and the office of the Attorney General of the Federation – Department of International and Comparative law. The preliminary bilateral meeting was a request by Council of Europe to meet with key institutions and officers of the government of Nigeria critical to the issues of cybercrime and cybersecurity, as part of the process for commencing the accession to the International Convention on Cybercrime negotiations with Nigeria.
  • Coordinator of the Kenya Copyright Board study visit to Nigeria Copyright Commission in collaboration with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

 

M. Extra-Curricular Activities

  • Travelling

 

N. References

  • Professor Adebambo Adewopo (SAN)

Nigeria Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (Supreme Court Abuja)

Chair in Intellectual Property Law

  • Professor Gbenga Oduntan

University of Kent Law School

Canterbury, Kent UK