Teaching & Supervision

The Faculty of Law offers Intellectual Property Law courses at  both undergraduate and postgraduate level. It also has a cohort of research students completing Masters and Doctoral theses. LLB students also have the option of completing an independent research paper in Intellectual Property Law. 

Completed Postgraduate research 

The following dissertations and theses have been completed under Prof Ncube's supervision or co-supervision. Where available, a download link from OpenUCT is provided.

2020

• Mwaura, Caroline ‘Examining the role of intellectual property law in Kenya’s oil and gas sector‘ PhD
• Ernstzen, Cedrine Regulating a pseudonym: Namibia’s regulatory response to cross-border Cryptocurrency transactions’ LLM

2019

• Swales, Lee JE ‘An analysis of the regulatory environment governing electronic evidence in South Africa: suggestions for reform‘ PhD
• Oriakhogba, Desmond O ‘Strengthening the regulation regimes for collecting societies in South Africa and Nigeria: any room for competition law?‘ PhD

2018

• Okorie, Chijioke I ‘Open and freemium music business models in Africa – Copyright and competition consequences‘ PhD

• Gumbi, Dumisani ‘Understanding the threat of cybercrime: A comparative study of cybercrime and the ICT legislative frameworks of South Africa, Kenya, India, the United States and the United Kingdom’ LLM

2017

• Kritzinger, Julian P ‘Commercial arbitration in cyberspace: the legal and technical requirements towards a more effective Lex Electronica Arbitralis‘ PhD

2016

• Mupangavanhu, Brighton M ‘Standards of care, skill, diligence, and the business judgment rule in view of South Africa’s Companies Act 71 of 2008: future implications for corporate governance‘ PhD
• Maree-Moens, Johani ‘Trade mark use on the Internet by non-proprietors: a comparative study of meta tags and keyword advertising’ LLM
• Titmas, Byron ‘Regulating Bitcoin in South Africa: a comparative study’ LLM
• Ndungu, Martha Wanjiru ‘Employee rights over inventions and innovations in employment in Kenya‘ LLM

2015

• Mombeyarara, Pamela ‘Is the Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill the answer to the problems of regulation and prosecution of cybercrime in South Africa?’ LLM
• Mwangi, Perpetua Njeri ‘Intellectual property rights protection of publicly financed research and development outcomes: lessons Kenya can learn from the United States of America and South Africa‘ LLM
• Musiza, Charlene Tsitsi ‘Does the growth of ICT in Zimbabwe present an opportunity for effective use of intellectual property rights?‘ LLM

2014

• Eisenring, Martin A A ‘Interface between copyright protection and licensing of computer programs – a comparative analysis of South African and Swiss law including cross-border aspects‘ LLM
• Solanke, Oluwatosin Modupe ‘Proposed amendments for consideration in the review of the copyright and trademarks protection for the digital environment in Nigeria‘  LLM

• Mdluli, Buyile Doris ‘Online Consumer Protection: an analysis of the nature and extent of online consumer protection by South African legislation‘ LLM

• Zomba, Lincoln Benn ‘Computer related crimes: a comparative analysis of Tanzanian and South African frameworks‘ PG Diploma

2013

• Dzvimbo, Ratidzo Sharlene ‘Should the Zimbabwean Companies Act move away from judicial management and adopt business rescue?‘ LLM
• Kiai, Eddah Wanjiku ‘Redefining Trade Marks: Evolution of Trade Mark Subject Matter’ LLM
• Sithole, Siphokazi ‘Public Funded Research and Development: An International And South African Perspective and the Classification of the Recipients of Public Funds’ LLM
• Townsend, Beverley Alice ‘E-health, social media and the law in South Africa can ethical concerns in e-health practice be addressed through regulation?‘ LLM

2012

• Botha, Ruan Werner ‘The patentability of mobile applications in Africa: an evaluation of Kenyan and South African jurisdictions’ LLM
• Bradstreet, Richard S ‘Defining the Limits of Business Method Patent Eligibility in the United States: “When All Else Fails, Consult the Statute’ PG Diploma
• Motsi, Dorcas Gracious ‘Towards a corporate governance regime: An analysis of the remuneration packages of CEOs of Zimbabwean parastatal bodies’ LLM
• Papaya, Rezen ‘Business Rescue: Private equity as an avenue for post-commencement financing and business rescue practitioners’ LLM
• Rohlfing, Stephanie ‘Legal Aspects of “Used Software” In Germany’ LLM

2011

• Maziwisa, Michelle Rufaro ‘A case for the establishment of a legal framework within the Zimbabwean mining sector to effectively regulate the corporate and social responsibilities of multinational social responsibilities of multinational corporations‘ LLM

2010

• Hendricks, Ebrahiem ‘Towards Good Corporate Governance in South Africa: Private Enforcement versus Public Enforcement‘ LLM

2008

•  Matshe, Chipo  ‘The case for the chinese wall defence to insider trading in South African law’ LLM, 2008
• Malama, Thomas ‘Independence of the Telecommunications Regulator – A Comparison Of South Africa, Zambia And Uganda’ LLM