Prof. Sadulla Karjiker joined the Faculty in 2008.  He is admitted as an attorney in South Africa and as a solicitor in England, and has practised in corporate and commercial law in both jurisdictions.  He also worked for a UK legal publisher on its technology-related projects. 

Prof. Karjiker received his BSc degree in Mathematics in 1991 at the University of Cape Town. He then completed his LLB in 1994 also at the University of Cape Town, followed by an LLM at the University of London in 1997. In 2012, he received an LLD degree for his dissertation entitled “Opensource software and the rationale for copyright protection of computer programs” at Stellenbosch University. His research and teaching interests include intellectual property law, data protection, law and economics, and information technology law. 

Since 2016 he was appointed as a professor and the incumbent of the Anton Mostert Chair in Intellectual Property Law. He is the co-author of the Handbook of South African Copyright Law, the leading text on copyright law in South Africa. He teaches Copyright Law (LLM), Trade Mark Law (LLM), and Intellectual Property Law (LLB). He previously taught the following courses (or parts thereof): Intellectual Property Law (LLM), Information Technology Law (LLM), Internet Law (LLB), Company Law (LLB), and Roman Law (LLB).