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Justice Ogoroh

Justice Ogoroh

Assistant Professor
DepartmentLaw and Business
EducationLLB, LLM (UK), LLM (US), PhD
OfficeTRS3-100C
Phone416-979-5000, ext. 544808

Overview

Justice Ogoroh is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Law and Business at the Ted Rogers School of Management (TRSM). He joined Toronto Metropolitan University in July 2021.

Justice holds a Ph.D. from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University in Toronto. His interdisciplinary PhD dissertation focused on the challenges of copyright law reform in Canada in the digital landscape. Prior to his PhD studies in Canada, Justice earned an LL.M. in Intellectual Property from the University of New Hampshire School of Law (formerly Franklin Pierce Centre for Intellectual Property), New Hampshire, United States. He also earned an LL.M. from the University of Strathclyde in Scotland, United Kingdom, LL.B. from University of Benin, Nigeria and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2005.

Justice was a resident scholar (summer of 2015 and 2016) at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) in Waterloo, Ontario where he conducted research and worked on his PhD dissertation. Justice had intellectually stimulating interactions with CIGI research fellows to fuel his research.

Before proceeding to the United Kingdom for LL.M. studies, Justice had a brief law practice in Nigeria as an Associate Counsel at A.O. Openiyi & Co.

His interest in business and technology motivated him to take on a role as a Project Manager in Nigeria in Alteq.ICT in 2009 where he worked as part of technical team to manage IT projects worth $24m USD. He was also Team Lead and supervised technical proposal writing for various ICT projects worth $160m USD. Between 2010 and 2013, Justice had experience in international development as Assistant Facilities Manager and Project Officer at UK Department for International Development (DFID) in Abuja, Nigeria. As Project Officer, Justice was part of the Human Development Team where he contributed to the management of health and education intervention projects in Nigeria worth £145m.

Intellectual Property Law, Law and Emerging Technology, Intersection of Law, Business, Technology/Innovation.

Monographs
Copyright Law in Nigeria: What’s the Primary Purpose? (2021) (Blog article contribution to symposium on Nigeria and International Law: Past, Present and the Future) [forthcoming]
Assessing Canada’s Copyright Law in the Digital Context: Digital Locks, Open Licenses and the Limits of Legislative Change (Ph.D., Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, 2019). [unpublished].
Creative Commons: To Make or Mar Copyright Law (Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, 2015) [unpublished].
Advancing Economic Growth in Canada through Strategic IP Protection & Management System (2015) [unpublished].
Examining the Purpose(s) of Enacting the First Copyright Law (2016) CIGI Commentary [unpublished]
How SMEs Can Maximize their Investments in IP through Kansei Engineering (2016) CIGI Commentary [unpublished]
Approach to ICT Legislation: The Jurisprudential Challenge (2011) [unpublished]

 

Conference Presentations
International Intellectual Property Law Association – 2nd Dubai IP Congress, January 18 – 19, 2016, Dubai. Paper Title: SMEs and Intellectual Assets Investments: Overcoming Barriers
 Osgoode Hall Law School Graduate Students’ Conference, Toronto, February 18-19 2016. Paper Title: Creative Commons, To Make or Mar Copyright Law
CIGI ILRP Graduate Students’ Conference, Waterloo, August 15, 2016. Paper Title: A Kansei Engineering Approach to Global IP Governance.
Asper Review Conference of Business and Trade Law, April 29- 30, 2015, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Conference Paper Title – Intellectual Property Rights: Looking beyond Acquisition to Strategic Management for Economic Growth in Canada
Course code Course title
LAW 122 Business Law
LAW 534 Government Regulation of Business
LAW 601 Intellectual Property Law
Awards
CIGI International Law Research Program (ILRP) Scholar 2014 – 2017
Graham Fellowship (Osgoode Hall Law School): 2014 – 2017
Harley D. Harlet Scholarship (Osgoode Hall Law School) 2014 – 2017
UNH Law School, Scholarship, USA – 2013
  • Ph.D., Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, 2019
  • LL.M. (Master of Laws) University of New Hampshire School of Law, United States, 2014
  • LL.M. (Master of Laws) University of Strathclyde, Scotland, UK, 2008
  • LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws) University of Benin, Nigeria, 2003