Bukola Faturoti

As an undergraduate student at the University of Ibadan, Bukola was the first student to graduate with a first class in law at the oldest university in Nigeria. Before switching to legal education, Dr Faturoti holds a BA (Hons) in English Language from Ogun State University (now Olabisi Onabanjo University).  

Dr Faturoti teaches Telecommunications and e-Media Law, Cyberlaw, IP law and other commercial law focused subjects. His research explores the relationship between IP and technology, ADR, International Commercial Arbitration, Cyberlaw, Digital Copyright in emerging economies. His publications include:

• • *Faturoti, Bukola “Re-importing the concept of ‘authorisation’ of copyright infringement to Nigeria from the UK and Australia”, International Review of Law, Computers & Technology, (2017) 31:1, 4-25.
  • *Faturoti, Bukola “Business Identity Theft under the UDRP and the ACPA: Is bad faith always bad for business advertising?” Journal of International Commercial Law and Technology Vo10, No.1 (2015) pp 1- 12″ 
  • *Faturoti Bukola “A Tale of Two Rights: Mediating between P2P Owners and Digital Copyright Holders” published in Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Internet, Law & Politics. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona 3-4 July, 2014. Barcelona: UOC-Huygens Editorial.

Some of his public presentations are:

• • *Bukola Faturoti “Goodbye Bootlegging, Welcome Live Streaming: Nigerian Copyright Act in the Eye of Storm?  Association of Nigerian Research Group, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, February 2019
  • *Faturoti, Bukola “From Compact Disc to Live Streaming: The Nigerian Copyright Act and the Battle Against Piracy” Athens Institute of Education and Research 15th Annual International Conference on Law, Athens, Greece July 2018
  • *Faturoti, Bukola “Beyond Terrestrial Piracy: The Nigerian Copyright Act on Information Superhighway” British and Irish Law Education and Technology Association (BILETA) Conference, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal April 2017