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Dr. Justin Koo

 Dr. Justin Koo

LLB LLM PHD

 

Dr. Justin Koo is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies, St Augustine. Prior to joining The UWI, Justin was a Visiting Lecturer at King’s College London and a Teaching Fellow at University College London (UCL). Justin obtained his LLB from the University of Kent in 2011. He then completed his LLM in Intellectual Property Law at King’s College London in 2012. Following this, he completed his PhD at King’s College London in 2016. The thesis comprised the title: ‘The proper scope of the communication to the public right in EU copyright law’. Subsequent to his thesis, Justin composed the book The Right of Communication to the Public in EU Copyright Law, published by Hart Publishing in May 2019, which was subsequently cited by the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Advocate General’s Opinion on Joined Cases C-682/18 and C-683/18 Frank Peterson v Google LLC and others and Elsevier Inc v Cyando AG. This book has also been cited in the sixth edition of leading intellectual property law textbook Intellectual Property Law by Bently, Sherman, Gangjee and Johnson. Justin is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy of the UK, a member of Association Littéraire et Artistique Internationale (ALAI) and the Society for Legal Scholars (SLS), a trainer with the National Intellectual Property Training Centre (Trinidad and Tobago) and a football referee with the Trinidad and Tobago Football Referees Association (North Zone).

SSRN Account – https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2193006

My ORCID – https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2018-9889 

Justin.Koo@uwi.edu 
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Degrees:

  • Ph.D. King’s College Longon
  • LL.M. King’s College Longon
  • LL.B. Bachelor of Laws (Hons.) – University of Kent

Teaching Interests:

  • Intellectual Property Law
  • Copyright Law
  • Trade Mark Law
  • Entertainment Law
  • Sports Law
  • Legal Methods
  • Legal Writing

 

Research interests

  • Copyright Law
  • Trade Mark Law
  • Intellectual Property
  • Law
  • Technology

 

PhD Supervision Interests:

  • Copyright Law
  • Trade Mark Law

Books:

1. J Koo, ‘Trinidad and Tobago’ in H Vanhees (ed), International Encyclopaedia of Laws: Intellectual Property (Wolters Kluwer 2021) {142 pages} [First comprehensive review of the intellectual property laws of Trinidad and Tobago; Sold as stand-alone book forming part of the encyclopaedia series]

2. J Koo, The Right of Communication to the Public in EU Copyright Law (Hart Publishing 2019) {278 pages} [33 citationsincluding references in an Advocate General’s Opinion by the Court of Justice of the European Union and in the leading intellectual property law textbook by Bently and Sherman; 3/3 positive book reviews; nominated for IPKat copyright book of the year 2019]

3. J Haynes and J Koo (eds) Intellectual Property Law and Sports (Edward Elgar Publishing 2026) [forthcoming]

 

Book Chapters:

1. J Koo, ‘Copyright, Moral Rights and Marijuana’ in N Corthésy, E Bonadio and Y Williams (eds), Intellectual Property and Cannabis (Edward Elgar Publishing 2025) 81-95; and add J Koo, ‘Copyright x Sports – The Business of Broadcasting’ in J Haynes and J Koo (eds) Intellectual Property Law and Sports (Edward Elgar Publishing 2026) [forthcoming]

2. J Koo, ‘The EU Right of Communication to the Public – Still Looking for a Good Link’ in E Rosati (ed), Handbook of European Copyright Law (Routledge 2021) 173-192 

3. J Koo, ‘Enforcing the EU Communication to the Public Right in Cases of Ubiquitous Infringement’ in P Torremans (ed), Research Handbook on Copyright (Edward Elgar Publishing 2017) 178-199 {3 citations}

6Articles (peer reviewed):

1. J Koo, ‘FIFA Referee Liability – A Clear and Obvious Error?’ (2025) 11 Journal of Law, Governance and Society [forthcoming];

2. J Koo, ‘The EU Right of Communication to the Public: The New Frontier’ (2025) 2 Intellectual Property Quarterly 67-93

3. J Koo, ‘The EU Right of Communication to the Public: From Liability to Responsibility’ (2024) 55(8) International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law (2.0 Scopus CiteScore; 1.0 Clarivate Journal Impact Factor)

4. J Koo and J Williams, ‘Adding Flavour to the Trade Mark Law of Trinidad and Tobago’ (2024) 2 UWI St Augustine Law Journal 18-24

5. J Koo, ‘Forging a Coherent Copyright Jurisprudence in Trinidad and Tobago’ (2022) 25(3) Journal of World Intellectual Property 652-674 (1.3 Scopus CiteScore; 0.5 Clarivate Journal Impact Factor)

6. J Koo, ‘A Justificatory Pluralist Toolbox: Constructing a Modern Approach to Justifying Copyright Law’ (2020) 42(8) European Intellectual Property Review 469-483 (A rating, ABDC Journal Quality List)

7. J Koo, ‘The Influence of Football on the Development of the Communication to the Public Right’ (2019) 41(9) European Intellectual Property Review 571-577 {3 citations} (A rating, ABDC Journal Quality List)

8. J Koo, ‘Full Blown Entertainment: A missed opportunity for advancing the copyright law of developing countries with hybrid copyright systems’ (2018) 13(10) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 782-794 {2 citations} (0.5 Scopus CiteScore; 0.5 Clarivate Journal Impact Factor)

9. J Koo, ‘Away we Ziggo: the latest chapter in the EU communication to the public story’ (2018) 13(7) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 542-551 {15 citations} (0.5 Scopus CiteScore; 0.5 Clarivate Journal Impact Factor)

10. J Koo, ‘Walking forward with backward facing feet: the CJEU decision in Reha Training and the development of the communication to the public right’ (2016) 11(10) Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 732-734 {6 citations} (0.5 Scopus CiteScore; 0.5 Clarivate Journal Impact Factor)

Articles (editor reviewed):

1. J Koo, ‘Non-Liability of Football Referees’ (2024) 15(1) Sports Law and Taxation 22-26

2. J Koo, ‘Copyright and esports’ (2021) 12(4) Sports Law and Taxation 26-29

3. J Koo, ‘Saving Trinidad and Tobago Domestic Football – An Intellectual Property Based Proposal Part Two’ (2021) 12(1) Sports Law & Taxation 29-32

4. J Koo, ‘Saving Trinidad and Tobago Domestic Football – An Intellectual Property Based Proposal Part One’ (2020) 11(4) Sports Law & Taxation 38-41

5. J Koo, ‘The value of the right of communication to the public for the sporting industry in the Commonwealth Caribbean’ (2019) 10(2) Global Sports Law & Taxation Reports 55-59

Encyclopaedia Entries (editor reviewed):

1. J Koo, ‘Fair Dealing’ in P Torremans, I Stamatoudi, PK Yu and BJ Jutte (eds) Elgar Encyclopaedia of Intellectual Property Law (Edward Elgar Publishing 2024)

2. J Koo, ‘Disc Jockey Exception’ in P Torremans, I Stamatoudi, PK Yu and BJ Jutte (eds) Elgar Encyclopaedia of Intellectual Property Law (Edward Elgar Publishing 2024)

3. J Koo, ‘Incidental Inclusion’ in P Torremans, I Stamatoudi, PK Yu and BJ Jutte (eds) Elgar Encyclopaedia of Intellectual Property Law (Edward Elgar Publishing 2024)

4. J Koo, ‘Educational Use (Common Law Approach)’ in P Torremans, I Stamatoudi, PK Yu and BJ Jutte (eds) Elgar Encyclopaedia of Intellectual Property Law (Edward Elgar Publishing 2024)

Technical Reports:

1. J Koo, ‘Review of the Copyright Act of Saint Lucia’ (WIPO 2022)

2. J Koo, ‘Review of the Copyright Act of Saint Christopher and Nevis’ (WIPO 2022)

3. J Koo, ‘Providing an assessment of the legal and regulatory frameworks related to collective management across the Caribbean region’ (WIPO 2020) {282 pages}

4. J Koo, ‘Freedom of the Press: Commonwealth Caribbean’ (Freedom House 2016) [unpublished] {72 pages}

Legislative Drafting:

1. ‘Revised Copyright Act for Saint Christopher and Nevis’ (2023)

2. ‘Regional legal instrument in the field of collective management for the English-speaking Caribbean countries’ (2023)

3. ‘Copyright Act for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’ (2024)

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