Mohammad Ataul Karim

Mohammad Ataul Karim is a full-time DPhil in Law Researcher and a member of Keble College.

His DPhil project focuses on transparency in intellectual property (IP) by drawing on case studies from different areas, including artificial intelligence (AI). It advocates for and proposes a transparency framework that promotes an efficient and balanced intellectual property (IP) system, thereby advancing innovation and the public interest.

He was a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) for intellectual property (2023-25) at the Faculty of Law, Oxford, and a Tutor for the LLM in IP and Competition Law program (2021-24) at the Munich Intellectual Property Law Centre(MIPLC). He taught tutorials for Law and Technology at Exeter College (2025-26) (for exchange students of William College, USA). He also taught tutorials (as a GTA) for the Law and Technology course for the FHS option and MJur at the Faculty of Law, Oxford. He will be continuing this role for the academic year 2026-27. 

Ataul worked as a Consultant at academic institutions and the Executive Program of the WIPO Academy, Geneva, Switzerland. He specifically assisted in IP Teaching in the Asia and Pacific Region and supported WIPO's joint master’s programs in the region. During his tenure, he was a member of the organising team for the WIPO-WTO Colloquium for IP Teachers (2022 edition) and an editor of the WIPO-WTO Colloquium papers, Volume 12 (2021).   

Ataul also worked as an IPR Policy Researcher (2021-22) at Ericsson in Munich, focusing on the value of SEP-protected connectivity standards, FRAND rates, and licensing levels in the automotive sector from an IP and competition law perspective. 

He also taught law in Bangladeshi universities. He holds an LLB (Honours) and an LLM degree from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, as well as an LLM in Intellectual Property Law from the WIPO Academy and the Faculty of Law at Ankara University. Later, he pursued an LLM in IP and Competition Law at the Munich Intellectual Property Law Centre, Germany, where he was a DAAD Scholar (the German Academic Exchange Service) and a GRUR Scholar (the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property) for the 2020-21 academic year. 

Ataul remains committed to giving back to the people and society. He is happy to provide mentorship to students, particularly those from humble backgrounds and from underrepresented communities, who aspire to be change-makers.