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Dr. Theodoros Chíou 
Dr. Theodoros Chíou is a qualified attorney at law before the Supreme Court of Greece and Intellectual Property Law expert, Member of the Athens Bar association since 2008.
He is the founder and managing director of the homonymous law office based in Athens, Greece (Dr. Theodoros Chíou & Partners, Intellectual Property and Internet Law Office - IPRightsGR), specialized in IP law and new technologies. Ηe offers consulting and litigation services that cover the whole range of Intellectual Property Law, Internet Law and new media and technologies law.
Dr. Theodoros Chíou holds a Law degree from the Law School of the University of Athens, a Masters degree (Master 2 Droit de la propriété intellectuelle) and a PhD in Intellectual Property Law, both from the University of Strasbourg-CEIPI. For his PhD thesis "Towards a European Law of IP Exploitation Contracts" he obtained the 2015 prize of the Research Federation “Europe en mutation”, University of Strasbourg/CNRS.
He is a former scholarship holder of the State Scholarships Foundation (IKY), former research fellow (allocataire de recherche) of the University of Strasbourg, a former scholarship holder and guest researcher (Stipendiat) at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition. Among others, he has represented ELSA (European Law Students Association) as a delegator at the World Intellectual Property Organisation and he has worked as external scientific collaborator of the Greek Industrial Property Oragnisation.
He is currently an Law Lecturer in Copyright Law at the University Sorbonne Paris Nord/IdeF and he is the Coordinator and Lecturer of the course "Information Law" within the Master Program titled "Information Management in Libraries, Archives and Museums", Department of Archival, Library and Information Studies, University of West Attica.
He has taught intellectual property law, internet law, data protection law and e-commerce law as adjunct lecturer at the University of Strasbourg. Ηe regularly publishes in Greek and international law journals and he speaks in conferences and seminars related with IP law & digital tehcnologies and innovation law. He is a co-founder of the project Dress and the law and the founder and editor of the law portal www.iprights.gr.
Education and Research:
- Postdoctoral research on "Data as Assets: Private Law Questions", Athens Law School (current), National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Law
- Postdoctoral research on "Artificial Intelligence and Copyright Law", National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Law
- Postdoctoral research on the exploitation of protected musical works in the digital environment, Democritus University of Komotini, School of Law (IKY Scholar)
- Postdoctoral research on open licensing and collective management in the music industry, University of Haifa (HCLT), Israel
- PhD in European Intellectual Property Contract Law (with distinction), CEIPI, University of Strasbourg. Best Thesis Award (Prix de thèse) for 2015 from the Research Federation "Europe en mutation", University of Strasbourg/CNRS.
- Diploma in Comparative Law, International School of Comparative Law, Strasbourg
- Master's degree in Intellectual Property Law, CEIPI, University of Strasbourg
- Degree in Law, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Law
Language skills: Greek, English, French, Spanish
Publications:
I. PhD Thesis
Vers un droit européen des contrats d’exploitation des propriété intellectuelle, University of Strasbourg, 2015
(pp. 877, Available here)
II. Monographs
The new regulation of Public Lending Right of works and other subject matter under Law 2121/1993, SAKKOULA S.A. Publications, 2023
(pp. 204, ISBN: 978-960-648-770-5)
Streaming et droit d'auteur, EDITIONS UNIVERSITAIRES EUROPEENNES, 2010
(pp. 132, ISBN : 978-6131528194)
III. Scientific papers/publications
2023
The dry stone structures as cultural assets - Aspects and prospects of their legal protection by the Cultural Heritage Law (Law 4858/2021) in Ambasada (Cultural Association), Rural monuments of Tinos. Humble buildings, jewels of the landscape, Nefeli Publishing House, 2023, p. 109 ff. [in Greek]
Copyright Law in times of pandemic: Some reflections on the exception of private reproduction of works in libraries, in E. Simeonidou-Kastanidou, K. Kipouridou, M. Milapidou, Th. Trokanas (eds.), COVID-19: MEDICAL, LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES, Nomiki Bibliothiki, 2023, pp. 275 ff. [in Greek]
2022
Copyright Law and Archives: the impact of article 31A of Law 2121/1993 (article 14 of Directive 2019/790) on digitizations of archival material, DITE, 3/2022, p. 311 et seq. [in Greek]
Copyright ownership challenge arising from AI-generated works of art: A time to stand and stare, in I. Stamatoudi (ed.), Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Cultural Heritage, EE, 2022, pp. 250 ff.
The notion of material medium of copyrighted works in the era of NFTs, in Festschrift in Honor of Professor Yanna Karimpali-Tsiptsiou, Vol. II, Sakkoulas AE ed., 2022, pp. 1913 - 1947 [in Greek]
Copyright Law in Pandemic Times. Some reflexions around the application of private copying exception in libraries, EfADPolD, 3/2022, pp. 289-295 [in Greek]
2021
Copyright Law and Artificial Intelligence: In homine veritas?, DITE, 4/2021, p. 550 ff. [in Greek]
COVID-19 and the Libraries: What is left for Private Copying Exception? A Greek Copyright Law approach, JIIM, Vol. 6, No 1 (2021)
Gestion de crise en matière de gestion collective des droits d’auteur en Grèce : Une Odyssée moderne, Revue Francophone de la Propriété Intellectuelle, no 13/2021, pp. 43-54
Copyright law and algorithmic creativity: Monopolizing inspiration? σε Synodinou, T., Jougleux, P., Markou, C., Prastitou-Merdi, T. (Eds.), EU Internet Law in the Digital Single Market, Springer, 2021, pp. 265 ff.
How much "intangible" is finally intangible cultural heritage? Contribution in favor of legal protection of dry-stone built monuments under Law No 3521/2006 and 3028/2002, EfADPolD, /2021, p. 417 ff. [in Greek]
V. Strakantouna & Th. Chiou, “Copyright Law, distance research and teaching and the role of Academic Libraries in times of pandemic”, 2020, available at: https://lekythos.library.ucy.ac.cy/bitstream/handle/10797/26917/26psab011a.pdf?sequence=18&isAllowed=y [in Greek]
2020
Selective Exhaustion? Reflections on European Copyright law in the digital environment in the light of the CJEU decision "Tom Kabinet" (C-263/18), EEEURD, 3/2020, p. 301 et seq. [in Greek]
Artificial Intelligence and Copyright law: who owns the creations of machines? DITE, 2/2020, p. 200 et seq. [in Greek]
Interpretation of Articles 389-409 and 785-805 in: N. Leontis (ed.), Article-by-Article Interpretation of the Civil Code, Nomiki Vivliothiki, 2020, pp. 1075-1142 and 1994-2074 [in Greek]
Copyright, COVID-19 and Libraries: Satisfying information needs in "quarantine"? Available at IPrightsGR
Tax treatment of copyright and related rights, Tax Law Bulletin, Vol. 1665, March 2020, pp. 339-351 [in Greek]
Idea and form in literature: Seeking the limits of copyright law's protection of literary works, in: A. Aimylianidis, P. Voutouri, S. Mitas, M. Pourgouris (eds.), Literature and Law: Aspects of a Complex Relationship, Hippasus, 2020, pp. 13-26 [in Greek]
Copyright lessons on Machine Learning: what impact on algorithmic art?, JIPITEC, 10 (2020), pp. 405
Interpretation of article 14 of Law 4481/2017 [non-commercial licences] in E. Stamatoudi (ed.), Collective Management of Intellectual Property Rights. Article by article interpretation of Law 4481/2017, Nomiki Bibliothiki, 2020, pp. 226-246
2019
The non-creative transformation of a work as plagiarism, (Comment on the decision of Single-Member Court of Athens, no 1428/2019), EEmpD, p. 463 ff. [in Greek]
Independent music repertoire and mandatory collective management of fair remuneration of art. 49 para. 1 Law 2121/1993: a symbiotic relationship, (Comment on the decision of Single-Member Court of Thessaloniki no 5653/2017), DiMEE, 1/2019, p. 95 ff. [in Greek]
2018
Risk-based compliance under the General Data Protection Regulation, HREL, 4/2018, p. 467 ff. [in Greek]
Collective Management and grant of multi-territorial licenes on musical works in the digital environment after the Directive 2014/26/EU and Law No 4481/2017: critical overview and perspectives, DiMEE, 3/2018, p. 303 ff. [in Greek]
Cross-border portability of online music services after the Regulation 1128/2017: challenges and perspectives for the digital exploitation of copyrighted musical works, ChrID, p. 762 ff. [in Greek]
Idea and expression in literature: defining the scope of protection of literary works under copyright law, EfAd, 7/2018, p. 730 ff.[in Greek]
Child stars suing parents for mismanagement of their earnigns from artistic activity: the case of California Child Actor’s Bill in M. Kanellopoulou-Botti (ed.), Child and Information. Questions of history, law, ethics and culture, Ed. Oselotos, 2018, pp. 50-60 [in Greek]
2017
Wearing troubles! When an outfit violates copyright, October 2017, Available at IPrights.GR [in Greek]
Contribution to the construction of actors' related rights contract law (comment on Three-Member Court of Appeal of Athens decision No 761/2016), ChrID, 4/2017, p. 293 ff. [in Greek]
2016
Public performance of "non represented" music reprtoire: Solving the legal riddle (comment on the decision No 4657/2015 of the Single Member First Instance Court of Thessaloniki, DiMEE, 2/2016, p. 247 ff. [in Greek]
Print me a Dress! The third dimension of intellectual property in fashion (3d printing), Αpril 2016, Available at IPrights.gr [In Greek]
Copyright law and website blocking: Proportionality in a digital world, ChrID, 2016, pp. 230-239 [in Greek]
Τrade secrets law as a foundation for the development of an innovation economy: the Proposal for a Directive on on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information [in Greek], DEE, 1/2016, p. 27 ff. [in Greek]
2015
Vers un droit européen des contrats d'exploitation de propriété intellectuelle (PhD Thesis), University of Strasbourg-CEIPI
Contribution to the volume A. Manthos, Copyright law, Diagrams – Comments – Τemplates of legal documents (Ed. P. Koriatopoulou-Aggeli&Ch. Tsiggou), Nomiki Vivliothiki, 2015, with commented templates of judicial documents and contracts from legal practice of copyright law
Collective management and Creative Commons licences in music industry: Peaceful coexistence or overkill [in Greek], DiMEE, 2/2015, p. 186 ff.
Gastronomic innovation: the protection of culinary recipes under copyright law [in Greek], NoV, vol. 63, 2/2015, p. 398 ff.
Lifting the (Dogmatic) Barriers in Intellectual Property Law: fragmentation vs. integration and the practicability of a European Copyright Code, EIPR, 3/2015, p. 138 ff.
2014
The (bad) smell of protection: A never ending story?, ΙΙC, Vol. 45, nov. 2014, pp. 852-854
Music Licensing in the Cloud: The Greek Experience, GRUR Int., 3/2014, p. 228 ff.
The name of an artistic group: Reflexions about an immaterial asset that deserves protection under IP law [in Greek], DiMEE, 1/2014, p. 35 ff.
2013
Towards a horizontal regulation of IP licensing contracts law. Thoughts de lege ferenda arising from the provisions of the new Trademark Act dealing with licensing contracts (Law No 4072/2012) [in Greek], ChrID, nov. 2013, pp. 711-719
Book review: Stavroula Karapapa: Private Copying. Routledge, London and New York, 2012, pp. 240, IIC, Volume 44, Issue 6 (2013), p. 744-746
On royalties and transfers without (monetary) consideration: Looking for the ‘magic formula’ for assessing the validity of remuneration clauses of copyright transfers under French Copyright law, IIC, Vol. 44, Issue 5 (2013), pp. 585-598
2011
The Term ‘Intellectual Property’ and its Integration within the Greek Legal System [in Greek], Dimee, 2/2011, p. 174