Charis Tsigou
Professional experience
She practices law on wide-ranging issues related to intellectual property, trademarks and patents, informatics and personal data protection. She has been the legal counsel of the Greek Open University on intellectual property matters and, in the framework of European Commission technical assistance projects, she has provided related know-how to the governments of Turkey and the Ukraine.
Since 1998 she is a specialist legal counsel of the Greek National Council for Radio and Television (NCRTV) and has been extensively involved in the preparation of proposals, decisions, guidelines and codes of ethics, as well as in the licensing procedures for television and radio stations. She has also participated in law-drafting committees of the NCRTV and the General Secretariats for Information and Communication.
She delivers lectures and seminars on intellectual property law, focusing on new technologies and the Internet. She has a considerable output in legal journals on intellectual property and broadcasting issues, and she is a regular speaker in related conferences. She has authored an annotated legal glossary on Greek intellectual property law, as well as a chapter on digital libraries in a collective work published in the USA.
Studies
- Law Degree (cum laude),
National Kapodistrian University of Athens - Master's Degree (DEA) in Philosophy of Law,
Université de Paris II – Assas (1991) - Μεταπτυχιακός Τίτλος (ΔΕΑ) Δικαίου Πνευματικής & Βιομηχανικής Ιδιοκτησίας,
Pantheon-Assas (1994) - Doctorate (PhD) (summa cum laude) in Intellectual Property Law,
National Kapodistrian University of Athens (2022)
Areas of expertise
- Copyright Law
- Trademarks and Patents Law
- Software Law
- Information Law
- Privacy Law
- Media Law
- Advertising and Communication Law
Publications
- “Off-limits satire: comments on Judgment 2838 of the Conseil d’Etat” (in Greek)”, published in issue 2/2014 of “Media Law” journal (ΔιΜΕΕ)
- “Payment as criterion for the existence of surreptitious advertising” (in Greek), comment of the ECJ Decision C-52/10 published in issue II/2011 of “Public Law Applications” journal (ΕΔΔ)
- “The Audiovisual Works as Digital Library Content: Storage and Exploitation”, Chapter 18, pp. 382 - 412 in “E-Publishing and Digital Libraries: Legal and Organizational Issues”, IGI Global, New York, 2010
- “The Right of Radio and Television Transmission of Sports Events under the Light of the New Directive 2007/65/EU” published in issue 3/2009 of “Media Law” journal (ΔιΜΕΕ)
- “Intellectual Property – Annotated Commentary” (in Greek) (co-author), Legal Library Editions (Νομική Βιβλιοθήκη), Athens 2008
- “Are Rights Reserved?” published in issue 70/2008 of the “Advocate” (Συνήγορος) legal journal
- “The Originality of a TV Script and the Issue of Similarity” published in issue 7/2008 of “Media Law” journal (ΔιΜΕΕ)
- “Interview and Violation of Intellectual Property Rights – a Burning Question” published in issue 4/2007 of “Media Law” journal (ΔιΜΕΕ)
- “Time Limits on the Transmission of Commercials During Movies” published in issue 4/2007 of “Media Law” journal (ΔιΜΕΕ)
- “Time Limits on the Transmission of Commercials During a Television Show” published in issue 4/2007 of “Media Law” journal (ΔιΜΕΕ)
- “The Function of the Quality Criterion in the Monitoring of Radio and Television Broadcasts” published in issue 1/2007 of “Media Law” journal (ΔιΜΕΕ)
- “Amendment of the Intellectual Property Law: Law 3524/2007 and the European Directives” published in issue 59/2007 of the “Advocate” (Συνήγορος) legal journal
- Comment on Judgment 5845/2005 of the Athens Single-Member Court of First Instance (photomontage, attack on the personality of celebrities, libel), published in issue 3/2006 of “Media Law” journal (ΔιΜΕΕ)
- Comment on Judgment 3117/2005 of the Piraeus Single-Member Court of First Instance (hidden camera, television satire and protection of personality), published in issue 2/2006 of “Media Law” journal (ΔιΜΕΕ)
- “The use of audiotext services in television competitions” published in issue 2/2005 of “Media Law” journal (ΔιΜΕΕ)
- Comment on Judgment 2122/2004 of the Athens Single-Member Court of First Instance (use of a photograph as a trademark and its dissemination through the Internet), published in issue 1/2005 of “Media Law” journal (ΔιΜΕΕ)
- «L’oeuvre de M. Villey du point de vue de la doctrine hellénique», contribution in M. Villey et le droit naturel en question, Collection Logiques Juridiques, éditions L’ Harmattan, Paris 1994
- «Temporary incarceration» published in “Journal of Greek Jurists” (ΕΕΝ), January 1991