ELENI-TATIANI SYNODINOU

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PROFESSOR

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Department of Law

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FEB 02 - Faculty of Economics and Management, 019

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Professor of Private and Commercial Law (since 2021).

Vice Rector for Academic Affairs at the University of Cyprus (since November 2022).

She is academic coordinator of the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence DIGIU - Digital Platforms: Under the Scope of the New Era in Digital Services.ean Monnet Center of Excellence DIGIU - Digital Platforms: Under the Scope of the New Era in Digital Services. (2023-2026)

She is founding member and President of the Union of Copyright Law of Cyprus (EDPI), that is the Cypriot affiliate of International Literary and Artistic Association (ALAI).

She is member of the European Copyright Society (ECS).

She is member of the Research Center Cerdi (Centre d’Études et de Recherche en Droit de l’Immatériel) of the University Paris- Saclay.

Shes is member of the Board of Directors of the Research and Innovation Foundation (IDEK).

She is member of the Council of the Cyprus School for Judicial Training .

She is a case law reporter for “Kluwer Law International” to the legal database «Kluwer EU IP Cases» and a contributor to Kluwer Copyright Blog.

She is the academic advisor of the Association of Law students of the University of Cyprus (Group of Legal Education UCY). She is the Founder and Chief academic editor of the student Law Journal, “Nomomachia” of the Association of Law Students of the UCY (published twice a yerar both ih print and electronic form by Sakkoulas Publications, Greece)

Since 2016 she is the Organiser and Academic Supervisor of the international summer school in “EU Commercial Law” (for the students of the e Haim Striks School of Law from Israel).

Tatiana Synodinοu obtained her law degree from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She completed her postgraduate studies at the University Aix-Marseille III and her doctoral and postdoctoral studies at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki receiving fellowships from the Greek Scholarship Foundation and by the Committee of Research of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Prior to her appointment as Assistant Professor at the University of Cyprus, Tatiana Synodinou worked as scientific collaborator with teaching duties at the Faculty of Law of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2001-2004) and as a full tiime Visiting lecturer the Interdisciplinary postgraduate program of “Informatics and Management” of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She also worked as a full-time Visiting Lecturer at the Department of Mass Media of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the Department of Accounting and Finance of the University of Macedonia, as a short- time Visiting Lecturer at the postgraduate program “Μ2 Recherche Droit de Propriete Intellectuelle” of the University of Nantes and as a scientific collaborator to the Centre of International and European Economic Law.

She has been a member of the Bar Office of Thessaloniki since 2000. She has worked as a short time expert to EU twinning projects and was a member of the e-business Advisory Board for the study “Intellectual Property for ICT producing SMEs” in the context of the the 'Sectoral e-Business Watch' 2007-2008. She has also been a National expert for many projects and EU studies, such as the Public Domain Calculator project, Europeana Connect (www.outofcopyright.eu), Study on sport's organizer rights in the EU, Asser Institute-IVIR 2014, etc.), Researcher/expert for the EU Project: « Center of excellence for the cybercrime », Centre of excellence for the cybercrime (Greece), Study on “Legal regulations of Cyber-attacks”, (2013-2015),National expert for Cyprus and Greece for the project “Assessment of the impact of the European copyright framework on digitally-supported education and training practices” (Public Policy and Management Institute, DG Education and Culture) (2014-2015), National Expert for Cyprus for the EU Observatory on Infringement of IP rights: FAQ consumer copyright, National Expert for Cyprus for the Blocking filtering and take down of Internet Content Comparative Study (Swiss Institute for Comparative Law, for the Council of Europe, 2016), National Reporter for Cyprus and Greece for the project “FutureTDM : Reducing Barriers and Increasing Uptake of Text and Data Mining for Research Environment” (Institute for Information Law (IViR), 2016), , National expert for Cyprus and Greece for the tudy on Framework of best practices to tackle child sexual abuse online, (ICF 2019). She awas member of International Advisory Board of the University College Dublin (UCD) Centre for Common Law in Europe Centre for Common Law in Europe

She was the Project manager/Principal researcher at the UCY funded Project “Pluralism or Universalism in International Copyright Law” (2017-2019). She was Project manager/Scientific Coordinator for UCY for the EU funded project ‘PROBLEM BASED TRAINING ON THE DATA PROTECTION REFORM PACKAGE IN GR AND CY — TRAIN-GR-CY’ (2018-2019). She was the project manager for the EU funded project Train in your language: multilingual transnational training in EU civil and commercial law- (TraiL), Justice Action Grant-2019.

In 2016 she was the author of the study “EU portability Regulation, In depth analysis of the proposal” for the JURI Committee of the European Parliament.

She was the Chair of the Legal Lead for the translation/implementation of the creative commons 4.0 licenses in Greek (for Cyprus and Greece). (2015-2019)

She was Chair of the Ethics Committee of the Mandola EU project (Monitoring and Detecting On line Hate speech, http://mandola-project.eu/, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH) (Greece), 2015-2018). She was Chair of the Ethics Committee of the EU funded project REIS, Chair of the Ethics Committee of the EU funded project REACT (REactively Defending against Advanced Cybersecurity Threats (ReAct) and Member of the Ethics Committee of the EU funded project MEDEA (Mediterranean practitioners‟ network & capacity building for effective response to emerging security challenges).

She has participated as a speaker to numerous conferences-study days-seminars. She has organised many national and international conferences and study days : Organiser of the international conference “Towards a European Copyright Code?” ( April 14-15, 2011, University of Cyprus), Co-organiser of the international conference REDA 2015 -Regulation and Enforcement in the Internet Era, (Nicosia, 5-6 November 2015), Co-organiser of the International Conference” Regulation and Enforcement in the Digital Age 2017” (Nicosia, November 16-17, 2017), Organiser of the International Conference “Pluralism or Universalism in International Copyright Law” (University of Cyprus, 31 May -1^st June 2018), Co-organiser and Chair of the Scientific Committee of the International Conference” Regulation and Enforcement in the Digital Age 2019” (Nicosia, 21 and 22 2019), Coorganiser of the International Conference Rethinking Copyright Flexibilites (with Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna -Pisa, (Nicosia, 31 October/1 November 2022), coorganiser of the International conference REDA-Regulation and Enforcement in the Digital Age 2025 (Nicosia, 26/27 May 2025), etc.

Copyright law
Intellectual property law.
Internet Law
Property law/Land Law.
Media Law.
Commercial Law with emphasis on competition law and company law.

Books

T. Synodinou,C. Sganga (eds), Flexibilities in Copyright Law, Routledge (forthcoming in 2026
T. Synodinou, Ph. Jougleux, Chr. Markou, Th. Prastitou (eds), EU digital law in the AI Era, Springer, 2025
Τ. Synodinou, Ph. Jougleux, Κ. Kolotourou, Copyright and Freedom of Expression/Πνευματική Ιδιοκτησία και Ελευθερία της Εκφρασης, ebook, 2023 (ΚΕΟΔ,Jean Monnet -Intellectual Property Protection in the EU: Contemporary Challenges and Prospects/IPEUs) (in Greek)
T. Synodinou (ed.), Pluralism or Universalism in International Copyright Law, 2^nd edition, Kluwer Law International , 2025.T. Synodinou, Ph. Jougleux, Chr. Markou, Th. Prastitou, EU Internet Law in the Digital Single Market, Springer, 2021.
T. Synodinou, "Property and Trust Law in Cyprus”, International encyclopaedia of laws, Kluwer Law International, 2020.
T. Synodinou (ed.), Pluralism or Universalism in International Copyright Law, Kluwer Law International, 2019, 698p.
T. Synodinou, Ph. Jougleux, Chr. Markou, Th. Prastitou, EU Internet Law in the Digital Era, Springer, 2019, 392p.
T. Synodinou, Ph. Jougleux, Chr. Markou, Th, Prastitou (eds.), "EU Internet Law: Regulation and Enforcement", Springer 2017, 433p.
T. Synodinou, Ph. Jougleux, S. Aktypis (eds.), "Freedom of expression of journalists and carricaturists", Sakkoulas Publications, Athens -Thessaloniki, Greece, 2016, 224p.
T. Synodinou (ed.),“Cypriot Private law, Analysis by law and article”, 1576 pages, Sakkoulas Publications, 2014, Athens-Thessaloniki, Greece (in Greek). The book includes chapters about contract law, tort law, real property law, sales of goods, labor law, family law, inheritance law, company law, insolvency law, maritime law, consumer law and competition law.
T. Synodinou, Cyprus land law, Sakkoulas Publications, 2012, Athens-Thessaloniki, Greece, 212p (in Greek).
T. Synodinou/Ph. Jougleux, Academic copyright in Cyprus and in France, Nicosia 2010 (co-publication with Ph. Jougleux, 187p. in Greek and French).
T. Synodinou, Copyright law and new technologies: the relationship between the author and the user, Sakkoulas Publications, 2008, Athens-Thessaloniki, Greece (in Greek, 362 p.),
T. Synodinou, The legal protection of image: copyright, trademark, media law, Sakkoulas Publications, 2007, Athens-Thessaloniki, Greece (370p., in Greek).

T. Synodinou,The legal protection of databases, Sakkoulas Publications, 2004, Athens-Thessaloniki, Greece (517 p. , in Greek).
T. Synodinou (ed.),“Codification of European Copyright, Challenges and perspectives", 2012, 395p., the Hague, Kluwer Law International, 2012 (395p).
Iglezakis/Synodinou, Kapidakis (ed.),E-Publishing and Digital Libraries: Legal and Organizational Issues,, IGI Global, Hershey – New York, 2011 (528p).

Articles/Chapters in books

2025

Articles

T. Synodinou, Access Restrictions in European Copyright Law, PINCODE, Legitech, vo.l 24-25, 4/2025.

Chapters in books

Τ. Synodinou, The EU concept of “work” and non-conventional subject matter in: Enrico Bonadio, Caterina Sganga (eds.), A Research Agenda for EU Copyright Law", Edward Elgar, 2025.

T. Synodinou, Access restrictions in a dematerialized world: an EU copyright law perspective in:Charlotte Vrendenbarg, Peter Teunissen and Roma Leuyerink (Ed.), Gedenkschrift for Antoon Quaedvlieg, delex 2025.

2024

Articles

T. Synodinou, Time and Access to Copyright-Protected Works in the Digital Age. Editorial, IIC 55, 857–863 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40319-024-01493-

Chapter in books

T. Synodinou, Digital transformations and the moral right of the author, in : Thouvenin, Florent (Hg.)Kreation Innovation Märkte - Creation Innovation Markets - Festschrift Reto M. Hilty Springer, Berlin; Heidelberg 2024.

T. Synodinou, EU Directive on Rental Right and Lending Right and on Certain Rights Related to Copyright in the Field of Intellectual Property (Directive 2006/115), EU Directive on the Legal Protection of Computer Programs (Directive 2009/24), , EU Directive on the Term of Protection of Copyright and Certain Related Rights (Directive 2006/116 in: Paul Torremans , Irini Stamatoudi , Peter K. Yu, and Bernd Justin Jütte (eds(, Elgar Encyclopedia of Intellectual Property Law, 2024.

2023

Chapters in books

Τ. Synodinou, Moral rights in cases involving multiple ownership, in: Y. Gendreau (ed.) Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Moral Rights (Cheltenham, UK/ Northampton, MA, Edward Elgar, 2023.

2022

Articles

T. Synodinou, “Sports events organisers' neighbouring right: making sport of copyright law?”, (2022), EIP

T. Synodinou, “Parody as a form of freedom of expresión in European Copyright Law: evolutions and perspectives”, (2022)

Chapters in books

Τ. Synodinou, EU Copyright law, an ancient history, a contemporary challenge. In Andrej Savin and Jan Trzaskowski, (Ed.), Research Handbook on EU Internet Law, 2nd edition (pp. 34p.). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

T. Synodinou, “Commentary of the Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society”,. In A. Lodder, A. Murray (Ed.), EU Regulation of E-Commerce, A Commentary, 2nd edition (pp. 35). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

2020

Articles

T. Synodinou, “Reflections on the CJEU’s Judgment in the Spiegel Online case”, (2020), 42 EIPR, issue, 2. p. 130-135.
T. Synodinou, "Geoblocking in EU copyright law: challenges and perspectives”, GRUR International,2/2020.

Chapers in books

T. Synodinou, “Database producer protection: between rights and liabilities”, in: T. Aplin, Research Handbook on IP and Digital Technologies, Edward Elgar, 2020.
T. Synodinou, a) Personal data protection and the IP address legal status b) The role of Internet service providers in cybercrime prevention, c) Cybercrime as a tool of commiting other offences, in: Iglezakis (ed.), Legal Regulation of Cyber Attacks, Kluwer Law International, 2020 (second edition).

2019

Articles

T. Synodinou Chronique de droit d’auteur chypriote, Revue Internationale du droit d’auteur, RIDA no 261, 07-2019.
T. Synodinou, “Lawfulness for users in European Copyright Law: acquis and perspectives”, JIPITEC 10 (1) 2019.
T. Synodinou, Recent evolutions in digital European copyright law, Revue internationale de la Propriété intellectuelle et du droit du Numérique – PIN COD, no 1.
T. Synodinou, “The Renckhoff case: 6 degrees of separation from the lawful user”, ERA fórum, Journal of the Academy of European Law, vol. 20, issue 21, 2019, p. 21-33.

Chapers in books

T. Synodinou, “The concept of authorship in international copyright law”, in: T. Synodinou (ed.), Pluralism or Universalism in International Copyright Law, Kluwer Law International 2019, p. 563-583.
T. Synodinou, “Who is a lawful user in European copyright law? From a variable geometry to a taxonomy of lawful use”, in: T. Synodinou, Ph. Jougleux, Chr. Markou, Th, Prastitou (eds.), EU Internet Law in the Digital Era", Springer, 2019, p. 27-61.

2018

Articles

T. Synodinou, “The protection of privacy in new technologies in Cypriot private law”, Chronicles of Private Law, October 2018 (in Greek).

Chapers in books

T. Synodinou, “The liability of intermediaries for online copyright infringement in the EU: new evolutions” in: T. Pistorius, Intellectual Property Perspectives on the Regulation of New Technologies, Edward Elgar, 2018.

2017

Articles

T. Synodinou, Decoding the Kodi box : To Link or not to Link?, Opinion, EIPR issue 12 (2017).

Chapers in books

T. Synodinou, The portability of copyright-protected works in the EU”, in: T. Synodinou, Ph. Jougleux, Chr. Markou, Th. Prastitou, EU Internet Law, Regulation and Enforcement, Springer, 2017.
T. Synodinou, Commentary of the Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society, in: A. Lodder, A. Murray, EU Regulation of E-Commerce, A Commentary, Edward Elgar, 2017.
T. Synodinou, Ph. Jougleux, “The legal framework of Internet service providers in Cyprus”, in: G. Dinwoodie, Secondary liability of service providers, Springer, 2017, p. 125-140.

2016

Articles

T. Synodinou, Databases and screen scraping: lawful user's rights and contractual restrictions do not fly together, EIPR April 2016.

Chapters in books

T. Synodinou/Ph. Jougleux, The Cypriot law of contract applied to free software and creative commons: A Work in Progress, p. 129, in : A. Metzger, Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) adn Other Alternative License Model: A Comparative Analysis, Springer 2016.
T. Synodinou, a) Personal data protection and the IP address legal status b) The role of Internet service providers in cybercrime prevention, c) Cybercrime as a tool of commiting other offences, in: Iglezakis (ed.), Legal Regulation of Cyber Attacks, Kluwer Law International 2016.
T. Synodinou, "The land registry in Cyprus: between formalism and realism", in: A. Wudarski (ed.), Grundbuchfunktionen im europäischen Rechtsvergleich"(Functions of land registers in European Comparative Law Perspective), Das Grundbuch im Europa des 21. Jahrhunderts, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, 2016.
T. Synodinou, Parody in EU copyright law, in: T. Synodinou, Ph. Jougleux, S. Aktypis (eds.), "Freedom of expression of journalists and carricaturists", Sakkoulas Publications, Athens -Thessaloniki, Greece, 2016, 224p. (in Greek)

2015

Articles

T. Synodinou, “Internet service providers’ liability: new evolutions”, Computer Law and Security Review, February 2015.
T. Synodinou, « Réflexions autour de la récente et féconde œuvre jurisprudentielle européenne en droit d’auteur», Propriétés Intellectuelles, Avril 2015, p. 149.
Liberté d'expression, parodie et propriété littéraire et artistique, Réflexions à propos de l'arret Deckmyn, Revue francophone de la propriété intellectuelle, (1) 2015.

Chapters in books

T. Synodinou/V. Argyropoulou/A. Christoforou, “Company law and succession in the Cypriot legal system”, στο συλλογικό έργο: S., Kalss, Company Law and Succession, Springer 2015.

2014

Articles

T. Synodinou, “Databases and meta search engines: what new and what next?”, EIPR, vol. 12, November 2014.
T. Synodinou, “Image right and copyright law in Europe: divergences and convergences”, MDPI, Law, Special Issue: Intellectual Property, available on line at:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-471X/3/2/181
T. Synodinou, “Real property in Cyprus: in search of an identity”, Jahreshefte der Internationalen Juristenvereinigung Osnabrück (IJVO) ISSN 1866-3931, nr. 18, 2014.

Chapters in Books

2014

T. Synodinou,“ Copyright law, an ancient history, a contemporary challenge ” in : A. Savin/ J. Trzaswkowski, “Research Handbook on EU Internet Law”, Edward Elgar, 2014.
T. Synodinou, Analysis of articles 8 and 13 of the Rome II Regulation, in: A. Bolos/D.P. Tzakas, Private International Law of extra contractual obligations, An article by article analysis of the Rome II Regulation, Dikaio & Oikonomia, P. N. Sakkoulas, 2014, p. 317-338 (in Greek).
T. Synodinou, “Copyright law and people with disabilities”, conference proceedings of the Conference organized by the Greek department of ALAI for the 20 years of Law 2121/1993 on Greek copyright law, Nomiki Vivliothiki 2014, (in Greek).
T. Synodinou “Régulation et autorégulation du droit d’auteur sur Internet” in: J.P. Clavier/ C. Bernault/ A. Lucas-Schloetter, Mélanges André Lucas, Lexis Nexis, 2014.
T. Synodinou, “La protection internationale des AOP/IGP” in : Th. Georgopoulos, “Les AOC a l’épreuve de la nouvelle OCM vitivinicole”, Paris, Mare & martin publications, 2014.

2013

Articles

T. Synodinou, E-books: A New Page in the History of Copyright Law?, EIPR, vol. 35, issue 4, p. 220.
T. Synodinou, “The protection of privacy in continental law tradition”, Chronicles of Private Law, September 2013 (in Greek).
T. Synodinou, IP infringement on Internet” Football Dataco Ltd, Scottish Premier League Ltd, Scottish Football League, PA Sport UK Ltd v/ Sportradar GmbH, Sportradar AG, Media Law Review 2/2013, p. 39-43 (in Greek).

Chapters in Books

T. Synodinou Analysis of articles 15, 15a, 17b of Law 2190/1920 about companies limited by shares (Société Anonyme) and of European Company Law, Sakkoulas publications 2013, p. 23-119, 875-886, 1035-1054 (in Greek).

2012

Articles

T. Synodinou,“Google versus the law”, World Financial Review July/August 2012.
T. Synodinou,“The principle of technological neutrality in European Copyright Law”, EIPR, vol. 34, issue 9, p. 618.
T. Synodinou, “The media coverage of court proceedings in Europe: Striking a balance between freedom of expression and fair process”, Computer Law and Security Review, April 2012, p. 208.

Chapters in Books

T. Synodinou, National report for Cyprus, in R. Hilty/S. Nerisson, Balancing Copyright- A Survey of National Approaches, MPI Studies on Intellectual Property and Competition Law 18, Springer, 2012, p. 349 .
A. Grammaticaki-Alexiou/T. Synodinou, “National Report for Greece”, in T. Kono, Intellectual property and private international law, Comparative perspectives, Hart Publishing, 2012, p. 619-636
T. Synodinou,“The excile of ideas from copyright law: a critical approach of the idea/expression dichotomy in the 21st century” in: Greek Association of intelectual property law, The Works of George Koumantos and current issues of copyright law, proceedings of the conference organised in the memory of George Koumantos, Sakkoulas Publications, 2012, Greece (in Greek).
T. Synodinou,Protection de la propriete a Chypre : cadre legal et frontieres de l'acquis communautaire, in Rosseto/Agapiou-Josephides, La singularite de Chypre dans l'Union europeenne, Diversite des droits et des status, mare & martin.
T. Synodinou,“The legal protection of image and its limtations” in E-themis, proceedings of the 3rd National Conference “The law in the digital era”, Nomiki Vivliothiki, 2012 (in Greek).
T. Synodinou,“The foundations of the concept of work in European Copyright Law” in: Synodinou (ed.), Towards a European Copyright Code, Kluwer Law International 2012.

2011

Articles

T. Synodinou,The Padawan case : towards a uniform interpretation and application of the concept of “fair remuneration” for the private copy exception, a commentary, Applications of Public Law Review I/2011, p. 87 (in Greek).
T. Synodinou,'The protection of choreographic works by copyright law', December 2011, (in Greek), at: https://www.academia.edu/3346505/_

Chapters in books

T. Synodinou,“The protection of digital libraries as databases: an ideal choice or a paradox?”, in: “E-Publishing and Digital Libraries: Legal and Organizational Issues”, IGI Global Information Science Reference, Hershey-New York, 2011, p. 232 .
T. Synodinou,Google versus the Law. Google's legal adventures and their impact to the evolution of European information law, in M Bottis, An information law for the 21st century, Nomiki Vivliothiki, 2011.

2010

Articles

T. Synodinou,“Database sui generis right and re-utilisation of the information of the public sector”, Media Law Review, 2010, p. 45 (in Greek).
T. Synodinou,“The Lawful User and a Balancing of Interests in European Copyright Law”, IIC 7/2010, p. 819 .
T. Synodinou,'The creation and the protection of digital libraries in Cypriot copyright law', September 2010 (in Greek), at:https://www.academia.edu/3162496/_

Chapters in Books

T. Synodinou,“Intellectual property law and personal data protection”. Contribution to the collective work: Lambrinoudakis/Katsikas/Gritzalis/Mitrou, “Protection of privacy in the field of new technologies”, Papassotiriou editions 2010, (in Greek).
T. Synodinou, The protection of digital libraries as databases: an ideal choice or a paradox?”, in: “E-Publishing and Digital Libraries: Legal and Organizational Issues”, Hershey-New York, IGI Global Information Science Reference, 2010, p. 232-256.