Professor Stavroula Karapapa
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Biography
Professor Stavroula Karapapa is Dean of Partnerships (Research) and Professor of Intellectual Property and Information Law at the 黑料网. She joined Essex in 2020, following her appointment as Chair of Intellectual Property and Information Law at the University of Reading, where she also served as Executive Director of the Centre of Commercial Law and Financial Regulation. Earlier in her career, she taught at Brunel Law School and was Deputy Director of the Intellectual Property, Internet and Media Research Centre. Prior to entering academia, she practised as a lawyer specialising in intellectual property, commercial, and civil law. Professor Karapapa writes and teaches on the legal regulation of creativity, innovation and cultural production, with particular attention to the challenges posed by digital technologies to existing legal regimes. Her work spans intellectual property law, with a particular focus on copyright, digital rights, data protection and related areas of public and private law, examining how legal frameworks govern creative and cultural practices, mediate technological change, and shape the conditions under which innovation occurs. Her research contributes to understanding how law must evolve in response to digital and cultural transformation, while also critically analysing how legal structures themselves influence and are reshaped by technological and creative developments. Her work is distinctive in its socio-legal and comparative outlook and often involves doctrinal analysis and policy insight at the interface of other disciplines. Her work has been cited in UK Intellectual Property Office draft legislation, Opinions of the Advocate General, and official reports of the European Commission, the Canadian Privacy Commissioner, and the US Copyright Office. Since 2012, she has acted as an expert for the World Intellectual Property Organisation, the European Commission, the European Parliament, the UK Intellectual Property Office, and other international organisations, as well as industry stakeholders. Her work has been supported through funding provided by the European Parliament, the European Commission, Innovate UK, Erasmus+, and the EU Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). 鈥℉er monograph Defences to Copyright Infringement: Creativity, Innovation and Freedom on the Internet (OUP, 2020) develops a systematic theoretical and doctrinal framework for copyright defences and contributes to scholarly and policy debates on copyright balance in digital environments. This builds on earlier work, including Copyright and Mass Digitization (OUP, 2013, with Maurizio Borghi) and Private Copying (Routledge, 2012), which together form a sustained body of research on copyright law and technological change. 鈥� Professor Karapapa has also pioneered the problem-based approach in legal education by having published a textbook on Intellectual Property Law (OUP, 2019, with Luke McDonagh), which encourages students to engage with each topic through relevant, real-world issues and gain insight into how the law interacts with everyday life and business. Professor Karapapa is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy; Editor-in-Chief of the European Trade Mark Reports (Sweet & Maxwell); Correspondent for Kluwer EU Copyright Cases (Kluwer); adjunct Professor at the University of London (PGLaws); Greek-qualified Barrister (Athens Bar - non-practising) and was visiting research fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (2020/21). Professor Karapapa would welcome research proposals in the areas of Intellectual Property Law, Information Law, Digital Regulation, Media Law, Cultural Heritage, and Data Protection.
Qualifications
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PhD Brunel University London,
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LLM Brunel University London,
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LLB (Ptychion) National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,
Appointments
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Dean of Partnerships (Research), 黑料网 (1/1/2025 - present)
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Actg. Faculty Dean Research (Arts & Humanities), 黑料网 (1/5/2024 - 31/8/2024)
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Director of Research, 黑料网 (1/9/2023 - 30/4/2024)
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Actg. Faculty Dean Research (Arts & Humanities), 黑料网 (1/1/2023 - 31/8/2023)
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Director of Research, School of Law, 黑料网 (1/7/2022 - 31/12/2022)
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Deputy Director of Research, School of Law, 黑料网 (1/7/2020 - 30/6/2022)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Copyright Law and Policy
Law and the Arts, Cultural Heritage
Legal Challenges of AI, Big Data and Blockchain Technology
Personality Rights, Data Protection, and Information Privacy
Internet Law, and Digital Regulation
Trade Mark and Unfair Competition Law
Trustworthy AI: Law and Ethics
Teaching and supervision
Current supervision
Publications
Publications (1)
Ukwaththa Jayalalge, C., Lee, J., Karapapa, S., Zheng, H., Yue, D. and Mouratidis, H., (2025). Privacy and Security by Design for AI-Powered Logistics under GDPR: A Case Study
Journal articles (11)
Karapapa, S., (2024). Bringing trust in AI: Legal and Ethical Issues. --
Karapapa, S., (2017). . European Law Review. 42 (1), 63-81
Karapapa, S. and Borghi, M., (2015). Search engine liability for autocomplete suggestions: personality, privacy and the power of the algorithm. International Journal of Law and Information Technology. 23 (3), 261-289
Borghi, M. and Karapapa, S., (2015). Contractual Restrictions on Lawful Use of Information: Sole-Source Databases Protected by the Back Door?. European Intellectual Property Review. 37 (8), 505-514
Karapapa, S., (2014). Trade Mark Use Explained: Insights from the General Court in 鈥淏ud鈥�. European Journal of Risk Regulation. 5 (1), 111-114
Karapapa, S., (2014). Reconstructing copyright exhaustion in the online world. Intellectual Property Quarterly. 4, 304-322
Borghi, M., Ferretti, F. and Karapapa, S., (2013). Online data processing consent under EU law: a theoretical framework and empirical evidence from the UK. International Journal of Law and Information Technology. 21 (2), 109-153
Karapapa, S., (2013). A Copyright Exception for Private Copying in the United Kingdom. European Intellectual Property Review. 35 (3), 129-137
Karapapa, S., (2011). Padawan v SGAE: A Right to Private Copy?. European Intellectual Property Review. 33 (4), 252-259
Borghi, M. and Karapapa, S., (2011). Non-display uses of copyright works: Google Books and beyond. Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property. 1 (1), 21-52
Karapapa, S., (2010). Registering Scents as Community Trade Marks. The Trademark Reporter. 100 (6), 1335-1359
Books (4)
Karapapa, S., (2020). . Oxford University Press. 9780198795636
Karapapa, S. and McDonagh, L., (2019). . Oxford University Press. 0198747691. 9780198747697
Borghi, M. and Karapapa, S., (2013). Copyright and Mass Digitization: A Cross-Jurisdictional Perspective. Oxford University Press. 0199664552. 9780199664559
Karapapa, S., (2012). Private Copying: The Scope of User Freedom in EU Digital Copyright. Routledge
Book chapters (24)
Karapapa, S., Information Society Directive. In: Encyclopedia of intellectual property law. Editors: Torremans, P., Stamatoudi, I., Ricolfi, M. and Yu, P.,
Karapapa, S., (2025). . In: A Research Agenda on EU Copyright Law. Editors: Bonadio, E. and Sganga, C., . Edward Elgar. 89- 104. 9781803927329
Karapapa, S., (2024). Special provisions on computer programmes. In: Commentary on the Greek Copyright Act. Editors: Stamatoudi, I. and Kotsiris, L., . Sakkoulas
Karapapa, S., (2024). Information Society Directive
Karapapa, S., (2024). Notice and Take Down Notices. In: Encyclopedia of intellectual property law. Editors: Torremans, P., Stamatoudi, I., Ricolfi, M. and Yu, P.,
Karapapa, S., (2023). . In: Music Borrowing, Creativity and Copyright - A Genre-by-Genre Analysis. Editors: Bonadio, E. and Zhu, CW., . Hart Publishing. 339- 350. 9781509949380
Karapapa, S., (2023). . In: The Cambridge Handbook of Investment-Driven Intellectual Property. Editors: Bonadio, E. and Goold, P., . Cambridge University Press. 155- 166. 9781108989527
Karapapa, S., (2022). The EU, UK, and US approaches to permitted uses under copyright law: Comparative reflections and contemporary trends. In: International Copyright Law: A Practical Global Guide. Editors: Allgrove, B., . Global Business Publishing. 13- 20
Karapapa, S., (2022). . In: Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Cultural Heritage. Editors: Stamatoudi, I., . Edward Elgar. 375- 391. 9781800376915
Sterling, A. and Karapapa, S., (2022). . In: Sterling on World Copyright Law. Editors: Cook, T., . Sweet and Maxwell. 9780414100015
Sterling, A. and Karapapa, S., (2022). . In: Sterling on World Copyright. Editors: Cook, T., . Sweet and Maxwell. 713- 719. 0414066227. 9780414100015
Sterling, A. and Karapapa, S., (2022). . In: Sterling on World Copyright Law. Editors: Cook, T., . Sweet and Maxwell. 355- 388. 0414066227. 9780414100015
Geiger, C., Sch枚nherr, F., Stamatoudi, I., Torremans, P. and Karapapa, S., (2021). . In: EU Copyright Law: A Commentary (second edition). Editors: Stamatoudi, I. and Torremans, P., . Edward Elgar. 978 1 78643 779 2
Karapapa, S., (2021). . In: Routledge Handbook of European Copyright Law. Editors: Rosati, E., . Routledge. 247- 262. 9780367436964
Stamatoudi, I., Torremans, P. and Karapapa, S., (2021). The information society directive: Christophe Geiger and Franciska Sch枚nherr (Articles 5 and 6(4)). In: Eu Copyright Law A Commentary. 279- 380. 9781786437792
Karapapa, S., (2020). Exhaustion of Rights on Digital Content under EU Copyright: Positive and Normative Perspectives. In: Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Digital Technologies. Editors: Aplin, T., . Edward Elgar. 483- 505. 9781785368332
Borghi, M. and Karapapa, S., (2019). Dal cartaceo al 鈥渄igitale di massa鈥�: biblioteche virtuali, diritto d鈥檃utore e il caso Google Books. Editors: Zaccarello, M., . Carocci editore. 95- 114. 9788843096671
Karapapa, S., (2019). Post-it Note. In: A History of Intellectual Property in 50 Objects. Editors: Op den Kamp, C. and Hunter, D., . Cambridge University Press. 323- 335. 1108352022. 9781108352024
Karapapa, S., (2019). Copyright Protection of Street art and Graffiti in Greece: Intellectual Property and Personal Property in Conflict?. In: The Cambridge Handbook of Copyright in Street Art and Graffiti. Editors: Bonadio, E., . Cambridge University Press. 239- 254. 1108674046. 9781108674041
Karapapa, S., (2019). Post-it note. In: A History of Intellectual Property in 50 Objects. 327- 335. 9781108420013
Karapapa, S., (2018). Article 30(3) of the International Convention on the rights of disabled persons. In: The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities A Commentary. Editors: Bantekas, I., Stein, MA. and Anastasiou, D., . Oxford University Press. 863- 863. 0192538691. 9780192538697
Sterling, A. and Karapapa, S., (2018). International Conventions, Treaties and Agreements. In: Sterling on World Copyright Law. Editors: Cook, T., . Sweet & Maxwell. 721- 730. 0414066227. 9780414066229
Karapapa, S., (2018). The Press Publishers' Right in the European Union: An Overreaching Proposal and the Future of News Online. In: Non-Conventional Copyright: Do New and Atypical Works Deserve Protection?. Editors: Bonadio, E. and Lucchi, N., . Edward Elgar. 316- 339. 9781786434067
Sterling, A. and Karapapa, S., (2018). . In: Sterling on World Copyright Law. Editors: Cook, T., . Sweet and Maxwell. 389- 479. 0414066227. 9780414066229
Reports and Papers (5)
Karapapa, S., Copyright and User Freedom: What is Permitted to do with a Protected Work without Authorisation?
Karapapa, S., The quotation exception under EU copyright law: Paving the way for user rights
Antoniou, A., Karapapa, S., Sarid, E., Woods, L. and Xu, T., (2020).
Sarid, E. and et, A., (2020). Consultation on Digital Cultural Heritage
Karapapa, S. and et al, (2020). Consultation on Digital Cultural Heritage: Position Paper
Other (3)
Antoniou, A. and Karapapa, S., (2022).. The Conversation,The Conversation
Karapapa, S., (2022).Book review: Art and Modern Copyright: The Contested Image by Elena Cooper. Journal of Legal History. 43(1),Routledge
Karapapa, S., Karatzia, A., Konstadinides, T. and O'Connor, N., (2020).,黑料网, School of Law
Grants and funding
2024
PALLETS - Proactive AI-powered soLutions for Logistics Efficiency, Transparency and Safety
Innovate UK (formerly Technology Strategy Board)
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