Irini Stamatoudi is a Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Nicosia (Cyprus) and a lawyer at the Supreme Court of Athens (Greece). She holds degrees from the University of Athens (Greece) (Law Degree) and the University of Leicester (UK) (LL.M., Ph.D.). She has taught at the University of Leicester, on the joint LL.M. of the University of Turin, ILO, and WIPO, at the International Hellenic University, at the Academy of the World Intellectual Property Organization, and on several other academic courses. She has published numerous books and articles, some considered international works of reference.