- E-mailliliia.oprysk@uib.no
- Phone+47 55 58 49 86
- Visitor AddressMagnus Lagabøtes plass 15010 BergenRoom649
- Postal AddressPostboks 78065020 Bergen
I am a researcher in law with a background in both the academic and private sectors.
My academic research focuses mainly on the EU intellectual property law (in particular copyright), various aspects of digital content distribution and consumption, and digital markets. Besides intellectual property, I am interested in privacy and data protection, IT law broadly, as well as the law in the digital economy, and have been involved in projects concerning AI implementation in the public sector. Besides the EU/EEA law, I also work with harmonisation of Ukrainian law with the EU acquis and Ukraine's path to EU Membership.
I obtained my PhD in Estonia at the University of Tartu as a part of the IT law programme with a thesis on "Reconciling the material and immaterial dissemination rights in the light of the developments under the EU copyright acquis". The thesis explores the developments under the EU copyright acquis against technological advancements and the distinction drawn between material and immaterial dissemination rights, restricting the application of a general limit to exclusive rights (‘exhaustion principle’) to tangible copies of a work. I argued for a need for reconciling the approaches in respect of secondary communication which would take into account the lawfulness of the initial communication as well as competing rationales of copyright protection. To this end, a normative framework for evaluating the justifiability of extending the reach of exclusive rights beyond authorising every initial dissemination of a work is offered.
My research background is complemented by practical experience in various areas connected to technology and its implementation. I have worked in roles within IT operations and administration of server infrastructure, contract management in respect of hardware & software resources, as well as IT compliance for new technologies to be implemented both within and outside the organization.
Areas of teaching and supervision:
- Intellectual property (IP) law
- Data protection law
- EU/EEA law
Course coordinator
2024
DIGI113 GDPR og personvern (with Malgorzata Cyndecka)
2023
JUS277-2-C EU Copyright Law
JUS277-2-B International Copyright Law
DIGI113 GDPR og personvern (with Malgorzata Cyndecka)
JUS260-2-B Opphavsrett
2022
JUS260-2-B Opphavsrett
DIGI113 GDPR og personvern (with Malgorzata Cyndecka)
- (2022). How Much “New” Public Is Too Much? The CJEU’s VG Bild-Kunst Judgment and Non-Exhaustive Control Over a Work’s Consumption. IIC - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law. 1323-1342.
- (2021). Digital Consumer Contract Law without Prejudice to Copyright: EU Digital Content Directive, Reasonable Consumer Expectations and Competition. GRUR International.
- (2020). Secondary communication under the EU copyright acquis after Tom Kabinet: between exhaustion and securing work’s exploitation. Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and E-Commerce Law. 200-214.
- (2020). Limitations in End-User Licensing Agreements: Is There a Lack of Conformity Under the New Digital Content Directive? IIC - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law.
- (2017). Development of a Secondary Market for E-books: The Case of Amazon. Journal of Intellectual Property, Information Technology and E-Commerce Law.
- (2016). The Forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation in the EU: Higher Compliance Costs Might Slow Down Small and Medium- sized Enterprises’ Adoption of Infrastructure as a Service. Juridica International.
- (2024). Approximation with the EU copyright acquis as a matter of both economics and culture.
- (2023). Russia’s war against Ukraine: the role of civil society, research, and education.
- (2022). Ukraine on the way to EU membership .
- (2022). Ukraine on the way to EU membership.
- (2022). Status of internally displaced persons in Ukraine amid the Donbas war and annexation of Crimea and the full-scale Russian war against Ukraine launched on February 24, 2022.
- (2023). Memes in Ukrainian society dialogue in times of war.
- (2022). Ukraina – krigsforbrytelsene og flyktningene.
- (2022). Hvorfor er det krig i Ukraina?
- (2024). Ukraine on the way to EU membership.
- (2024). Trademark applications at the EUIPO sparked by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and public policy or accepted principles of morality as a ground for refusal.
- (2023). The Ambiguity of Purchasing Digital Music in the Streaming Era: EU Digital Consumer Contract Law to Limited Avail? .
- (2023). The Ambiguity of Purchasing Digital Music in the Streaming Era: EU Digital Consumer Contract Law to Limited Avail?
- (2023). The Ambiguity of Purchasing Digital Music in the Streaming Era: EU Digital Consumer Contract Law to Limited Avail?
- (2023). Commercial use of national symbols in IP and marketing.
- (2023). Chasing the moving target of EU copyright acquis amid the full-scale Russian invasion: Ukraine’s multi-faced recovery?
- (2023). Chasing a moving target of EU copyright acquis amid full-scale Russian invasion: gradual approximation or a major leap for Ukrainian copyright.
- (2022). Restrictions on the use of the digital content and the Digital Content Directive: EULAs, terms and conditions and beyond.
- (2022). How much “new” public is too much? The CJEU in VG Bild-Kunst and non-exhaustive control over consumption of works protected by copyright.
- (2022). Embedding of Freely Available Digital Content as an Infringement of Copyright under the EU law: CJEU Judgment in VG Bild-Kunst.
- (2021). Digital Consumer Contract Law without Prejudice to Copyright: EU Digital Content Directive, Reasonable Consumer Expectations and Competition.
- (2019). In search of flexibility under the EU copyright acquis: reconciling the approaches to material and immaterial dissemination rights.
- (2019). In search of flexibility under the EU copyright acquis: reconciling the approaches to material and immaterial dissemination rights.
- (2019). AI and sui generis copyright protection .
- (2018). “Digital exhaustion” serving the digital markets.
- (2018). The reference in C-263/18 TomKabinet case and the paradox of the CJEU’s functional equivalent approach.
- (2018). Making “digital” exhaustion serve the EU Digital Single Market.
- (2018). I can haz your e-book: the reference in TomKabinet case and the paradox of functional equivalent approach.
- (2018). 90-ies revisited: mitigating the lack of imagination in copyright harmonisation.
- (2017). Reconciling right of distribution and right of communication to the public in online environment.
- (2017). Reconciling right of distribution and right of communication to the public in online environment.
- (2017). Development of a Secondary Market for E-books: The Case of Amazon.
- (2017). Applying copyright exhaustion to e-books // Tired but not exhausted.
- (2016). The forthcoming Data Protection Regulation in the EU: Higher Compliance Costs Might Slow-Down Small and Medium Enterprises in Adopting Infrastructure as a Service.
- (2016). Distinguishing between the right of distribution and right of communication to the public in the online environment.
- (2016). Balancing incentives to create and public access to copyright protected works in digital age: copyright exhaustion and dissemination of literary works.
- (2024). GenAI, Free Speech, Author’s Moral Rights? IIC - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law.
- (2023). Lov og rett i Ukraina – hvorfor et internasjonalt rettsoppgjør med aggresjonsforbrytelsen nå? Lov og Rett. 143-144.
- (2023). Heiko Richter (ed): Competition and Intellectual Property Law in Ukraine. IIC - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law.
- (2021). CJEU in C-597/19 Mircom: users of P2P networks might be infringing the right of making works available to the public. Immaterialrettstrollet.
- (2021). CJEU in C-597/19 Mircom: users of P2P networks might be infringing the making available right if duly informed. Kluwer Copyright Blog.
- (2019). Ranks aftermath, or TomKabinet reference versus reality. Kluwer Copyright Blog.
- (2022). Vi må støtte et spesialtribunal for Ukraina nå! Khrono.
- (2022). Norge bør intervenere i Ukraina v. Russland ved ICJ . Rett24.
- (2022). Krig til tross: Ukraina er på vei mot EU-medlemskap. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.).
- (2022). Har noen spurt flyktningene? Bergens Tidende.
- (2020). Reconciling the material and immaterial dissemination rights in the light of the developments under the EU copyright acquis.
- (2023). The Ambiguity of Purchasing Digital Music in the Streaming Era: EU Digital Consumer Contract Law to Limited Avail?
- (2023). Safety and Security. 14 pages.
- (2023). Intellectual Property Rights and Data Ownership. 17 pages.
- (2023). Fairness and Equal Treatment. 20 pages.
- (2023). Accountability and Liability. 18 pages.
- (2020). “Digital” Exhaustion and the EU (Digital) Single Market. 20 pages.
- (2019). The CJEU Judgment in Ranks and Vasilevics: You Can Buy a Used License, but Will a Copy Follow? 6 pages.
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Through professional experience in both academic and private sectors, I have gained a broad competence within the IT law and IT management fields.
My academic work focuses on the diverse legal aspects of technology and its adoption and is complemented by practical experience in IT compliance, contract management and IT operations.
Academic positions:
2021-present: Associate Professor, University of Bergen
2020: Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Insitute for Innovation and Competition, Munich
2016-2019: Research Fellow in IT Law, University of Tartu
Visiting Researcher
- Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich, 2017-2018, 2019, 2021, 2023
- University of Oslo, 2018
- Institute for Information Law (IViR), University of Amsterdam, 2017
- Swedish Law and Informatics Research Institute, University of Stockholm, 2017
Qualifications:
2020 PhD (Law), University of Tartu (Estonia)
2016 MA in Law and Technology, Tallinn University of Technology (Estonia)
2013 MA in International Law, Lviv Ivan Franko National University (Ukraine)
2012 BA in International Relations and Law, Lviv Ivan Franko National University (Ukraine)
Industry experience:
2020-2021: IT Compliance Manager, PwC Deutschland
2014: Contract Specialist, Itera ASA
2011-2014: Incident, Problem and Change Management, EVRY Sverige AB