My academic work focuses on EU Intellectual Property law, especially copyright, alongside key topics in digital content distribution, consumption, and the evolving digital markets. Beyond intellectual property, my interests extend to privacy and data protection, IT law, and the broader legal frameworks governing the digital economy. In addition to my work on EU/EEA law, I am engaged in the harmonization of Ukrainian law with the EU acquis and Ukraine’s ongoing journey toward EU membership.

I obtained my PhD from the University of Tartu in Estonia with a thesis on "Reconciling the Material and Immaterial Dissemination Rights in Light of 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.

In addition to my research, my practical experience in technology spans IT operations, server infrastructure management, contract negotiations for hardware and software resources, and ensuring IT compliance for the adoption of emerging technologies within organizations. This combination of legal research and hands-on technology experience enables me to bridge the gap between law and the rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Areas of teaching and supervision:

• Intellectual property (IP) law
• Data protection law
• EU/EEA law

Course coordinator

2026

JUS2314 EU Copyright Law

JUS3514 EU Copyright Law

DIGI113 GDPR og personvern (with Malgorzata Cyndecka)

2025

JUS2314 EU Copyright Law

JUS3514 EU Copyright Law

JUS3551 Immaterialrett (with Tore Lunde, Knut Martin Tande and Torger Kielland)

DIGI113 GDPR og personvern (with Malgorzata Cyndecka)

DIGI613 GDPR og personvern (with Malgorzata Cyndecka)

2024

JUS2314 EU Copyright Law

JUS3514 EU Copyright Law

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)

University of Bergen experiences technical problems and the publication list cannot be fetched.

Most of my research can be found on ResearchGate (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Liliia-Oprysk) and/or SSRN (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2766712).

Vitenskapelige stillinger

2021-nå: Førsteamanuensis, Det juridiske fakultet, Universitetet i Bergen

2020: Postdoktor, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, München

2016-2019: Forsker i IT-rett, Universitetet i Tartu

2017-2019: Gjesteforsker

• Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, München, 2017-2018, 2019
• Institute for Information Law (IViR), Universitetet i Amsterdam, 2017
• Swedish Law and Informatics Research Institute, Stockholms Universitet, 2017
• Universitetet i Oslo, 2018

Utdanning

2020 PhD, Universitetet i Tartu (Estland)

2016 MA i jus og teknologi, Tallinns tekniske universitet (Estland)

2013 MA i internasjonal rett, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Ukraina)

2012 BA i internasjonale relasjoner og rett, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Ukraina)

Næringslivserfaring

2020-2021: IT Compliance Manager, PwC Deutschland

2014: Kontraktsspesialist, Itera ASA

2011-2014: Incident, Problem and Change Management, EVRY Sverige AB