Ole-Andreas Rognstad

Ole-Andreas Rognstad is a Professor at the Department of Private Law, University of Oslo. His research focuses on Copyright Law, EU Intellectual Property Law, and Legal Methodology. He actively engages with contemporary issues such as generative AI’s impact on copyright, cross-border IP regulation, and exhaustion of rights frameworks. Rognstad contributes to scholarly debates on legal harmonization within the EEA and the EU, particularly through analyses of landmark cases like RAAP.

His work spans academic publications, legal opinions, and contributions to Nordic and international symposia on copyright and innovation. Key areas of inquiry include data ownership ambiguities, AI-generated content eligibility for copyright protection, and the intersection of IP with fundamental rights. Rognstad is affiliated with research groups such as Law, Economy and Governance (LEGO) and Markets, Innovations and Competition (MIK), reflecting his interdisciplinary approach to legal scholarship.