Personal data
Name
Born
Marital status
Address
Telephone no.
Work
E-mail
Georg Philip Krog
28.12.1972
Married
Hjörungavaaggata 3, 0273 Oslo, NORWAY
+ 47 - 22 44 95 98
Visiting
address:
Norwegian Research Center for Computers and Law
St.
Olavs
plass
5
4th floor
Postal
address:
Norwegian Research Center for Computers and Law
The
Faculty
of
Law
P.O.
Box
6706
St.
Olavs
plass
N-0130
Oslo
Norway
Phone: + 47 - 22 85 01 01 (reception), + 47 - 22 85 00 98 (direct)
Fax:
+
47
22
85
01
02
E-mail:
iri-www@jus.uio.no
Web-address: http://www.jus.uio.no/iri/
g.p.krog@jus.uio.no
georgpk@yahoo.com
Education & scholarly achievement
F1989-S1991
F1991
F1991-S1992
S1993-F2000
1999
1999
1999
Subject:
Main
emphasis
on
social
economy
College: Drammen College, NORWAY
Subject:
Philisophy,
Examen
Philosphicum
University: University of Oslo, NORWAY
Subject:
French
University: Universite Catholique de Lyon, FRANCE
Subject:
Master
of
Law
University: University of Oslo, The Faculty of Law, NORWAY
Subject: Course in professional ethical conduct for lawyers
University: University of Oslo, The Faculty of Law, NORWAY
Subject:
Course
in
accounts
analysis
University: University of Oslo, The Faculty of Law, NORWAY
Subject: Course in legal information systems as working tools
University: University of Oslo, The Faculty of Law, NORWAY
Prior academic experience
F1997-S1999
Was contracted by the University of Oslo, NORWAY, Faculty of
Law in 1997 as researcher at the Norwegian Research Center for
Computers and Law while still being a student, to conduct research
on the Brussels- and Lugano Convention and how to interpret and
apply article 5 nr. 3 when copyright protected material is infringed
1995-2002
F1997-S1999
F1997-S1999
2000
in open digital networks e.g. Internet.
Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Oslo, NORWAY
 Norwegian and International contract law
 Jurisdiction and choice of law
 Norwegian monetary law
Researcher for the E-CLIP research project (Electronic-Commerce
Legal Issues Platform). E-CLIP is a joint research program about
legal aspect of electronic commerce financed through the EU Esprit
program. The Norwegian Research Center for Computers and Law
cooperates with GMD - National Research Center for Information
Technology (Germany), the Münster University (Germany), CRID
(Namur, Belgium), Queen Mary and Westfield College (London,
GBR) and the Ballearic University (Spain).
Researcher for the E-CLIP [1] research project (ElectronicCommerce Legal Issues Platform). E-CLIP is a joint research
program about legal aspect of electronic commerce financed
through the EU Esprit program. The Norwegian Research Center
for Computers and Law cooperates with GMD - National Research
Center for Information Technology (Germany), the Münster
University (Germany), CRID (Namur, Belgium), Queen Mary and
Westfield College (London, GBR) and the Ballearic University
(Spain).
Contracted for 4 years by the University of Oslo, NORWAY,
Faculty of Law at the Norwegian Research Center for Computers
and Law to complete a doctoral thesis on the subject:
“Jurisdictional and choice of law issues pursuant to EC law in
civil and commercial matters relating to libel in (tort, delict and
quasi delict) and outside of contract.”
Participant and speaker as researcher in several conferences on law
and information technology, e.g. the most recent:
 The Annual Nordic Conference on Computers and Law,
Oslo, NORWAY, 27th-28th September. My subject was
"jurisdictional issues pursuant to EC-law and the global
digital marketplace."
 E-contract conference, Brussels, BELGIUM, 18th-19th
October. My subject was "Alternative Dispute Resolution
and the European Consumer, a practical overview of the
regulatory framework."
 ECODIR-launching conference on Electronic consumer
dispute resolution, Brussels, BELGIUM, 26th October. My
subject was "Role and point of view of the UNIVERSITIES
as stakeholders" (The Cybertribunal, which the ECODIR
project is based on, was initiated by the University of
Montreal, while now the ECODIR consortium is
compounded by a multidisciplinary group in which several
universities take part).
 Nordisk NÄTVERKSMÖTE (Nordic Network meeting in
intellectual property) April 25 - 28 2002, Hanaholmens
kulturcentrum, Esbo, Finland. Title of my speech:
"International electronic commerce of copyrights and
private international law - jurisdictional issues pursuant to
EC law."
Present and future academic experience
2001-2005
S 2002
Contracted for 4 years by the University of Oslo, NORWAY,
Faculty of Law (http://www.jus.uio.no/english/) to complete a
dissertation
for
the
academic
degree
dr juris, the highest academic degree at the University in Norway.
The norm for developing the doctoral thesis is three years full time
research in addition to one year of teaching.
The
subject
of
the
doctoral
thesis
is:
“Jurisdictional and choice of law issues pursuant to EC law in
civil and commercial matters relating to libel in (tort, delict and
quasi delict) and outside of contract.”
Research office at the Norwegian Research Center for Computers
and Law, http://www.jus.uio.no/iri/english/index.html
Evaluation
and
dissemination:
Either a committee of three professors; two professors from The
Faculty of Law in Oslo, Norway, and one professor from a
university in one of the other Scandinavian countries, grade the
thesis, followed by an oral examination in front of the public. This
is compulsory as well as two public lectures related to the subject of
the dissertation. It is compulsory to publish the dissertation after it
has been graded and accepted by the examination committee. Or
the thesis can be published in three acknowledged Law Journals.
Invited as a visiting scholar to Stanford Law School, at the Stanford
Program
in
International
Studies
(SPILS),
http://www.law.stanford.edu/graduate/spils/
Visiting
Researcher
at
Stanford
Law
School,
559
Nathan
Abbott
Way
Stanford,
Ca
94305-8610
USA
http://www.law.stanford.edu/
Professional working experience
Type of work: Various working experience and assignments for law
firms and companies in Norway, e.g. the law firm Arntzen,
Underland & Co (now named Arntzen de Besche [2]).
I have mainly been working on legal areas such as
 Norwegian and international contract law,
 copyright law,
 jurisdiction and choice of law pursuant to EC-law,
 law pursuant to ICT (information, communication and
technology).
Place: Oslo, NORWAY
Publications
1998
2001
2001-
Books:
A book on Internet and jurisdiction in the Norwegian language with
the title:
Jurisdiction – How to interpret and apply the Lugano- and Brussels
Convention and Brussels Regulation article 5 nr. 3 when copyright
protected material is infringed in open digital networks e.g. internet.
This book is now on the syllabus for students at The Faculty of
Law, University of Oslo, NORWAY.
Internet publications:
 "Jurisdiction pursuant to international e-commerce", at
http://www.jus.uio.no/iri, authored in the Norwegian
language
 " Alternative Dispute Resolution and the European
Consumer", at http://www.eclip.org, authored in English
language
Publications in various Law Journals, e.g. recently:
 IRIS
2002,
next
issue
(at
the
moment
unpublished)"Determination of Jurisdiction for Defamatory
Statements in TV Broadcasting pursuant to EC-law",
authored in English.
 LOV & DATA 2002, "Jurisdiction pursuant to freedom of
speech in cross border broadcasting", authored in the
Norwegian language.
At present I am coauthoring a book with Joachim Oren, Research
Associate, Kings College, London, GREAT BRITAIN on "Ecommerce: jurisdictional issues and the Brussels Regulation".
Linguistic skills english proficiency & languages other than norwegian
English proficiency:
 Excellent English proficiency, both written and oral
 I author my doctoral thesis in English
 I conduct research for the E-Clip [2] in English
 I lecture in English, e.g.
 E-contract conference, Brussels, BELGIUM, 18th-19th
October. My subject was "Alternative Dispute Resolution
and the European Consumer, a practical overview of the
regulatory framework"
 ECODIR-launching conference on Electronic consumer
dispute resolution, Brussels, BELGIUM, 26th October. My
subject was "Role and point of view of the UNIVERSITIES
as stakeholders" (The Cybertribunal, which the ECODIR
project is based on, was initiated by the University of
Montreal, while now the ECODIR consortium is
compounded by a multidisciplinary group in which several
universities take part)
French
 Good oral and written understanding.
 University: Universite Catholique de Lyon, FRANCE,
F1991-S1992
German
 Good oral and written understanding.
 F1988-S1989 High School,Drammen, NORWAY
 F1989-S1990 Drammen College, NORWAY
 Summer 2002, Course 1 month at Goethe Institut in Munich
Swedish
 Excellent Swedish proficiency, both written and oral
Danish
 Excellent Danish proficiency, both written and oral
Knowledge of it
I have a good knowledge of IT particularly as applied to my field of
expertise:
 PC
 Windows 98
 MS-Word 2000
 Internett
 Physical structure
 Internet services
 Electronic agents
 Webdesign
 Basic HTML
 Graphical Design & layout
 InDesign and
 Acrobat Reader
 Photoshop
 CD ROM
Chairmanships
1989-1991
1993-1995
20002002-
Student representative in the College executive committee at
Drammen College, Drammen, NORWAY
Chairman of the Sports Association at "Blindern Studenterhjem"
with 220 members, Oslo, NORWAY
Member of the executive committee of the company "Henriette
Dedichen", Oslo, NORWAY
Vice chairman in the Councel of The Faculty of Law, University of
Oslo, NORWAY
Cultural, educational & professional societies of which i am a member
LAW
LAW
LAW
LAW
LAW
LAW
LAW
LAW
CULTURE
SPORTS
Norsk Forening for Jus & EDB (The Norwegian Society for Law
and Computers)
International Fiscal Association (IFA)
Electronic-Commerce
Legal
Issues
Platform
(E-CLIP,
http://www.eclip.org)
International Law Association (ILA)
E-legal, a discussion group on legal aspects of electronic commerce
DGT, Discussion Group on Telecommunication
The Norwegian Intellectual Property Organisation
Expert Group on Private International Law
Friends of the Munch-museum
Member of NIF, The Norwegian Sports Federation
General leisure interests
Art & Culture
Languages
Multicultural
understanding
Travels
Outdoorlife
Sports
World History
Policy issues
My wife is an art historian, and we enjoy current event on the art
scene.
I seek to obtain a high proficiency level in all the languages
contained above.
Experiencing cultural differences broadens my perspective on life
and law. I seek to travel often and combine socio-cultural
experiences with professional experiences.
Trecking, fishing.
I am competing in cross country skiing, telemark skiing and
athletics.
Reflections on history is essential to the understanding of our
present cultural context.
I have a keen interest in policy issues.
[1] http://www.eclip.org
[2] http://www.debesche.no/
[3] http://www.eclip.org