Clement Salung Petersen

Current research

Primary research areas
I am broadly interested in civil justice, dispute resolution and enforcement, including

• Civil procedure law
• European procedural law, including procedural law aspects of EU law and the European Convention on Human Rights as well as the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and work on soft law harmonization of civil procedure law
• Comparative civil procedure law
• Alternative dispute resolution (ADR), including arbitration, mediation, online dispute resolution (ODR) and notice-and-action procedures
• Enforcement law, in particular enforcement of intellectual property rights

Current research projects
I am co-founder of the Centre for Private Governance (CEPRI), which conducts research in the legal implications of private governance, i.e. private actors undertaking (traditionally) public tasks and functions. I am particularly interested in how private governance can affect the role and functioning of courts in civil dispute resolution. Within CEPRI, I am PI on the collaborative research project Rethinking the role of courts in civil dispute resolution. I also participate in the collaborative research project Digital platforms as private governance systems.

Besides CEPRI, I contribute with research within a broad range of issues within my research area. My research includes the following books in Danish:

• Retsplejeloven med kommentarer (10. udgave 2018, 11. udgave 2024)
• Immaterialret (4. udg. 2015, 5. udg. 2018, 6. udg. 2021, 7. udg. 2024)
• Den civile retspleje (4. udg. 2017, 5. udg. 2020, 6. udg. 2024)
• Judicielle forbud/påbud og immaterialretsproces (2015)
• Immaterialrettigheder og foreløbige forbud (2008)

Currently, I am the principal supervisor on a PhD project on digitalization of civil justice in the Nordic countries.

I am editor and author of a number of articles about the responsible conduct of research and legal issues related to research on the website www.forskerportalen.dk. Since 2014, together with my colleague professor Morten Rosenmeier, I have been appointed as Named Persons to support good scientific practice at the University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Law. I have previously also been appointed as alternate member to the Practice Committee at the University of Copenhagen.

I have taught many courses on these topics to researchers and research administrators at the University of Copenhagen (Faculty of Law, Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Theology and Faculty of Humanities), the IT University, the Royal Danish Defence College and courses organised by the UBVA.

Other areas of interest

• Intellectual property law, in particular copyright, trademarks and internet domain names
• Contract law, in particular publishing agreements, license agreements, R&D agreements etc.
• Corporate law, start-ups

CV

Education

• 2001:     Cand.jur. (LL.M) (University of Copenhagen)
• 2004:     Lawyer
• 2008:     PhD (University of Copenhagen)
• 2009:     Assistant professor programme in teaching competence (CBS Learning Lab)
• 2009-:   Continuing education in university teaching competence and supervision of PhD students and assistant professors

Employment

• 2001-2005:     Assistant attorney/lawyer in Copenhagen
• 2002-2005:     Tutor in Property Law, University of Copenhagen
• 2005-2008:     PhD Student, University of Copenhagen
• 2008-2011:     Assistant Professor, University of Copenhagen
• 2011-2018:     Associate professor, University of Copenhagen
• 2018-:            Professor, University of Copenhagen

Internal tasks and administration

• The Academic Council (alternate member 2009-2012)
• Vice-Head of the PhD Programme (2011-2014)
• The Practice Committee (University of Copenhagen) (alternate member since 2013)
• The LL.M. Study Board (alternate member 2014-2021, member since 2022)
• Named Person for the responsible conduct of research at the Faculty of Law (since 2014)
• Course Responsible for "Civilprocesret" on the LL.M. Programme (since 2014)
• Course Responsible for "Civil Procedure Law" on the LL.M. Programme (2014-2021)
• Coordinator for the Dispute Resolution Research Group (RESOLVE) (2019-2024)
• Co-founder and member of the Course Group on Dispute Resolution (2020-2025)
• Co-founder and member of the Centre for Private Governance (CEPRI) (since 2020)

Current external tasks

• Member of the Danish Administration of Justice Council (Retsplejerådet) (2020-)
• Member of the Danish Special Court of Indictment and Revision (Den særlige klageret) (since 1 April 2026, alternate member since 1 August 2022)
• Legal consultant for the Committee for Protection of Scholarly and Scientific Works (2012-)

Former external tasks

• Member of Advokatrådets strukturudvalg (november 2022-2024)
• Alternate member of the Danish Appeals Permissions Board (Procesbevillingsnævnet) (1 January 2022 - 30 June 2023)
• Guest lecturer at Lund University (2013-2023)
• Guest lecturer at University of Strasbourg, Center for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) (2019-2020)
• Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors in ISHØJ HEGN A/S (2022-2024, board member since 2021)
• Chairman of the Board of Directors, Heliac A/S (2020-2022)
• Member of the Board of Directors, Heliac ApS (2016-2020)
• Member of the Board of Directors, Inmold A/S (2016-2022)
• Member of the Board of Directors, Rel8 ApS (2019-2022)
• Arbitrator
• Head of Secretariat for the Danish Complaints Board for Domain Names (2018-2023), secretary for the board (2007-2018)
• Chairman of the Board, the Danish Legal Research Education Programme (JurForsk) (2013-2014), member of the same board (2011-2013)

Research stays etc.

• Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich (2006)
• Oxford University, Institute of European and Comparative Law (2006)

Miscellaneous

Awarded Jorcks Fonds Forskningspris in 2012. Has also received external funding from NOS-HS (2011-2014), Dreyers Fond (2009), Det Finneske Legat (2008) and Awapatent AB's Stiftelse för Framjande av Immaterialrättslig Vetenskaplig Forskning (2005).

Memberships

• International Association of Procedural Law (IAPL)
• Nordic Association for Procedural Law (Nordisk Forening for Procesret, NFfP)
• Danish Copyright Society (Dansk Selskab for Ophavsret)
• Foreningen Industriel Retsbeskyttelse (FIR/AIPPI)
• IPenforce
• 2013-2022: International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP)

Teaching

Clement Salung Petersen teaches the following courses:

• Civilprocesret (in Danish) (LL.M. programme)
• Civil procedure (LL.M. programme)
• Good scientific practice (PhD programmes at the University of Copenhagen)

Clement Salung Petersen supervises master students within the following topics:

• Civil procedure
• Arbitration law
• Enforcement law
• Enforcement of intellectual property rights

Possible conflicts of interest

I am appointed by the Universities of Danmark as member of the Administration of Justice Council, which makes recommendations to the Ministry of Justice on amendments to the Administration of Justice Act, etc. I am also a member of the Special Court of Indictment and Revision (Den Særlige Klageret), which is a Danish special appeal court that primarily handles cases of reopening criminal cases and disciplinary cases against judges. Furthermore, as a consultant for the Committee for the Protection of Scientific and Scholarly Work under the Danish Association of Academics, I teach and advise on issues within my field of expertise. Please also see the information on my CV above.