Waves

Competition Bureau's affidavits reveal Libor manipulation system and extent of Canada's probe

2012-02-17T15:00:00.001+01:00

Competitionpolicyinternational.com, here. See also here.

Copyrights' many crossroads

2012-02-17T11:37:00.000+01:00

M. Martin-Pratt, here (video, The Creators Conference - audio pretty poor).

IMPROVING INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION IN CARTEL INVESTIGATIONS

2012-02-17T11:23:00.001+01:00

OECD, Background Note, here; country contributions here.

Jurisdiction and Choice of Law in International Antitrust Law – A U.S. Perspective

2012-02-17T11:03:00.000+01:00

H. Buxbaum, R. Michaels, here.

German services: Protected and inefficient

2012-02-17T10:57:00.000+01:00

The Economist, here.

Competition Law, Extraterritoriality and Bilateral Agreements

2012-02-17T10:54:00.001+01:00

F. Wagner-von Papp, here.

AU Federal Court on the qualification of simulcast via the Internet as broadcasting

2012-02-17T10:48:00.000+01:00

Phonographic Performance Company of Australia Ltd v Commercial Radio Australia Limited [2012] FCA 93 (15 February 2012), here.

Google's thoughts on the right to be forgotten

2012-02-16T17:13:00.001+01:00

Here.

AP v. Meltwater: Complaint

2012-02-16T17:07:00.003+01:00

Here.

EU Court of Justice on general filtering systems to prevent copyright infringement

2012-02-16T11:49:00.000+01:00

C-360/10, Belgische Vereniging van Auteurs, Componisten en Uitgevers (SABAM) v Netlog NV, here.

Competition in UK Banking

2012-02-16T11:39:00.003+01:00

J.Fingleton, here.

Competition Work at the OECD

2012-02-16T08:59:00.001+01:00

F. Maier-Rigaud, N. Taylor, here.

Barnier to seek mandate to negotiate a WIPO Treaty for the blind

2012-02-15T21:54:00.000+01:00

Here (video).

Acquisition of Motorola Mobility by Google approved

2012-02-15T11:46:00.001+01:00

EU Commission here; US Department of Justice here.

Second hand music files trader avoids injunction as copyright case moves to full trial

2012-02-14T17:02:00.001+01:00

www.out-law.com, here.

Evolution or Revolution? The Italian Competition Authority and the Pfizer Decision: A Reply to Thomas Graf

2012-02-08T19:48:00.000+01:00

S. Grassani, here.

Global antitrust in 2012: 10 key themes

2012-02-08T19:24:00.001+01:00

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, here.

Fair Use of Copies of Non-Patent-Literature Made in Patent Examination

2012-02-08T19:16:00.003+01:00

USPTO, here.

Golan v. Holder: A Farewell to Constitutional Challenges to Copyright Laws

2012-02-08T19:08:00.002+01:00

J. Band, here.

Plagio e creatività: un dialogo tra diritto e altri saperi

2012-02-08T18:29:00.000+01:00

R. Caso (a cura di), qui.

OVERSIGHT OF INNOVATION CATALYSTS

2012-02-08T18:27:00.001+01:00

T.Wu, OECD Hearing on Digital Economy, here.

Zentralvermarktung der Medienrechte der Fußball-Bundesliga und 2. Bundesliga ab Saison 2013/2014

2012-02-07T10:10:00.001+01:00

Bundeskartellamt, Beschluss hier.

Bottin Cartographes / Google France, Google Inc.

2012-02-07T10:02:00.003+01:00

Tribunal de commerce de Paris 15ème chambre Jugement du 31 janvier 2012, ici.

UNILATERAL DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION WITH ANTICOMPETITIVE EFFECTS (E.G. THROUGH PRESS ANNOUNCEMENTS)

2012-02-06T11:04:00.000+01:00

OECD, Background Paper, here.

Vergleichende Studie über Modelle zur Versendung von Warnhinweisen durch Internet-Zugangsanbieter an Nutzer bei Urheberrechtsverletzungen

2012-02-06T08:20:00.000+01:00

R. Schwartmann et al., hier.

WEKO eröffnet Untersuchung gegen Banken

2012-02-06T08:04:00.002+01:00

Hier.

COMPENSARE I DANNI DA LIBERALIZZAZIONI?

2012-02-03T16:04:00.000+01:00

A.Heimler, qui.

High Court on the"Karen Murphy" issues after C-403/08

2012-02-03T12:26:00.003+01:00

Football Association Premier League Ltd & Ors v QC Leisure & Ors [2012] EWHC 108 (Ch), February 3, 2012, here.

COPYRIGHT + CREATIVITY = JOBS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

2012-02-03T08:49:00.001+01:00

WIPO, here.

‘The Hotel Stinks’: Online Reviews and Consumer Law

2012-02-03T08:43:00.005+01:00

Competition Policy Blog, here.

The evolution from sector-specific regulation towards competition law in EU telecom markets from 1997 to 2011 - Different effects in practical implementation

2012-02-03T08:37:00.000+01:00

N. Freud, E-O. Ruhle, here.

Patent thickets, patent fees and patent quality: EPO Advisory Board sets priorities for investigations

2012-02-02T14:34:00.002+01:00

EPO.org, here.

L’exploitation numérique des livres indisponibles du XXème siècle : vers la consécration de la gestion collective des livres indisponibles ?

2012-02-02T11:31:00.002+01:00

Labs.hadopi.fr, ici.

The Counterfactual Method in EU Competition Law: The Cornerstone of the Effects-Based Approach

2012-02-02T09:30:00.003+01:00

D. Geradin, I. Girgenson, here.

Google condamné pour abus de position dominante de son service Google Maps en France

2012-02-01T18:34:00.002+01:00

Zdnet.fr, ici.

Sharing : Culture and the Economy in the Internet Age

2012-02-01T15:29:00.003+01:00

P. Aigrain, here.

Almunia on the reasons to prohibit the merger between Deutsche Börse and NYSE Euronext

2012-02-01T13:01:00.000+01:00

Video, here.

Die 8. GWB-Novelle aus wettbewerbspolitischer Sicht

2012-02-01T10:28:00.000+01:00

Monopolkommission, hier.

Musikindustrie scheitert mit Verfassungsbeschwerde gegen Heise-Urteil

2012-02-01T07:59:00.002+01:00

Heise.de, hier.

Optus wins TV Now litigation on cloud storage of free-to-air TV programs

2012-02-01T07:54:00.000+01:00

Singtel Optus Pty Ltd v National Rugby League Investments Pty Ltd (No 2) [2012] FCA 34 (1 February 2012), here.

Entscheidung des Amtsgerichts Bonn in Sachen Pfleiderer

2012-01-31T18:45:00.000+01:00

AG Bonn vom 18. Januar 2012, hier. Mittelung des Bundeskartellamtes hier.

MERCATO DEL GAS: AGCM SANZIONA LE SOCIETA’ ESTRA RETI GAS SRL E ESTRA SPA PER ABUSO DI POSIZIONE DOMINANTE

2012-01-31T18:39:00.001+01:00

Provvedimento qui.

Megaupload: A Lot Less Guilty Than You Think

2012-01-31T18:08:00.003+01:00

Cyberlaw.stanford.edu, here.

Neelie Kroes on SOPA, MegaUpload, and Cloud Computing

2012-01-31T13:20:00.000+01:00

Vieuws.eu, Interview, here (from 01:53).

Galaxy-Tab-Urteil - Richterspruch ohne Gewinner

2012-01-31T13:04:00.003+01:00

Handelsblatt.com, hier.

EU Commission opens proceedings against Samsung on licensing standard essential patents

2012-01-31T13:01:00.003+01:00

Press Release, here.

Pitruzzella (Antitrust): bene il rating antimafia

2012-01-31T10:36:00.002+01:00

IlSole24Ore, qui.

Relearning to forget

2012-01-31T10:21:00.002+01:00

The Economist, here.

The Sky is Rising: On the State of the Entertainment Industry

2012-01-31T09:48:00.000+01:00

M. Masnick, M. Ho, here. Compare it with M. Lemley, Is the Sky Falling on the Content Industries?, here.

Public Access to Digital Data:Responses to US OSTP's Request for Information

2012-01-31T09:34:00.002+01:00

Here.

Plagiat universitaire : le pacte de non-lecture

2012-01-31T09:24:00.000+01:00

Lemonde.fr, ici.

Strong medicine for law breakers – NDRC’s first antitrust action in the pharmaceutical sector under the Anti-monopoly law

2012-01-31T08:59:00.001+01:00

Hogan Lovells, Antitrust, Competition and Economic Regulation
Client Quarterly Newsletter, p. 18 f., here.

Private data, public rules

2012-01-30T16:27:00.002+01:00

The Economist, here.

Ein Bärendienst an der Forschung

2012-01-30T14:59:00.001+01:00

Nzz.ch, hier.

EU Commission closes procedural case against Servier

2012-01-30T14:32:00.001+01:00

Here. From the press release: "In light of Servier's arguments which would require significant further investigation, the Commission has decided to close the case, and instead focus on the substantive enforcement of competition rules in a number of pending cases, including one involving Servier". Was the Commission flabbergasted by Servier's backfire?

EU Data protection reform and Cloud Computing

2012-01-30T14:13:00.002+01:00

N. Kroes, here.

UN Special Rapporteur Talks Human Rights, Internet at GW Law

2012-01-30T13:04:00.003+01:00

Techpolicy.com, here.

In line with the international competition best practices? - The new competition law in Brazil

2012-01-30T11:10:00.000+01:00

D. Herrera Moraes, here.

MegaUpload : entretien exclusif avec le responsable technique

2012-01-30T10:32:00.002+01:00

Zdnet.fr, ici.

Vergesst das Recht auf Vergessenwerden

2012-01-27T12:33:00.003+01:00

S. Möller, hier.

From Regulatory Tool to Competition Law Rule: The Case of Margin Squeeze under EU Competition Law

2012-01-27T12:29:00.002+01:00

H. Auf'mkolk, here (presentation here).

Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries

2012-01-26T17:03:00.001+01:00

ARL, here.

Setting up the European Cloud Partnership

2012-01-26T11:05:00.000+01:00

N. Kroes, here.

Wikipedia Wants to Be Free — for Mobile Users, in Africa

2012-01-26T10:23:00.001+01:00

Mashable.com, here.

EU data protection proposals a chance for better protection

2012-01-26T08:55:00.001+01:00

Chairman of the Article 29 Working Party, here.

Initial response from the ICO on the European Commission’s proposal for a new general Data Protection Regulation

2012-01-26T08:45:00.002+01:00

The UK Information Commissioner, here.

EU-Datenschutz-Paket: Wichtiger Schritt zur Modernisierung des Datenschutzes

2012-01-26T08:09:00.001+01:00

Der Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit, hier.

FAIR USE AND EDUCATION: THE WAY FORWARD

2012-01-26T07:57:00.001+01:00

P. Jaszi, here.

Global Data Privacy Laws: Forty Years of Acceleration

2012-01-25T16:06:00.002+01:00

G. Greenleaf, here.

EU reform of the data protection rules

2012-01-25T13:19:00.000+01:00

EU Commission's Proposals: Communication, Regulation, and Directive. More info (impact assessment etc.) on the EU Data Protection Reform 2012 website. Watch also the press conference (questions from 15:27).
On the last move made by Google (here) in the privacy arena, Madame Reding commented that it was "a first step in the direction of more privacy".
Interestingly, the Commissioner also makes rather clear that she has "expanded the high level German data protection rule to 26 other Member States". Briefly, "one-stop shop", "no minimal rules" but "solid rules...technologically neutral".

LAPSI's Policy Recommendations as to the Competitive Issues that the Re-Use of PSI raises

2012-01-25T13:12:00.002+01:00

Here.

Einschränkungen der Preisgestaltung im Einzelhandel aus wettbewerbsökonomischer Perspektive

2012-01-25T10:19:00.000+01:00

J. Haucap, hier.

The EU Data Protection Reform 2012: Making Europe the Standard Setter for Modern Data Protection Rules in the Digital Age

2012-01-25T09:56:00.002+01:00

V.Reding, here.

E-Books going public through crowdfunding

2012-01-25T09:52:00.001+01:00

Publishingperspectives.com, here.

Researchers find smart meters could reveal favorite TV shows

2012-01-25T09:37:00.000+01:00

News.Cnet.com, here.

Ökonomen in Demut. Oder: Soll Vater Staat Brust-OPs verbieten?

2012-01-25T09:31:00.002+01:00

Fazit, hier.

Google’s New Privacy Policy Aims At Integrating YouTube

2012-01-25T09:16:00.001+01:00

Paidcontent.org, here.

Banking sector and State aid

2012-01-25T09:14:00.000+01:00

J. Almunia, here.

Décision relative à des pratiques mises en œuvre dans le secteur de la fourniture d’informations météorologiques aux professionnels

2012-01-23T18:55:00.003+01:00

Autorité de la concurrence, Décision du 23 janvier 2012, ici

US Supreme Court on withdrawing works from the public domain

2012-01-18T17:37:00.001+01:00

GOLAN ET AL. v. HOLDER, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ET AL., here.

AGCM: sanzionata Pfizer con una multa di 10,6 milioni di euro per abuso di posizione dominante

2012-01-18T17:20:00.000+01:00

Provvedimento qui.

Walled Garden Rivalry: The Creation of Mobile Network Ecosystems

2012-01-17T17:38:00.000+01:00

T. Hazlett, D. Teece, L. Waverman, here.

Ten years InfoSoc: a small note from a biased attendee to the conference

2012-01-17T15:45:00.001+01:00

kluwercopyrightblog.com, here.

UK Student faces extradition to the US on copyright infringement charges

2012-01-17T11:11:00.001+01:00

Out-law.com, here.

Capitalists quite often invent the technology that destroys their own business

2012-01-16T17:59:00.001+01:00

The Economist, here.

As demand for e-books soars, libraries struggle to stock their virtual shelves

2012-01-16T15:27:00.003+01:00

Washingtonpost.com, here.

Report on Trade Secrets for the European Commission

2012-01-16T14:20:00.003+01:00

Here.

Thomas Hoeren über SOPA und mögliche Auswirkungen für Europa

2012-01-16T09:29:00.000+01:00

Deutschlandradio Kultur, hier (ab 3:35).

Ökonomie neu denken – Jenseits der Finanzkrise

2012-01-16T09:03:00.000+01:00

Interviews mit Andreas Suchanek und Armin Falk.

The Competitiveness and Innovative Capacity of the United States

2012-01-16T08:52:00.003+01:00

U.S. Department of Commerce, here.

How research goes viral

2012-01-13T12:01:00.001+01:00

MIT News, here.

Patry On What Content Owners Should Do Now

2012-01-13T11:56:00.002+01:00

Paidcontent.org, here.

How SOPA Affects Students, Educators, and Libraries

2012-01-12T08:22:00.003+01:00

EFF, here.

EUROPEAN DATA PROTECTION SUPERVISOR: Inventory 2011

2012-01-12T08:11:00.001+01:00

Here.

AGCM CONTESTA A 12 CONSIGLI DEGLI ORDINI DEGLI AVVOCATI POSSIBILI INTESE RESTRITTIVE DELLA CONCORRENZA

2012-01-11T20:19:00.003+01:00

Qui.

Research Bought, Then Paid For

2012-01-11T19:46:00.001+01:00

nytimes.com, here.

EU Commission: A coherent framework for building trust in the Digital Single Market for e-commerce and online services

2012-01-11T19:38:00.003+01:00

Communication here, and Staff Working Paper here.

Monopolkommission lehnt Oettingers Fusionsidee für Eon und RWE ab

2012-01-11T10:35:00.001+01:00

www.financial-informer.de, hier.

A Rule of Reason Approach to the Antitrust Issues of the Google Book Search Settlement

2012-01-11T10:11:00.000+01:00

K. Kwok, here.

Eviction de HP du marché des serveurs: poursuite de l'instruction au fond des pratiques reprochées à Oracle

2012-01-10T13:13:00.000+01:00

Autorité de la Concurrence, Décision n° 12-D-01 du 10 janvier 2012 , ici.