EU Commission to probe allegations of antitrust violations by Google

Press Release, here.

US Supreme Court to Decide Standard for Proving Invalidity of a Patent

EFF, here.

More than a game

IP Colloquium, here.

Beyond Fair Use

Phil Weiser, Gideon Parchomovsky, here.

"Ohne Urheber keine kulturelle Vielfalt" - Zwölf-Punkte-Papier zum Schutz des geistigen Eigentums im digitalen Zeitalter

Kulturstaatsminister Bernd Neumann, hier.

YouTube et les auteurs français signent un accord déterminant

SACD, ici.

Kann der freie Zugang zu einem gewichtigen Teil des kulturellen Erbes, zu den verwaisten Werken und damit zu einem gewichtigen Teil des Commons, in Europa bald Wirklichkeit werden? Vielleicht, aber …

R.Kuhlen, hier.

MEDITERRANEAN COMPETITION BULLETIN

N.2, November 2010.

The Second Decade of the International Competition Network: Challenges Ahead?

Oliver BUDZINSKI, University of Southern Denmark, "The Governance of Global Competition:  Challenges for the Second Decade of the ICN"

Alessandra TONAZZI, Italian Competition Authority, "The Governance of Global Competition: ICN’s Next Decade"

Friday November 26, 2010 8:30 am
Trento Economics Faculty, Law Department
Room 3
via Verdi 53
Trento - Italy

ICN 2010 UNILATERAL CONDUCT WORKSHOP: LIVE WEBCAST

Agenda, Webcast.

Certification of a claim as a consumer class action following a bread price fixing cartel in South Africa dismissed

Here.

Senate's Inquiry into the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Franklins decision

Here (from Australian Competition Law)

AG Hamburg zu Urheberrechtsverletzungen durch RSS-Feeds

A. Schneider, hier.

The U.S. International Trade Commission to investigate on alleged smartphone-related patent infringements

Here.

Smart Wars - Um Smartphone-Technologien ist ein regelrechter Patentkrieg entbrannt

F.Müller, hier.

Current Issues in Competition and Consumer Protection Enforcement in the Retail Sector

J.T.Rosch, FTC, here.

Italian Mastercard Competition Decision Partly Annulled

TAR Lazio, here.

Entflechtung als Instrument des Kartellrechts

Sitzung des Arbeitskreises Kartellrecht, Pressemeldung und Arbeitspapier

Google on information flows and international trade law

Enabling Trade in the Era of Information Technologies: Breaking Down Barriers to the Free Flow of Information

BOLETÍN LATINOAMERICANO DE COMPETENCIA N. 27

Aquí.

UK Court of Appeal Closes the Door on “Opt-Out” Class Actions

White & Case, here.

Pratiques mises en oeuvre dans le secteur de la télévision payante

Autorité de la concurrence, Décision du 16 novembre 2010

TRANSATLANTIC AIRLINE ALLIANCES: COMPETITIVE ISSUES AND REGULATORY APPROACHES

A report by the European Commission and the United States Department of Transportation

ON THE EFFECT OF ECONOMIC CRISES ON ANTITRUST POLICY

M.Lao, here.

Indian Policy on Open Standards for e-Governance

Here

Healthy competition is good environmental policy

Competition Policy and Green Growth, Report from the Nordic competition authorities.

ACTA: Negotiations Concluded

See the final version and the joint statement from all the negotiating partners of the agreement

Dynamic Efficiencies and Technological Progress in EC Merger Control

C.Allmendinger, here.

Entwicklung des Urheberrechts in der digitalen Gesellschaft

29. November 2010, öffentliche Expertenanhörung veranstaltet von der Enquete-Kommission Internet und digitale Gesellschaft. Video  und Stellungsnahmen zur Anhörung hier.. 

BT and TalkTalk win Digital Economy Act review

Here (Marketing Week).

Linksetzung, technisch unwirksame Schutzmaßnahme und Urheberrechtsverletzung

Bundesgerichtshof (BGH), Urteil des I. Zivilsenats vom 29.4.2010 - I ZR 39/08

Deins, meins, unseres. Kulturen des Urheberrechts

Vortrag von Reto Hilty auf dem Netzpolitischen Kongress der Grünen live gebloggt

The 2010 Merger Guidelines: Do We Need Them? Are They All We Need?

G.Leonard, here.

Italian Competition Authority to Investigate Sky's World Cup Sport Rights Exclusivity

Press release (in Italian only), from the Authority's website.

Validité d'une licence CC reconnue en Belgique

Tribunal de première instance de Nivelles, ici.

On promoting cultural diversity and content adapted to the digital age

Neelie Kroes, here.

Including Exclusion in the 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines

D.Hoffman, D. Francis, here.

WIPO SCCR/21

Closed captioning (stream text) at the following link: http://streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=WIPO (pw: wipo4me). Final Conclusions (from KEI)

A comprehensive approach on personal data protection in the European Union

European Commission, here.

Judicial Review in European Union Competition Law: A Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment

D. Geradin, N. Petit, here.

Ofcom: Guidance note for public interest test on the anticipated acquisition of British Sky Broadcasting plc by News Corporation

Here.

Of Omissions and Commissions: India's Competition Laws

A.Bhattacharjea, here.

ICN Unilateral Conduct Working Group's teleseminar on unilateral conduct in the pharmaceutical industry

Recording of the program and accompanying slide deck.

2010 Merger Guidelines: Empirical Analysis

J.Hausman, here.

Oracle raises price of an entry-level MySQL subscription significantly

Computerworld, here.

Cameron on reviewing IP laws to make them fit for the digital age

From the speech:
"The founders of Google have said they could never have started their company in Britain.

The service they provide depends on taking a snapshot of all the content on the internet at any one time and they feel our copyright system is not as friendly to this sort of innovation as it is in the United States.

Over there, they have what are called ‘fair-use’ provisions, which some people believe gives companies more breathing space to create new products and services.

So I can announce today that we are reviewing our IP laws, to see if we can make them fit for the internet age."
See also the IPO's press release on the scope of the review.

Review of barriers to entry, expansion and exit in retail banking in the UK

OFT, here.

Canadian Bill C-32: digital burning in education debated

Here.

"It's the ad-text stupid" - Erkenntnisse und Fragen aus den Google France Entscheidungen

M. Schubert, hier.

Kein wettbewerbsrechtlicher Leistungsschutz für Amateurfußballspiele

"www.hartplatzhelden.de", Urteil des I. Zivilsenats vom 28.10.2010 - I ZR 60/09 (noch nicht veröffentlicht, nur Pressemitteilung).