Wednesday, December 21, 2011

European Blind Union: No Christmas presents from the EU on the WIPO negotiations

Here

Irish Data Protection Commissioner on Facebook: Report of Audit published

Here

Orphan Works: Definitional Issues

D. Hansen, here

Comparative international data on the communications sector


International Communications Market Report 2011, UK Ofcom, here.

Enjeux autour de la gestion et de la gouvernance de l’information dans le secteur public

Markess Int., ici.

Universal Music Group räumt umstrittene Copyright-Filter bei YouTube ein

Urheberrecht.org, hier.

Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth

UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, here (s. Expanded Access to Research Publications and Data, p. 76 ff.). 

Article 29 Working Party on personal data processing at airports

Letter to IATA, here

32 millions d'euros alloués aux contenus culturels numériques

lexpansion.lexpress.fr, ici

Microsoft wins key patent decision against Motorola Android in US

Guardian.co.uk, here

Consultation on proposals to change the UK's copyright system

Here

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

20 years of the Czech competition law

UOHS, here

Legge sugli "Open Data"

Consiglio Regionale del Piemonte, qui

National open access and preservation policies in Europe

EU Commission, here

Akten in Kartellverfahren bleiben geschlossen

Ftd.de, hier

Publishing Insider Tipped Law Firms About E-Book Price Fixing Conspiracy

PaidContent.org, here

Convergence Review

AU Convergence Review Committee, Interim Report, here

EU patent gets Legal Affairs Committee green light

Les ayants droit satisfaits de l'adoption du projet de loi sur la copie privée

LeMonde.fr, ici

Resolución de la CNC sobre Apple (diseños comunitarios y procedimiento penal)

U.S. Trade Body Grants Apple Partial Ban For HTC Phones

PaidContent.org, here

US Senators asking the FTC to investigate Google

Letter here

Local bus services market investigation

UK Competition Commission, Final Report here

The Economics of Privacy

University of Colorado Law School, summary and video of the conference.

The Handbook of Competition Economics 2012: Germany

Here

Monday, December 19, 2011

Open Data Strategy for Europe and Ireland

data.fingal.ie, here

Better Data for a Better Internet

J. Palfrey, J. Zittrain, here

Don't Break the Internet

M. Lemley, D. Levine, & D. Post, here

Avis du Comité d’éthique du CNRS sur « les relations entre chercheurs et maisons d’édition scientifique »

Ici

Innovation’s Cold War

D. Balto, here

Cloud Computing: Public Consultation Report

EU Commission, here. Some responses:
BILETA
Bird&Bird
COCIR
Google
Microsoft
Telefonica

Institutional Coherence and Effectivity of a Regional Competition Policy: The Case of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)

M. Bakhoum, J. Molestina, here

The (Non) Use of Treaty Object and Purpose in Intellectual Property Disputes in the WTO

H. Grosse Ruse-Khan, here

Platform Economics: Essays on Multi-Sided Businesses

D. Evans, R. Schmalensee, M. Noel. H. Chang, D. Swartz, here (collection of previously published essays). 

OECD Council Recommendation on Principles for Internet Policy Making

Here

La CNIL et les réseaux sociaux

G. Le Grand, ici

Antitrust standing and the new economy

Cravath.com, here

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

EU Council conclusions on the open internet and net neutrality in Europe

Here

Defying Conventional Wisdom: The Case for Private Antitrust Enforcement


J. Davis and R. Lande, presentation here , audio here and accompanying material here (AAI Conference, Panel on "Private Enforcement: What We Know and Do Not Know").

Réseaux sociaux et Commission Européenne

V. Reding, ici

EU Commission takes first steps towards a free market in airport slots

bakermckenzie.com, here

Stellungnahmen bzgl.Konsultation zum Entwurf des Leitfadens zur Marktbeherrschung in der Fusionskontrolle

Hier

SOPA In Infographic Format

Techdirt, here

NDRC Fined Two Pharmaceutical Companies for Abusive Conducts

chinalawinsight.com, here

Brazil’s Leaked Copyright Reform Draft Bill Shows Latest Thinking

P. Paranaguà, here

Paying authors more might be the best economics for publishers in the long run

M. Shatzkin, here

Monday, December 12, 2011

Open Data – Freigabe von Daten aus Bibliothekskatalogen

T. Kreutzer, hier

Imperial Tobacco Group plc and Imperial Tobacco Limited v Office of Fair Trading

UK Competition Appeal Tribunal, Cases No: 1160-5/1/1/10, 12 December 2011, here. Read also OFT's Statement

EU Communication on Open Data

Provisional version, here

Data is the new gold

N.Kroes, here

Snapshot of the "Apps" market in relation with public sector information

A SCHEME TO ADDRESS ONLINE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

AUSTRALIAN INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER (ISP) PROPOSAL, here

Digital Content Services for Consumers: Assessment of Problems Experienced by Consumers

Report 4, Europe Economics, here.

Seeds protection: when Monsanto tests the limits of patent in the EU and the U.S.

A.Strowel, here

Friday, December 09, 2011

"Self"-regulation: Should online companies police the internet?

Seminar, List of speakers and Video (from 28:50). 

New AGCM President: Competition as Growth Lever and More Europe to Overcome the Crisis

Here (Press Release in Italian). 

Study on the Interplay between Standards and Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)


Fraunhofer Institute for Communication System and Dialogic, School of Innovation Sciences at Eindhoven University of Technology, here.

AUDIT MARKET INVESTIGATION - Issues statement

UK Competition Commission, here

100 years of Copyright and Disruptive Technology

Part 1, Copyhype, here

Stellungnahme des Bundeskartellamts zum Referentenentwurf zur 8. GWB-Novelle

Hier

TGI Paris: Samsung v. Apple

N. RG 11/58301, ici

The newsonomics of Google’s retail push

NiemanLab, here

"METRO Cash & Carry” created discriminatory conditions for suppliers of meat and fish products in Russia

FAS, here, and here for some general background on the issue of discrimination in food retail chain in Russia.

A QUICK REVIEW OF THE DRAFT EU DATA PROTECTION REGULATION

Privacyinternational.org, here. Circulating version here

Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Enforcement Cooperation in International Competition Policy

Alessandra Tonazzi (Italian Competition Authority) speaking  at Trento University
December 7, 2011
4 pm, Room 3C.
Presentation here

Will out-of-commerce books soon be managed by a collective management society in France?

C. Jasserand, here

How Crocs Are Helping Apple Stomp On Samsung

Paidcontent.org, here

Use It, or Lose It: In defence of the critical role of “fair use”

publishersweekly.com, here

Public bodies and competition law

OFT, here

Privacy: A Lesson from the Playroom

J. Brill, here

EU Commission consults on review of current regime for technology transfer agreements

Here

Assessment of potential anticompetitive conduct in the field of intellectual property rights and assessment of the interplay between competition policy and IPR protection

P. Regibeau, K. Rocket, here

HathiTrust's filed response to the lawsuit

The Authors Guild, Inc. et al v. Hathitrust et al., here.

Der Referentenentwurf (RefE) zur 8. GWB-Novelle

C. Dobler, hier (Danke an @JohannesZoettl). 

EU Commission opens formal proceedings to investigate sales of e-books

Press Release, here

SOPA and people with print disabilities

benetech.blogspot.com, here

Sunday, December 04, 2011

Thursday, December 01, 2011

Public Access to Historical Records

M. Pallante, here

The Personal Computer Is Dead

J. Zittrain, here

Unleashing Europe’s potential for growth: The role of competition policy

J. Almunia, here.
From the speech: " Fair and robust competition rules mean – among other things – integrating those markets which, in practice, continue to operate at national level; promoting innovation; encouraging the restructuring of mature European industries; and fighting against protectionism" and  "(R)ecently we have seen a rise in the strategic use of IPR. Take for example the mobile communications industry, where it seems that everybody is suing everybody else for patent infringements, often to block certain products from entering the market.
I have instructed my services to look closely into how intellectual property rights are used; for instance, we have recently asked Apple and Samsung to send us information on their patents for smartphones.
Our enforcement practice has also taught us that IPR strategies may be a concern also in the pharmaceutical industry.
In addition, we will soon be launching a stakeholder survey on the operation of the current antitrust regime of technology transfer agreements, which will expire in 2014.
An important issue will be to assess whether innovation is being properly disseminated to industries and consumers under the current regime."

Rémunération pour la copie privée

Assemblée Nationale (F), Discussion du projet de loi, ici

La Sacem s'oriente vers la taxation du cloud computing

Numerama.com, ici

EU-US data privacy storm blows cloud off course

EurActiv.com, here.

Public Domain Calculation

EuropeanaConnect, here

Copyright Policy and Practice in Electronic Reserves among ARL Libraries


D.Hansen, W. Cross, P.  Edwards, here.

Rapport du Conseil fédéral suisse sur les utilisations illicites d'œuvres sur Internet

Ici

Educators Worried About SOPA/PIPA's Impact On Education

Techdirt.com, here

EU-Kommission legt sich mit Facebook an

Unwatched.org, hier.

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Interview with Teresa Hackett: Positive and thoughtful engagement of Member States at WIPO

IFLA.org, here.

Improving traffic management transparency

Ofcom, here

Digitaal gebonden - Onderzoek naar de functionaliteit van een vaste prijs voor het e-boek


J. Poort, I. Akker, N. van Eijk, B. van der Sloot, P. Rutten, hier.

Comparative analysis, Law & Economics analysis, assessment and development of recommendations for possible future rules on digital content contracts

M. Loos, N. Helberger, L. Guibault, C. Mak, L. Pessers, K. Cseres, B. van der Sloot, R. Tigner, here

No fixed price for e-books in The Netherlands

Futurebook.net, here

The Case of Margin Squeeze as a Blueprint for the Transition from Regulation to Competition?

H. Auf‘mkolk, here

Was zu tun wäre: Ein Urheberrecht für das 21. Jahrhundert

Wikimedia Deutschland e.V., Digitale Gesellschaft e.V., Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland e.V., here.

Neutral on Internet Neutrality: Should There Be a Role for the Federal Trade Commission?

T. Rosch, here

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

iCloud: The Impact on Enterprise Information Management & E-Discovery

hudsonlegalblog.com, here

UK statement at SCCR 23 on preservation for libraries and archives

Here (from keionline.org). 

US Submission to SCCR 23 on Objectives and Principles for Exceptions and Limitations For Libraries and Archives

Here

EU Competition Policy: Work Programme for 2012

J. Almunia, here

Content Mining Free For All Would Be Bad For All

publishers.org.uk, here

The Creation of the WTO

WTO Creation Documentary Project, YouTube, here

Olivier Martinez/AdWords après l’arrêt par la CJUE

Tribunal de grande instance de Paris 17ème chambre, Jugement du 14 novembre 2011, ici

Penguin Group USA to No Longer Allow Library Lending of New Ebook Titles

thedigitalshift.com, here

Hartford Courant Settles Copyright And Hot News Claims

Paidcontent.org, here.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Site to Resell Music Files Has Critics

NYTimes.com, here.

EU Commission makes Standard & Poor's commitments to abolish fees for use of US International Securities Identification Numbers binding

Press Release, here

Copyright Infringement and Enforcement in the US - A Research Note

The American Assembly, here

Contracts on Fire: Amazon's Lending Library Mess

The Authors Guild, here

HathiTrust: Overview of Orphan Works Investigation for One Volume

Here

IP and Competition Policy - An International Perspective

Giovanni Napolitano, WIPO
Trento Economics Faculty
November 17, 2011
Room 3 C, 9 am.
Presentation here

Keynote: The Landscape of Collective Management Schemes

D. Gervais, here

Does Merger Control Work? A Retrospective on U.S. Enforcement Actions and Merger Outcomes

J. Kwoka, Jr., D. Greenfield, here

FAIR USE IN EUROPE. IN SEARCH OF FLEXIBILITIES


B. Hugenholtz, M. Senftleben, here.

Positionspapier: Kulturelles Erbe im Internet sichtbar machen - Museumsobjekte und Urheberrecht -

D. Preißler, hier

Friday, November 11, 2011

FAIR AND OTHER NON-INFRINGING USES IN THE CONTEXT OF CLOUD COMPUTING

G. Jiang, here.

Décret relatif au prix du livre numérique

N° 2011-1499 du 10 novembre 2011 pris en application de la loi n° 2011-590 du 26 mai 2011, ici. 

Whither WIPO: Will WIPO Wither?

M. Geist, audio, here

SCCR/22/16 - Proposal on an international instrument on limitations and exceptions for persons with print disabilities

Here

PROMOTING COMPLIANCE WITH COMPETITION LAW: DO COMPLIANCE AND ETHICS PROGRAMS HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY?

J. Murphy, OECD ROUNDTABLE ON PROMOTING COMPLIANCE WITH COMPETITION LAW, here

Achtes Gesetz zur Änderung des Gesetzes gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen

Referentenentwurf, BMWi, hier

Bionic Revisited: What the Summary Judgment Ruling in Oracle v. Google Means for Android and the GPL

E. Naughton, here

Library Copyright Alliance on Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)

The Net Neutrality Debate: Are All End-Users and Websites Created Equal?

C. Cohn, A. Mossoff , M. Lemley, video here

The impacts of supermarket price decisions on the dairy industry

Australian Senate, Economics References Committee, here

Livres indisponibles et orphelins : quel enjeu pour les bibliothèques ?

Interassociation Archives Bibliothèques Documentation, ici

The Impact of Copyright Policy Changes on Venture Capital Investment in Cloud Computing Companies

J. Lerner, here

Monday, October 31, 2011

WTO TRIPS Council: Ecuador questions the European Union on Italian compulsory licenses

KEI, here.

Google exerts influence through others

Bloomberg Businessweek, here

Rules for Growth: Promoting Innovation and Growth Through Legal Reform

R. Litan , Y. Benkler , H. Butler , J. Clippinger , R. Cook-Deegan , R. Cooter , A. Edlin , N. Garnett , R. Gilson , O. Goodenough , G. Hadfield , M. Lemley , F. Partnoy , G. Priest , L. Ribstein , C. Sabel , P. Schuck , H. Scott, R. Scott , A. Stein , V. Stodden , J. Tyler III , A. Viard and B. Wittes, here

Aktuelle Auseinandersetzung zwischen Apple, Samsung und anderen IT-Anbietern.

TAZ.de, hier

Emerging Theories of Competitive Harm in Merger Enforcement

T. Rosch, D. Tucker, here

Governing Bad Behavior by Users of Multi-Sided Platforms

D. Evans, here

MPAA Lists “Notorious” Pirate Sites To U.S. Government

torrentfreak.com, here

Bank Competition in the EU: How Has It Evolved?

L. Weill, here

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

A United States Perspective on Cartel Enforcement

S. Hammond, here (thanks to Kartellblog). 

THE EX-POST EVALUATION OF TWO MERGER DECISIONS


L.Aguzzoni, E. Argentesi, P. Buccirossi, L. Ciari, T. Duso, M. Tognoni, C. Vitale, here.

Finland: Copyright Management Organization abused its Dominant Position

ECN Brief 04/2011, here

EU addresses orphan works and 'out-of-commerce' books and journals

C. Scollo Lavizzari, A. Myburgh, here

On the interpretation of ‘human embryo’ as of Directive 98/44/EC on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions

Court of Justice of the European Union, Judgment in Case C-34/10
Oliver Brüstle v Greenpeace e.V., Press Release and Judgment

Report on online gambling in the Internal Market

European Parliament, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Rapporteur: Jürgen Creutzmann, here

Bundeskartellamt verhängt Millionengeldbußen gegen Hersteller von Instant-Cappuccino

Pressemeldung, hier

On the resale of MP3s and other digital download music and video files: ReDigi

the1709blog.blogspot.com, here

Liberalizar los colegios profesionales para crear más competencia en la economía

Expansion.com, aquì.

An Antitrust Framework for Climate Change

M. Carrier, here.

Regional Agreements of Developing Jurisdictions: Unleashing the Potential

M. Gal, I. Faibish, here

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Amicus Brief: AAI Opposes Restrictions on Foreign Reach of Sherman Act (Minn-Chem v. Agrium)

Europa-Abgeordnete drängen auf rasche Reform der Verwertungsgesellschaften

Heise.de, hier

Competition in professions - 10 years on. The Liberalisation of Professions and Consumer Empowerment

P. Collins, here.

Informe sobre las relaciones entre fabricantes y distribuidores en el sector alimentario

CNC, aquì.

ACCC appeals Google decision on misleading advertisements

News Release, here

Steve Jobs patent enables Apple to shut down any new Android product in Australia

fosspatents.blogspot.com, here

Ban on internet sales amounts to a restriction on competition by object, unless objectively justifiied

Court of Justice of the European Union, Case C-439/09, Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmétique SAS v Président de l'Autorité de la Concurrence, here

Apple wins Samsung tablet ban in Australian court

Reuters.com, here

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

That Didn't Take Long: Amazon Sued For Patent Infringement For New Kindle Fire Tablet

Techdirt.com, here.

Indagine conoscitiva sul settore dell’assicurazione di autoveicoli

A. Catricalà, qui

Deutscher Journalisten-Verband kritisiert Vorstoß aus CDU/CSU für ein »faires Urheberrecht«

Institut für Urheber- und Medienrecht, hier

Buchbranche fürchtet Einfluss der Piraten

Heise.de, hier. 

Six Provocations for Big Data

D.Boyd, K.Crawford, here

Independent rail regulators are key to competitive rail services

European Parliament, here

Dutch ruling sends intermediary liability back to the 90s

technollama.co.uk, here

Bookshare Passes 150,000 Student Members & 125,000 Titles

Teleread.com, here

Medicines Patent Pool Signs Deal With Indian Generics Producer

ip-watch.org, here

EU Commission imposes € 8.9 million fine in banana cartel

Press Release, here

Monday, October 10, 2011

The Economist on Software Patents

Difference Engine: Programmed nonsense, here

EXCESSIVE PRICES

OECD Secretariat, Background Paper, here

The economics of compliance

M. Bennett, presentation.

Getting personal: Managers' liability for competition law breaches: a UK perspective

L. Guttuso, presentation

WIPO STUDY ON PATENTS AND THE PUBLIC DOMAIN

WIPO Secretariat, here

PROCEDURAL FAIRNESS: TRANSPARENCY ISSUES IN CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS

OECD, here

WIPO STUDY ON THE INTERFACE BETWEEN EXHAUSTION OF INTELLECTUAL RIGHTS AND COMPETITION LAW

WIPO Secreteriat, here

Opération de concentration entre coopératives agricoles autorisée sous réserve d'engagements

Communiqué, ici

Energy markets: Commission welcomes adoption of new rules on wholesale electricity and gas trading

Competition Enforcement Capacity Building and Competition Advocacy

J. Fingleton, here

UNITAID 3rd Consultative Forum; Nineteen IP recommendations

KEI, here

Canada: New Merger Enforcement Guidelines

Here

Europe 1 – Premier League 0

B. Hugenholtz, here

Benzinpreise – Marktmacht, Preissetzung und Konsequenzen

Arbeitskreis Kartellrecht, Bundeskartellamt, Thesenpapier und drei Vorträge

FTC Requires Sale of Generic Cancer Pain Drug and Muscle Relaxant as Conditions of Teva’s $6.8 Billion Acquisition of Cephalon

Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Assicurazioni: multe per oltre 13 milioni a tre imprese e a un’agenzia plurimandataria per intesa restrittiva della concorrenza

I731, qui.

Administrability and business certainty in abuse of dominance enforcement: an economist’s review of the South African record

S. Roberts, here

Competition legislation and policy – is it necessary in a developing economy?

L. du Plessis, J. Lurie and A. van Buuren, here.

Heal the World-Competition law and public interest issues

L. Morphet, A. Konstant, here

AIME v. Regents of the University of California


UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, No. CV 10-9378 CBM (MANx), here.

How to deal with Chinese State-owned Enterprises under the EU Merger Regulation?

F. Depoortere, here

On licences for the broadcasting of football matches granting territorial exclusivity in the EU

Cases C-403/08 and C-429/08, Football Association Premier League and Others v QC Leisure and Others; Karen Murphy v Media Protection Services Ltd, Judgment and Press Release

The Antitrust Economics of Free

D. Evans, here

Should Regulators Treat Google Like Standard & Poor's?

M. Patterson in Forbes, here

Golan v. Holder: A Look at the Constraints Imposed by the Berne Convention

D. Gervais, here

Retrograde Antitrust Analysis is No Fit for Google

J.Wright, here.

Competition Policy and the Patent System

Chap. 4, Innovation and Competition Policy: Cases and Materials, H. Hovenkamp, here.

Harm to Competition or Innovation; Remedies

Chap. 3, Innovation and Competition Policy: Cases and Materials, H. Hovenkamp, here

Competition Policy and the Scope of Intellectual Property Protection

Chap.1, Innovation and Competition Policy: Cases and Materials, H. Hovenkamp, here

Putin Pledges to Follow Gazprom Antitrust Inquiry

NYT, here

Monday, October 03, 2011

Video on Workshop on China's Anti-Monopoly Law and Enforcement

2011 Spring Meeting American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law, here.

In praise of chaos - Governments’ attempts to control the internet should be resisted

The Economist, here

Ouverture à la concurrence des transports ferroviaires

Autorité de la Concurrence,
Avis n° 11-A-15 du 29 septembre 2011 sur un projet de décret relatif aux gares de voyageurs et autres infrastructures de services du réseau ferroviaire
Avis n° 11-A-16 du 29 septembre 2011 relatif au projet de séparation des comptes de l’activité gares de voyageurs au sein de la SNCF

Will Two Roads Still Diverge? Private Enforcement of Antitrust Law is Getting Harder in the United States. But Europe May be Making it Easier

A. Foer, E. Schultz, here

STUDY ON THE ANTI-COMPETITIVE ENFORCEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS: SHAM LITIGATION

IPEA, here.

Empowering and Protecting Consumers Consultation: OFT Response

Here

ACTA: Meeting U.S. Objectives

The Office of the United States Trade Representative, here

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

On patent infringement by farmers planting the progeny of genetically altered seeds covered by U.S. patents

MONSANTO COMPANY AND MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC v. VERNON HUGH BOWMAN, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2010-1068, here

University of Michigan continues with its orphan works digitizing project

Teleread.com, here

FCC Net Neutrality Rules Published

Preserving the Open Internet; Final Rule, here

WIPO General Assembly: Live Webcast

Here, also for the archived videos. 

Apple: Samsung’s $100 Million 3G Request

blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime, here

Quick Guide to Collective Management of Text and Image based works

IFRRO, here

Apple has been denied the multi-touch trademark by Patent Office

9to5mac.com, here

Network Neutrality: The Global Dimension

P. Larouche, here

Cloud Computing in the EU Policy Sphere

J. Sluijs, P. Larouche, W. Sauter, here

Monday, September 26, 2011

US Seventh Circuit court of appeals on FTAIA’s limits on the Sherman Act’s reach

MINN-CHEM, INCORPORATED, et al., v. AGRIUM INCORPORATED, et al., No. 10-1712, here

With its Standout tag, Google News is giving publishers a new incentive to credit the competition

NiemanLab.org, here

Search Engines Searching for Trouble? Comparing Search Engine Operator Responsibility for Competitive Keyword Advertising Under EU and US Trademark Law

S.Kulk, here

Competition Issues in the Air Transport Sector

OECD, Secretariat's Background Note, here

POTENTIAL PRO-COMPETITIVE AND ANTICOMPETITIVE ASPECTS OF TRADE/BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS

OECD, Secretariat's Background Note, here

EU Commission opens investigation in e-payment market

Press release here

Australian Court decision on Google clarifies misleading advertisements

ACCC's press release hereAustralian Competition and Consumer Commission v Trading Post Australia Pty Ltd[2011] FCA 1086 here

LaMiaImpresaOnLine – Assoprovider segnala all’Antitrust

Qui.

Chinese Brands: Does Privatisation Matter?

IP Finance, here

CALIFORNIA REAL ESTATE INVESTOR PLEADS GUILTY TO BID RIGGING AT PUBLIC FORECLOSURE AUCTIONS

US DoJ, here

REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS TO THE WIPO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Is Android really free software?

R.Stallman, here

Datenschützer kritisieren Facebook-Neuerungen

Computerbase.de, here

ECJ on AdWords

Case C‑323/09, Interflora Inc. v Marks & Spencer plc, here.

Friday, September 16, 2011

HathiTrust Suspends Its Orphan Works Release

Publishersweekly.com, http://bit.ly/mWtoze.

Margin Squeeze - What Next?

P. Palmigiano, video and presentation.

National Library of the Netherlands makes contract with Google public following Dutch Access to public sector information Act (WOB) request

http://bit.ly/phWD6i

Google and IBM do it again: Google Acquires over 1,000 Patents from IBM in August

SEO by the Sea http://bit.ly/niVXM5. 

The Interaction of Leniency Programmes and Actions for Damages

C. Cauffman, http://bit.ly/pR6ZSR (p. 181).

Judge Sets Schedule in Case Over Google’s Digital Library

NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/o1ZKI5

Universal / Deezer : le droit de la concurrence au dessus du droit d’auteur

Tribunal de grande instance de Paris, Ordonnance de référé 05 septembre 2011, ici (Legalis.net).

Wednesday, September 07, 2011

Test de marché des engagements proposés par Carrefour par rapport au contrat de franchise Carrefour Market

Optimal Cartel Deterrence: An Empirical Comparison of Sanctions to Overcharges

R. Lande, J. Connor, here

How Should Europe (and the World) Respond to Piracy ?

Interview with Francis Gurry, here.

The Washington Declaration on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest

Here

Russian Dominance Rules

Clifford Chance, Client Briefing, here

Cross-border extended collective licensing: a solution to online dissemination of Europe’s cultural heritage?

J. Axhamn , L. Guibault, here

Sprint's Complaint challeging AT&T / T-Mobile merger

Here

Les Archives de l'Internet

Bibliothèque nationale de France, ici

Self-Regulated Professions — Post-Study Assessment

Competition Bureau of Canada, here

UK IPO office consulting on the proposed international instrument on limitations and exceptions for persons with print disabilities

TERM EXTENSION FOR RELATED RIGHTS IN SOUND RECORDING

J. Hendrik, P. Otto, here.