Thursday, March 31, 2011
Smartphone-Apps – wo bleibt der Datenschutz?
A.Dix, der Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit, Tätigkeitsbericht für das Jahr 2010, S. 67 ff.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Carburanti: Antitrust avvia indagine conoscitiva su meccanismo indice Platt's e su rete distributiva
Qui. Vedi anche il recente "INFORME DE SEGUIMIENTO DEL INFORME DE CARBURANTES PARA AUTOMOCIÓN" pubblicato dalla spagnola Comisión Nacional de la Competencia.
Hal Varian on Google's Value to US Users and Advertisers
A.Tsotsis (TechCrunch), here. See also Google's "Where we get our numbers"
Friday, March 25, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Dynamic Competition in the Newspaper Industry
C.Varney, here.
Business review letters concerning the Global News Service and the AP's News Registry respectively are referred to in Varney's remarks.
Business review letters concerning the Global News Service and the AP's News Registry respectively are referred to in Varney's remarks.
MYTHS ABOUT THE MEDIA: AUDIENCE, BUSINESS, AND MONEY
March 24, 2011, George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs, in Association with the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ), livestreaming event at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (6:00 p.m. in Geneva, CH)
Rejection of the Google Books Amended Settlement Agreement: Nine Snippets
Judge Danny Chin: "Before the Court is plaintiffs' motion pursuant ,to Rule
23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for final approval of
the proposed settlement of this class action on the terms set
forth in the Amended Settlement Agreement (the "ASA"). The
question presented is whether the ASA is fair, adequate, and
reasonable. I conclude that it is not."
Nine significant snippets:
23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for final approval of
the proposed settlement of this class action on the terms set
forth in the Amended Settlement Agreement (the "ASA"). The
question presented is whether the ASA is fair, adequate, and
reasonable. I conclude that it is not."
Nine significant snippets:
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Creative Destruction and Copyright Protection - Regulatory Responses to File-sharing
Z. Sujon, D.Tambini, here.
Righthaven: fair use analysis of the republication of an entire news article by a nonprofit organization
From EFF, here. Read also J.Schultz's Amicus Curiae.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Les quatre affaires Google de contrefaçon
Cour d’appel de Paris Pôle 5, chambre 2 Arrêts du 14 janvier 2011 (Legalis.net)
Google Inc. / Bac Films, The Factory
Google Inc. / Bac Films, The Factory
Cooperation between the OFT and China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC)
From the OFT's Press release:
"In the context of China's new Anti-Monopoly Law, the OFT will exchange expertise on issues including abuse of dominance, the relationship between intellectual property and competition and market definitions. The MOU also facilitates co-operation with China in handling common and complex consumer protection issues such as cross-border purchasing and protecting consumers online."
"In the context of China's new Anti-Monopoly Law, the OFT will exchange expertise on issues including abuse of dominance, the relationship between intellectual property and competition and market definitions. The MOU also facilitates co-operation with China in handling common and complex consumer protection issues such as cross-border purchasing and protecting consumers online."
Friday, March 18, 2011
Urheberrechtliche Gestaltung von Open-Access-Repositorien
Dossier zum IUWIS-Workshop am 02. März 2011.
The State of Online Consumer Privacy
J.Leibowitz, here. More about the US Senate Hearing here. Read also V.Reding, Your data, your rights: Safeguarding your privacy in a connected world for a EU perspective.
Geldbußen in Höhe von 38 Mio. € gegen drei Hersteller von Konsumgütern wegen des unzulässigen Austauschs über wettbewerbsrelevante Informationen
Aus der Pressemeldung des Bundeskartellamtes:" Die Kenntnis über die zu erwartenden Forderungen des Einzelhandels sowie die Reaktionen der maßgeblichen Wettbewerber auf diese Forderungen, konnten das eigene Marktverhalten ebenso entscheidend beeinflussen, wie die Information über beabsichtigte Preiserhöhungen der Konkurrenz. Informationen dieser Art werden von den Unternehmen normalerweise hoch vertraulich behandelt".
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
A Competition Regime for Growth: A Consultation on Options for Reform
UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), here.
Competition Issues in Standard Setting: The New Horizontal Guidelines
S.Vezzoso (this blog's author), here.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Commissioning and competition in the public sector
OFT, here.
From the Press Release: "The OFT's 'Commissioning and Competition in the Public Sector' study, published today, argues that having an open, transparent and competitive tender process is not enough on its own to ensure that public services markets are open and contestable, both over the short-term and long-term. Achieving effective competition in public services must also involve: reducing barriers to entry and exit, encouraging a diverse supplier base and ensuring suppliers have the right incentives to make efficiency savings, raise quality and innovate."
From the Press Release: "The OFT's 'Commissioning and Competition in the Public Sector' study, published today, argues that having an open, transparent and competitive tender process is not enough on its own to ensure that public services markets are open and contestable, both over the short-term and long-term. Achieving effective competition in public services must also involve: reducing barriers to entry and exit, encouraging a diverse supplier base and ensuring suppliers have the right incentives to make efficiency savings, raise quality and innovate."
The Next Digital Decade: How Will the Internet Change by 2020?
Ideas in action, J.Glassman. Guests: L. Downes, G.Manne, here.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
African Competition Forum launched in Nairobi
Here.
The launch was announced during a two days conference jointly hosted by Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Kenya Monopolies and Price Commission, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance together with the UK Department for International Development (DFID) The newly appointed Chair, Mr Francis Kariuki said: “The ACF will raise awareness and provide support as widely as possible for the creation of strong competition regimes in Africa. The Forum will share information on appropriate practices in competition law and enforcement and will collaborate in building institutional capacity throughout the continent.”
The launch was announced during a two days conference jointly hosted by Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Kenya Monopolies and Price Commission, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Finance together with the UK Department for International Development (DFID) The newly appointed Chair, Mr Francis Kariuki said: “The ACF will raise awareness and provide support as widely as possible for the creation of strong competition regimes in Africa. The Forum will share information on appropriate practices in competition law and enforcement and will collaborate in building institutional capacity throughout the continent.”
Thursday, March 10, 2011
EU merger control has come of age
J.Almunia, here. From the speech, on international competition policy:.
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag zu Fragen der digitalen Welt
Eckpunktepapier (Entwurf), hier.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Study on the Overall Functioning of the European Trade Mark System
Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law, here.
US Supreme Court Justice Breyer on "l'économique" and the judges
US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer delivered a very nice speech (in impressive French), March 7, 2011 at the invitation of the Association Internationale de Droit Economique, in Paris (disclosure: I'm a member of that association). The title of the Seminar was "La prise en compte de l'Economique par la Cour Suprême des Etats-Unis, des cours supérieures européennes (CJUE, Cour de Cassation, Conseil Constitutionnel français, etc …)", thus, roughly, on the relevance of economics ("l'Economique", by that meaning, possibly, economic theories, models but also bare economic data) in taking legal decisions at the highest court instances, both in the US and France (but also, as other speakers covered, in Belgium).
This is my personal take on that intense speech.
Friday, March 04, 2011
US Senate Judiciary Committee on “Targeting Websites Dedicated To Stealing American Intellectual Property”
Webcast.
Tom Adams
President and CEO
Rosetta Stone Inc.
Arlington, VA
Scott Turow
President
Authors Guild
New York, NY
Christine N. Jones
EVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
Scottsdale, AZ
Thomas M Dailey (at 51:51)
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
Verizon
Arlington, VA
Denise Yee
Senior Trademark Counsel
Visa, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
Tom Adams
President and CEO
Rosetta Stone Inc.
Arlington, VA
Scott Turow
President
Authors Guild
New York, NY
Christine N. Jones
EVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
Scottsdale, AZ
Thomas M Dailey (at 51:51)
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
Verizon
Arlington, VA
Denise Yee
Senior Trademark Counsel
Visa, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
The Dynamics of Disruptive Innovation: How will content-based business succeed?
P. de Sa, Presentation, Webcast (at 24:33).
Canadian Competition Bureau Announces Plans to Moderately Revise the Merger Enforcement Guidelines
Here. Among the announced revisions:
"- clarify that merger review is not a linear process that must start with market definition, but rather an iterative process in which evidence of market concentration is considered alongside other evidence of competitive effects, with the goal of determining whether a merger creates or enhances market power" and
"- provide more detailed guidance on how the Bureau assesses the unilateral effects of a merger, particularly in light of current economic thinking"
"- clarify that merger review is not a linear process that must start with market definition, but rather an iterative process in which evidence of market concentration is considered alongside other evidence of competitive effects, with the goal of determining whether a merger creates or enhances market power" and
"- provide more detailed guidance on how the Bureau assesses the unilateral effects of a merger, particularly in light of current economic thinking"
Advocate General Ján Mazák on banning internet sales in selective distribution agreements
Opinion in Case C-439/09 Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmétique SAS v Président de l'Autorité de la Concurrence & Ministre de l'Économie, de l'Industrie et de l'Emploi.
Thursday, March 03, 2011
Metcash-Franklins Merger: Australian Federal Court to Decide
Australian Senate, Economics References Committee's Report
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
FAIR ACCESS TO CULTURE AND THE RIGHT TO READ OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS
Exceptions and limitations to copyright with regard to libraries, education and print disabled persons - European Parliament P7C050 - 13th April 2011 10.00-13.00
10.00 Introduction
Luigi Berlinguer MEP - Overview of the issues
Ádám Kósa MEP President Disability Intergroup - Copyright and disabled people’s rights
Ben White –IFLA/EBLIDA / British Library - The case for Education and Libraries
10.30 Panel 1. The book famine- what are the barriers and solutions?
Ádám Kósa MEP President Disability Intergroup - Copyright and disabled people’s rights
Ben White –IFLA/EBLIDA / British Library - The case for Education and Libraries
10.30 Panel 1. The book famine- what are the barriers and solutions?
Wolfgang Angermann– European Blind Union
European Dyslexia Association- Raymond Claes
Q&A from the floor
11.00 Panel 2. A WIPO treaty for print disabled people?
Rodolfo Cattani EBU - Rationale for a treaty and the campaign so far
David Hammerstein – Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue
Q&A from the floor
11.45 Panel 3. Limitations and exceptions to copyright. Opinion of the EP, Commission and Council
An MEP perspective: F. Keller, F.Sosa Wagner.
The Commission’s position (speaker TBC)
Council position – Representative from Hungarian Presidency
Dan Pescod – European Blind Union
Ben White – IFLA/EBLIDA
Q&A from the floor
12.45 Conclusions
European Dyslexia Association- Raymond Claes
Q&A from the floor
11.00 Panel 2. A WIPO treaty for print disabled people?
Rodolfo Cattani EBU - Rationale for a treaty and the campaign so far
David Hammerstein – Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue
Q&A from the floor
11.45 Panel 3. Limitations and exceptions to copyright. Opinion of the EP, Commission and Council
An MEP perspective: F. Keller, F.Sosa Wagner.
The Commission’s position (speaker TBC)
Council position – Representative from Hungarian Presidency
Dan Pescod – European Blind Union
Ben White – IFLA/EBLIDA
Q&A from the floor
12.45 Conclusions
Concluding remarks - Luigi Berlinguer MEP
Fifth Annual Law & Information Society Symposium: Mobile Devices, Location Technologies & Shifting Values
March 25, 2011 Fordham University, program.
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Media, Aggregators and the Link Economy: Strategic Hyperlink Formation in Content Networks
C. Dellarocas, Z. Katona, W. Rand, here.
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