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.