Friday, March 04, 2011

The future of European competition law in high-tech industries

C. MADERO VILLAREJO, here.

Die schwierige Arbeit der Internet-Enquete

Die Zeit, hier

EU Commission closes probe into Hollywood studios after they change terms of contracts for digitisation of European cinemas

Here

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

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"

Gartner Lowers PC Forecast as Consumers Diversify Computing Needs Across Devices

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.

Antitrust and Apple’s iPad Magazine Subscription Pricing

J.Gans, here

TRANSATLANTIC ANTITRUST: PAST AND PRESENT

R.Brandenburger, here. "Compare" with J. Almunia, New Transatlantic Trends in Competition Policy, here

L’actualité du droit matériel des pratiques anticoncurrentielles

N.Petit, ici.