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.”

Sustaining Scholarly Publishing: New Business Models for University Presses


Association of American University Presses, here.

How-To for Sustainable Creativity in the Digital Era

Collective rights management bodies in Hungary and Romania take steps to improve competition

Here

US Government draft of the intellectual property chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP)

From KEI, here

Upon Further Review: Will The NFL's Trademark Licensing Practices Survive Full Antitrust Scrutiny? The Remand of American Needle v. National Football League

M.Edelman, here

Australian Internet Industry Association to Develop Code of Practice following iiNet

Conseil Constitutionnel Français au sujet de la loi LOPPSI

Ici