Friday, April 27, 2012

FTC Chairman on Do Not Track, Google probe and more

Blog.sfgate.com, here

Financing R&D into medicines particularly needed in resource-poor settings

WHO, Consultative Expert Working Group on Research and
Development: Financing and Coordination, here

AGCM AVVIA ISTRUTTORIA SU UGF-PREMAFIN E SOSPENDE L’OPERAZIONE FINO ALLA CHIUSURA DEL PROCEDIMENTO

Provvedimento qui

Durchbruch für die private Kartellrechtsdurchsetzung im UK? Department for Business Innovation and Skills veröffentlicht Diskussionspaper zum private enforcement

S.Peyer, hier (Gastbeitrag auf Kartellblog). 

USING COPYRIGHT TO PROMOTE ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND CREATIVE CONTENT

WIPO, here

Digital Archiving

The Economist, here

Competition among competition journals (?)

New: Journal of Antitrust Enforcement. The editors are Ariel Ezrachi and William Kovacic, here.

AU Federal Court on "time shifting"

National Rugby League Investments Pty Limited v Singtel Optus Pty Ltd [2012] FCAFC 59, here

Overview of National Reports About 'Balancing Copyright'

R. Hilty, S. Nérisson, here

Harmonizing Patent Law: The Untamable Union Patent

H. Ullrich, here

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Libraries Are Obsolete: An Oxford-Style Debate

Harvard Library, video here

11th Circuit on reverse payment settlements


FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v WATSON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., SOLVAY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., PAR PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES, INC., PADDOCK LABORATORIES, INC., here.

Digital Economy Act's anti-piracy measures are delayed

Bbc.co.uk, here

Informe sobre los Colegios Profesionales tras la transposición de la Directiva de Servicios

CNC, aquí.

Private actions in UK competition law: a consultation on options for reform

BIS, here

Berners-Lee: “Daten sind wie Dynamit”

Silicon.de, hier.

AUCC Abruptly Exits from Post-Secondary Copyright Board Case – What’s next for Canadian Universities and Colleges?

H. Knopf, here

The UsedSoft case – exhaustion online

T. Targosz, here

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Canadian students pledge to fight new copyright agreement

Newswire.ca, here

Google's additional responses to CNIL's questionnaire

Here

Opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor on ACTA (II)

Here

PROMOTING COMPETITION AND INNOVATION THROUGH VIGOROUS ENFORCEMENT OF THE ANTITRUST LAWS ON BEHALF OF CONSUMERS

S. Pozen, here

Schlussanträge des GA Bot bzgl. UsedSoft

Rechtssache C‑128/11, Axel W. Bierbach, Insolvenzverwalter der UsedSoft GmbH
gegen Oracle International Corp., hier

Deutscher Journalisten-Verband zum Urheberrecht in der digitalen Gesellschaft

Hier

Saving the game: Why preserving video games is illegal

Thenextweb.com, here

“Pfleiderer ” goes Austria – OLG Wien

Kartellblog.de, hier

Music Deals Could Transform Digital Market

Nationaljournal.com, here

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Access Copyright signs Model Licence with the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada

Ifrro.org, here. Read also this comment by M. Geist and this other one by A.Katz.

Google target of new federal privacy probe (Safari)

Mercurynews.com, here

Bundesliga weiter in der „Sportschau“ und bei Sky

Faz.net, hier

Wo bleiben Bildungs- und Wissenschaftsurheberrecht in der aktuellen Urheberrechtsdebatte?

Iuwis.de, hier

DA FUSIONE ALITALIA-AIRONE MONOPOLIO SULLA ROTTA LINATE-FIUMICINO. NOVANTA GIORNI DI TEMPO PER PRESENTARE LE MISURE UTILI A RIMUOVERE TALE POSIZIONE ENTRO IL 28 OTTOBRE 2012

Provvedimento qui

When Copyright Law and Science Collide: Empowering Digitally Integrated Research Methods on a Global Scale

J. Reichman, presentation delivered April 13, 2012, Orphan Works & Mass Digitization: Obstacles & Opportunities, Berkeley, here

Measuring the Internet: the Data Challenge

W. Lehr, here

Open Science for the 21st Century: Declaration of All European Academies

ALLEA, here

Monday, April 16, 2012

2011 Report on the Application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

European Commission, here

Supreme Court grants cert to Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons

Scotusblog.com, here

Technology Regulation

Panel at Stanford University, video here.
• Prof. Richard Epstein, New York University School of Law
• Prof. Anthony Falzone, Stanford Center for Internet and Society
• Prof. Mark Lemley, Stanford Law School
• Mr. Peter Thiel, President, Clarium Capital
• Hon. Ted Ullyot, General Counsel, Facebook
• Moderator: Dean Larry Kramer, Stanford Law School.

Interpretation and Institutional Choice at the WTO

G. Shaffer, J. Trachtman, here

New government report on IP doesn't say what Big Content thinks it says

Arstechnica.com, here

Academic publishing: Open sesame

The Economist, here

EBook-Kartellklage: Quellen

German American Law Journal, hier

History Repeats: Publishers, Retailers, and Antitrust

A.Katz, here

Zur Rolle des Urheberrechts und zum Leistungsschutzrecht für Presseverlage

T. Kreutzer im Interview, hier

John Palfrey Discusses Online Privacy with FTC Commissioner Julie Brill

Video here

France solves its XXe century book problem!

L. Guibault, here

The DOJ believes that Apple is forcing you to pay more for e-books

P. Karolczyk, here. DOJ's antitrust suit here. EU Commission's comment, here

THE OBJECTIVES AND PRINCIPLES OF UNILATERAL CONDUCT LAWS

The ICN The Unilateral Conduct Working Group, here

PREDATORY PRICING ANALYSIS

The ICN Unilateral Conduct Working Group, here.  

ICN's Framework for Merger Review Cooperation

Proposed by the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC), here

Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Das Normungs- und Standardisierungsumfeld von Cloud Computing

Booz & Company und FZI, hier.

Worldwide Symposium on Geographical Indications - Lima 2011

WIPO, here.

Mehr Regeln treiben die Spritpreise nach oben

Faz.net, hier.

OFT refers private healthcare market to Competition Commission

Accords de « peering » et neutralité de l'Internet

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. A lire aussi lemonde.fr, ici

The Interesting Part About Amazon’s In-App Payments Beta Is That Developers Have Pricing Control

Techcrunch.com, here

Abus de position dominante : trois nouvelles plaintes contre Google

Pcinpact.com, ici

CENTER FOR COPYRIGHT INFORMATION ANNOUNCES THREE MAJOR STEPS TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION

Copyrightinformation.org, here

Tuesday, April 03, 2012