Wednesday, October 23, 2013

EFF Thanks Patent Trolls for Best Troll-Killing Bill Yet

Eff.org, here

Samsung’s European Proposal – Fair, Foul or Foolhardy?

Blog.patentology.com.au, here

How smartphone apps are reshaping the taxi market

The Economist, here

Reclaim Your Name: Privacy in the Age of Big Data

J. Brill, here

Apple Just Ended the Era of Paid Operating Systems

Wired.com, here

Still on Pinckney, the CJEU, offline distribution and Latin mottos

The IPKat, here

LIBE Committee vote backs new EU data protection rules

European Commission, Memo, here

The Real Privacy Problem

E. Morozov, here

Musikindustrie geht erfolgreich gegen »YouTubeMP3«-Converter vor

Urheberrecht.org, hier

Turning the Page on Business Formats for Digital Platforms: Does Apple's Agency Model Soften Competition?

Ø. Foros, H. Kind, G. Shaffer, here

Competition between universities probed by UK regulator

Out-law.com, here

Die Europäische Datenschutzreform muss zügig abgeschlossen werden

P. Schaar, hier

One in Six Active U.S. Patents Pertain to the Smartphone

Project-disco.org, here

Economic Aspects of Intellectual Property in Countries with Economies in Transition

WIPO, Department for Transition and Developed Countries, here.

Réponse à la consultation du Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication sur l’Open Data

Open Knowledge Foundation, here

Searching for Competition

Online.wsj.com, here

Proposed EU Data Protection Regulation: Unofficial Text published (single file)

Legalmemory.blogspot.com, here

Monopoly and Dominant Firms: Antitrust Economics and Policy Approaches

L. White, here

Librarians, Distributors Weigh in on Macmillan Ebook Lending | PubCrawl

Lj.libraryjournal.com, here

Google has nothing to fear from new EU data law

Reuters.com, here

Profiting from Free: The Scourge of Online Piracy and How Industry Can Help

A. Keen, sponsored by the Initiative for a Competitive Online Marketplace (ICOMP), here (pdf file).

DOJ and FTC release model confidentiality waiver for international civil matters

Nortonrosefulbright.com, here. 

Open access: six myths to put to rest

P. Suber, here