EU Court of Justice: The draft agreement on the creation of a European and Community Patent Court is not compatible with European Union law

Here. 

The Sound of One Hand Clapping: The 2010 Merger Guidelines and the Challenge of Judicial Adoption

J.Stone, J.Wright, here

FTC ON THE EVOLVING IP MARKETPLACE: ALIGNING PATENT NOTICE AND REMEDIES WITH COMPETITION

Here. 

US Supreme Court Justice Breyer on "l'économique" and the judges

US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer delivered a very nice speech (in impressive French), March 7, 2011 at the invitation of the Association Internationale de Droit Economique, in Paris (disclosure: I'm a member of that association). The title of the Seminar was "La prise en compte de l'Economique par la Cour Suprême des Etats-Unis, des cours supérieures européennes (CJUE, Cour de Cassation, Conseil Constitutionnel français, etc …)", thus, roughly, on the relevance of economics ("l'Economique", by that meaning, possibly, economic theories, models but also bare economic data) in taking legal decisions at the highest court instances, both in the US and France (but also, as other speakers covered, in Belgium).

This is my personal take on that intense speech.

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

Here.

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.

Metcash-Franklins Merger: Australian Federal Court to Decide

Australian Senate, Economics References Committee's Report

FAIR ACCESS TO CULTURE AND THE RIGHT TO READ OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS

Exceptions and limitations to copyright with regard to libraries, education and print disabled persons - European Parliament P7C050 - 13th April 2011 10.00-13.00 

10.00 Introduction

Luigi Berlinguer MEP - Overview of the issues
Ádám Kósa MEP President Disability Intergroup - Copyright and disabled people’s rights
Ben White –IFLA/EBLIDA / British Library - The case for Education and Libraries

10.30 Panel 1. The book famine- what are the barriers and solutions?

Wolfgang Angermann– European Blind Union
European Dyslexia Association- Raymond Claes
Q&A from the floor

11.00 Panel 2. A WIPO treaty for print disabled people?

Rodolfo Cattani EBU - Rationale for a treaty and the campaign so far
David Hammerstein – Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue
Q&A from the floor

11.45 Panel 3. Limitations and exceptions to copyright. Opinion of the EP, Commission and Council

An MEP perspective: F. Keller, F.Sosa Wagner.
The Commission’s position (speaker TBC)
Council position – Representative from Hungarian Presidency
Dan Pescod – European Blind Union
Ben White – IFLA/EBLIDA
Q&A from the floor

12.45 Conclusions

Concluding remarks - Luigi Berlinguer MEP

Cross-border merger control in Japan

A.Goto, here

Commissioner Barnier tells the European Blind Union the EU does not support a treaty for persons with disabilities

Here, from KEI (the actual letter here).

Business Sues Facebook to Restore Its Fan Page--Complexions v. Complexions Day Spa

E.Goldman, here.

The Irish Competition Authority in Difficult Economic Times

Annual Report 2010, here.

Zum Leistungsschutzrecht für Presseverleger: Monopolkommission v. Bundesverband Deutscher Zeitungsverleger

J.Haucap (Monopolkommission), hier; D. Wolff (BDZV), hier.

Google book search choices

G. Occhipinti Trigona, here.

Fifth Annual Law & Information Society Symposium: Mobile Devices, Location Technologies & Shifting Values

March 25, 2011 Fordham University, program.

EU Commission confirms unannounced inspections in the e-book publishing sector

Here.

Österreichisches Kartellgericht: Preisabsprachen gestattet?

Hier (s. auch Kartellblog)

AGCM - DIVIETO INCROCI GIORNALI-TV: ANTITRUST A GOVERNO E PARLAMENTO, NO AL POTERE DI PROROGA AFFIDATO AL PRESIDENTE DEL CONSIGLIO

Qui. 

When is Static Analysis a Sufficient Proxy for Dynamic Considerations? Reconsidering Antitrust and Innovation

J.Gans, here.

Economic Issues in Cloud Computing

H.Varian, here.

Media, Aggregators and the Link Economy: Strategic Hyperlink Formation in Content Networks

C. Dellarocas, Z. Katona, W. Rand, here.

The Institutional Design of European Competition Policy

A.Manganelli, A.Nicita, and M.Rossi, here

Bridging the Differences between Copyright's Legal Traditions – The Emerging EC Fair Use Doctrine

M.Senftleben, here. 

Some Skepticism About Search Neutrality

J.Grimmelmann, here.

The Problem of Search Engines as Essential Facilities: An Economic & Legal Assessment

G.Manne, here. 

IN REGULATORS WE TRUST: THE SUPREME COURT’S NEW APPROACH TO IMPLIED ANTITRUST IMMUNITY

R.Brunell, here.

Greece's Competition Commission fines crisis cartel in the fish farming sector

Here. See also Greece's contribution on the topic of crisis cartels to the OECD 10th GFC

Au sujet du pré-rapport parlementaire sur la neutralité du Net

La Quadrature du Net, ici. 

OECD 10th Global Forum on Competition

Forum documents.
In particular:
Session I Cross-border Merger Control: Challenges for Developing and Emerging Economies
Session III Crisis Cartels

UNDERSTANDING THE RAND COMMITMENT

D.Lichtman, here.

Materialien zum deutschen und europäischen Wettbewerbsrecht

F.Säcker, hier. 

WHY (EVER) DEFINE MARKETS?

K.Kaplow, here ("The thesis of this Article is that the market definition process should be abandoned").

Liberation by software

E.Moglen, here (guardian.co.uk).

World Blind Union suspends participation in WIPO & EU Stakeholder discussions, pending agreement at WIPO on legal framework

KEI, here. 

Digitale Langzeitarchivierung als Thema für den 3. Korb zum Urheberrechtsgesetz

Nestor, hier. 

Address to the Blue Sky Conference on future directions in Copyright law

R.McClelland, here.

WIPO pushes for greater access to books for the vision impaired

A.Reid, here.

iiNet: Appeal Dismissed

Roadshow Films Pty Limited v iiNet Limited, here.

Texas attorney general's office discloses details of Google antitrust probe

Here. 

Independence of the Egyptian Competition Authority: Assessment and Recommendations

Y. Afifi, here (GAR 2010, pp. 4-49).

Sanción a la Asociación Nacional de Perfumería y Cosmética por intercambios de información

Aquí.

Google's New EU Competition Complaint: 1PlusV Says Google Blocks Ad Opportunities

Here (Bloomberg), w. also this video from YouTube.

American Needle and Justice Stevens’ Supreme Court Antitrust Legacy

W.Grimes, here.

Google's Amicus Curiae in a BitTorrent search engine case

Here. 

JRR Tolkien Estate Threatens Lawsuit Over Book Featuring Tolkien As Character

Here (from hollywoodreporter.com).

Kreativität und Urheberrecht in der Netzökonomie

W.Schulz, T.Büchner, hier. 

Russian Supreme Arbitration Court upholds finding of Gazprom Neft's abuse of dominant position

ФАС России press release, in English and Russian. 

An Economic Defense of Flexibility in IPR Licensing: Contracting Around 'First Sale' in Multilevel Production Settings

A.Layne-Ferrar, here.

Open Attribute, a simple way to attribute Creative Commons licensed works on the web

A.Neill, here.

Internet Rights and Wrongs: Choices & Challenges in a Networked World

H.Clinton, here.

Statut d’hébergeur de fuzz.fr aussi confirmé par par la Cour de cassation

Arrêt n° 164 du 17 février 2011 (09-13.202) - Cour de cassation - Première chambre civile

Das Plagiat im Wandel der Zeit

A.Schneider, hier. S. auch http://de.guttenplag.wikia.com/wiki/Plagiate

Has the European Commission Become More Severe in Punishing Cartels? Effects of the 2006 Guidelines

J.Connors, here.

AN EXAMINATION OF THE ANTITRUST ISSUES POSED BY GOOGLE’S ACQUISITION OF ITA

R.Stutz, here.

On Horizontal and Vertical "Price Fixing" in Poland

Poland’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, here. 

Dailymotion: statut d’hébergeur confirmé par la Cour de cassation

Arrêt n° 165 du 17 février 2011 (09-67.896) - Cour de cassation - Première chambre civile

World Copyright Law through the lenses of the International Intellectual Property Association

IIPA 2011 Special 301 Submission.

Verlegerverbände bewerten die Aussagen Apples zum neuen Abo-Model

Hier.

EU General Court on letting a Member State, in certain circumstances, prohibit the exclusive broadcast on pay television of sport events

Cases T-385/07, T-55/08 and T-68/08 FIFA and UEFA v Commission, Press Release.

Open Source Software to Legally Circumvent Gene Mutations Patents?

Here. See also ifrOSS' take on this.

"Revue du web" et exception de "courtes citations"

TGI de Nancy, jugement du 6 décembre 2010, dijonscope.com (Legalis.net)

Suche nach Plagiaten: Google schlägt Spezial-Software

Heise Online, hier.

Verlage gegen Commentarist: "FAZ" und "SZ" wollen nicht zitiert werden

Spiegel Online, hier.

Pulling a Fast One?: Who Is Really Hurt By C-32's Missing Fair Dealing Circumvention Exception

M.Geist, here. 

Loi sur le prix unique du livre numérique adoptée en France par l'Assemblée Nationale

Ici. Lire aussi l'Avis de l'Autorité de la concurrence, son Communiqué de presse e le Rapport d'information du Sénat " La politique du livre face au défi du numérique ". 

Parliament gives go-ahead for a common EU patent system to be created using the enhanced cooperation procedure enhanced cooperation

Press release.

Avis de l'Autorité de la concurrence relatif à la contractualisation de la filière ovine

Ici.

ABUSE OF DOMINANCE BY HIGH TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISES: A COMPARISON OF U.S. AND E.C. APPROACHES

F.Scherer, here.

Italian Competition Authority's Newest Report on Italy's Political Conflict of Interest

Here, in Italian.

Australian Competition Authority Issues Annual Airport Monitoring Report

Here.

Taking stock and looking forward: a year at the helm of EU competition

J.Almunia, here.

Modeling a Paradigm Shift: From Producer Innovation to User and Open Collaborative Innovation

C.Baldwin, E. Von Hippel, here.

Schadensersatzanspruch bei Lesser General Public License-Verletzung

LG Bochum,  Teilurteil vom 20.01.2011 (Az. I-8 O 293/09)

Some Thoughts on the Role of Intellectual Property in Innovation Market Cases and Refusals to License

T.Rosch, here. 

Hotfile: Complaint for Copyright Infringement

Here. Read also MOTION PICTURE STUDIOS' press release. 

Eye on the Ball: Medicine regulation – not IP enforcement – can best deliver quality medicines

143 Oxfam Briefing Paper.

Chairman of the Australian Competition Commission: First Criminal Case Looming

Here. From the interview: "Every day, every minute, even while you sleep, everything you do will be oversighted by the ACCC"

Vertical Restraints under EU Competition Law: Conceptual Foundations and Practical Framework

N.Petit, D.Henry, here. 

FTC finds that Carolina Dental Board's Conduct is Not Protected by the State Action Doctrine

Here.

Executives of Iowa-Ready Mix Concrete Companies Sentenced to Serve Prison Sentences for Price Fixing and Bid Rigging

Here.

2010 US Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Annual Report on Intellectual Property Enforcement

V.Espinel, here.

Analysis of the FTC's Decision Not to Block Google’s Acquisition of AdMob

R.Stutz, R.Brunell, here.

Ofcom to review net blocking

DCMS' press release.

Submission by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada regarding Bill C-32

Here. 

An Estimate of Infringing Use of the Internet

Envisional's Study commissioned by NBC 

Towards a Coherent European Approach to Collective Redress (?)

EU COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT

UK Ofcom's proposal on ex ante competition check in respect of trades of mobile spectrum

Notice of proposals to make  900 MHz, 1800 MHz & 2100 MHz  public wireless network licences tradable, here. 

Free Music Can Pay as Well as Paid Music, YouTube Says

Here, from wired. 

Gebrauchtsoftwarehandel: Fragen zur Auslegung der Software-Richtlinie dem EuGH zur Vorabentscheidung vorgelegt

 Pressemitteilung (BGH)

EU Advocate General Kokott on exclusive broadcasting rights

Cases C‑403/08 and C‑429/08 Football Association Premier League Ltd and Others v QC Leisure and Others and Karen Murphy v Media Protection Services Ltd, here. Guardian report here.

Sixth Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy Building Respect for IP: Sustainable Solutions to a Global Problem

Final program.