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

Thursday, March 29, 2012

BALANCING PRIVACY AND INNOVATION: DOES THE PRESIDENT’S PROPOSAL TIP THE SCALE?

FTC, here

WP29: Opinion on the data protection reform proposals

Article 29 Data Protection Working Party, here

EGC: Telefónica and Telefónica de España v Commission

T-336/07, aquì. Read also the EU Commission's Press Release, here.

Diritto d’autore: Antonio Catricalà al lavoro su norma interpretativa per poteri Agcom

Key4biz.it, qui.

UK Digital Copyright Exchange Feasibility Study

R. Hooper, Phase 1 Report, here.

Antitrust proceedings and the application of legal privilege under English law

Herbertsmith.com, here

Consent and competition: getting the right balance

Ipkitten.blogspot.com, here

Promusicae me denuncia por infracción a su honor

E. Dans, aquì.

Das nebulöse Leistungsschutzrecht im Unterausschuss Neue Medien

T. Rößner, hier

European Parliament Rejects Referral Of ACTA To EU High Court

Ip-watch.org, here

EU reaches preliminary deal on future-proof roaming solution for mobile phone users

Antitrust and the Movement of Technology

H. Hovenkamp, here

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Restriction de la concurrence sur les marchés de la vente d'aliments secs pour chiens et pour chats dans la distribution spécialisée

Autorité de la Concurrence, Décision n° 12-D-10 du 20 mars 2012, ici

CRESCERE IMPARANDO: UNA ROAD MAP PER LA CULTURA

F. Vella, qui

Data Strategy Board set up to advise UK government on which data to set free

The Guardian, here

Academic Publishing is Broken

The-scientist.com, here

UK Merger Fees - Impact Assessment

BIS, here

Draft Framework Guidelines on Interoperability and Data Exchange Rules for European Gas Transmission Networks

ACER, Public Consultation, here

EU-U.S. joint statement on data protection

Here

Google Amicus Brief in Disney v. Hotfile

Disney Enterprises, Inc. et al v. Hotfile Corp. et al.,  Case No. 11-20427-Civ here.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

The Dubious Autonomy of Virtual Worlds

M. Lemley, here

Italian Pfizer Case (3)

T. Graf, here.
(1 here and 2 here)

Copyright and Educational Uses: The Unbearable Case of Italian Law from a European and Comparative Perspective

G. Mazziotti, here

The Value and Benefit of Text Mining to UK Further and Higher Education

JISC, here

WTO: Ukraine files dispute against Australia over trademark restrictions and other plain packaging requirements on tobacco products

Here. The complaint is here

MOVIES ON PAY TV MARKET INVESTIGATION: Developments since our provisional findings

UK Competition Commission, here

Anyone aware of a coming IP/Competition conference with still open submissions?

In case you are, I'd love to know (mail). Many thanks in advance.

BEREC: blocking of VoIP and P2P traffic is common

Here

Monday, February 27, 2012

TARIFFE PROFESSIONALI: ANTITRUST AVVIA ISTRUTTORIA NEI CONFRONTI DEL CONSIGLIO NOTARILE DI LUCCA PER POSSIBILE INTESA RESTRITTIVA DELLA CONCORRENZA

Provvedimento qui.

BVerfG: Speicherung und Verwendung von Telekommunikationsdaten teilweise verfassungswidrig

Urheberrecht.org, hier

La loi sur la numérisation des livres indisponibles du XXème siècle: analyse

Société des Gens de Lettre, ici.

Competition for Innovation

H.Hovenkamp, here.

Study on data collection and storage in the EU

European Network and Information Security Agency, here

Le prix unique du livre numérique : quelles implications pour le droit de la concurrence ? — Questions à Maître Pauline Le More, avocate au barreau de Paris

Images.lexbase.fr, ici

Dutch university blocks bitTorrent traffic of their students

Futureofcopyright.com, here

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Remarks of FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz at White House Privacy Event

Here

Solving Europeana’s mass-digitization issues through Extended Collective Licensing?

J. Axhamn and L. Guibault, here.

Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World: A Framework for Protecting Privacy and Promoting Innovation in the Global Digital Economy

The US White House, here

C'tee in Israel proposes businesses separate holdings

Jpost.com, here. 

Meeting of „europe-v-facebook.org” and Facebook Representatives: summary of Arguments

Europe-v-facebook.org, here

GPs to ‘prescribe’ apps for patients

UK Department of Health, here

Delays, drafts and distinguished discussants: the unitary patent moves on

Ipkitten.blogspot.com, here

GPS-based Insurance Rates: The Devil is in the (Data) Details

J. Zittrain, here

Monday, February 20, 2012

Why (Ever) Define Markets? An Answer to Professor Kaplow

G. Werden, here

Private Enforcement and Collective Redress: the Benefits of Empirical Research and Comparative Approaches

Competition Law Review - Volume 8 Issue 1, here

Public and private enforcement of EU competition law

A. Italiener, here

The Effect of Graduated Response Anti-Piracy Laws on Music Sales: Evidence from an Event Study in France


B. Danaher, M. Smith, R. Telang, S. Chen, here.

Plate-forme dédiée au prêt et l'achat d'ebooks en bibliothèque au Portugal

Actualitte.com, ici

MegaBust's MegaQuestions Cloud the Net's Future

P. Corwin, here

US Hearing on Litigation as a Predatory Strategy

Before the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet,
House Judiciary Committee. Written testimonies: M.Lao, here; J. Richards, here. Video here

Loosen up copyright law, says Dutch government

Rnw.nl, here

Berliner Open Data-Strategie

Frauenhofer FOKUS, hier

Friday, February 17, 2012

Competition Bureau's affidavits reveal Libor manipulation system and extent of Canada's probe

Competitionpolicyinternational.com, here. See also here.

Copyrights' many crossroads

M. Martin-Pratt, here (video, The Creators Conference - audio pretty poor).

IMPROVING INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION IN CARTEL INVESTIGATIONS

OECD, Background Note, here; country contributions here

Jurisdiction and Choice of Law in International Antitrust Law – A U.S. Perspective

H. Buxbaum, R. Michaels, here

German services: Protected and inefficient

The Economist, here

Competition Law, Extraterritoriality and Bilateral Agreements

F. Wagner-von Papp, here

AU Federal Court on the qualification of simulcast via the Internet as broadcasting

Phonographic Performance Company of Australia Ltd v Commercial Radio Australia Limited [2012] FCA 93 (15 February 2012), here

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Entscheidung des Amtsgerichts Bonn in Sachen Pfleiderer


AG Bonn vom 18. Januar 2012, hier. Mittelung des Bundeskartellamtes hier

MERCATO DEL GAS: AGCM SANZIONA LE SOCIETA’ ESTRA RETI GAS SRL E ESTRA SPA PER ABUSO DI POSIZIONE DOMINANTE

Provvedimento qui

Megaupload: A Lot Less Guilty Than You Think

Cyberlaw.stanford.edu, here

Neelie Kroes on SOPA, MegaUpload, and Cloud Computing

Vieuws.eu, Interview, here (from 01:53). 

Galaxy-Tab-Urteil - Richterspruch ohne Gewinner

Handelsblatt.com, hier

EU Commission opens proceedings against Samsung on licensing standard essential patents

Press Release, here

Pitruzzella (Antitrust): bene il rating antimafia

IlSole24Ore, qui.

Relearning to forget

The Economist, here

The Sky is Rising: On the State of the Entertainment Industry

M. Masnick, M. Ho, here. Compare it with M. Lemley, Is the Sky Falling on the Content Industries?, here

Public Access to Digital Data:Responses to US OSTP's Request for Information

Here

Plagiat universitaire : le pacte de non-lecture

Lemonde.fr, ici

Strong medicine for law breakers – NDRC’s first antitrust action in the pharmaceutical sector under the Anti-monopoly law

Hogan Lovells, Antitrust, Competition and Economic Regulation
Client Quarterly Newsletter, p. 18 f., here

Monday, January 30, 2012

Private data, public rules

The Economist, here

Ein Bärendienst an der Forschung

Nzz.ch, hier

EU Commission closes procedural case against Servier

Here. From the press release: "In light of Servier's arguments which would require significant further investigation, the Commission has decided to close the case, and instead focus on the substantive enforcement of competition rules in a number of pending cases, including one involving Servier". Was the Commission flabbergasted  by Servier's backfire?

EU Data protection reform and Cloud Computing

N. Kroes, here

UN Special Rapporteur Talks Human Rights, Internet at GW Law

Techpolicy.com, here

In line with the international competition best practices? - The new competition law in Brazil

D. Herrera Moraes, here

MegaUpload : entretien exclusif avec le responsable technique

Zdnet.fr, ici

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Global Data Privacy Laws: Forty Years of Acceleration

G. Greenleaf, here

EU reform of the data protection rules

EU Commission's Proposals: Communication, Regulation, and Directive. More info (impact assessment etc.) on the EU Data Protection Reform 2012 website. Watch also the press conference (questions from 15:27).
On the last move made by Google (here) in the privacy arena, Madame Reding commented that it was "a first step in the direction of more privacy".
Interestingly, the Commissioner also makes rather clear that she has "expanded the high level German data protection rule to 26 other Member States". Briefly, "one-stop shop", "no minimal rules" but "solid rules...technologically neutral".



LAPSI's Policy Recommendations as to the Competitive Issues that the Re-Use of PSI raises

Here

Einschränkungen der Preisgestaltung im Einzelhandel aus wettbewerbsökonomischer Perspektive

J. Haucap, hier

The EU Data Protection Reform 2012: Making Europe the Standard Setter for Modern Data Protection Rules in the Digital Age

V.Reding, here

E-Books going public through crowdfunding

Publishingperspectives.com, here

Researchers find smart meters could reveal favorite TV shows

News.Cnet.com, here

Ökonomen in Demut. Oder: Soll Vater Staat Brust-OPs verbieten?

Fazit, hier

Google’s New Privacy Policy Aims At Integrating YouTube

Paidcontent.org, here

Banking sector and State aid

J. Almunia, here

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

European Blind Union: No Christmas presents from the EU on the WIPO negotiations

Here

Irish Data Protection Commissioner on Facebook: Report of Audit published

Here

Orphan Works: Definitional Issues

D. Hansen, here

Comparative international data on the communications sector


International Communications Market Report 2011, UK Ofcom, here.

Enjeux autour de la gestion et de la gouvernance de l’information dans le secteur public

Markess Int., ici.

Universal Music Group räumt umstrittene Copyright-Filter bei YouTube ein

Urheberrecht.org, hier.

Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth

UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, here (s. Expanded Access to Research Publications and Data, p. 76 ff.). 

Article 29 Working Party on personal data processing at airports

Letter to IATA, here

32 millions d'euros alloués aux contenus culturels numériques

lexpansion.lexpress.fr, ici

Microsoft wins key patent decision against Motorola Android in US

Guardian.co.uk, here