FTC Staff Submits Comment to FERC on Assessing the Effects of Proposed Horizontal Mergers on Market Power

Comment here, press release here. 

IP as a Barrier to Entry – A Survey of Economic and Legal Literature

CLIP, here, to be discussed at WIPO Symposium on Intellectual Property and Competition Policy (Geneva, June 14, 2011), Program. 

Copyright for the Single Market – good for artists, good for consumers, good for the economy

N. Kroes, here.

Apple's iCloud: Cloudy with a chance of music

The Economist, here. 

The Follower Phenomenon: Implications for the Design of Monopolization Rules in a Global Economy

A. Padilla, M. Gal, here. 

South Africa’s Pioneer Settlement: an innovative way to remedy competition law violations in developing countries?

L. Mncube, A. Ngwenya, here. 

Antitrust Legislation in Russia: Recent Trends, Achievements and Threats

S. Avdasheva, A. Shastitko, here. 

From Hardback to Software: How the Publishing Industry is Coping with Convergence

L. Sozio, here.

Der Wandel des Buchhandels durch Digitalisierung und Internet

J. Schrape, hier.

Bibliothèques publiques et open data : quels enjeux ?

Bibliobsession, ici. 

Some legal ponderings on Apple WWDC Keynote

J. Grimmelmann, here. See here for some app developers' reactions.

“Consumer choice” is where we are all going - so let’s go together

N. Averitt, R.  Lande and P. Nihoul, here

Microsoft’s Plans for Skype Are Unclear

NYT, here. 

PORTRAIT DES MUSICIENS À L’HEURE DU NUMÉRIQUE

M. BACACHE-BEAUVALLET, M. BOURREAU
ET F. MOREAU, ici.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership - A Model for Twenty-First-Century Trade Agreements?

C. Barfield, here. 

Evaluating the impact of the OFT’s 2001 abuse of dominance case against Napp Pharmaceuticals

OFT, here. 

Lab Hadopi: Séance de travail « Livre numérique »

Compte-rendu ici. 

YouTube et les Creative Commons : ce qui change vraiment

S.I.Lex, ici. 

Do Not Track, Smartphone Privacy and Privacy-by-Design

D. Mulligan and N. Doty, here. 

Enveloping the world: risks and opportunities in the development of increasingly smart technologies

L.Floridi, here. 

Difusión en acceso abierto en España

Artículo 37, Ley 14/2011, de 1 de junio, de la Ciencia, la Tecnología y la Innovación, aquì

New Zealand Commerce Commission: Enforcement Criteria in Competition Policy

Here.

Italy, Spain take patent fight to court

EurActiv, here. 

On the Future of Globalization

D. Rodrik, Trento Economics Festival, video here.

Amartya Sen at Trento Economics Festival

The Borders of Economic Freedom, video here (from 33:00).
Some personal highlights:

Bundesgerichtshof zum Urheberrechtsschutz von Lernspielen

Urteil vom 1. Juni 2011 - I ZR 140/09 – Lernspiele, Pressebericht hier. 

EU Commission vs. Microsoft – The On-going Saga - Updated

Groklaw, here. 

US Supreme Court on Induced Infringement in Patent Law

GLOBAL-TECH APPLIANCES, INC., ET AL. v. SEB S. A, May 31 2011, here. 

Slides from GCLC Roundtable on Leniency Programmes

Here.

Counterfeiters: Foes or Friends?

Y.Quian, here

Internet Businesses Must Respect Users’ Privacy: Jon Leibowitz

Here.

Evergreening, Patent Challenges, and Effective Market Life in Pharmaceuticals

C.Hemphill, B.Sampat, here.

Reassessing Tying Arrangements at the End of AT&T's iPhone Exclusivity

J. Jarosch, here. 

Draft A2K amendments to the UN Guidelines for Consumer Protection

Here.

AAI Asks FCC to Block AT&T T-Mobile Merger

Here.

Open Source and Merger Policy: Insights from the EU Oracle/Sun Decision

S.Vezzoso, Conference Presentation here, 3rd Annual Conference on Innovation and Communication, Melbourne Business School, May 31 2011 (Full Program here)

ARL Affirms International Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Practices

Report, here.

As Antitrust Case Ends, Microsoft is Victorious in Defeat

R.Lande; N.Hawker, here.

Antitrust, Intellectual Property Rights, and the Online Music Industry: An Antitrust Analysis of Apple’s Combination of Services and Products

R.Li, here. 

Keeping secrets in the age of tweets: Britain’s privacy law is a mess—and increasingly unsustainable

The Economist, here. 

Parallel Imports and Mandatory Substitution Reform - A Kick or A Muff for Price Competition in Pharmaceuticals

D. Granlund, M. Yesim Köksal, here.

US Senator calls on Apple and Google to adopt consistent privacy policy for apps

A. Franken, here. 

MEP questioning the EU Commission on books for the blind

C.Engström, here.

Konferenz: Zwanzig Jahre Software-Richtlinie - Eine Bilanz

S. Labesius, hier. 

Report for the Hearing – MSFT v Commission – T 167-08

Here (thanks to chillingcompetition.com)

How Will the Proposed Merger Between AT&T and T-Mobile Affect Wireless Telecommunications Competition?

U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on the Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet, here. 

Bundeskartellamt: Oligopol der Mineralölkonzerne ermöglicht einheitliche Preissetzung an den Tankstellen

Sektoruntersuchung  Kraftstoffe, Abschlussbericht Mai 2011, hier.

UN Human Rights Council on the threats to the right of to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds through the Internet

F. La Rue, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, here.

What Next for Google Books?

Conversation with J.Grimmelmann, J. Band, K. Crews, here. 

On Hargreaves' “Digital Copyright Exchange”

www.music4point5.com, here. 

Security and Other Technical Concerns Raised by the DNS Filtering Requirements in the PROTECT IP Bill

S. Crocker, D. Dagon, D. Kaminsky, D. McPherson, P. Vixie, here.

L'ebook a 40 ans > 1971 > Le Projet Gutenberg, un projet visionnaire

Actualitte.com, ici.

Merger Control: Getting the Deal Cleared in Russia

Clifford Chance, here. 

FTC's Amicus Brief on reverse-payment settlements

In Re K-Dur Antitrust Litigation, here.

Is Europe's IP Policy Harming its Economy?

Shadow IPR Strategy Report, European Digital Rights, here.

Experience concerning new restrictions of the private copying rule from the German perspective – a complimentary comment on the Blog Post: And the private copy war continues: news from the Dutch front! )

T.Kreutzer, here.

Commission sets out "blueprint" for Intellectual Property Rights to boost creativity and innovation

Press Release, here.

Preliminary version of the proposal for a directive on certain permitted uses of orphan works

Here.

Antitrust Review of the AT&T/T-Mobile Transaction

A.Grunes, M.Stucke, here. 

Comments of Proposed AT&T/T-Mobile Merger

H.First, here. 

Paradise is a Walled Garden? Trust, Antitrust and User Dynamism

S.Mehra, here.

International Competition Network Presents Vision for its Second Decade

FTC Press Release, here.

What If Every eBook Was Its Own Social Network?

Techdirt, here. 

Le droit contre les bibliothèques ?

bbf 2011 - Paris, t. 56, n° 3, ici. 

Standardization and Markets: Just Exactly Who Is the Government, and Why Should Antitrust Care?

C.Sagers, here. 

Hadopi, biens culturels et usages d’internet : pratiques et perceptions des internautes français.

Hadopi, ici. 

A Tale of Two Coasts: Recent RPM Enforcement in New York and California

M.Lindsay, here. 

Prix unique du livre numérique : que dit la loi ?

Le Point.fr, ici. 

Barnier to seek sweeping reform of intellectual property regime

EuropeanVoice.com, here. 

Apple near cloud-music deals

CNet, here.

Competitive Implications of the Proposed Acquisition of T-Mobile by AT&T Mobility

R. Noll and G. Rosston, here.

French three strikes activity suspended after alleged data leak, say reports

OUT-LAW.COM, here. 

Is there an economic case for copyright levies?

Oxera, here.

Sicherheitsempfehlungen für Cloud Computing Anbieter

Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik, hier.

The Role and Responsibility of Internet Intermediaries in the Field of Copyright in the Republic of Korea

K. Oh, ITU Workshop, here.

Le Parlement approuve définitivement la loi sur le prix du livre numérique

Le Monde, ici.

A new decade for the International Competition Network

J.Almunia, here. On competition policy and "new" markets:

Life in Google's legal department

Law.com, here. 

Hargreaves Report on technological change and EU copyright exceptions

From the Report:

Digital Opportunity

I. Hargreaves, here.

An Intellectual Property System for the Internet Age

J. Boyle, here. 

Role and Responsibility of Internet Intermediaries in the Field of Copyright (WIPO / ISOC)

Workshop, ITU, WSIS Forum 2011, Wed 18 May, program here; webcast here, recording here.

Intellectual Property and Access to Affordable Medicines: TRIPS Plus

J. Rius Sanjuan, here. 

International alarm rings over UK ICT policy

Computerweekly, here.

Replies to the EU consultation on collective redress published

Here. My personal selection:

Big data: The next frontier for innovation, competition, and productivity

McKinsey Global Institute, here. 

Buyer Power and Merger Policy

B.Kirkwood, here. 

Are Closed Systems an Antitrust Problem?

H. Kaiser, here. 

ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF COPYRIGHT: The Empirical Evidence So Far

C.Handke, here. 

Canadian Legal Information Institute seeks to defend legal research as “fair dealing”

Here. 

Draft: Internet Governance Principles

Council of Europe, here. 

Positionspapier des Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverbandes zur Reform des Urheberrechts

Hier.

Méthode de détermination des sanctions pécuniaires

Autorité de la concurrence, Communiqué du 16 mai 2011, ici.

Traghetti Sardegna: avviata istruttoria per verificare una possibile intesa tra i principali operatori

Qui il provvedimento.

Commission confirms unannounced inspections in the container liner shipping sector

Here. From the montrealgazette.com

Competition problems in the audit market: OFT announces next steps

Here.

The General Court upholds the fine of EUR 59 million imposed on Elf Aquitaine and Arkema France for their participation in a cartel on the sodium chlorate market

Press release, Judgment (in French)

MLibrary Launches Project to Identify Orphan Works

Press release, here.

European Parliament in Action!

New website dedicated to the work of the European Parliament, here.

Hargreaves Report calls for overhaul of UK copyright law

The Guardian, here.