Anticompetitive Innovation and the Quality of Invention

A.Devlin, M.Jacobs, here. 

LG Stuttgart: Elektronische Zugänglichmachung an Fernhochschule

Urteil vom 17.10.2011, Az. 17 O 671/10, hier (Telemedicus)

Fourth Amended Authors Guild v. Google complaint

Here.

Copyright Infrastructure In The Digital Age: Raising Awareness At WIPO

www.ip-watch.org, here. 

Opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor on customs enforcement of intellectual property right

Here.

Hearing in CISAC v. Commission

Chillingcompetition, here. 

Private Copying and Fair Compensation: An empirical study of copyright levies in Europe

M.Kretschmer, here. 

Supreme Court of Canada Stands Up for the Internet: No Liability for Linking

M. Geist, here

Mario Monti: Reboot Europe through the Single Market

www.europeantransportforum.eu, here

Off-grid energy study

OFT, here.

EU Commission confirms inspections in suspected cartel in the sector of Euro interest rate derivatives

Press Release, here.

A United States Perspective on Cartel Enforcement

S. Hammond, here (thanks to Kartellblog). 

THE EX-POST EVALUATION OF TWO MERGER DECISIONS

L.Aguzzoni, E. Argentesi, P. Buccirossi, L. Ciari, T. Duso, M. Tognoni, C. Vitale, here.

Finland: Copyright Management Organization abused its Dominant Position

ECN Brief 04/2011, here. 

EU addresses orphan works and 'out-of-commerce' books and journals

C. Scollo Lavizzari, A. Myburgh, here. 

On the interpretation of ‘human embryo’ as of Directive 98/44/EC on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions

Court of Justice of the European Union, Judgment in Case C-34/10
Oliver Brüstle v Greenpeace e.V., Press Release and Judgment. 

Report on online gambling in the Internal Market

European Parliament, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Rapporteur: Jürgen Creutzmann, here. 

Bundeskartellamt verhängt Millionengeldbußen gegen Hersteller von Instant-Cappuccino

Pressemeldung, hier. 

On the resale of MP3s and other digital download music and video files: ReDigi

the1709blog.blogspot.com, here. 

Liberalizar los colegios profesionales para crear más competencia en la economía

Expansion.com, aquì.

An Antitrust Framework for Climate Change

M. Carrier, here.

Regional Agreements of Developing Jurisdictions: Unleashing the Potential

M. Gal, I. Faibish, here. 

PROCEDURE SELETTIVE LEGA CALCIO 2010/11 E 2011/12: AGCM RIAPRE IL PROCEDIMENTO

Bollettino 39/2011, p. 5 ss.

Industrial Competitiveness: "An Industrial Policy for the Globalisation Era"

EU Commission, here. 

Sports Business and Multisided Markets: Towards a New Analytical Framework?

O. Budzinski, M. Satzer, here. 

Canada: Monopolisation

K. Ackhurst and D. Gascon, here. 

United States and European Union Antitrust Agencies Issue Revised Best Practices for Coordinating Merger Reviews

Here. 

Les programmes de conformité aux règles de concurrence : Expériences étrangères

Autorité de la Concurrence, ici.

U.S. judge says Samsung tablets infringe Apple patents

reuters.com, here.

Bill introduced to NZ Parliament to deter hard-core cartel behaviour

Here.

WIPO Second Survey on Voluntary Registration and Deposit Systems

Here. 

The Court of Justice Speaks On Licensing Of Satellite Broadcasting

T. Graf, here. 

EU Commission approves the acquisition of Cephalon by Teva, subject to conditions

Press Release, here

Quand la Norvège ne s'inspire pas de l'Hadopi

pcimpact.com, ici. 

Books in the 21st century

N. Kroes, here

Amicus Brief: AAI Opposes Restrictions on Foreign Reach of Sherman Act (Minn-Chem v. Agrium)

Here.

Europa-Abgeordnete drängen auf rasche Reform der Verwertungsgesellschaften

Heise.de, hier. 

Competition in professions - 10 years on. The Liberalisation of Professions and Consumer Empowerment

P. Collins, here.

Informe sobre las relaciones entre fabricantes y distribuidores en el sector alimentario

CNC, aquì.

ACCC appeals Google decision on misleading advertisements

News Release, here. 

Steve Jobs patent enables Apple to shut down any new Android product in Australia

fosspatents.blogspot.com, here. 

Ban on internet sales amounts to a restriction on competition by object, unless objectively justifiied

Court of Justice of the European Union, Case C-439/09, Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmétique SAS v Président de l'Autorité de la Concurrence, here. 

Apple wins Samsung tablet ban in Australian court

Reuters.com, here. 

That Didn't Take Long: Amazon Sued For Patent Infringement For New Kindle Fire Tablet

Techdirt.com, here.

Indagine conoscitiva sul settore dell’assicurazione di autoveicoli

A. Catricalà, qui

Deutscher Journalisten-Verband kritisiert Vorstoß aus CDU/CSU für ein »faires Urheberrecht«

Institut für Urheber- und Medienrecht, hier. 

Buchbranche fürchtet Einfluss der Piraten

Heise.de, hier. 

Six Provocations for Big Data

D.Boyd, K.Crawford, here. 

Independent rail regulators are key to competitive rail services

European Parliament, here. 

Dutch ruling sends intermediary liability back to the 90s

technollama.co.uk, here. 

Bookshare Passes 150,000 Student Members & 125,000 Titles

Teleread.com, here. 

Medicines Patent Pool Signs Deal With Indian Generics Producer

ip-watch.org, here. 

EU Commission imposes € 8.9 million fine in banana cartel

Press Release, here. 

Online and Overexposed: Consumer Privacy, the FTC, and the Rise of the Cyberazzi

J. Leibowitz, here. 

EU Cartel Statistics

Here. 

UK High Court rules computer simulations can obtain patent protection

Out-Law.com, here. 

Competition and Sport

Background paper prepared by Professor S. Szymanski for the OECD Secretariat. here.

COMPETITION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ISSUES IN THE NET NEUTRALITY DEBATE, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO EUROPE

M. Cave, OECD Hearing on Net Neutrality, here. 

THE DIGITAL ECONOMY

OECD,  Issues Note by the Secretariat, here. 

Twitter Will Get “Tweet” Trademark, Settles Lawsuit

WSJ, here. 

The Economist on Software Patents

Difference Engine: Programmed nonsense, here. 

EXCESSIVE PRICES

OECD Secretariat, Background Paper, here. 

The economics of compliance

M. Bennett, presentation.

Getting personal: Managers' liability for competition law breaches: a UK perspective

L. Guttuso, presentation. 

WIPO STUDY ON PATENTS AND THE PUBLIC DOMAIN

WIPO Secretariat, here. 

PROCEDURAL FAIRNESS: TRANSPARENCY ISSUES IN CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS

OECD, here. 

WIPO STUDY ON THE INTERFACE BETWEEN EXHAUSTION OF INTELLECTUAL RIGHTS AND COMPETITION LAW

WIPO Secreteriat, here. 

Opération de concentration entre coopératives agricoles autorisée sous réserve d'engagements

Communiqué, ici. 

Energy markets: Commission welcomes adoption of new rules on wholesale electricity and gas trading

Press Release. 

Competition Enforcement Capacity Building and Competition Advocacy

J. Fingleton, here. 

UNITAID 3rd Consultative Forum; Nineteen IP recommendations

KEI, here. 

Canada: New Merger Enforcement Guidelines

Here. 

Europe 1 – Premier League 0

B. Hugenholtz, here. 

Benzinpreise – Marktmacht, Preissetzung und Konsequenzen

Arbeitskreis Kartellrecht, Bundeskartellamt, Thesenpapier und drei Vorträge. 

FTC Requires Sale of Generic Cancer Pain Drug and Muscle Relaxant as Conditions of Teva’s $6.8 Billion Acquisition of Cephalon

Decision and Order, News Release. 

Russia investigates possible antitrust abuses by TNK-BP, Bashneft

Platts.com, here.

Digital Monopolies A Bigger Threat Than Piracy, Says Miramax CEO

torrentfreak.com, here.

Opinion on the compatibility of ACTA with the European Convention on Human Rights & the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

D. Korff, I.Brown, here.

ICN Blog: Update on Brazil

Here.

LG Stuttgart entscheidet in Rechtsstreit zur Reichweite des § 52 a UrhGv

Institut für Urheber- und Medienrecht, hier.

PEER Behavioural Research: Authors and Users vis-à-vis Journals and Repositories

J. Fry, S. Probets, C. Creaser, H. Greenwood, V. Spezi, S. White, here. 

Kartellrechtsforum Frankfurt – Entwurf eines Leitfadens zur Marktbeherrschung in der Fusionskontrolle

J. Zöttl (Kartellblog), hier. 

Ownership Unbundling of Gas Transmission Networks – Empirical Evidence

C. Growitsch, M. Stronzik, here. 

“In order to fight copyright infringements, ISPs may be asked to render specific websites inaccessible to their subscribers”

P. Laurent, here.

WIPO Assemblies on access to copyrighted works by persons with print disabilities

From the WIPO Press Release

Belgisches Berufungsgericht entscheidet: Zugangssperre zu The Pirate Bay

Institut für Urheber- und Medienrecht, hier.

Premier bilan de l’Hadopi: attendre encore, réformer l’outil ou le mettre à la “poubelle”?

A. Strowel, ici.

US Supreme Court declines to hear second-hand software case

Techdirt, here.

HathiTrust and the Litigation Path

K.Crews, here.

Assicurazioni: multe per oltre 13 milioni a tre imprese e a un’agenzia plurimandataria per intesa restrittiva della concorrenza

I731, qui.

Administrability and business certainty in abuse of dominance enforcement: an economist’s review of the South African record

S. Roberts, here. 

Competition legislation and policy – is it necessary in a developing economy?

L. du Plessis, J. Lurie and A. van Buuren, here.

Heal the World-Competition law and public interest issues

L. Morphet, A. Konstant, here. 

AIME v. Regents of the University of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, No. CV 10-9378 CBM (MANx), here.

How to deal with Chinese State-owned Enterprises under the EU Merger Regulation?

F. Depoortere, here. 

On licences for the broadcasting of football matches granting territorial exclusivity in the EU

Cases C-403/08 and C-429/08, Football Association Premier League and Others v QC Leisure and Others; Karen Murphy v Media Protection Services Ltd, Judgment and Press Release. 

The Antitrust Economics of Free

D. Evans, here. 

Should Regulators Treat Google Like Standard & Poor's?

M. Patterson in Forbes, here. 

Golan v. Holder: A Look at the Constraints Imposed by the Berne Convention

D. Gervais, here. 

Retrograde Antitrust Analysis is No Fit for Google

J.Wright, here.