Apple Seeks to Block Sale of Modified Samsung Galaxy Tablet in Germany

PCWorld,Here

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales ban in Australia overturned

Los Angeles Times, here

Opening up Europe's cultural treasures to the online world

N. Kroes, here. 

Design & brevet - Quand l’innovation passe par le design

F. Mayssal et A. Barthélemy (INPI), ici. 

Economists in IP Offices

ipkitten.blogspot.com, here. 

Anticompetitive Product Design in the New Economy

J. Newman, here. 

« Streaming » et téléchargement direct de contenus illicites : l’Hadopi s’engage dans une nouvelle étape de sa mission de protection des droits.

Hadopi, ici. 

ECJ Advocate General Bot on interoperability and copyright

Opinion on SAS Institute Inc. (SAS) v. World Programming Ltd (WPL), case C-406/10, here. 

DRAFT COMPILATION ON LIMITATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS FOR LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES

Secreteriat, WIPO SCCR 23, here. 

From Paper Promises to Concrete Commitments: Dismantling The Obstacles to Transatlantic Cooperation in Cartel Enforcement

M. Chowdhury, here. 

WORKING DOCUMENT ON AN INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENT ON LIMITATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH PRINT DISABILITIES

From KEI, here (amended on the basis of comments made by Member States

delegations to the Chair’s document SCCR/22/16). 

Patents Thickets - An Overview

UK IPO, here. 

Interview with Teresa Hackett: Positive and thoughtful engagement of Member States at WIPO

IFLA.org, here.

Improving traffic management transparency

Ofcom, here. 

Digitaal gebonden - Onderzoek naar de functionaliteit van een vaste prijs voor het e-boek

J. Poort, I. Akker, N. van Eijk, B. van der Sloot, P. Rutten, hier.

Comparative analysis, Law & Economics analysis, assessment and development of recommendations for possible future rules on digital content contracts

M. Loos, N. Helberger, L. Guibault, C. Mak, L. Pessers, K. Cseres, B. van der Sloot, R. Tigner, here. 

No fixed price for e-books in The Netherlands

Futurebook.net, here. 

The Case of Margin Squeeze as a Blueprint for the Transition from Regulation to Competition?

H. Auf‘mkolk, here. 

Was zu tun wäre: Ein Urheberrecht für das 21. Jahrhundert

Wikimedia Deutschland e.V., Digitale Gesellschaft e.V., Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland e.V., here.

Neutral on Internet Neutrality: Should There Be a Role for the Federal Trade Commission?

T. Rosch, here. 

ECJ on injunctions requiring ISP filtering

Scarlet v. SABAM, C-70/10, here

Competition – what's in it for consumers ?

J. Almunia, here

Righthaven Appeals The Idea That Using Entire Work Could Be Fair Use (Copyright)

Techdirt.com, here

Urheberrechtsprobleme an elektronischen Leseplätzen: BGH nimmt Sprungrevision an

Urheberrecht.com, here

Interchange Fees in Card Payments

 A.Borestam, H.Schmiedel, here.

European versus American interpretations of orphan works at SCCR 23

Here, from Keionline.org.

Competition and Growth

OFT, here

iCloud: The Impact on Enterprise Information Management & E-Discovery

hudsonlegalblog.com, here. 

UK statement at SCCR 23 on preservation for libraries and archives

Here (from keionline.org). 

US Submission to SCCR 23 on Objectives and Principles for Exceptions and Limitations For Libraries and Archives

Here. 

EU Competition Policy: Work Programme for 2012

J. Almunia, here. 

Content Mining Free For All Would Be Bad For All

publishers.org.uk, here. 

The Creation of the WTO

WTO Creation Documentary Project, YouTube, here. 

Olivier Martinez/AdWords après l’arrêt par la CJUE

Tribunal de grande instance de Paris 17ème chambre, Jugement du 14 novembre 2011, ici. 

Penguin Group USA to No Longer Allow Library Lending of New Ebook Titles

thedigitalshift.com, here. 

Hartford Courant Settles Copyright And Hot News Claims

Paidcontent.org, here.

Addressing the Proposed WIPO International Instrument on Limitations and Exceptions for Persons with Print Disabilities: Recommendation or Mandatory Treaty ?

M. Kaminski, S.Yanisky-Ravid, here.

SCCR/23: THE CASE FOR A TREATY ON EXCEPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES: BACKGROUND PAPER BY IFLA, ICA, EIFL AND INNOVARTE

Here.

Righthaven Case Ends in Victory for Fair Use

EFF.org, here.

Who feeds the artist ?

N. Kroes, here. 

Search Neutrality as an Antitrust Principle

D. Crane, here. 

Summaries of Twenty Cases of Successful Private Antitrust Enforcement

J. Davis, R. Lande, here. 

Behavioral Antitrust and Monopolization

M. Stucke, here. 

GIOVANNI PITRUZZELLA NOMINATO PRESIDENTE DELL'AGCM

Qui.

Open Content Lizenzen - Ein Leitfaden für die Praxis

T. Kreutzer, hier. 

Site to Resell Music Files Has Critics

NYTimes.com, here.

EU Commission makes Standard & Poor's commitments to abolish fees for use of US International Securities Identification Numbers binding

Press Release, here. 

Copyright Infringement and Enforcement in the US - A Research Note

The American Assembly, here. 

Contracts on Fire: Amazon's Lending Library Mess

The Authors Guild, here. 

HathiTrust: Overview of Orphan Works Investigation for One Volume

Here. 

IP and Competition Policy - An International Perspective

Giovanni Napolitano, WIPO
Trento Economics Faculty
November 17, 2011
Room 3 C, 9 am.
Presentation here. 

Keynote: The Landscape of Collective Management Schemes

D. Gervais, here. 

Does Merger Control Work? A Retrospective on U.S. Enforcement Actions and Merger Outcomes

J. Kwoka, Jr., D. Greenfield, here. 

FAIR USE IN EUROPE. IN SEARCH OF FLEXIBILITIES

B. Hugenholtz, M. Senftleben, here.

Positionspapier: Kulturelles Erbe im Internet sichtbar machen - Museumsobjekte und Urheberrecht -

D. Preißler, hier. 

World Intellectual Property Report - The Changing Face of Innovation

WIPO, Economics and Statistics Series, here. 

Intellectual Property Law & Competition Law

A. Panda, A. Patel, A. Deo , S. Kalinga, S. Khettry, S. Mathew, here. 

Mario Monti' s Address to the AAI

Keynote speech on competition policy and some very interesting answers to questions on the Euro-related crisis and private enforcement, June 2011, original video  and my edited audio (Source: American Antitrust Institute Conference).

Mario Monti on Political Power, Economic Power, and Economic Integration

Trento Economics Festival, 2008, Audio (in Italian). 

China Cracks Down on Anti-Competitive Practices of Major State-Owned Enterprises

www.mwechinalaw.com, here. 

FAIR AND OTHER NON-INFRINGING USES IN THE CONTEXT OF CLOUD COMPUTING

G. Jiang, here.

Décret relatif au prix du livre numérique

N° 2011-1499 du 10 novembre 2011 pris en application de la loi n° 2011-590 du 26 mai 2011, ici. 

Whither WIPO: Will WIPO Wither?

M. Geist, audio, here. 

SCCR/22/16 - Proposal on an international instrument on limitations and exceptions for persons with print disabilities

Here. 

PROMOTING COMPLIANCE WITH COMPETITION LAW: DO COMPLIANCE AND ETHICS PROGRAMS HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY?

J. Murphy, OECD ROUNDTABLE ON PROMOTING COMPLIANCE WITH COMPETITION LAW, here. 

Achtes Gesetz zur Änderung des Gesetzes gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen

Referentenentwurf, BMWi, hier. 

Bionic Revisited: What the Summary Judgment Ruling in Oracle v. Google Means for Android and the GPL

E. Naughton, here. 

Library Copyright Alliance on Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)

Here.

The Net Neutrality Debate: Are All End-Users and Websites Created Equal?

C. Cohn, A. Mossoff , M. Lemley, video here. 

The impacts of supermarket price decisions on the dairy industry

Australian Senate, Economics References Committee, here. 

Livres indisponibles et orphelins : quel enjeu pour les bibliothèques ?

Interassociation Archives Bibliothèques Documentation, ici. 

The Impact of Copyright Policy Changes on Venture Capital Investment in Cloud Computing Companies

J. Lerner, here. 

The online economy: Coffee powerhouses

The Economist, here. 

Assessing Unilateral Merger Effects in a Two-Sided Market: An Application to the Dutch Daily Newspaper Market

L. Filistrucchi, T. Klein and T. Michielsen, here. 

Predicting Patent Litigation

C. Chien, here. 

Guidelines for Open Educational Resources (OER) in Higher Education

UNESCO, and Commonwealth of Learning, here

The Economics of the Cloud

Microsoft, here. 

Antitrust and Social Networking

S. Weber Waller, here. 

US Lawmakers' questions to Facebook on users' data collection and storage practices

J. Barton, E. Markey, M. Blackburn, and C. Maloney (D-N.Y.), here.

Plagiatssoftware im Rahmenvertrag für die Verwendung urheberrechtlich geschützer Werke in Schulen

Netzpolitik.org, hier. 

Storing Information for a Thousand Years

Forbes.com, here. 

IP, economics and the rest of the world: it's all happening!

IPKat, here. 

Legal Issues in Mass Digitization: A Preliminary Analysis and Discussion Document

US Office of the Register of copyrights, here. 

Intellectual Property in ACTA and the TPP: Lessons Not Learned

K. Weatherall, here

WTO TRIPS Council: Ecuador questions the European Union on Italian compulsory licenses

KEI, here.

Google exerts influence through others

Bloomberg Businessweek, here. 

Rules for Growth: Promoting Innovation and Growth Through Legal Reform

R. Litan , Y. Benkler , H. Butler , J. Clippinger , R. Cook-Deegan , R. Cooter , A. Edlin , N. Garnett , R. Gilson , O. Goodenough , G. Hadfield , M. Lemley , F. Partnoy , G. Priest , L. Ribstein , C. Sabel , P. Schuck , H. Scott, R. Scott , A. Stein , V. Stodden , J. Tyler III , A. Viard and B. Wittes, here. 

Aktuelle Auseinandersetzung zwischen Apple, Samsung und anderen IT-Anbietern.

TAZ.de, hier. 

Emerging Theories of Competitive Harm in Merger Enforcement

T. Rosch, D. Tucker, here. 

Governing Bad Behavior by Users of Multi-Sided Platforms

D. Evans, here. 

MPAA Lists “Notorious” Pirate Sites To U.S. Government

torrentfreak.com, here. 

Bank Competition in the EU: How Has It Evolved?

L. Weill, here. 

EU Commission Recommendation on the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation

Here.

WTO TRIPS Council: US intervention on ACTA

Here (from KEI)

Bayer’s aspirin: a lasting success without patent and strong trademark protection

A. Strowel, here. 

Sekretariat WEKO eröffnet weitere Verfahren zur Nichtweitergabe von Währungsvorteilen

Pressemitteilung, hier. 

Web blocking gets real as court orders BT to implement

the1709blog.blogspot.com, here. 

Crisis Cartels

OECD Policy Roundtable, here. 

Library of Congress asks: how should we let you break DRM?

Arstechnica.com, here. 

PROPOSITION DE LOI relative à l'exploitation numérique des livres indisponibles du XXe siècle

Sénat (France), ici.