Key questions in the UK’s shift to open-access research

Blogs.nature.com, here. 

Inside the Georgia State Opinion

J. Grimmelmann, here. 

Google casts its web across the African continent. Any complaints?

The Economist, here.

Competition Policy in Ireland: A Good Recession?

P.Gorecki, here. 

Information Privacy: A Fireside Chat with FTC Commissioner Julie Brill

Audio, here. 

Georgia State U. Fair Use Case Decided

Cambridge University Press et al v Becker et al, here. 

New Competition Law in Portugal

"A new Competition Law has recently been approved by the Portuguese Parliament. This has overcome some of the main drawbacks of the previous law, and has strengthened the powers of the Portuguese Competition Authority. Moreover, a new specialist Court for Competition, Regulation and Supervision has also been created. We are confident that these two major changes are a significant step towards a more effective application of competition law in Portugal", Manuel Sebastião, here. See also Pmlj.com, here. 

Positionspapier zum Urheberrecht

VG WORT, hier. 

E-Lending Background Paper

IFLA, here. 

Markets in IP and Antitrust

H. Hovenkamp, here. Now also as journal article: "Response: Markets in IP and Antitrust" (the question: Is pepsi really a substitute for coke?).

Keeping the Internet Neutral

Nytimes.com, here. 

Neutralité du Net : l'UE et la France doivent suivre l'exemple des Pays-Bas

Laquadrature.net, ici. 

TU München bestellt Elsevier-Paket ab

Spiegel.de, hier. 

Chinese Monopoly Rules to Challenge State Firms

Online.wsj.com, here. 

THE TROUBLE WITH ACTA: AN ANALYSIS OF THE ANTICOUNTERFEITING TRADE AGREEMENT

M. Geist, here. 

THE NEED FOR PRIVACY PROTECTIONS: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

FTC, before the COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION - UNITED STATES SENATE, here. 

Online Sports Data Company not liable for use of Goal statistics from UK football matches

Twobirds.com, here. 

Does The First Amendment Create A Complete Defense For Google Against Antitrust Regulation?

Searchengineland.com, here. 

Cloud Computing - Privacy and data protection issues

"Sopot Memorandum", International Working Group on Data Protection in Telecommunications, here. 

ACTA and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

DRAFT OPINION of the EP Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, here. 

FTC Joins Department of Justice and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Filing Brief Supporting the Constitutionality of the Fair Credit Reporting Act

Here. 

Where are the jobs? Ask the patent trolls

Washingtonpost.com, here. 

Bilateral EPO – WIPO agreement makes for more efficient and balanced global patent system

EPO, Press Release, here. 

Audiovisual Media Services and Connected Devices: Past and Future Perspectives

EU Commission, here. 

The Folly of the FTC's Section Five Case Against Google

G. Manne, here. 

Public access to publicly-funded research

D. Willetts, here. 

The Library of Utopia

Technologyreview.com, here. 

SAS Institute Inc ./. World Programming Ltd - EuGH sichert europäischen Wettbewerb zwischen Softwarelösungen

Ifross.org, hier. 

Conflict Resolution, Public Goods and Patent Thickets

D. Harhoff, G. von Graevenitz, S. Wagner, here. 

Intellectual Property Rights and the WTO: Innovation Dynamics, Commercial Copyrights and International Governance

O. Budzinski, K. Monostori, here. 

Integrating payments in the EU: A new approach

J. Almunia, here. 

Oeuvres indisponibles : 'La loi bafoue le droit d'auteur'

Actualitte.com, ici. 

America’s First Patent Thicket: Sewing Machine War of the 1850s

A. Mossoff, here. 

Strong and independent data protection authorities: the bedrock of the EU's data protection reform

V. Reding, here. 

Google's Wi-Fi-scanning travails

The Economist, here. 

Pourquoi la Culture est devenue le mouton noir de l’Open Data en France

Scinfolex.wordpress.com, ici. 

Google and Search Engine Market Power

M. Patterson, here. 

Considering the Role of Data Caps and Usage Based Billing in Internet Access Service

Know your limits, A. Odlyzko, B. St. Arnaud, E. Stallman, M. Weinberg, here. 

AG Trstenjak: only in the EU established undertakings can register their trade marks as .eu domain names

Opinion in Case C-376/11 Pie Optiek v Bureau Gevers, here.

ACCC to probe petrol price fixing among retailers

Abc.net.au, here. 

La guerre du droit de prêt en Belgique

Enssib.fr, ici. 

Behavioural Economics and EU Competition Law: Knocking on Open Doors? The Case of Art. 102 TFEU

A. Skourtis, here. 

Google Wardriving: How Engineering Trumped Privacy

Informationweek.com, here. 

NGA's commentary on the ICN week in Brazil

W. Blumenthal, here. 

A universal digital library is within reach

P. Samuelson, here. 

Intellectual Property Rights, Interoperability and Compulsory Licensing: Merits and Limits of the European approach

F. Marty, J. Pillot, here. 

Diffusion de données nominatives par les Archives: délibération de la CNIL

Papiers-poussieres.fr, ici. 

FRAND abuse: German court hands Motorola an injunction against Windows 7 and Xbox 360

Fosspatents.com, here. 

The functionality of a computer program and the programming language cannot be protected by copyright

Case C-406/10, SAS Institute Inc. v World Programming Ltd, here. 

The Convergence Review: Final Report

The Australian Government, here. 

The Right to Be Forgotten

J. Rosen, here. 

Privacy in the Age of Big Data

O. Tene & J. Polonetsky, here, 

AG Jääskinen on the concept of ‘undertaking’ in a PSI reuse setting

Case C‑138/11, Compass-Datenbank GmbH v Republik Österreich, here. 

Department of National Defence Uses Crown Copyright To Demand Removal of Leaked Document

Michaelgeist.ca, here. 

FTC Chairman on Do Not Track, Google probe and more

Blog.sfgate.com, here. 

Financing R&D into medicines particularly needed in resource-poor settings

WHO, Consultative Expert Working Group on Research and
Development: Financing and Coordination, here. 

AGCM AVVIA ISTRUTTORIA SU UGF-PREMAFIN E SOSPENDE L’OPERAZIONE FINO ALLA CHIUSURA DEL PROCEDIMENTO

Provvedimento qui. 

Durchbruch für die private Kartellrechtsdurchsetzung im UK? Department for Business Innovation and Skills veröffentlicht Diskussionspaper zum private enforcement

S.Peyer, hier (Gastbeitrag auf Kartellblog). 

USING COPYRIGHT TO PROMOTE ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND CREATIVE CONTENT

WIPO, here. 

Digital Archiving

The Economist, here. 

Competition among competition journals (?)

New: Journal of Antitrust Enforcement. The editors are Ariel Ezrachi and William Kovacic, here.

AU Federal Court on "time shifting"

National Rugby League Investments Pty Limited v Singtel Optus Pty Ltd [2012] FCAFC 59, here. 

Overview of National Reports About 'Balancing Copyright'

R. Hilty, S. Nérisson, here. 

Harmonizing Patent Law: The Untamable Union Patent

H. Ullrich, here. 

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. 

Le droit de copier des élèves

Owni.fr, ici. 

Das Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz – Erfahrungen und Ausblick

H. Bardt, J. Niehues, H. Techert, hier. 

LG Hamburg: Der Streit GEMA vs. Youtube im Detail

Telemedicus.info, hier. 

World Intellectual Property Day 2012: Map of the Activities

Here. 

AstraZeneca and the EU Sector Inquiry: When Do Patent Filings Violate Competition Law?

J. Drexl, here. 

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. 

The JFTC's proposal, the ICN Framework for Merger Review Cooperation has been approved.

Japan Fair Trade Commission, here. 

Big Data age puts privacy in question as information becomes currency

Guardian.co.uk, here. 

Nutzerinteressen stärken, Urheberrechte wahren

Deutscher Bibliotheksverband, hier. 

GEMA vs YouTube - what the Hamburg court really said...

Ipkitten.blogspot.com, here. 

International Competition Network Launches New Initiatives on the Investigative Process, Enforcement Cooperation, and Working with the Courts

FTC, here. 

Bundesregierung setzt auf Open Data

Heise.de, hier. 

Norwegian Competition Authority against fixed book price law

Press release, here. 

Oracle/Google: Rumble in the Java jungle

The Economist, here. On tech issues behind the legal dispute read also here (from news.cnet.com)

AU High Court rules in favour of iiNet

Summary here; judgment here. 

Turning Smartphones into Mobile Wallets – What Are the Issues?

Techpolicy.com, here.

Control of Museum Art Images: The Reach and Limits of Copyright and Licensing

K. Crews, M. Brown, here. 

College Faculty Continue Their Love Affair with Print Textbooks

BISG, here. 

Patents into ploughshares

The Economist, here. 

What does it mean to be open online?

N. Kroes, here.