Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Google Wins Vertical Search Antitrust Case In Germany

Searchengineland.com, here

Online-Vertrieb von Sportartikeln

Kartellblog.de, hier

Libor-Scandal Antitrust Plaintiffs Allowed to Seek Leave to Amend Their Allegations

Dandodiary.com, here

FTC Warns Data Broker Operations of Possible Privacy Violations

Ftc.gov, here

The Competition and IP Interface: setting the scene

C. Maxwell, here

Google's Schmidt: The Internet needs a delete button

News.cnet.com, here

Händlerbefragung im Verfahren gegen die adidas AG

Bundeskartellamt, hier.

Datenklauseln von Apple rechtswidrig

Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband, hier

Open Data to fight Poverty

Openaid.de, here

Has Big Data Made Anonymity Impossible?

Technologyreview.com, here

Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) calls WIPO treaty for blind "dangerous precedent for other areas of IP Law"

Keionline.org, here

Governing the Anti-commons: The Institutional Logic of Standard Setting Organizations

T. Simcoe, here

The Data Revolution and Economic Analysis

L. Einav, J. Levin, here

Monday, May 06, 2013

Pay-to-Delay Settlements: The Circuit-Splitting Headache Plaguing Big Pharma

S. Han, here

Preliminary EU assessment finds Google's Motorola guilty of abuse of standard-essential patents

Fosspatents.com, here

EU Commission sends Statement of Objections to Motorola Mobility on potential misuse of mobile phone standard-essential patents

Press Release, here.

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Apple's "willingness" specified:
"Apple had declared that it would be willing to be bound by a determination of the FRAND royalties by the German court". Further, from the Memo:
"By contrast, a potential licensee which remains passive and unresponsive to a request to enter into licensing negotiations or is found to employ clear delaying tactics cannot be generally considered as willing."
Moreover, specifically to the relevance of the so-called German "Orange Book" case-law on injunctions:
"The 2009 "Orange Book" ruling of the German Supreme Court established that a potential licensee can raise a competition law defence against an application for an injunction by showing that (i) it has made an unconditional offer to license under terms that cannot be rejected by the patent-holder without abusing its dominant position, and (ii) it actually acted as if had entered into a valid patent licence. The Supreme Court's ruling did not specifically relate to SEPs. The Commission's preliminary view is that an interpretation of that ruling whereby a willing licensee is essentially not entitled to challenge the validity and essentiality of the SEPs in question is potentially anti-competitive."

Commissions interbancaires de Mastercard et Visa: test de marché

Autorité de la concurrence, ici

Petition Fights Proposal For Digital Rights Management In Internet Core

Ip-watch.org, here

Copyright in the Digital Era: Building Evidence for Policy

US National Research Council of the National Academies, here

ReLIRE : Recours pour Excès de Pouvoir, Filippetti et Ayrault à la barre

ActuaLitte.com, ici

Thursday, May 02, 2013

DOJ Issues Business Review Letter on a Proposed Innovative IP Exchange

Weil.com, here

The Derivative Right: Or Why Copyright Law Protects Foxes Better than Hedgehogs

D. Gervais, here

The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 –Your photos and you

IPO.gov.uk, here

UK allows use of orphan works for commercial purposes

Futureofcopyright.com, here

Analysis of UK/EU Law on Data Mining in Higher Education Institutions

A. Guadamuz, D. Cabell, here

Could the Web have been patented?

Npr.org, here

EU debates biopiracy law to protect indigenous people

Guardian.co.uk, here

Craigslist's Allegations Of "Copyright" Violations Thrown Out

Forbes.com, here

Facebook says battle for teen attention 'not a zero-sum game'

TheVerge.com, here

Bargaining over Loyalty

D. Crane, here

2013 Who Has Your Back: Which Companies Help Protect Your Data from the Government?

EFF.org, here

Senator Charles Schumer Targets Patent Trolls, Wants USPTO To Review Infringement Suits Before They Head To Court

TeleCrunch.com, here

Monday, April 29, 2013

Judge Robart’s Opinion in Motorola vs. Microsoft and the Future of FRAND

Consortiuminfo.org, here

Hargreaves Predicts: The Copyright Reform Round-up

Irelandip.com, here

Patents and Standard Setting

D. Neven, WIPO Seminar Series of the Economics of IP, Video here

WNET v. Aereo: The Second Circuit Persists in Poor (Cable)Vision

J. Ginsburg, here

Microsoft-Motorola follow-up: A look at Judge Robart’s modified Georgia-Pacific RAND methodology

Essentialpatentblog.com, here

European parliament starts discussing the proposed Directive on collective management of copyright

Communia-association.org, here

Mixed Reactions Among Participants In WIPO Talks On Treaty For The Blind

Ip-watch.org, here

How lobbying works, how our privacy is being lost

Lightbluetouchpaper.org, here

International Competition Network advances competition law enforcement cooperation

Accc.gov.au, here

Big Data Congressional Hearing

Cccblog.org, here

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

How to Prevent the ‘Do Not Track’ Arms Race

P. Swire, here

Canada: Privacy and Social Media in the Age of Big Data

Report of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, House of Commons, here

The MPAA, Disney and Blind People: Data Point for Campaign Finance Reform and the Weakness of Human Character

J. Love, here

ICN Unilateral Conduct Workbook: Exclusive Dealing

Chapter 5, here

ICN: Explaining the Benefits of Competition

Draft, here

ICN: Working with Courts and Judges Project

Summary of the responses collected, here. Executive Summary, here

Poste ha abusato della sua posizione dominante su esenzione IVA

Comunicato stampa qui, Provvedimento qui

The Empire Strikes Back: CISAC beats Commission in General Court

J. Quintais, here

Australia’s experience driving economic growth through competition policy reforms

Accc.gov.au, here

E-Books: „Die Leute wollen keine Anreicherungen"

Heise.de, hier.

Monday, April 22, 2013

Patentability and Scope of Protection for DNA Sequence

R. Milkov, here.

The European Commission Policy on Open Access: the Importance of Text and Data Mining

J.-F. Dechamp, here (Presentation)

Eight Business Model Archetypes for PSI Re-Use

E. Ferro, M. Osella, here

The Economics of Competition (Law)

J. Paha, here

Brussels Court of Appeal: embedding illegal YouTube content is no copyright breach

Futureofcopyright.com, here

Finnish Sites Blacking Out Tomorrow In Support Of Copyright Petition

Arcticstartup.com, here

Google fined just $189,000 for 'one of the biggest' data protection violations in German history

TheVerge.com, here

Indian copyright organisation asks colleges to buy licence to photocopy book portions

Economictimes.indiatimes.com, here

EU Commission sends statement of objections to suspected participants in smart card chips cartel

Press Release, here

A closer look at the new PSI Directive

Open Knowledge Foundation Blog, here

WIPO Members Send Draft Treaty For The Blind To Marrakesh

Ip-watch.org, here

Federal judge has set FRAND rate for Microsoft's license to Google's standard-essential patents

Fosspatents.com, here

Diritti audiovisivi sportivi: segnalazione al Parlamento

Agcm.it, qui

Patent Trolls and ‘Royalties’: Distracting From the Real Issue Which is Software Patents

Techrights.org, here

Final text before Marrakesh, WIPO treaty for the blind

Keionline.org, here