News from the WIPO GA floor: the Marrakesh Treaty – upcoming signatories

Wipomonitor.org, here. 

Zweitverwertungsrecht passiert auch den Bundesrat

A. Metzger, hier. 

French lawmakers on both sides unite to spear Amazon

France24.com, here. 

Competition policy in a larger EU

J. Almunia, here. 

Urheberrechtsverletzungen im Internet in ganzer EU klagbar

DerStandard.at, hier. 

Lowering Your Standards: DRM and the Future of the W3C

Eff.org, here. 

Sanctions loom large: Samsung execs were told all terms of secret Nokia-Apple patent license

Fosspatents.com, here.

DRM, écosystème fermé : une TVA forte contre Kindle et iPad

Actualitte.com, ici. 

By focusing on patent strategy a New Zealand start-up hits the jackpot with Samsung

Iam-magazine.com, here. 

Reaching further, getting tougher - Lessons from Asia’s fast-evolving competition laws

Freshfields.com, here. 

Can patent trolling be thwarted by award of attorney fees? SCOTUS accepts two cases on fee issue

Abajournal.com, here.

Dutch Minister answers parliamentary questions about copyright and the distribution of e-books

Futureofcopyright.com, here. 

Listia, A Used Goods Marketplace, Raises $9M To Attack Mobile

Techcrunch.com, here. 

Global eBook: Current Conditions & Future Projections

Rüdiger Wischenbart Content and Consulting, here. 

The State of Broadband 2013

The UN Broadband Commission, here.

Richard Stallman on the Painful Birth of GNU

G. Moody, here. 

Scribd Enters Increasingly Crowded Ebook Subscription Market

Digitalbookworld.com, here. 

With HarperCollins Deal, Scribd Unveils Its Bid To Become The Netflix For Books

TechCrunch,.com, here. 

Hotel Online Booking: The OFT announces its intention to accept binding commitments

Kluwercompetitionlawblog.com, here. 

Google Said to Avoid U.S. Antitrust Challenge Over Waze

Bloomberg.com, here. 

Period of limitations in follow-on competition cases: the elephant in the room?

P. Akman, here. 

New UK competition law landscape begins to take shape with creation of new authority

Edwardswildman.com, here. 

CMA's mission and strategy

A. Crisholm, here. 

The Google antitrust case: what is at stake?

J. Almunia, here. 

Brazil’s patent reform: innovation towards national competitiveness

Chamber of Deputies, Center for Strategic Studies and Debates, here. 

Pourquoi Apollinaire a mis 95 ans pour entrer dans le domaine public

LePoint.fr, ici. 

Copyright Small Claims

US Register of Copyrights, here.

MPs have missed the mark in attacking copyright reform

I. Hargreaves, here. 

UK isolated in Data Protection Regulation discussions; is it a result of NSA shenanigans?

Amberhawk.typepad.com, here. 

Buchpreisbindung: Rabattgutscheine von Thalia.at sind legal

Heise.de, hier. 

Oeuvres indisponibles : l'argent public pour financer le registre ReLIRE

ActuaLitte.com, ici. 

Intellectual property rights intensive industries: contribution to economic performance and employment in the European Union

EPO, OHIM, here. 

Vie privée : la France lance une procédure contre Google

LeMonde.fr, ici. 

Apple becomes most valuable global brand, Coca-Cola moves to #3

Interbrand.com, here. 

The copyright cartel's plot to indoctrinate California kindergartens

TheGuardian.co.uk, here. 

Abuse of dominance: a view from the EU

J.  Almunia, here.

Streamlining Copyright Licensing for the Digital Age

The Copyright Licensing Steering Group, here. 

Companies Admit They Fixed Prices of Car Parts

Nytimes.com, here. 

Google’s chief economist understands media better than some industry executives do

PaidContent.com, here.

US Ambassador: WIPO Needs More Balance – Toward Rightsholders

IP-watch.org, here

The economics of the newspaper business

H. Varian, here. 

Google Recently Made A Silent Shift To A New Search Algorithm, “Hummingbird”

TeleCrunch.com, here. 

Remedies Matter: The Importance of Achieving Effective Antitrust Outcomes

B. Baer, here. 

Video of Steve Jobs's iPhone presentation kills Apple's photo gallery touch patent in Germany

FossPatents.com, here. 

The FTC's Role in Shaping Antitrust Doctrine: Recent Successes and Future Targets

J. Wright, here.

WIPO Member States have denied Pirate Parties International's application for admittance as a Permanent Observer

PP-international.net, here.

Smartphone patent foes, other tech firms jointly urge Europe to prevent rise of abusive litigation

Fosspatents.com, here.

Paradigm Shift in the Global IP Regime: The Agency of Academics

J.-F. Morin, here. 

Large patent holders hate this reform proposal. That’s a good sign.

Washingtonpost.com, here..

House Judiciary Chairman Goodlatte releases new discussion draft legislation to address patent litigation abuse

IPO.org, here. 

Don’t wait for Congress, says judge in Google Books case

PaidContent.org, here.
Transcript of the hearing here. 

Zweitverwertungsrecht: Mehr Open Access oder bloßer Placebo?

E. Steinhauer, hier. 

Does copyright law work? New and ongoing empirical research suggests: not always

Columbia Journalism Review, here. 

La gestion collective a commencé pour les oeuvres du registre ReLIRE

Actualitte.com, ici. 

Android and the Tesco Effect

G. Moody, here. 

Will Netflix help fight online piracy in the Netherlands?

Futureofcopyright.com, here. 

Erixon: TTIP will move to fast track if first results come early

Euractiv.com, here. 

Judge appears to back Google's defense of digital books project

Cnet.com, here. 

Open-Government Laws Fuel Hedge-Fund Profits

Online.wsj.com, here. 

Federal Court Rules That Patent Infringement Can Violate Antitrust Laws

Bracewell&Giuliani, here.

The US ebooks judgment: A view from across the Atlantic

Bristows.com, here. 

Open Data: Broad, Deep, Connected

Open Knowledge Conference, Programme here, Stream Archive here. 

Mastercard et Visa: baisse significative de leurs principales commissions interbancaires respectives

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

Crackdown on fake online reviews sees 19 companies fined

TheVerge.com, here. 

The Future of Reverse Payment Settlements in the wake of FTC v. Actavis

Symposium, Preprints here (antitrustprof_blog)

Google/Waze: Initial Undertakings Given by Google to the OFT

Here. 

Google Maps versus OpenStreetMap: charting new territory on the Web?

Inaglobal.fr, ici. 

Wie sich der Bundesrat aus der Schlinge einer Ablehnung des Zweitverwertungsrechts zieht

R. Kuhlen, hier. 

Exception "handicap" au droit d'auteur et développement de l'offre de publications accessibles à l'ère numérique

Ministère de la Culture, Inspection générale des affaires culturelles, ici, ici. 

Spotify veut se démarquer avec des contenus exclusifs

Numerama.com, ici. 

Open Data: Not Just Good. Better

Opencorporates, Presentation, here. 

Solving the Orphan Works Problem for the United States

D. Hansen, K. Hashimoto, G. Hinze, P. Samuelson, J. Urban, here. 

AG Sharpston on technological protection measures

The1709Blog.blogspot.com, here. 

Spar-Chef erhebt Spionagevorwürfe gegen die Wettbewerbsbehörde

Salzburg.com, hier. 

VG Wort will Leistungsschutzrecht-Gelder eintreiben

Heise.de, hier.

Private copying levy: The aftershocks of Padawan

L. Guibault, here. 

The Role of Voluntary Agreements in the U.S. Intellectual Property System

US House, Hearing, written testimonies here. 

Meeting Highlights Use Of Open Data In Science, Health And Sustainable Development

Ip-watch.org, here. 

Understanding the Role of Search in Online Piracy

Prepared by Millward Brown Digital for the MPAA, here. 

Licensing of spatial Open Data: FreeGIS.net Data license guidelines

Epsiplatform.eu, here.

TTIP: Die Wunschlisten der Lobbyisten

Blog.die-linke.de, hier.

Data protection reform: restoring trust and building the digital single market

V. Reding, here.

The Coase Theorem and Big Business

NYTimes.com, here.

Challenges in Competition Policy and Regulation in a Globalizing World

Panel, Video here.

• Justus Haucap (Monopolkommission)
  
• Kai-Uwe Kühn (Europäische Kommission)
  
• Jorge Padilla (Compass Lexecon Europe)

Challenging Times for Multilateralism

F. Gurry, here. 

Informe sobre el Anteproyecto de Ley de modificación del Texto Refundido de la Ley de Propiedad Intelectual y de la Ley de Enjuiciamiento Civil

CNC, aquì. 

Open data : le rappel à l'ordre de Matignon aux ministères

LesEchos.fr, ici. 

The 2013 Marrakesh Treaty: Providing Access to Copyrighted Works for the Blind and Print Disabled

Program on Information Justice and the Public Interest, American University Law School, Public Forum, Video here. 

Institutional Advantage in Competition and Innovation Policy

H. Hovenkamp, here. 

Antitrust And Innovation: Rebalancing The Scale

J. Brill, here. 

Commissioner Wright (FTC) takes antitrust-minimalist position on standard-essential patents

Foss.patents.com, here. 

Net Neutrality Delayed, Net Neutrality Denied

M. Copps, here. 

Parliamentary questions in The Netherlands about copyright and the distribution of e-books

Futureofcopyright.com, here. 

European Research Council funds arXiv – a taste of changes to come

Blogs.nature.com, here. 

No competition minister in Australia's new Cabinet

J. Clarke, here. 

Touch ID: Datenschützer warnt vor Fingerscanner in iPhone

Spiegel.de, hier. 

EU competition policy and innovation

J. Almunia, here. 

Single Digital Market: Brussels Drops the Call

Online.wsj.com, here. 

Rémunération des artistes sur Internet : la SPEDIDAM perd une nouvelle fois

PCImpact.com, here. 

Developing an Evidence Base on Orphan Works

Ipo.gov.uk, here.