Procedural fairness in competition proceedings + Workshop on Competition Policy

2014 ASCOLA Conference, Warsaw, Preliminary Programme here (Docx download)

The Future of Reverse Payments in the Wake of FTC v. Actavis, Inc.

Symposium Papers, here. 

Canadian Competition Bureau Releases Price Maintenance Enforcement Guidelines

Blg.com, here. 

EU Consumers in the Digital Era

D. Currie, here. 

Are Restrictions of Competition by Sports Associations Horizontal or Vertical in Nature?

O. Budzinski, S. Szymanski, here. 

Graf interviewing Wright: "Can antitrust authorities contribute to fixing the dysfunctional patent system?"

New Frontiers of Antitrust 2014 Conference, here. 

Google’s EU antitrust adventure enters new phase as major consumer group joins suit

Gigaom.com, here.

Serious Invasions of Privacy in the Digital Era

Australian Law Reform Commission, Discussion Paper, here.

IP in a World Without Scarcity

M. Lemley, here. 

SLS Patent Trolls and Patent Reform Conference

Video here. 

Alice in software patentland: SCOTUS leading out of the rabbit hole?

T. Lee, here.

Cartel busting: boring can still be bad

TheEconomist.com, here.

US Judge: Baidu's Decision To Block Certain Sites Is Protected By The First Amendment

TechDirt.com, here.

Those new copyright freedoms you're getting? You probably already signed them away

S. Phipps, here. 

LG Köln beschränkt CC-BY-NC auf rein private Nutzungen

Ifross.org, hier. 

Apple, Publishers Battle New E-book Antitrust Claims

Publishersweekly.com, here. 

A Year in the Life of the Joint DOJ-PTO Policy Statement on Remedies for F/RAND Encumbered Standards-Essential Patents

R. Hesse, here. 

Network Industries Class

R. Picker, Syllabus here (Session Slides to be added).

Australia Accepts Indonesia WTO Dispute On Tobacco Packaging; Calls For Five Disputes To Be Joined

IP-Watch.org, here. 

OFT issues decision in mobility scooters sector

Oft.gov.uk, here. 

CJEU Allowed Website Blocking Injunctions With Some Reservations

Husovec.eu, here. 

CJEU: UPC Telekabel Wien

Case C-314/12, here.

Lawyers and economists arguing against car dealer protectionism in NJ Tesla case

Letter here. 

Consultation on a proposal to make a market investigation reference in respect of the supply and acquisition of energy in Great Britain

Ofgem, here.

New EU Technology Licensing Rules

CliffordChance.com, here.

Commission antitrust investigation into Google

ConsumerWatch.org, here.

Challenges for the Enforcement of Copyright in the Online World: Time for a New Approach

C. Geiger, here.

The Competition Dimension of the European Regulation of Public Sector Information and the Concept of an Undertaking

J. Drexl, here.

Amazon Issues Kindle Credits for eBook Antitrust Settlement

Blogs.cio.com, here.

Permissionless innovation

A. Thierer, here.

A license that is more than a license

FTC, here.

A step towards adoption of Treaty to ensure equal access to books for visually impaired and print disabled persons

Gr2014.eu, here.

Converging Standards of Protection from Secondary Liability for Trademark and Copyright Infringement Online

M. Peguera, here. 

Liberal group supports D66 proposal to enshrine net neutrality in EU law

Marietjeschaake.eu, here.

BEUC calls for EU inquiry after Italy punishes pharma cartel

Beuc.eu, here.

Searching for Physical and Digital Media: The Evolution of Platforms for Finding Books

M. Baye, B. De Los Santos, M. Wildenbeest, here (pdf download).

The End of Meta Search Engines in Europe?

M. Husovec, here.

UK CC provisionally confirms jurisdiction in Eurotunnel case

Here.

Netflix thinks peering should be a net neutrality issue too

Gigaom.com, here.

Information held in electronic databases not property which can be possessed, rules UK court

Out-law.com, here.

Pay TV: Court of Appeal sends message to the CAT

CompetitionBulletin.com, here.

What drives self-regulation in the nascent P2P “ride-sharing” industry?

P. Belleflamme, here.

¿Habrá reclamaciones de daños por el cártel de las desmotadoras de algodón?

F. Marco, A. Robles, aquì.

Drug Makers and Antitrust: Is Cash All That Matters?

Blogs.wsj.com, here.

When MOOC Profs Move

Insidehighered.com, here.

Private Schadensersatzklagen in EU vereinfacht

Eppgroup.eu, hier.

EC fines producers of car and truck bearings € 953 million in cartel settlement

 Press release, here.

Baromètre 2014 de l’offre de livres numériques en France

KPMG, here (pdf download).

Viacom and Google settle long running copyright lawsuit against YouTube

TheVerge.com, here.

Verbraucher Tracking

J. Schallaböck im Auftrag der Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, hier (pdf download).

Net Neutrality: Dangerous Loopholes Remain After Key Vote by Lead EU Parliament Committee

LaQuadrature.net, here.

Apponomics

P. Salz with InMobi, here (pdf download)

WhatsApp founder says privacy concerns after Facebook buyout are 'unfounded'

TheVerge.com, here.

Enervit: impegni presentati all'AGCM

Testo degli impegni qui.

 In merito alla distribuzione online: autonomia nel determinare i prezzi di rivendita ma necessità di rispettare l’immagine il valore dei marchi di Enervit.

Recap of the Copyright Office’s Roundtables on Orphan Works and Mass Digitization

ARL Policy Notes, here.

MPs and open-data advocates slam postcode selloff

TheGuardian.com, here.

General insurance add-ons: Provisional findings of market study and proposed remedies

UK Financial Conduct Authority, here.

Most Favoured Nation (MFN) clauses

Oxera, Notes prepared for Direct Line Insurance Group plc (UK Competition Commission's private motor insurance market investigation), here (pp. 28-33) and  here (pp. 23-33).

Here's why Amazon Prime can afford to raise prices

TheVerge.com, here.

EC welcomes General Court judgments in cement cartel case confirming its investigatory powers

Press release, here.

Incentives to Create *Whose* Knowledge?

J. Bessen, here.

Higher Education in England

OFT, Report on findings from the Call for Information, here.

Making merger control simpler and more consistent in Europe – A “win - win” agenda in support of competitiveness

Report to the French Ministry for Economy and Finance, here.

A Brief History of FRAND

J. Contreras, here.

Does the FTC Have a New IP Agenda?

J. Wright, here.

Can the OFT Succeed in its Latest Attempt at Bringing Criminal Charges Against an Individual for Cartel Conduct?

Competition Policy, here.

US Judiciary Hearing on notice and takedown provisions under the DMCA

Written testimonies here.

Abuse of Dominance in Technology-Enabled Markets: Established Standards Reconsidered?

M. Rato, N. Petit, here.

Small Businesses As Consumers: Are They Sufficiently Well Protected?

ESRC, A Report for The Federation of Small Businesses, here.

Google Unmasks Patent Accuser in Tangled Goldman Link

Bloomberg.com, here.

PCW Moneysupermarket to sell consumer data

Mediatel.co.uk, here.

Mehr oder weniger Wettbewerb im Internet?

J. Haucap (compte rendu der NZZ), hier.

Unilateral Effects Analysis in Merger Review: Limits and Opportunities

M. Coate, here.

Chiusura dell’istruttoria per abuso di posizione dominante da parte del gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato

Provvedimento qui.  Impegni qui.

Europe finalising robust data protection laws

Beuc.eu, here.

Draft Tribunal Rules on Collective Actions

UK Competition Appeal Tribunal, here.

French Competition Regulator Probes Roche, Novartis on Avastin

Businessweek.com, here.

Garcia v. Google: Stanislavski and Meisner Pay a Visit to Copyright

R. Picker, here.

Patentholder on Breast Cancer Tests Denied Injunction in Lawsuit

NYTimes.com, here.
Opinion here.

Vertical agreements: a new priority in antitrust enforcement

Conference organized by the Italian Competition Authority (6 March 2014), Programme and Presentations here.

Google faces $5B antitrust fine in India — but this time it can't settle

Zdnet.com, here.

Exclusive rights in classical art works: the "armed David" case and Italian law

IPkat.com, here.

Distortions and Disincentives in Intellectual Property and Communications Law

Sixth Annual Conference on Innovation and Communications Law
Leeds, England - 2-3 July, 2014
Call for papers here. 

King my Candy, Crush my Heart: The Weird World of Trademark Registrations

Aaronsanderslaw.com, here.

How Can Software Interoperability Be Achieved Under European Competition Law and Related Regimes?

I. Graef, here.

DOJ responds to public comments on US Airways/American merger

DOJ, here.

Sharing Risk in Collective Actions

Competitionbulletin.com, here.

Review of banking for small and medium - sized businesses (SMEs) in the UK: Update on work to date

OFT, here.

Copyright Trolling, An Empirical Study

M. Sag, here.

Google: Piracy is an Availability and Pricing Problem

TorrentFreak.com, here.

Competition Policy in the Digital Age

A. Italiener, here.

Schadenersatzklage der Hörgerätefirma GN Store gegen das Bundeskartellamt abgewiesen

Lto.de, hier.

Virginia General Assembly combats patent trolls

Augustafreepress.com, here.

Home copying levy was too restricted, Dutch Supreme Court says

Futureofcopyright.com, here.

Spain: YouTube Cannot be Enjoined to Prevent Future Copyright Infringing Uploads

M. Pereira, here.

Privacy groups ask FTC to block Facebook-WhatsApp deal

Cnet.com, here. Complaint here.

How do comparison shopping sites make a living?

P. Belleflamme, here.

UK: Insurers, brokers rally to end MFN clauses

Competitionpolicyinternational.com, here.

Consumer Welfare in Competition and Intellectual Property Law

H. Hovenkamp, here.

First remarks of an Italian administrative court on the ICA’s new power to file a claim against administrative measures hindering competition

C. Lo Surdo, here.