PCWorld,Here
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
ECJ Advocate General Bot on interoperability and copyright
Opinion on SAS Institute Inc. (SAS) v. World Programming Ltd (WPL), case C-406/10, here.
Monday, November 28, 2011
DRAFT COMPILATION ON LIMITATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS FOR LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES
Secreteriat, WIPO SCCR 23, 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).
Sunday, November 27, 2011
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.
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.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Olivier Martinez/AdWords après l’arrêt par la CJUE
Tribunal de grande instance de Paris 17ème chambre, Jugement du 14 novembre 2011, ici.
Monday, November 21, 2011
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
IP and Competition Policy - An International Perspective
Giovanni Napolitano, WIPO
Trento Economics Faculty
November 17, 2011
Room 3 C, 9 am.
Presentation here.
Trento Economics Faculty
November 17, 2011
Room 3 C, 9 am.
Presentation here.
Monday, November 14, 2011
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 on Political Power, Economic Power, and Economic Integration
Trento Economics Festival, 2008, Audio (in Italian).
Friday, November 11, 2011
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.
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.
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.
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
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.
Guidelines for Open Educational Resources (OER) in Higher Education
UNESCO, and Commonwealth of Learning, here
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
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.
Legal Issues in Mass Digitization: A Preliminary Analysis and Discussion Document
US Office of the Register of copyrights, here.
Monday, October 31, 2011
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.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
The Tablet Revolution
Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism in collaboration with The Economist Group, here.
Solvay annulled on right of access and right to be heard issues
Court of Justice, Judgments in Cases C-109/10 P Solvay SA v Commission and C-110/10 P Solvay SA v Commission.
Verantwortlichkeit eines Hostproviders (Blogspot) für einen das Persönlichkeitsrecht verletzenden Blog-Eintrag
BGH Urteil vom 25. Oktober 2011 - VI ZR 93/10, Pressemitteilung, Vorinstanz und Volltext.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Open Standards, patent thickets and antitrust conflicts in the information technology market
Carlo Piana, Trento University, Economics Faculty, October 26, 2011, Room 2C, 4 pm.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
LG Stuttgart: Elektronische Zugänglichmachung an Fernhochschule
Urteil vom 17.10.2011, Az. 17 O 671/10, hier (Telemedicus)
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
EU addresses orphan works and 'out-of-commerce' books and journals
C. Scollo Lavizzari, A. Myburgh, here.
On the interpretation of ‘human embryo’ as of Directive 98/44/EC on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions
Court of Justice of the European Union, Judgment in Case C-34/10
Oliver Brüstle v Greenpeace e.V., Press Release and Judgment.
Oliver Brüstle v Greenpeace e.V., Press Release and Judgment.
Report on online gambling in the Internal Market
European Parliament, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Rapporteur: Jürgen Creutzmann, here.
Rapporteur: Jürgen Creutzmann, here.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Ban on internet sales amounts to a restriction on competition by object, unless objectively justifiied
Court of Justice of the European Union, Case C-439/09, Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmétique SAS v Président de l'Autorité de la Concurrence, here.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Deutscher Journalisten-Verband kritisiert Vorstoß aus CDU/CSU für ein »faires Urheberrecht«
Institut für Urheber- und Medienrecht, hier.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Competition and Sport
Background paper prepared by Professor S. Szymanski for the OECD Secretariat. here.
COMPETITION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ISSUES IN THE NET NEUTRALITY DEBATE, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO EUROPE
M. Cave, OECD Hearing on Net Neutrality, here.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Benzinpreise – Marktmacht, Preissetzung und Konsequenzen
Arbeitskreis Kartellrecht, Bundeskartellamt, Thesenpapier und drei Vorträge.
Friday, October 07, 2011
Thursday, October 06, 2011
LG Stuttgart entscheidet in Rechtsstreit zur Reichweite des § 52 a UrhGv
Institut für Urheber- und Medienrecht, hier.
PEER Behavioural Research: Authors and Users vis-à-vis Journals and Repositories
J. Fry, S. Probets, C. Creaser, H. Greenwood, V. Spezi, S. White, here.
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
Belgisches Berufungsgericht entscheidet: Zugangssperre zu The Pirate Bay
Institut für Urheber- und Medienrecht, hier.
Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Competition legislation and policy – is it necessary in a developing economy?
L. du Plessis, J. Lurie and A. van Buuren, here.
On licences for the broadcasting of football matches granting territorial exclusivity in the EU
Cases C-403/08 and C-429/08, Football Association Premier League and Others v QC Leisure and Others; Karen Murphy v Media Protection Services Ltd, Judgment and Press Release.
Competition Policy and the Patent System
Chap. 4, Innovation and Competition Policy: Cases and Materials, H. Hovenkamp, here.
Harm to Competition or Innovation; Remedies
Chap. 3, Innovation and Competition Policy: Cases and Materials, H. Hovenkamp, here.
Competition Policy and the Scope of Intellectual Property Protection
Chap.1, Innovation and Competition Policy: Cases and Materials, H. Hovenkamp, here.
Monday, October 03, 2011
Video on Workshop on China's Anti-Monopoly Law and Enforcement
2011 Spring Meeting American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law, here.
Ouverture à la concurrence des transports ferroviaires
Autorité de la Concurrence,
Avis n° 11-A-15 du 29 septembre 2011 sur un projet de décret relatif aux gares de voyageurs et autres infrastructures de services du réseau ferroviaire
Avis n° 11-A-16 du 29 septembre 2011 relatif au projet de séparation des comptes de l’activité gares de voyageurs au sein de la SNCF
Avis n° 11-A-15 du 29 septembre 2011 sur un projet de décret relatif aux gares de voyageurs et autres infrastructures de services du réseau ferroviaire
Avis n° 11-A-16 du 29 septembre 2011 relatif au projet de séparation des comptes de l’activité gares de voyageurs au sein de la SNCF
Sunday, October 02, 2011
Saturday, October 01, 2011
Friday, September 30, 2011
EU COMPETITION LAW - ENFORCEMENT ELEMENTS FOR A DISCUSSION ON EFFECTIVENESS AND UNIFORMITY
L. Ortiz Blanco, A. Lamadrid de Pablo, here.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Abuse of Collective Dominance Under the Competition Law of the Russian Federation
S. Avdasheva, N. Goreyko, R. Pittman, here.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
On patent infringement by farmers planting the progeny of genetically altered seeds covered by U.S. patents
MONSANTO COMPANY AND MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC v. VERNON HUGH BOWMAN, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2010-1068, here.
Monday, September 26, 2011
US Seventh Circuit court of appeals on FTAIA’s limits on the Sherman Act’s reach
MINN-CHEM, INCORPORATED, et al., v. AGRIUM INCORPORATED, et al., No. 10-1712, here.
POTENTIAL PRO-COMPETITIVE AND ANTICOMPETITIVE ASPECTS OF TRADE/BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS
OECD, Secretariat's Background Note, here.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Friday, September 23, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
USTR White Paper On Trade In Medicines Raises Questions
Intellectual Property Watch http://bit.ly/oIytB8.
Recidivism Eliminated: Cartel Enforcement in the United States Since 1999
G. Werden , S. Hammond, B. Barnett, http://bit.ly/pWK0WK.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Google and IBM do it again: Google Acquires over 1,000 Patents from IBM in August
SEO by the Sea http://bit.ly/niVXM5.
The Interaction of Leniency Programmes and Actions for Damages
C. Cauffman, http://bit.ly/pR6ZSR (p. 181).
Universal / Deezer : le droit de la concurrence au dessus du droit d’auteur
Tribunal de grande instance de Paris, Ordonnance de référé 05 septembre 2011, ici (Legalis.net).
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Koninklijke Grolsch NV v Commission: failure to explain the reasons why the conduct of a subsidiary is attributed to the parent company
General Court of the European Union, Case T-234/07, here.
The Right Thing - An authors’ rights handbook for journalists
International Federation of Journalists, here.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
RESOURCE PACKET ON ORPHAN WORKS: LEGAL AND POLICY ISSUES FOR RESEARCH LIBRARIES
Association of Research Libraries, here.
Urteil im Geschmacksmuster-Rechtsstreit zwischen den Firmen Apple und Samsung
Landgericht Düsseldorf, 09.09.2011, 14c O 194/11, hier.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Addressing Standards Creation: Divergence or Convergence Across the Atlantic?
T. Vinje, A. Van Rooijen and T.Cornell, here.
Thursday, September 08, 2011
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Monday, September 05, 2011
China’s Anti-Monopoly Law: What is the Welfare Standard?
P. Shan, G. Tan; S. Wilkie, M. Williams, here.
Thursday, September 01, 2011
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Going It Alone: The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement as a Sole Executive Agreement
O. Hathaway and A. Kapczynski, here.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Friday, August 19, 2011
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Class of indirect purchasers of a generic certified
RE WELLBUTRIN XL ANTITRUST LITIGATION, NO. 08-2433 here.
Assessment of CETA IPR Chapter
Final Report for the EU‐Canada Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) on the EU‐Canada
Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, here, p. 319 ff.
Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, here, p. 319 ff.
Abuse of Dominance in the residential real estate market in India
Competition Commission of India, Belaire Owner's Association vs DLF Limited and HUDA, here.
First sale doctrine and copies manufactured outside the U.S.
John Wiley & Sons v. Kirtsaeng, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT, Docket No. 09-4896-cv, here.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
On the meaning of research in fair dealing under the Canadian Copyright Act
THE FEDERATION OF LAW SOCIETIES OF CANADA and CANADIAN LEGAL
INFORMATION INSTITUTE/INSTITUT CANADIEN D’INFORMATION JURIDIQUE, Interveners, SOCAN v. Bell et al., here.
INFORMATION INSTITUTE/INSTITUT CANADIEN D’INFORMATION JURIDIQUE, Interveners, SOCAN v. Bell et al., here.
L’Oréal v. eBay: The Court of Justice of the European Union Tightens Liability of Online Marketplace Operators
I. Bhattacharya, G. Wunsch, M. Saarinen, L. Cohen, here.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Monday, August 08, 2011
Friday, August 05, 2011
Thursday, August 04, 2011
Perfect 10 Legal Saga: Court of Appeals on the request for preliminary injunctive relief
PERFECT 10, INC., v. GOOGLE, INC., here (from SCRIBD)
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Tuesday, August 02, 2011
THE ANTI-COUNTERFEITING TRADE AGREEMENT ( ACTA): AN ASSESSMENT
Study requested by the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade, here.
Flash Cookies and Privacy II: Now with HTML5 and ETag Respawning
M. Ayenson, D. Wambach, A. Soltani, N. Good, C. Hoofnagle, here.
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Australia’s approach to expert evidence in competition law cases
The Hot Tub, Video released by the University of Melbourne Competition Law & Economics Network (CLEN), here.
Monday, July 04, 2011
ECJ on public lending and the amount of remuneration
Vereniging van Educatieve en Wetenschappelijke Auteurs (VEWA) v Belgische Staat, Case C‑271/10, 30 June 2011, here.
Friday, July 01, 2011
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
BGH: Kartellteilnehmer haften auch mittelbar Geschädigten auf Schadensersatz
Urteil des Kartellsenats vom 28.6.2011 - KZR 75/10, Pressemitteilung.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
SCCR 22: Conclusions
Here. On Limitations and Exceptions, Persons with print and other reading disabilities:
"(....)
4. Following further discussion, the Committee asked the Chair to prepare a Chair’s text for an international instrument on limitations and exceptions for persons with print disabilities (document SCCR/22/16), which would constitute the basis for the future text-based work to be undertaken by the Committee in its 23rd session.
5. The Committee agreed to recommend to the WIPO General Assembly that Members of the Committee continue discussions regarding the Chair’s document SCCR/22/16 with the aim to agree and finalize a proposal on an international instrument on limitations and exceptions for persons with print disabilities in the 23rd session of the SCCR, in accordance with the timetable adopted at the 21st session of the SCCR.
6. The Committee encouraged the stakeholders to continue the work of the
Stakeholders’ Platform."
5. The Committee agreed to recommend to the WIPO General Assembly that Members of the Committee continue discussions regarding the Chair’s document SCCR/22/16 with the aim to agree and finalize a proposal on an international instrument on limitations and exceptions for persons with print disabilities in the 23rd session of the SCCR, in accordance with the timetable adopted at the 21st session of the SCCR.
6. The Committee encouraged the stakeholders to continue the work of the
Stakeholders’ Platform."
Optimierte Verantwortung/slosigkeit - Wer verantwortet eigentlich was in unserer „smarten Welt?“
T. Weichert, Hintergrundtext für die Sommerakademie des Unabhängigen Landeszentrums für Datenschutz Schleswig-Holstein, hier.
Monday, June 27, 2011
United States Response to Questionnaire Concerning Boundaries and Interfaces With Respect to Copyright and Related Rights
ALAI 2011 Dublin. By J. Besek, J. Ginsburg, L. Helman, P. Loengard, E. Subotnik and E. Bensoul, here. Read also the answers provided in relation to the situation in the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and Finland.
Federal appellate court on the "hot news" doctrine
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC. et al. v THEFLYONTHEWALL.COM, INC., Docket No. 10-1372-cv, here.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Inquiry into the Competition and Consumer (Price Signalling) Amendment Bill 2010 and Competition and Consumer Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2011
Australian House Standing Committee on Economics, here.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Draft WIPO Treaty on Exceptions and Limitations for the Persons with Disabilities, Educational and Research Institutions, Libraries and Archives
SCCR/22/12, Proposal by the African Group, here.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Providing an Incidental Copies Exemption for Service Providers and End-Users
D. Chen, M. Durkee, J. Friend, and J. Urban, here.
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