Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Bottin Cartographes / Google France, Google Inc.

Tribunal de commerce de Paris 15ème chambre Jugement du 31 janvier 2012, ici

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Entscheidung des Amtsgerichts Bonn in Sachen Pfleiderer


AG Bonn vom 18. Januar 2012, hier. Mittelung des Bundeskartellamtes hier

MERCATO DEL GAS: AGCM SANZIONA LE SOCIETA’ ESTRA RETI GAS SRL E ESTRA SPA PER ABUSO DI POSIZIONE DOMINANTE

Provvedimento qui

Megaupload: A Lot Less Guilty Than You Think

Cyberlaw.stanford.edu, here

Neelie Kroes on SOPA, MegaUpload, and Cloud Computing

Vieuws.eu, Interview, here (from 01:53). 

Galaxy-Tab-Urteil - Richterspruch ohne Gewinner

Handelsblatt.com, hier

EU Commission opens proceedings against Samsung on licensing standard essential patents

Press Release, here

Pitruzzella (Antitrust): bene il rating antimafia

IlSole24Ore, qui.

Relearning to forget

The Economist, here

The Sky is Rising: On the State of the Entertainment Industry

M. Masnick, M. Ho, here. Compare it with M. Lemley, Is the Sky Falling on the Content Industries?, here

Public Access to Digital Data:Responses to US OSTP's Request for Information

Here

Plagiat universitaire : le pacte de non-lecture

Lemonde.fr, ici

Strong medicine for law breakers – NDRC’s first antitrust action in the pharmaceutical sector under the Anti-monopoly law

Hogan Lovells, Antitrust, Competition and Economic Regulation
Client Quarterly Newsletter, p. 18 f., here

Monday, January 30, 2012

Private data, public rules

The Economist, here

Ein Bärendienst an der Forschung

Nzz.ch, hier

EU Commission closes procedural case against Servier

Here. From the press release: "In light of Servier's arguments which would require significant further investigation, the Commission has decided to close the case, and instead focus on the substantive enforcement of competition rules in a number of pending cases, including one involving Servier". Was the Commission flabbergasted  by Servier's backfire?

EU Data protection reform and Cloud Computing

N. Kroes, here

UN Special Rapporteur Talks Human Rights, Internet at GW Law

Techpolicy.com, here

In line with the international competition best practices? - The new competition law in Brazil

D. Herrera Moraes, here

MegaUpload : entretien exclusif avec le responsable technique

Zdnet.fr, ici

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Global Data Privacy Laws: Forty Years of Acceleration

G. Greenleaf, here

EU reform of the data protection rules

EU Commission's Proposals: Communication, Regulation, and Directive. More info (impact assessment etc.) on the EU Data Protection Reform 2012 website. Watch also the press conference (questions from 15:27).
On the last move made by Google (here) in the privacy arena, Madame Reding commented that it was "a first step in the direction of more privacy".
Interestingly, the Commissioner also makes rather clear that she has "expanded the high level German data protection rule to 26 other Member States". Briefly, "one-stop shop", "no minimal rules" but "solid rules...technologically neutral".



LAPSI's Policy Recommendations as to the Competitive Issues that the Re-Use of PSI raises

Here

Einschränkungen der Preisgestaltung im Einzelhandel aus wettbewerbsökonomischer Perspektive

J. Haucap, hier

The EU Data Protection Reform 2012: Making Europe the Standard Setter for Modern Data Protection Rules in the Digital Age

V.Reding, here

E-Books going public through crowdfunding

Publishingperspectives.com, here

Researchers find smart meters could reveal favorite TV shows

News.Cnet.com, here

Ökonomen in Demut. Oder: Soll Vater Staat Brust-OPs verbieten?

Fazit, hier

Google’s New Privacy Policy Aims At Integrating YouTube

Paidcontent.org, here

Banking sector and State aid

J. Almunia, here

Friday, January 13, 2012

Thursday, December 15, 2011

AGCM ANTITRUST SANZIONA AUDITEL PER ABUSO DI POSIZIONE DOMINANTE

Provvedimento qui

WEKO büsst Nikon wegen Behinderung von Parallelimporten

Medienmitteilung, hier

EU-Russia Summit

Videos available here

EU General Court on Access to Documents in Competition Cases

Case T-437/08, CDC Hydrogene Peroxide Cartel Damage Claims (CDC Hydrogene Peroxide) v
European Commission, here. For a first take on (and background to)  this ruling read @kartellblog..

Friday, December 09, 2011

Wednesday, December 07, 2011

Tuesday, December 06, 2011

Enforcement Cooperation in International Competition Policy

Alessandra Tonazzi (Italian Competition Authority) speaking  at Trento University
December 7, 2011
4 pm, Room 3C.
Presentation here

Will out-of-commerce books soon be managed by a collective management society in France?

C. Jasserand, here

How Crocs Are Helping Apple Stomp On Samsung

Paidcontent.org, here

Use It, or Lose It: In defence of the critical role of “fair use”

publishersweekly.com, here

Public bodies and competition law

OFT, here

Privacy: A Lesson from the Playroom

J. Brill, here

EU Commission consults on review of current regime for technology transfer agreements

Here

Assessment of potential anticompetitive conduct in the field of intellectual property rights and assessment of the interplay between competition policy and IPR protection

P. Regibeau, K. Rocket, here

HathiTrust's filed response to the lawsuit

The Authors Guild, Inc. et al v. Hathitrust et al., here.

Der Referentenentwurf (RefE) zur 8. GWB-Novelle

C. Dobler, hier (Danke an @JohannesZoettl). 

EU Commission opens formal proceedings to investigate sales of e-books

Press Release, here

SOPA and people with print disabilities

benetech.blogspot.com, here

Sunday, December 04, 2011

New Transport Authority in Italy

Announced at the Post-Cabinet's Press Conference.  

Saturday, December 03, 2011

MONITORAGGIO POST-CONCENTRAZIONE - ALITALIA-CAI

AGCM, C9812B, qui

Europeana Licensing Framework

Done deal on the EU patent?

European Parliament, here

Library and Archive Groups Delighted by Conclusions on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions at WIPO

IFLA.org, here.

ANTITRUST POLICY IN RUSSIA: WHY PYKALYOVO IS A TYPICAL CASE


Svetlana Avdasheva (Institute of Industrial and Market Studies, Higher School of Economics, Moscow) speaking at Trento University
December 5, 2011
3 pm, Room 3C.
Presentation here.

Thursday, December 01, 2011

Public Access to Historical Records

M. Pallante, here

The Personal Computer Is Dead

J. Zittrain, here

Unleashing Europe’s potential for growth: The role of competition policy

J. Almunia, here.
From the speech: " Fair and robust competition rules mean – among other things – integrating those markets which, in practice, continue to operate at national level; promoting innovation; encouraging the restructuring of mature European industries; and fighting against protectionism" and  "(R)ecently we have seen a rise in the strategic use of IPR. Take for example the mobile communications industry, where it seems that everybody is suing everybody else for patent infringements, often to block certain products from entering the market.
I have instructed my services to look closely into how intellectual property rights are used; for instance, we have recently asked Apple and Samsung to send us information on their patents for smartphones.
Our enforcement practice has also taught us that IPR strategies may be a concern also in the pharmaceutical industry.
In addition, we will soon be launching a stakeholder survey on the operation of the current antitrust regime of technology transfer agreements, which will expire in 2014.
An important issue will be to assess whether innovation is being properly disseminated to industries and consumers under the current regime."

Rémunération pour la copie privée

Assemblée Nationale (F), Discussion du projet de loi, ici

La Sacem s'oriente vers la taxation du cloud computing

Numerama.com, ici

EU-US data privacy storm blows cloud off course

EurActiv.com, here.

Public Domain Calculation

EuropeanaConnect, here

Copyright Policy and Practice in Electronic Reserves among ARL Libraries


D.Hansen, W. Cross, P.  Edwards, here.

Rapport du Conseil fédéral suisse sur les utilisations illicites d'œuvres sur Internet

Ici

Educators Worried About SOPA/PIPA's Impact On Education

Techdirt.com, here

EU-Kommission legt sich mit Facebook an

Unwatched.org, hier.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

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' s Address to the AAI

Keynote speech on competition policy and some very interesting answers to questions on the Euro-related crisis and private enforcement, June 2011, original video  and my edited audio (Source: American Antitrust Institute Conference).

Mario Monti on Political Power, Economic Power, and Economic Integration

Trento Economics Festival, 2008, Audio (in Italian). 

China Cracks Down on Anti-Competitive Practices of Major State-Owned Enterprises

www.mwechinalaw.com, here

Friday, November 11, 2011

FAIR AND OTHER NON-INFRINGING USES IN THE CONTEXT OF CLOUD COMPUTING

G. Jiang, here.

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. 

Whither WIPO: Will WIPO Wither?

M. Geist, audio, here

SCCR/22/16 - Proposal on an international instrument on limitations and exceptions for persons with print disabilities

Here

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

Achtes Gesetz zur Änderung des Gesetzes gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen

Referentenentwurf, BMWi, hier

Bionic Revisited: What the Summary Judgment Ruling in Oracle v. Google Means for Android and the GPL

E. Naughton, here

Library Copyright Alliance on Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)

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

The Impact of Copyright Policy Changes on Venture Capital Investment in Cloud Computing Companies

J. Lerner, here

Monday, October 31, 2011

WTO TRIPS Council: Ecuador questions the European Union on Italian compulsory licenses

KEI, here.

Google exerts influence through others

Bloomberg Businessweek, here

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

Aktuelle Auseinandersetzung zwischen Apple, Samsung und anderen IT-Anbietern.

TAZ.de, hier

Emerging Theories of Competitive Harm in Merger Enforcement

T. Rosch, D. Tucker, here

Governing Bad Behavior by Users of Multi-Sided Platforms

D. Evans, here

MPAA Lists “Notorious” Pirate Sites To U.S. Government

torrentfreak.com, here

Bank Competition in the EU: How Has It Evolved?

L. Weill, here

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, PressemitteilungVorinstanz und Volltext.

Open strategies and innovation performance

A. Barge-Gil, here

Competition Policy & Financial Stability: Friends or Foes?

C. Hanley, A. Rae, paper and presentation

What Happened to Competition Policy (in Ireland)?

D. McFadden, J. Evans,  presentation and paper

Monday, October 24, 2011

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

A United States Perspective on Cartel Enforcement

S. Hammond, here (thanks to Kartellblog). 

THE EX-POST EVALUATION OF TWO MERGER DECISIONS


L.Aguzzoni, E. Argentesi, P. Buccirossi, L. Ciari, T. Duso, M. Tognoni, C. Vitale, here.

Finland: Copyright Management Organization abused its Dominant Position

ECN Brief 04/2011, here

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

Report on online gambling in the Internal Market

European Parliament, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Rapporteur: Jürgen Creutzmann, here

Bundeskartellamt verhängt Millionengeldbußen gegen Hersteller von Instant-Cappuccino

Pressemeldung, hier

On the resale of MP3s and other digital download music and video files: ReDigi

the1709blog.blogspot.com, here

Liberalizar los colegios profesionales para crear más competencia en la economía

Expansion.com, aquì.

An Antitrust Framework for Climate Change

M. Carrier, here.

Regional Agreements of Developing Jurisdictions: Unleashing the Potential

M. Gal, I. Faibish, here

Monday, October 10, 2011

The Economist on Software Patents

Difference Engine: Programmed nonsense, here

EXCESSIVE PRICES

OECD Secretariat, Background Paper, here

The economics of compliance

M. Bennett, presentation.

Getting personal: Managers' liability for competition law breaches: a UK perspective

L. Guttuso, presentation

WIPO STUDY ON PATENTS AND THE PUBLIC DOMAIN

WIPO Secretariat, here

PROCEDURAL FAIRNESS: TRANSPARENCY ISSUES IN CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS

OECD, here

WIPO STUDY ON THE INTERFACE BETWEEN EXHAUSTION OF INTELLECTUAL RIGHTS AND COMPETITION LAW

WIPO Secreteriat, here

Opération de concentration entre coopératives agricoles autorisée sous réserve d'engagements

Communiqué, ici

Energy markets: Commission welcomes adoption of new rules on wholesale electricity and gas trading

Competition Enforcement Capacity Building and Competition Advocacy

J. Fingleton, here

UNITAID 3rd Consultative Forum; Nineteen IP recommendations

KEI, here

Canada: New Merger Enforcement Guidelines

Here

Europe 1 – Premier League 0

B. Hugenholtz, here

Benzinpreise – Marktmacht, Preissetzung und Konsequenzen

Arbeitskreis Kartellrecht, Bundeskartellamt, Thesenpapier und drei Vorträge

FTC Requires Sale of Generic Cancer Pain Drug and Muscle Relaxant as Conditions of Teva’s $6.8 Billion Acquisition of Cephalon

Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Assicurazioni: multe per oltre 13 milioni a tre imprese e a un’agenzia plurimandataria per intesa restrittiva della concorrenza

I731, qui.

Administrability and business certainty in abuse of dominance enforcement: an economist’s review of the South African record

S. Roberts, here

Competition legislation and policy – is it necessary in a developing economy?

L. du Plessis, J. Lurie and A. van Buuren, here.

Heal the World-Competition law and public interest issues

L. Morphet, A. Konstant, here

AIME v. Regents of the University of California


UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, No. CV 10-9378 CBM (MANx), here.

How to deal with Chinese State-owned Enterprises under the EU Merger Regulation?

F. Depoortere, 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

The Antitrust Economics of Free

D. Evans, here

Should Regulators Treat Google Like Standard & Poor's?

M. Patterson in Forbes, here

Golan v. Holder: A Look at the Constraints Imposed by the Berne Convention

D. Gervais, here

Retrograde Antitrust Analysis is No Fit for Google

J.Wright, here.

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

Putin Pledges to Follow Gazprom Antitrust Inquiry

NYT, 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.

In praise of chaos - Governments’ attempts to control the internet should be resisted

The Economist, 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

Will Two Roads Still Diverge? Private Enforcement of Antitrust Law is Getting Harder in the United States. But Europe May be Making it Easier

A. Foer, E. Schultz, here

STUDY ON THE ANTI-COMPETITIVE ENFORCEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS: SHAM LITIGATION

IPEA, here.

Empowering and Protecting Consumers Consultation: OFT Response

Here

ACTA: Meeting U.S. Objectives

The Office of the United States Trade Representative, here