Panel - Internet Competition: Implications for Antitrust

ASPEN 2012 AGENDA, Technology Policy Institute 

August 21, 2012

Susan Athey, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University and Visiting Researcher, Microsoft Research New England

Tim Bresnahan, Landau Professor in Technology and the Economy, Stanford University

Carlos Kirjner, Vice President and Senior Analyst, Internet, Alliance Bernstein

William Kovacic, Global Competition Professor of Law and Policy; Professor of Law; Director, Competition Law Center, George Washington University

Edith Ramirez, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission

Hal Varian, Chief Economist, Google

Thomas Lenard, President and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute (moderator)
Full Agenda here.

#TPIAspen  , Video here.

- EU setting standards for competition policy globally 

- Platform competition and multihoming

- Complements/substitutes

- counterfactuals and harm to competition by innovation
- leadership in the vertical stack
- lesson from MS: from complement to possible substitute

- dangerous competition threats ex-post and ex-ante (Google/Netscape)

- counterfactual analysis when high quality products are given away for free (multi-sided markets)

- screen control and design

- fines' irrelevance

- changing nature of switching costs  (e.g. privacy issues suddenly relevant to Internet users and Google users in particular)

- the importance of behavioural economics in order to understand consumers' actions

Canada modernizes its Copyright Act (beyond the Canadian Copyright Modernization Act)

T. Margoni, here. 

Gesetzliche Verankerung der Netzneutralität in Österreich?

Blog.lehofer.at, hier. 

‘European Square’ iZettle Now Works With Android; Visa Europe Dispute Drags On

Techcrunch.com, here. 

Android Litigation Update

Techrights.org, here. 

2012 EU Survey on R&D Investment Business Trends

Here.

From the Report, p. 12:
"For some sectors, the expected R&D investment changes of the respondents are higher than the growth rates observed in the past (both for the responding companies and the whole sector):  software & computer services (11% p.a. over the next three years), general industrials (6.8%), automobiles & parts (6.0%),
chemicals (5.5%), oil & gas producers (4.6%), aerospace & defence (4.1%), construction & materials (3.8%), technology hardware & equipment (3.5%), and fixed line telecommunications (2.6%).For a few other sectors,
the expected changes are lower than the past growth rates (both for the responding companies and the whole sector): electricity (4.6% p.a. over the next three years) and pharmaceuticals & biotechnology (3.2%)." (emphasis added).

Can this really be true? Patents for TV programme formats ...

Tht IPKat, here. 

Bundeskartellamt verhängt Bußgeld gegen TTS Tooltechnic wegen vertikaler Preisbindung

Pressemitteilung, hier. 

Judge Asks Google to Supplement Its List of Any Paid Folks

Groklaw, here. 

The Impact of Free Music Downloads on the Purchase of Music CDs in Canada

G. Barker, T. Maloney, here. 

Legal Challenge To ICM Registry’s and ICANN’s .XXX gTLD Continues – What Are The Implications For Other gTLD Applicants?

Jdsupra.com, here. 

Replies to Questionnaire on Exceptions and Limitations to Patent Rights

WIPO, here. 

Search, Essential Facilities, and the Antitrust Duty to Deal

M. Lao, here. 

Copyright and the Digital Economy

Australian Law Reform Commission, Issues Paper, here.
Questions, among other hot topics, on cloud computing (p. 26 ff.), transformative use (p. 36 ff.), data and text mining (p. 48 ff.), a broad fair use exception (p. 71 ff.), and contracting out of copyright exceptions (p. 79 ff.).

Oracle v. Google: Disclosure of Financial Relationships with Commentators

Oracle's here; Google's here. 

Revised Working Document on an International Instrument on Limitations and Exceptions for Visually Impaired Persons/Persons with Print Disabilities

WIPO SCCR/24/9, here. 

Provisional Working Document towards an Appropriate International Legal Instrument (in whatever form) on Limitations and Exceptions for Educational, Teaching and Research Institutions and Persons with other Disabilities containing Comments and Textual Suggestions

WIPO SCCR/24/8 PROV, here. 

Twitter dictates third-party app form and function in new API, gives six months to comply

Theverge.com, here. 

Apple's memorandum of law in opposition to the E-book settlement

Here. 

The Economic Contribution of Australia's Copyright Industries

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), here. 

INTEROPERABILITY AND REGULATION IN THE TECHNOLOGY MARKET: A COMPETITION ANALYSIS

SHUBHNEET INDERJIT KAUR, Competition Commission of India, here. 

Should antitrust law enjoin injunctions on standard essential patents?

M. Dolmans, Presentation here. 

Lemley on Patent Wars in the Smart Phone Industry

People In the Know (China), Audio here. 

Anti-Competitive Stumbling Stones on the Way to a Cleaner World: Protecting Competition in Innovation without a Market

J. Drexl, here. 

AKTUELLE FRAGEN DER GEODATEN-NUTZUNG AUF MOBILEN GERÄTEN

INSTITUT FÜR TECHNIKFOLGEN-ABSCHÄTZUNG  DER ÖSTERREICHISCHEN AKADEMIE DER WISSENSCHAFTEN, hier.

Software Becomes that Much Harder to Patent in the United States

Iposgoode.ca, here. 

A Very Short Primer on Design Patents and Trade Dress

M. Risch, here. 

Cloud Legal Guidelines

Optimis ("the cloud's silver lining"), Part I here, Part II here. 

Mapping Cloud Interoperability in the Globalized Economy: Theory and Observations from Practice

U. Gasser and J. Palfrey, here. 

Third Circuit Provides Friendly Environment for FTC and Plaintiffs Challenging Certain Patent Litigation Settlements

J. Levine, here. 

The Extraordinary Deterrence of Private Antitrust Enforcement: A Reply to Werden, Hammond, and Barnett

R. Lande, J. Davis, here. 

Wie die Verlage für das Leistungsschutzrecht kämpfen

Stefan-niggemeier.de, hier. 

Consultazione pubblica sul regolamento istruttorio in materia di rating di legalità

Qui, bozza del regolamento qui. 

Intellectual Property Protection for Computer Programs

RM Ballardini, here. 

The Right to Data Portability: Privacy and Antitrust Analysis

P. Swire, Presentation here. 

THE UNEASY CASE AGAINST COPYRIGHT TROLLS

S. Balganesh, here. 

Reforming Patents

C. Chien, here. 

Branding Privacy

P. Ohm, here. 

The Giants Among Us

T. Ewing, R. Feldman, here. 

AMERICA’S FIRST PATENTS

M. Risch, here. 

Google to begin punishing pirate sites in search results

Theverge.com, here. 

La licence globale négociée jusqu'à fin 2013 en Suisse

Numerama, ici.

Review Essay: New Perspectives on International Antitrust

M. Gal, here. 

University of Chicago Press Partners with OUP on E-book Platform

Publishersweekly.com, here. 

Online tracking: questioning the power of informed consent

N. van Eijk, N. Helberger, L. Kool, A. van der Plas and B. van der Sloot, here. 

Google Faces Rising FTC Ire

Nationaljournal.com, here. 

Online Piracy: Challenging the 'three strikes' approach

Nakedsecurity.sophos.com, here. 

Is consumer welfare the (only) way forward? A re-appreciation of competition law objectives ante portas in both US and EU

A. Skourtis, kluwercompetitionlawblog.com, here. 

Sharing site of legally purchased ebooks shuts down

Eff.org, here. 

Urheberrechtsrevision in der Schweiz: Arbeitsgruppe eingesetzt

Eidgenössisches Justiz- und Polizeidepartement, hier. 

GRUPPO FS HA ABUSATO DELLA PROPRIA POSIZIONE DOMINANTE PER OSTACOLARE L’INGRESSO DELLA SOCIETA’ ARENAWAYS NEL TRASPORTO FERROVIARIO PASSEGGERI

Provvedimento A436, qui. Comunicato stampa, qui. 

Solving the Patent Settlement Puzzle

E. Elhauge, here. 

Datenschutz: Googles gnädige Kontrolleure

Spiegel.de, hier. 

Mobile Phones: Copying the Copier

The Economist, here. 

Verdict Overturned in Favor of Research In Motion in Mformation Patent Case

Marketwire.com, here. 

The Shield Act fails to protect free software from patents

Free Software Foundation, here. 

Sieben Thesen zum Leistungsschutzrecht: Eine Stellungnahme zum zweiten Referentenentwurf

T. Kreutzer, hier.

usedSoft GmbH v. Oracle: Are You Exhausted Yet?

R. Picker, here. 

BMJ gibt Referentenentwurf zur Verlängerung der Schutzdauer für Tonaufnahmen bekannt

Urheberrecht.org, hier. 

FTC's advisory opinion on the "Accelerated Recovery Initiative"

Here. 

TaylorWessing on the Electrifying Season of UK Copyright Reforms

Here. 

Das Leistungsschutzrecht und die Wissenschaft

Stifterverband.info, hier.

MoU between the IPO and the OFT

Here.

Lemley's Oral Argument in Accenture Global v. Guidewire (software patentable subject matter)

Audio, here. 

Google records show book scanning was aimed at Amazon

PaidContent, here. 

Posner's myVidster Opinion: A Victory for Innovation and a Vote for Sensible Copyright Law

Eff.org, here. 

Marrying Neo-Chicago with Behavioral Antitrust

M. Huffman, here. 

NBC's Olympic coverage has been a damning indictment of outdated monopoly media

Telegraph.co.uk, here. 

EESC on the proposed Regulation on Data Protection

European Economic and Social Committee, here. 

Leak of TPP text on copyright Limitations and Exceptions

Keionline.org, here. 

Pirate Parties on Track to Join WIPO as Observers

Torrentfreak.com, here. 

Diritto d'autore e ricerca scientifica: prove di dialogo per la crescita

S. Vezzoso (autrice di questo blog), Preprint qui. 

Aurélie Filippetti : "Je vais réduire les crédits de l'Hadopi"

Obsession.nouvelobs.com, ici. 

Intellectual Property and Implementation of Recent Bilateral Trade Agreements in the EU

J. Drexl, here. 

U.S. representatives take on patent trolls with SHIELD Act

News.cnet.com, here. 

Richard Posner Gets It Wrong

R. Epstein, here. 

The Globalization of Antitrust and Competition Law

E. Engle, here. 

Public Statement on the U.S. Proposal for a Limitations and Exceptions Clause in the Trans-Pacific Partnership

P. Jaszi, M. Carroll and S. Flynn, here. 

UK copyright and orphan works: the facts

The BIS Blog, here. 

Eléments pour la réforme du droit d'auteur et des politiques culturelles liées

Laquadrature.net, ici. 

Grading the Professor: Evaluating Bill Kovacic’s Contributions to Antitrust Engineering

D. Sokol, C. Wilson, J. Nord, here. 

Google Book Search Case Threatens Librarians' Access to Information

Eff.org, here. 

The Orphans, the Market, and the Copyright Dogma: A Modest Solution to a Grand Problem

A. Katz, here. 

Does Behavioral Economics Have a Role in Antitrust Analysis?

Book Review: Lessons from Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow, H. Singer and A. Card, here.

From the Prairie to the Ocean: More Developments in State RPM Law

M. Lindsay, here. 

Open Government Data Deutschland

J. Klessmann, P. Denker, I. Schieferdecker, S. Schulz, et al., here.

UK SCL Position on E-Book Lending in Libraries

The Society of Chief Librarians, here. 

OFT's response to the BIS consultation Private Actions in Competition Law

OFT, here. 

The Most Important Trade Agreement That We Know Nothing About

Slate.com, here. 

Kicking and screaming at WIPO: Dragging the EU and the US to the negotiating table

IP Policy Committee Blog, here. 

Competition Law Cooperation Agreement EU/Switzerland

Kluwercompetitionlawblog.com, here.

Streaming of a Live Sporting Event is not a User Right in Israel

Iposgoode.ca, here. 

Museum Policies and Art Images: Conflicting Objectives and Copyright Overreaching

K. Crews, here. 

The Digital Public Domain: Foundations for an Open Culture

M. Dulong de Rosnay and J. De Martin, here.

Copyright works - Streamlining copyright licensing for the digital age

Hooper Report, here. 

Leistungsschutzrecht bleibt Zankapfel

Heise.de, hier. 

Authors Guild, HathiTrust Submit Final Briefs in Digitization Case

Publishersweekly.com, here. 

E-Books in Libraries: A Briefing Document Developed in Preparation for a Workshop on E-Lending in Libraries

D. O'Brien, U. Gasser, J. Palfrey, here. 

Software Patents and the Return of Functional Claiming

M. Lemley, here. 

Why panning for gold may be detrimental to open access research

Guardian.co.uk, here. 

Publication of responses to UK Copyright Consultation

Here. 

Google argues fair use in Google Books case

Futureofcopyright.com, here. 

EU Commission sends Statement of Objections on perindopril to Servier and others

Press Release, here. 

US and EU blocking treaty to give blind people access to books

Guardian.co.uk, here. 

The uncertain economics of lending virtual books

The Economist, here. 

It Was Never a Universal Library: Three Years of the Google Book Settlement

W. Crawford, here. 

The European Commission's Closer Look on the Pharmaceutical Sector - New Development on the Interface between IP and Antitrust Law

S. Baier, here. 

Civil Society statement on Exceptions and Limitations for Education

WIPO 24th SCCR, here. 

The Role of the Intellectual Property Office

UK IPO, here. 

Online Software Piracy

The Economist, here. 

A Comparative Look at Foreign State Compulsion as a Defence in Antitrust Litigation

M. Martyniszyn, here. 

Higher Education Institutions and EU Competition Law

A. Gideon, here. 

Blinde müssen weiter für Urheberrechtsausnahmen kämpfen

Heise.de, hier, 

Cloud Computing: An Overview of the Technology and the Issues facing American Innovators

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet, here.

Google and Antitrust

R. Picker,  Presentation here. 

Exclusivity in High-Tech Industries: Evidence from the French Case

P. Bougette, F. Marty, J. Pillot, P. Reis, here. 

Copyright, Free Speech, and the Public's Right to Know: How Journalists Think about Fair Use

P. Aufderheide and P. Jaszi, here. 

EU Commissioner Michel Barnier determined to ensure equal access to books for visually impaired persons

Press Release, here. 

Final conclusions from WIPO SCCR 24

WIPO, here. 

WIPO SCCR24: Ruth Okediji - speaking on behalf of Nigeria - on the Development Agenda

Streamtext: "As other Delegations have said, the Delegation of Nigeria would like to appreciate and thank the Development Agenda Group for the statement and to support that statement. It was exactly 100 years ago and 30 days today that the first copyright act came to Africa by ordering counsel number 912 of the English crown. That copyright act extended to 11 countries, all of which remain independent countries today in the African continent. When one looks back at the developments both in international relations but also in particular in international copyright law, it is clear that this is a system that will always need adjustments. The pendulum swings sometimes too far in the area of protection. Sometimes too far in the area of deference and sometimes too far in the area of ignorance.
It is in fact important to note that the accomplishments today are only the first step in a very long journey with regard to the treaty for the visually impaired. It is in our view not so much what we have done here but what we must do that we must pay attention to. When we are addressing the needs of the visually impaired or those that have long been underserved by the system, there can be no question that our responses must be law, not sentiment. They must be a commitment, not just an ideal. They must be a promise, not just a wish.
In the end, copyright law is government policy, not private policy. It is not the entitlement of users, consumers, authors or intermediaries. We must have the leadership and the moral courage to establish principles that are sustainable, fair, and implemented at the highest levels of integrity. As the Distinguished Delegate of Egypt has said in his statement on behalf of the African Group, a balanced system is not just a system that articulates principles that cannot or will not see the light of day. Nigeria is proud to have produced the first blind physiotherapist, the first blind professor on the continent, and to have established the first organisation to train and teach the blind and the visually impaired.
The exceptions and limitations Agenda is a reflection of a long history and commitment to ensure that the copyright system and indeed all other systems support the full integration of individuals into a meaningful and productive life. We believe it is time to convene a diplomatic conference in 2013. We believe it is time to recognize that the Development Agenda is serious and that it is one of the instruments by which as a community and as an institution we will be able to see the copyright system productive, adaptable and transformative not only for developing countries but for developed countries as well.
However, and whatever we feel about the WIPO Development Agenda, it is clear that the legal, social, and political reality is that an Intellectual Property system specifically an international copyright system that does not work for all will not work at all. Thank you, Mr. Chair."

EU Commission sends Statement of Objections to Lundbeck and others for preventing market entry of generic antidepressant medicine ("pay for delay")

Press release, here. See also the July, 16 "pay for delay" ruling delivered by the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in re K-DUR ANTITRUST LITIGATION, here. 

Open access versus subscription journals: a comparison of scientific impact

B. Björk and D. Solomon, here. 

Revised Draft Working Document on an International Instrument on Limitations and Exceptions For Visually Impaired Persons/Persons with Print Disabilities

SCCR/24/9 Prov, here (via keionline). 

Government may be in breach of EU copyright laws over volunteer-run libraries' royalty payment commitments, authors' body claims

Out-law.com, here. 

WIPO SCCR24 Draft Conclusions

Here, from keionline.org.

WIPO SCCR24: Ruth Okediji speaking on behalf of Nigeria on library issues

Streamtext: "The Nigerian delegation and also on behalf of the African Group wants to stress like other speakers the importance of this issue. Personally as the daughter of a librarian, I can emphasize the importance of libraries, particularly with ensuring that the access needs, the educational needs, the research needs of the population are met. In this regard parallel importation is of particular importance. Both in ensuring the vitality of libraries as cultural institutions but also to ensure that users not only in Developing Countries but in Developed Countries are able to access the rich trove of resources that are not often within national boundaries. So I think it's important that as this body begins to look at an international treaty on this issue, that the question of what libraries do, how they are able to preserve, to distribute works. And the necessary limitations that will facilitate parallel importation for libraries as well as library lending be of utmost priority. I think it is fair to say that the international copyright system and national copyright systems on the whole have only been successful because libraries have been in existence. I think that it is important to note that in the absence of parallel importation and limitations and exceptions on distribution right it would be virtually impossible for even the work we are doing in this body to go on. So without saying much at this point, again, just to stress the importance of this issue and to encourage that this body treats this with utmost seriousness"

Der EuGH zum Erschöpfungsgrundsatz in UsedSoft v. Oracle

Ifross.org, hier. 

'Do Not Track' Internet spat risks legislative crackdown

Reuters.com, here. 

Considering Canada’s Supreme Court Decisions in this week’s WIPO Proceedings

Iposgoode.ca, here.

Is the Academic Publishing Industry on the Verge of Disruption?

Usnews.com, here. 

Towards better access to scientific information: Boosting the benefits of public investments in research

Communication from the EU Commission, here. See also the Recommendation to Member States on access to and preservation of scientific information, here. 

Unwillingness to pay for privacy: A field experiment

A. Beresford, D. Kübler, S. Preibusch, here. 

U.S. support sought for treaty to allow blind people access to copyrighted works

Washingtonpost.com, here. 

Google Says Some Apple Inventions Are So Great They Ought to Be Shared

Allthingsd.com, here. 

DoJ responds to public comments regarding e-books settlements

Here.

Supreme Court Shakes the Foundations of Canadian Copyright Law

Michaelgeist.ca, here. 

UK government to open up publicly funded research

BIS, here. 

Decreto Sviluppo: entro sei mesi, amministrazioni più aperte (e trasparenti)

Leggioggi.it, qui. 

Exchanging Information Without Intellectual Property

M. Burstein, here. 

Why and How Should the Libor Be Reformed?

R. Abrantes-Metz, here. 

Putting patents in their place

Latimes.com, here. 

Collective Redress in Antitrust

P. BUCCIROSSI,  M.CARPAGNANO, L. CIARI,  M. TOGNONI, C. VITALE, L. AGUZZONI, M. BELLIA, G. BELLOMO and R. ZECCHINELLI, here. 

EU-Patentgericht geht nach Paris

Handelsblatt.com, hier. 

A Competition Law for Hong Kong

M. Waha, J. Chang, here. 

The Hargreaves Review of Intellectual Property: where next?

BIS Select Committee, here. 

’Orphan works’ compromise fails to deliver

Communia-association.org, here.  

Ökonomische Folgen eines Leistungsschutzrechts fuer Presseverleger

J. Haucap, Praesentation hier. 

AU Parliament on ACTA

Here. 

AGCM: Relazione sull'attività svolta nel 2011

Qui.Presentazione di G. Petruzzella qui. 

Monopolrecht auf Worte

Faustkultur.de, hier.

Stellungnahme zur Debatte um das „Geistige Eigentum“

K.-N. Pfeifer, hier. 

Online Infringement of Copyright and the Digital Economy Act 2010

UK Ofcom, here. 

State action as one of “The Global Limits of Competition Law”

D. Gerard, here. 

Public Policy Implications of New Technology

J. Grimmelmann, testimony on New Technologies and Innovations in the Mobile and Online Space and the Implications for Public Policy, written testimony here, video here. 

EU Commissioner Reveals He Will Simply Ignore Any Rejection Of ACTA By European Parliament Next Week

TechDirt, here. 

Pharmacies Allege Antidepressant Manufacturers Hampered Generic Competition

Rite Aid Corp et al. v. Wyeth Inc. et al, Complaint here. 

Quand Google défie le droit, par Alain Strowel

Ipdigit.eu, ici. 

Antitrust Enforcement and Media Industries: Competition and Beyond

G. Kimmelman, here. 

CIVIL LIBERTIES AND COMPETITION POLICY

B. Foer, here. 

Accessibility, sustainability, excellence: how to expand access to research publications

Working Group on Expanding Access to Published Research Findings ("Finch Report"), here. 

Oracle ./ Google – Verwendung von Teilen der Java-API keine Urheberrechtsverletzung

D. Jansen, hier. 

Open Data : 20 questions qui se posent au gouvernement français

Libertic.wordpress.com, ici. 

Spanish Supreme Court rules in favour of Google search engine (copyright)

R. Xalabarder, here. 

France -Youtube guilty but not liable? some more precisions on the status of hosting providers

C. Jasserand, here. 

Clear roads ahead? Judgment on selective distribution systems from the European Court of Justice

G. Bushell, here. 

Can Consumer Choice Promote Trans-Atlantic Convergence of Competition Law and Policy?

T. Rosch, here. 

ABA Submits Comments to DOJ Re Agency Model

Bookweb.org, here. 

Some French fresh air to the Google Books project

The1709blog.blogspot.fr, here

UK Consultation on Copyright: Summary of Responses

Ipo.gov.uk, here. 

Economic crisis splits EU education

Scienceguide.nl, here. 

Ex-NFL players' antitrust claims are royalties claims, says court

Competitionpolicyinternational.com, here. 

Daniel Zimmer: Viele von uns zahlen zu hohe Wasserpreise

Faz.net, hier. 

Dynamic Analysis and the Limits of Antitrust Institutions

D. Ginsburg, J. Wright, here. 

Offizieller Entwurf zum Leistungsschutzrecht veröffentlicht

Irights.info, hier. 

ECJ ruling on copyright in software

Taylorwessing.com, here. 

Parliamentarians discuss UK copyright reform

Ipkitten.blogspot.com, here. 

LA PART D’OMBRE DE GOOGLE LIVRES

Owni.fr, ici. 

Modeling Interactions between User and Producer Innovation: User-Contested and User-Complemented Markets

C. Raasch, E. von Hippel, here. 

Finnish Geodata Opened Up

Epsiplatform.eu, here. 

FDP bezieht Position zum Leistungsschutzrecht

Heise.de, hier. 

Diskussionspapier der CDU/CSU-Bundestagsfraktion zum Urheberrecht in der digitalen Gesellschaft

Blogfraktion.de, hier. 

Freedom of Choice - The Emergence of a Powerful Concept in European Competition Law

P. Nihoul, here. 

Les enjeux de l’extension de l’Open Data au monde de l’entreprise

Internetactu.net, ici. 

Google announces digital book venture in France

PaidContent.org, here.
"Google said the new deal is not directly tied to a law passed by France this spring that creates a new royalty collection mechanism for out-of-print works that will be owned in part by the state and managed in part by the Bibliothèque nationale. But the company added the law is accelerating efforts to put digital copies of the publishers’ books into circulation" (emphasis added).

AGCM AVVIA ISTRUTTORIA NEI CONFRONTI DEL CONSIGLIO NOTARILE DI MILANO PER POSSIBILE INTESA RESTRITTIVA DELLA CONCORRENZA

Provvedimento n. 23606, qui. 

MS and privacy: data on people’s online behaviour are worth both paying for and arguing over

The Economist, here. 

Libraries 2020: Imagining the library of the (not too distant) future

K. Purcell, here (slide 52 ff.). 

Google: Writing a new chapter for French books

Googlepolicyeurope.blogspot.com, here. 

A Conundrum of Permissions: Installing Applications on an Android Smartphone

P. Gage Kelley, S.  Consolvo, L. Faith Cranor, J. Jung, N. Sadeh, D. Wetherall, here. 

Pharmaceutical prices under regulation: Tiered copayments and reference pricing in Germany

A. Herr, M. Suppliet, here. 

Curing the Problem of Software Patents

M. Risch, here. 

Anti-Piracy Patent Stops Students From Sharing Textbooks

TorrentFreak, here. 

OFT’s Proposed Reforms Fall Short of Ensuring Independence in Antitrust Decision Making

B. Lyons, here. 

Piratenpartei CH zur Modernisierung des Urheberrechts

Positionspapier, hier. 

Argentina takes steps towards open access law

Scidev.net, here. 

Wasserpreise: Flucht ins Trockene

Faz.net, hier. 

Antitrust enforcement: Challenges old and new

J. Almunia, here. 

China amends patent law in fight for cheaper drugs

Reuters.com, here. 

Sharing the knowledge burden

The Economist, here. 

AstraZeneca V. EC — Reflections on the Advocate General’s Opinion

Covington & Burling LLP, here. 

Comune di Sestu (Sardegna) pubblica i dati di bilancio secondo i criteri degli open data

Notizia qui; Sestu qui. 

Getting Started with Open Data: A Guide for Transportation Agencies

S. Kaufman, R. Wagner, here. 

Google's Antitrust Problem is All About Privacy

Slate.com, here. 

New licence will allow law firm clients free access to publishers' work

Out-law.com, here. 

Patent Oppositions as Competitive Tools: An Analysis of the Major Players in the European Market of White Goods

A. Sterlacchini, here. 

Piraten und Urheberrecht: eine Übersicht

Piratenpartei-bayern.de, hier. 

L’OPEN DATA À LA CROISÉE DES CHEMINS JURIDIQUES

Owni.fr, ici. 

Kleine Tankstellen gegen große Mineralölkonzerne

Deutscher Bundestag, hier. 

FTC on import bans in matters involving RAND-encumbered standard essential patents

Statement to the International Trade Commission, here.

The Economist on Data Mining and the Analysis of Insurance Risk

Here. 

Droits de diffusion des matches du championnat de football de Ligue 2

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

Off Topic (?): Are we living in Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451?

Gigaom.com, here. 

Interop: The Promise and Perils of Highly Interconnected Systems

J. Palfrey and U. Gasser, Video from the book launch here (References at 48:33; Q&A 48:44).

Wettbewerb und Rekommunalisierung

F. Engelsing, hier (via kartellblog.de). 

The Essential Facilities Doctrine – What was Wrong in Microsoft?

L. Hou, here. 

Bundeskartellamt erlässt Preissenkungsverfügung gegen Berliner Wasserbetriebe von insgesamt 254 Mio. € für die Jahre 2012 bis 2015

Bundeskartellamt.de, hier. 

CERN adopts new scheme for easy access to intellectual property

Cern.ch, here. 

LA SUISSE ÉTUDIE UNE PROPOSITION DE LÉGALISATION DU PARTAGE NON-MARCHAND

Paigrain.debatpublic.net, ici. 

AMICI CURIAE US AND FTC ON WALKER PROCESS CLAIMS

RITZ CAMERA & IMAGE, LLC, v. SANDISK CORPORATION, here. 

L’ouverture des données publiques (« Open data »)

Conseil national du numérique, ici.

Energiewende - „Auf uns rollt ein Kosten-Tsunami zu“

Faz.net, hier. 

Shining Light into Black Boxes

A. Morin,  J. Urban, P. D. Adams, I. Foster, A. Sali,  D. Baker, P. Sliz, here. 

.combat: A messy and expensive row is brewing over new suffixes for internet addresses

The Economist, here. 

EU MS support for WIPO "books for blind people" treaty spring 2012

Euroblind.org, here. 

COPYRIGHT IS NOT ABOUT COPYING

A. Drassinower, here. 

Open Data in Cultural Heritage Institutions

D. Dietrich and J. Pekel, here. 

MARKET DEFINITION

OECD background paper by U. Schwalbe and F. Maier-Rigaud, here. 

STOCKTAKING ON EVALUATION

P. Ormosi, here. 

THE IMPLICATIONS OF BEHAVIORAL ANTITRUST

M. Stucke, here. 

Libro bianco per il riutilizzo dell’informazione del settore pubblico

EVPSI, here. 

Emaar let off the hook in abuse of dominant position

Thehindubusinessline.com, here. 

L’économie numérique des biens culturels: la droite, la gauche et la licence globale

Fondation Jean-Jaurès, NOTE n° 135, ici. 

REPORT ON PROFESSIONAL COLLEGES AFTER THE TRANSPOSITION OF THE SERVICES DIRECTIVE

CNC, here (Spanish here). 

Compulsory licensing, price controls, and access to patented foreign products

E. Bond and K. Saggi, here.

Off-Topic: George Soros at Trento Economics Festival

Video here, remarks here. 

What Does the Georgia State Decision Mean for Libraries?

An ARL Briefing with J. Band and B. Brandon, here. 

No perks for Java

The Economist, here. 

Google warned to change search results or face court over antitrust issues

Guardian.co.uk, here. 

The potential effect of making journals free after a six month embargo

L. Bennett, here. 

Google Files Complaint in Europe Against Microsoft, Nokia

Businessweek.com, here.

Competition in search and the alleged “manipulation” of search results

A. Lofaro, presentation here.

Policy Challenges of Cross-Border Cloud Computing

R. Berry and M. Reisman, here. 

Open Data in Trentino - Opportunities and Challenges

M. Napolitano, presentation here. 

Three Key EU Parliament Committees Vote 'Just Say No' To ACTA

Techdirt.com, here. 

Impacts of Patent Expiry and Regulatory Policies on Daily Cost of Pharmaceutical Treatments: OECD Countries, 2004-2010

E. Berndt and P. Dubois, here.

The Antitrust/Consumer Protection Paradox: Two Policies at War with Each Other

J. Wright, here. 

No Copyrights on APIs: Judge Defends Interoperability and Innovation

Eff.org, here. 

Google Books Class Certified

J. Grimmelmann, here. 

Justizministerin für mehr Nutzerfreiheiten im Urheberrecht

Heise.de, hier. 

The EU Competition Rules on Intellectual Property Licensing

Slaughter & May, here. 

The ‘does it matter’ test for competition laws

S. King, here. 

Interview with Suzanne Scotchmer

Techpolicy.com, here. 

The Regulation/Competition Interaction

J. Tapia, D. Mantzari, here. 

Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries & Archives

IFLA, here. 

18 % des FAI européens brident le P2P

Numerama, ici. 

Illegal File Sharing - Keysource

Library of the European Parliament, here. 

Differentiation practices and related competition issues in the scope of Net Neutrality

BEREC, here. 

Murder they wrote – the Dutch kill ACTA

A. Ramalho, here. 

Workshop on Data Protection Regulation

Ameliaandersdotter.eu, here. 

Vice-President Kroes to propose action on consumer choice and "net neutrality"

Press Release, here. 

TF1 v YouTube

Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris, JUGEMENT rendu le 29 Mai 2012, N° RG : 10/11205, ici.

Google wants greater French acceptance after winning TF1 copyright case

Paidcontent.org, here. 

PEER Economics Report

ASK Centre, Bocconi University, here. 

(Some) Publishers Support Sustainable Open Access

Stm-assoc.org, here. 

Making Open Access a Reality for Science

N. Kroes, here. 

An Unpopular Solution to the Private Enforcement Problem in the UK

A. Stephan, here. 

Conclusion of Copyright Debate in Canada Leaves Many What Ifs...

M. Geist, here. 

Patentability of royalties mechanism concept called into question by US Supreme Court

Out-law.com, here. 

Laboratorio Futuro

L'Espresso, qui (disclosure: lavoro all'Università di Trento).

World Bank Live Event Report: Open Access Policy and Development

Creativecommons.org, here. 

ECN activities in the food sector

ECN Subgroup Food, here. 

BMG Rights Management und GEMA schließen Vereinbarung zur Lizenzierung der anglo-amerikanischen Onlinerechte in ganz Europa

Gema.de, hier. 

»FAZ« und »SZ« mahnen Internet-Monitoringdienst wegen Urheber- und Markenrechtsverletzung ab

Institut für Urheber- und Medienrecht, hier. 

Apple Responds to the DOJ e-Books Complaint

J. Wright, here. 

The European Commission puts the ball into Google’s court

The Economist, here. 

Viral Open Source: Competition vs. Synergy

M. Gal, here. 

An economic analysis of education exceptions in copyright

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, here. 

Masters of Big Data: Concentration of Power Over Digital Information

A. Mantelero, here. 

The Case for Copyright Reform

C. Engström, R. Falkvinge, here. 

Huawei Files Antitrust Complaint With EC Against InterDigital

Pcworld.com, here.

Liberalizations Decree: Main Relevant Changes and Powers of the Italian Competition Authority

V. Pinotta, M. Sforza, qui.

Towards an EU Doctrine of Anticompetitive Patent-Related Litigation

S. Vezzoso (this blog's author), Presentation here. 

L’exploitation numérique des livres indisponibles du XXe siècle présentée aux belges

Lettresnumeriques.be, ici. 

Patent wars abuse the system

J. Bessen, here.

Zwölf Thesen für ein faires und zeitgemäßes Urheberrecht

SPD-Bundestagsfraktion, Arbeitskreis Urheberrecht,
These N. 11: "Die SPD steht für ein wissenschafts- und bildungsfreundliches Urheberrecht. Dafür müssen die
Rahmenbedingungen  angepasst werden.  Wir brauchen ein Zweitverwertungsrecht für wissenschaftliche Autoren, die ihre Beiträge neben der Verlagspublikation z.B. auf den Seiten der
Hochschule zugänglich machen wollen. Wir treten  außerdem für eine Überprüfung der
Bildungs- und Wissenschaftsschranken ein. Insbesondere die Intranetnutzung in Schulen und
Hochschulen muss dauerhaft auf eine rechtssichere Grundlage gestellt und die
Schrankenbestimmung für die öffentliche Zugänglichmachung für Unterricht und Forschung
entfristet werden."

Competition and Online Search - Blog Symposium Recap

Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog, here

Ouvrir son WiFi n'est pas illégal en Finlande

Numerama, ici. 

Avviata una consultazione pubblica per la nuova comunicazione sugli impegni

AGCM, qui 

Refusal to dismiss the class plaintiffs’ antitrust claims against Apple and the e-book sellers

Southern District of New York (Cote, J.),  Electronic Books Antitrust Litigation, Case No. 11-MD-2293 (DLC), here.
Apple's "contentions misconstrue the nature of the agreement
described in the Complaint.  Regardless of the nature of the
specific terms of the vertical Agency Agreements when examined
in isolation, the CAC plausibly alleges a horizontal agreement
among the publishers, furthered by Apple, to raise the prices of
eBooks and eliminate retail competition.  A horizontal agreement
to fix or raise prices is per se unreasonable", p. 53.

Structuring Competition in Privacy

R. Picker, presentation here. 

The GSU Copyright Case: Some Canadian Perspectives

A. Katz, here. 

AG Mazák on AstraZeneca

Case C‑457/10 P, AstraZeneca AB and AstraZeneca plc v European Commission, here. 

Hargreaves One Year On - An Assessment: Legal and International Implications

S. Ricketson, presentation here. 

Exceptions and Limitations to Copyright in the EU Under Pressure

T.  Cook (Bird & Bird), presentation here. 

As 17 more states join class action against book publishers and Apple, new details revealed

Paidcontent.com, here. 

La Hadopi a rencontré les équipes de François Hollande

Numerama.com, ici. 

Abandoning the Orphans: An Open Access Approach to Hostage Works

L. Pallas Loren, here. 

Judge Delivers Mixed Verdict in GSU E-reserves Case

Publishersweekly.com, here. 

On the Security of Cloud Storage Services

M. Borgmann, T. Hahn, M. Herfert, T. Kunz, M. Richter, U. Viebeg, S. Vowe (Sit.fraunhofer.de), here.

Policy Guidelines FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION OF OPEN ACCESS

UNESCO, here. 

The interface between competition policy and data protection

S. Vezzoso (this blog's author), in Journal of European Competition Law & Practice 2012 (Editorial), here.

Many Libraries - As the world's books go online, we must resist centralization.

Technologyreview.com, here. 

Key questions in the UK’s shift to open-access research

Blogs.nature.com, here. 

Inside the Georgia State Opinion

J. Grimmelmann, here. 

Google casts its web across the African continent. Any complaints?

The Economist, here.

Competition Policy in Ireland: A Good Recession?

P.Gorecki, here. 

Information Privacy: A Fireside Chat with FTC Commissioner Julie Brill

Audio, here. 

Georgia State U. Fair Use Case Decided

Cambridge University Press et al v Becker et al, here. 

New Competition Law in Portugal

"A new Competition Law has recently been approved by the Portuguese Parliament. This has overcome some of the main drawbacks of the previous law, and has strengthened the powers of the Portuguese Competition Authority. Moreover, a new specialist Court for Competition, Regulation and Supervision has also been created. We are confident that these two major changes are a significant step towards a more effective application of competition law in Portugal", Manuel Sebastião, here. See also Pmlj.com, here. 

Positionspapier zum Urheberrecht

VG WORT, hier. 

E-Lending Background Paper

IFLA, here. 

Markets in IP and Antitrust

H. Hovenkamp, here. Now also as journal article: "Response: Markets in IP and Antitrust" (the question: Is pepsi really a substitute for coke?).

Keeping the Internet Neutral

Nytimes.com, here. 

Neutralité du Net : l'UE et la France doivent suivre l'exemple des Pays-Bas

Laquadrature.net, ici. 

TU München bestellt Elsevier-Paket ab

Spiegel.de, hier. 

Chinese Monopoly Rules to Challenge State Firms

Online.wsj.com, here. 

THE TROUBLE WITH ACTA: AN ANALYSIS OF THE ANTICOUNTERFEITING TRADE AGREEMENT

M. Geist, here. 

THE NEED FOR PRIVACY PROTECTIONS: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

FTC, before the COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION - UNITED STATES SENATE, here. 

Online Sports Data Company not liable for use of Goal statistics from UK football matches

Twobirds.com, here. 

Does The First Amendment Create A Complete Defense For Google Against Antitrust Regulation?

Searchengineland.com, here. 

Cloud Computing - Privacy and data protection issues

"Sopot Memorandum", International Working Group on Data Protection in Telecommunications, here. 

ACTA and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

DRAFT OPINION of the EP Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, here. 

FTC Joins Department of Justice and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Filing Brief Supporting the Constitutionality of the Fair Credit Reporting Act

Here. 

Where are the jobs? Ask the patent trolls

Washingtonpost.com, here. 

Bilateral EPO – WIPO agreement makes for more efficient and balanced global patent system

EPO, Press Release, here. 

Audiovisual Media Services and Connected Devices: Past and Future Perspectives

EU Commission, here. 

The Folly of the FTC's Section Five Case Against Google

G. Manne, here. 

Public access to publicly-funded research

D. Willetts, here. 

The Library of Utopia

Technologyreview.com, here. 

SAS Institute Inc ./. World Programming Ltd - EuGH sichert europäischen Wettbewerb zwischen Softwarelösungen

Ifross.org, hier. 

Conflict Resolution, Public Goods and Patent Thickets

D. Harhoff, G. von Graevenitz, S. Wagner, here. 

Intellectual Property Rights and the WTO: Innovation Dynamics, Commercial Copyrights and International Governance

O. Budzinski, K. Monostori, here. 

Integrating payments in the EU: A new approach

J. Almunia, here. 

Oeuvres indisponibles : 'La loi bafoue le droit d'auteur'

Actualitte.com, ici. 

America’s First Patent Thicket: Sewing Machine War of the 1850s

A. Mossoff, here. 

Strong and independent data protection authorities: the bedrock of the EU's data protection reform

V. Reding, here. 

Google's Wi-Fi-scanning travails

The Economist, here. 

Pourquoi la Culture est devenue le mouton noir de l’Open Data en France

Scinfolex.wordpress.com, ici. 

Google and Search Engine Market Power

M. Patterson, here. 

Considering the Role of Data Caps and Usage Based Billing in Internet Access Service

Know your limits, A. Odlyzko, B. St. Arnaud, E. Stallman, M. Weinberg, here. 

AG Trstenjak: only in the EU established undertakings can register their trade marks as .eu domain names

Opinion in Case C-376/11 Pie Optiek v Bureau Gevers, here.

ACCC to probe petrol price fixing among retailers

Abc.net.au, here. 

La guerre du droit de prêt en Belgique

Enssib.fr, ici. 

Behavioural Economics and EU Competition Law: Knocking on Open Doors? The Case of Art. 102 TFEU

A. Skourtis, here. 

Google Wardriving: How Engineering Trumped Privacy

Informationweek.com, here. 

NGA's commentary on the ICN week in Brazil

W. Blumenthal, here. 

A universal digital library is within reach

P. Samuelson, here. 

Intellectual Property Rights, Interoperability and Compulsory Licensing: Merits and Limits of the European approach

F. Marty, J. Pillot, here. 

Diffusion de données nominatives par les Archives: délibération de la CNIL

Papiers-poussieres.fr, ici. 

FRAND abuse: German court hands Motorola an injunction against Windows 7 and Xbox 360

Fosspatents.com, here. 

The functionality of a computer program and the programming language cannot be protected by copyright

Case C-406/10, SAS Institute Inc. v World Programming Ltd, here. 

The Convergence Review: Final Report

The Australian Government, here. 

The Right to Be Forgotten

J. Rosen, here. 

Privacy in the Age of Big Data

O. Tene & J. Polonetsky, here, 

AG Jääskinen on the concept of ‘undertaking’ in a PSI reuse setting

Case C‑138/11, Compass-Datenbank GmbH v Republik Österreich, here. 

Department of National Defence Uses Crown Copyright To Demand Removal of Leaked Document

Michaelgeist.ca, here. 

FTC Chairman on Do Not Track, Google probe and more

Blog.sfgate.com, here. 

Financing R&D into medicines particularly needed in resource-poor settings

WHO, Consultative Expert Working Group on Research and
Development: Financing and Coordination, here. 

AGCM AVVIA ISTRUTTORIA SU UGF-PREMAFIN E SOSPENDE L’OPERAZIONE FINO ALLA CHIUSURA DEL PROCEDIMENTO

Provvedimento qui. 

Durchbruch für die private Kartellrechtsdurchsetzung im UK? Department for Business Innovation and Skills veröffentlicht Diskussionspaper zum private enforcement

S.Peyer, hier (Gastbeitrag auf Kartellblog). 

USING COPYRIGHT TO PROMOTE ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND CREATIVE CONTENT

WIPO, here. 

Digital Archiving

The Economist, here. 

Competition among competition journals (?)

New: Journal of Antitrust Enforcement. The editors are Ariel Ezrachi and William Kovacic, here.