Copyright, Interfaces, and a Possible Atlantic Divide

S. Vezzoso (this blog's author), here.
Abstract: "Recent copyright cases on both sides of the Atlantic focused on important interoperability issues. While the decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union in SAS Institute, Inc. v. World Programming Ltd. assessed data formats under the EU Software Directive, the ruling by the Northern District of California Court in Oracle America, Inc. v. Google Inc. dealt with application programming interfaces. The European decision is rightly celebrated as a further important step in the promotion of interoperability in the EU. This article argues that, despite appreciable signs of convergence across the Atlantic, the assessment of application programming interfaces under EU law could still turn out to be quite different, and arguably much less pro-interoperability, than under U.S. law."

HathiTrust: A Landmark Copyright Ruling

Publishersweekly.com, here. 

ACTA Has Changed the European IP Climate

A. Metzger, here. 

Spanish Supreme Court Rules in Favour of Google Search Engine…and a Flexible Reading of Copyright Statutes?

R. Xalabarder, here. 

Mobile Device Location Data - Additional Federal Actions Could Help Protect Consumer Privacy

US GAO, here. 

The French Laws "Hadopi # 1&2 "

A.-S. Vassenaix-Paxton, Presentation here. 

Internet Classified Ads Become Antitrust Battleground

Antitrusttoday.com, here. 

List of Submitted Amendments to the PSI Directive

EP ITRE Committee, here. 

Why Google is right and the Authors Guild is wrong on book scanning

Gigaom.com, here. 

Antitrust Economics and Competition Policy in the Information Technology Sector – a Searle Center Conference Recap

Techpolicy.com, here. 

When Internet Traffic and Peering Agreement meet French Competition Law

Berkeleyantitrust.blogspot.com, here. 

HathiTrust Wins on Fair Use, and just about everything else

M. Sag, here.

Court Rules on HathiTrust and Fair Use

K. Crews, here. 

The America Invents Act 500: Effects of Patent Monetization Entities on US Litigation

R. Feldman, S. Jeruss, J. Walker, here

Authors Guild v. Hathitrust

US District Court Southern District of New York, 11 CV 6351 (HB), Opinion and Order here.

SDO IP Policies in Dynamic Industries

D. Teece, P. Grindley,  E. Sherry, written contribution to the ITU Patent Roundtable, here (Word file).

The Federal Trade Commission’s Investigation of Google

D. Oliver, D. Racheter, here.

Deezer's streaming music service now available in 160 countries, US market 'not ready'

TheVerge.com, here. 

Widening Scrutiny of Google’s Smartphone Patents

NYTimes.com, here. 

WIPO's Contribution to ITU Patent Roundtable

Here (Word file). Full list of written contributions here. 

Open Access is the Default in Europe

Dw.de, here. 

Canada Copyright Board on the tariffs of online music services

Decision, here..

Opinion 08/2012 providing further input on the data protection reform discussions

Article 29 Data Protection Working Party, here.

FTC Submits Amicus Brief Explaining that Drug Companies Use “No-Authorized Generic” Agreements to Delay Generic Competition

Ftc.gov, here.

Privacy and Modern Advertising: Most US Internet Users Want “Do Not Track” to Stop Collection of Data About their Online Activities

C. Hoofnagle, J. Urban, S. Li, here. 

Google's privacy policy: EU data protection chiefs 'to act within days'

Guardian.co.uk, here. 

Privacy Regulation and Market Structure

J. Campbell, A. Goldfarb, C. Tucker, here. 

The Shadow of Steve Jobs in Apple’s Maps Push

Nytimes.com, here. 

Privacy by Design: A Counterfactual Analysis of Google and Facebook Privacy Incidents

I. Rubinstein, N. Good, here. 

A private celebration: Waves turns five!

DSRI-Vorträge u.a. zu aktuellen Datenschutzthemen

Legalmemory.blogspot.com, here. 

International Survey on Private Copying

Stichting de Thuiskopie, WIPO, here.

The Patent, Used as a Sword

Nytimes.com, here. 

The New Google-AAP Settlement: Some Questions and Antitrust Speculations

A. Katz, here. 

A Google book deal is good for everyone — except maybe Amazon

Gigaom.com, here. 

What Does the Chicago School Teach About Internet Search and the Antitrust Treatment of Google?

R. Bork, J. Sidak, here. 

French Rules Governing Post Mortem Transmission of Droit de Suite Held Constitutional

The1709blog.blogspot.fr, here. 

The Memory of the World in the Digital Age: Digitization and Preservation

Vancouver Declaration (draft recommendations), here. 

Europeanization of EU member-state competition policy: The commission’s leadership role

P. Barros, J. Clougherty and J. Seldeslachts, here. 

FTC Seeks U.S. Supreme Court Review in AndroGel "Pay-for-Delay" Case

 Federal Trade Commission v. Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc, petition for certiorari, here. 

Oracle and Google File Appeals

Groklaw, here. 

Do-Not-Track Standards Discussion Heats Up

Privacyassociation.org, here. 

Google, Publishers Settle Lawsuit over Book Scanning

Publishersweekly.com, here. See also AAP's statement here. 

Datenschutz versus Technologie?

Computerwoche.de, hier. 

Aktuelles zum Urheberrecht aus Deutschland

C. Sprang, Audio hier. 

Digital archives: Don't let copyright block data mining

M. Jockers, M. Sag & J. Schultz, Nature.com, here. 

Microsoft Faces $7.4B Euro Fine for “Error” of Missing Browser Ballots

Redherring.com, here. 

Patent Wars: EU’s Top Regulator Takes Front Line Position

McDermott Will & Emery, here. 

Statistical, Ecosystems and Competitiveness Analysis of the Media and Content Industries: The Newspaper Publishing Industry

A. Leurdijk, M. Slot, O. Nieuwenhu, here. 

Charging for PSI re-use

EPSI Platform, here. 

Proposte di riforma concorrenziale ai fini della Legge annuale per il mercato e la concorrenza anno 2013

AGCM, qui.

Antitrust Enforcement Regimes: Fundamental Differences

K. Hylton, here. 

Should the FTC Sue Google Over Search?

Panel discussion hosted by TechFreedom, Video here. 

WHEN ANTITRUST MET FACEBOOK

C. Yoo, here. 

SOCIAL NETWORKS, ADVERTISING, AND ANTITRUST

C. Tucker and A. Marthews, here.

ANTITRUST AND THE MOVEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY

H. Hovenkamp, here. 

ANTITRUST IN HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES: IMPROVING THE FEDERAL ANTITRUST JOINT VENTURE

W. Kovacic, here. 

Intellectual Property and Human Rights in the Nonmultilateral Era

P. Yu, iposgoode.ca, here. 

Data Days: Datenschutz so wichtig wie Umweltschutz

Heise.de, hier. 

A Network of Competition Advocates

E. Perez Motta, here. 

Project empowers open data in public administration

Researchinformation.info, here. 

Programa de Clemencia

CNC, Video (0:47), aquí. Ver también Vídeo sobre el "programa de clemencia" elaborado por la Autoridad Holandesa de Defensa de la Competencia, con los subtítulos en español adaptando parte de su contenido a la regulación española, aquì.

WIPO: The Year in Review

F. Gurry, here. 

New small claims track for businesses with IP disputes

News.bis.gov.uk, here.

Search engine freedom: on the implications of the right to freedom of expression for the legal governance of Web search engines

J. Van Hoboken, here. 

Report of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights to the fiftieth session of the WIPO General Assembly

WIPO.int, here. 

Ansgar Ohly: Fast jeder Urheberrechtler lehnt das Leistungsschutzrecht ab

IGEL, hier. 

Do patent and copyright law restrict competition and creativity excessively?

R. Posner, here. 

Dutch Royal Library: Public Interests over Private

Blogs.publishersweekly.com, here. 

Librarian Patience Has Run out on E-Book Lending Issues, Library Association Says

Digitalbookworld.com, here. 

Antitrust and Google search bias

Knowledgeproblem.com, here. 

Why Norway’s rigorous stance on Cloud computing highlights the primacy of strong privacy policies

Privacysurgeon.org, here. 

Is the google platform a two-sided market?

G. Luchetta, here. 

Cookie Law Across Europe

Cookiepedia.co.uk, here.

Let's Spread the Word About Fair Use

Chronicle.com, here. 

Understanding past merger remedies: report on case study research

UK Competition Commission, here. 

File-Sharing for Personal Use Declared Legal in Portugal

Torrentfreak.com, here. 

Unleashing the Potential of Cloud Computing in Europe

European Commission, here. See also the Commission Staff Working Document accompanying the document, here. 

Einleitung der Sektoruntersuchung Raffinerien und Mineralölgroßhandel

Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

Responses of European competition policy to the challenges of the global economic crisis

A. Czékus, here. 

Fashion and copyright

The1709blog.blogspot.it, here. 

Apple reportedly waived one year of Google Maps contract in switch to iOS Maps

Appleinsider.com, here. 

Zukunftsforum: Quo vadis Urheberrecht?

Telemedicus.info, hier.

OECD: Economic crisis and weak outlook hit R&D

Oecd.org, here. 

HUNTING THE WILD GEESE: COMPETITION ANALYSIS IN A WORLD OF “FREE”

F. Polverino, here. 

Re-use of Public Procurement Data

Epsiplatform.eu, here.

Maßnahmen zur Steigerung des Wettbewerbs auf den Kraftstoffmärkten in Deutschland

J. Haucap, R. Dewenter, U. Heimeshoff, here.

Europe's Cloud Computing Strategy Calls for More Standardization

M.cio.com, here

MySQL: A Business Parable

- Open Source, the IP always owned

- LAMP web stack, MySQL a de-facto standard (FB, Google, Twitter, Yahoo)

- dual licensing (consulting and support, T-shirts sale: uninteresting to VC)
- VC, looking for an "exit"

- Sun and then Oracle acquisitions

- Oracle "not a charity"

From the Open Forum Europe 2012 Conference, here. 

MEDIDAS EN MATERIA DE INFRAESTRUCTURAS Y SERVICIOS FERROVIARIOS.

CNC, aquí.

LEISTUNGSSCHUTZRECHT: VERLEGER BLICKEN NACH EUROPA

Leistungsschutzrecht.info, hier. 

Proposed legislation in Finland aimed at preventing misuse of dominant market position of retail chains

Hs.fi, here. 

Private copying of infringing works: questions for the CJEU

The1709blog.blogspot.com, here. 

Patentverletzung vs. GPL-Verletzung

Ifross.org, hier

EuGH muss über elektronische Leseplätze entscheiden

Urheberrecht.org, hier

Antitrust Policy in the Information Age: Protecting Innovation and Competition

J. Wayland, here

Ten years on from the Budapest Open Access Initiative: setting the default to open

Soros.org, here. 

Facebook - Report of Re-Audit

Irish Data Protection Commissioner, here. 

Are European orphans about to be freed?

Kluwercopyrightblog.com, here.

Google may come to the rescue of iOS 6 Maps users — if Apple will let it

Blog.chron.com, here. 

On improving privacy in the mobile space and do not track

J. Brill, here. 

Why Apple is settling EC's e-books antitrust case -- but not DOJ's

Newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com, here.

Neutralité du Net : l'Autorité de la concurrence s'érige en arbitre des litiges entre opérateurs

Lesechos.fr, ici. 

Competition enforcement in the knowledge economy

J. Almunia, here. 

Apple accused of plagiarizing iconic Swiss clock design

Theverge.com, here. 

Big Data for All: Privacy and User Control in the Age of Analytics

O. Tene , J. Polonetsky, here. 

The Abuse of Dominance Provisions: Enforcement Guidelines

Competition Bureau Canada, here. 

To share or not to share: insurers, banks and regulatory requests

Out-law.com, here. 

Judicial Review in EU Competition Law

H. Schweitzer, here. 

Dutch Car Registry Goes Open Data (test)

Epsiplatform.eu, here. 

Competition: Commission signs EU cooperation agreement with China

Press Release, here. 

Yet Another Lobbying Alliance in the IT Sector: The Internet Association

Internetassociation.org, here. 

Exceptional Industries

Lateral Economics, here. 

Copyright Board: Category 4 copies are fair dealing

Arielkatz.ca, here. 

GSU and university presses

Blogs.library.duke.edu, here. 

The Italian regulation on interlocking directorates in the financial services. An antitrust dilemma

V. Falce, here. 

Internet Providers, Trademarks Owners Need Collaboration And Trust, WIPO Panel Says

IP-watch.org, here. 

Google Economics. A model of leadership in search advertising with exogenous and endogenous entry

F. Etro, here. 

EU Commission market tests commitments proposed by Simon & Schuster, Harper Collins, Hachette, Holtzbrinck and Apple for the sale of e-books

Press Release, here and Communication here.

IMPACT EVALUATION OF MERGER DECISIONS

OECD, here. 

Internet Competition Debate with Susan Athey and Hal Varian

Techpolicy.com, here. 

THE EU UNLOCKING A GOLDMINE OF OPEN DATA

N. Kroes, here. 

Australian public cloud market to grow, despite legal concerns: Gartner

Zdnet.com, here. 

AT&T On Notice: Carrier To Face Net Neutrality Complaint Over FaceTime

Techcrunch.com, here. 

Piratenpolitikerin geht gegen illegalen Download ihres Buches vor

Heise.de, here. 

Moving Beyond Naïve Foreclosure Analysis

J. Wright, here. 

El Gobierno limitará el número de competidores en la red AVE

Cincodias.com, aquí. 

Enquête sectorielle sur le commerce électronique

Autorité de la concurrence, ici (jolie définition: "concurrence sur et par Internet", v. communiqué de presse, ici)

New judge at the General Court of the European Union: Guido Berardis

Press Release, here. 

Nestlé vence al cártel del azúcar

Expansion.com, aquí

Graduated Response American Style: 'Six Strikes' Measured Against Five Norms

A. Bridy, here. 

The Microsoft Standards-Essential Patents Shell Game -- Motorola Tells Its Story to the 9th Circuit Ct. of Appeals

Groklaw, here. 

University Requires Students To Pay $180 For 'Art History' Text That Has No Photos Due To Copyright Problems

Techdirt.com, here. 

Book Prices Are Going Up (Down) (or Both)

R. Picker, here. 

Fair use history

Matthewsag.com, here. 

What's the point of Open Data? Google und Deutsche Bahn kooperieren

Heise.de, hier.
S. auch hier. 

Aliyun App Store Confirmed To Be Distributing Pirated Android Apps, Many From Another Pirate Site

Androidpolice.com, here. 

Update on Trademark-Related Aspects of the Expansion of the Domain Name System

WIPO, Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications, here. 

Recommandations pour l'ouverture des données et contenus culturels

GROUPE DE TRAVAIL OPEN GLAM, ici. 

Information Meeting on the Role and Responsibility of Internet Intermediaries in the Field of Trademarks

WIPO, September 17, 2012, Program here, Live Broadcast - floor - here (English here). What I will be following in particular: Sessions 2 and 3: The Use of Trademarks on the Internet:  Problems and Solutions.

Digital Content Contracts for Consumers

N. Helberger & M. Loos & L. Guibault & C. Mak & L. Pessers, here.

German court may defer to EU regulator on Samsung-Apple lawsuits over FRAND patents

Fosspatents.com, here. 

German Rail: What's the Point of Open Data?

Epsiplatform.eu, here. 

Competitive Harm from MFNs: Economic Theories

J. Baker, Presentation here. 

DOJ/FTC Ask if MFns Are Anti-Competitive, and get an earful

Skadden.com, here. 

The German Proposal on a New Leistungsschutzrecht – Endangering Press Diversity and the Digital Economy

Computer & Communications Industry Association, here. 

Google and Personal Data Protection

B. Van der Sloot, F. Zuiderveen Borgesius, here. 

Dutch Court: hyperlinks on website can constitute copyright infringement

Futureofcopyright.com, here. 

La neutralité du net arrive à l'Assemblée nationale

Numerama.com, ici. 

Text and data-mining clause agreed by ALPSP, P-D-R and STM

Stm-assoc.org, here

Draft Memorandum of Understanding Concerning the Interpretation of the Right of Quotation

A2knetwork.org, here. 

Panel:The State of Competition in Internet Search & Advertising

Fairsearch.org, Video here. 

Patent Trolls and Technology Diffusion

C, Tucker, here. 

PIJIP Talk: Recent Developments in Fair Dealing in Canada

Arielkatz.ca, Video here. 

Por sus obras los conoceréis - El Gobierno se ha metido de hoz y coz a regular las condiciones de competencia

L. Berenguer, ElPais.es, aquí.

Works of untraceable copyright ownership

AU Government Attorney-General’s Department, here. 

Antitrust for High-Tech and Low: Regulation, Innovation, and Risk

R. Cass, here. 

GSU electronic reserves case: A not-very-appealing appeal

Blogs.library.duke.edu, here. 

e-Books and the boundaries of Antitrust

D. Bosco, J. Jacobson, K. Piro, G. Manne, W. Rinehart, F. Siiriainen, M. Powell, A. Oh, in Tendances: Concurrences, here. 

Can ‘Fair’ Prices Be Unfair? A Review of Price Relationship Agreements

Lear (for the OFT), here. 

Downward Docket: The Yoga Pants War

Online.wsj.com, here. 

Wettbewerb der ökonomischen Theorien

Nzz.ch, hier. 

Gazprom vs. the Commission

Online.wsj.com, here. 

The Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations and Issues for Congress

US Congressional Research Service, here. 

The price drops begin: What do HarperCollins ebooks cost now?

PaidContent.org, here. 

Google Wins Major Antitrust Victory In Brazil, Does It Foreshadow Broader EU & US Wins?

Searchengineland.com, here.

E-books and Amazon

A. Foer, T. Patterson, here. 

Excepting the Future

Lateral Economics, here. 

Antitrust and Nonexcluding Ties

H. Hovenkamp, here. 

Deal or No Deal? Consensual Arrangements as an Instrument of European Competition Policy

O. Budzinski and B. Kuchinke, here. 

Intellectual Property and Innovation: A Framework for 21st Century Growth and Jobs

The Lisbon Council, here.

Lawyer files urgent request to stop ebook price changes

PaidContent.org, here
Motion to stay here. 

Open-access research ‘catastrophic’ for Reed Elsevier

Paidcontent.org, here.

RE-USE OF PUBLIC SECTOR INFORMATION – Catalogue and highlights of studies, cases and key figures on economic effects of changing policies

M. de Vries, here. 

STATE-INITIATED RESTRAINTS OF COMPETITION

7TH ASCOLA CONFERENCE, Mackenzie Presbyterian University São Paulo, Video here.

What type of European protection for personal data?

I. Falque-Pierrotin, here. 

Indian patent rules infuriate Big Pharma

The Economist, here. 

Pfizer: TAR annulla il provvedimento dell'AGCM

Sentenza qui. 

La monopolización como moneda de cambio: El Gobierno y la fusión entre Antena 3 y La Sexta

Nada es gratis blog, aquí

The Agency and Wholesale Models in Electronic Content Markets

J. Johnson, here. 

Urheberrechtsgesetz - Änderungen und Begründungen

Entwurf der Piratenfraktion Berlin, hier. 

Hoping To Pass On Your iTunes Collection? Good Luck

J. Zittrain, NPR Interview, Audio here. 

Les journaux français souhaitent une "lex Google"

LeMonde.fr, ici.

EU Commission opens proceedings against Gazprom

Press Release, here. 

Digital Wars. Apple, Google, Microsoft and the battle for the Internet

Book review by A. Slater, here. 

Do Bad Things Happen When Works Enter the Public Domain?: Empirical Tests of Copyright Term Extension

C. Buccafusco , P. Heald, here. 

India Launches Beta Open Data Portal

Epsiplatform.eu, here. 

Canada: $5 Cab Ride - SCC Copyright Decisions Don't Take Us Very Far

Field LPP, here. 

Why my data is important data

BIS blog, here. 

France: Google can be ordered to filter words linking to online piracy websites

C. Jesserand, here. 

iHard: Bruce Willis to fight Apple over rights to music collection after his death?

Thesun.co.uk, here. But see TheGuardian, No, Bruce Willis isn't suing Apple over iTunes rights, here. 

Tightening the System: The Nature and Likely Effect of UK Competition Reforms

G. Olsen, D. Harrison, here. 

Britain wants to lead the world in exploiting consumer data

The Economist, here. 

What the ebook settlement means for publishers, Apple and you

PaidContent.org, here.

ACCC Has an Excellent New Cartels Movie to Raise Awareness

Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog, here. 

Global Standards: Recent Developments between the Poles of Privacy and Cloud Computing

P. Fischer, here. 

Inventions and inventors rising in recession-hit UK

Bbc.co.uk, here. 

Tokyo court: Samsung didn't infringe Apple patent

Boston.com, here. 

New ICT sectors: Platforms for European growth?

Bruegel.org, here. 

Les licences collectives étendues, une solution venue du froid ?

Paralipomenes.net, ici. 

PROMOTING COMPLIANCE WITH COMPETITION LAW

OECD, Roundtable Proceedings, here. 

Take Control of Your Personal Data

EU Commission, Brochure, here.

Why do we need Open Standards?

B. Lundell, Presentation here. 

The Latest Issues at the Crossroads of Antitrust and IPR

B. Foer, here. 

An Overview of the "Patent Trolls" Debate

US Congressional Research Service, here. 

Bundesregierung verabschiedet Gesetzentwurf zu neuem Leistungsschutzrecht

Heise.de, hier. 

Motorola Agrees to License Standard Essential Patents to Apple in Germany

Allthingsd.com, here. 

The International Dimension of Proprietary Technical Standards: Through the Lens of Trade, Competition Law and Developing Countries

Y. Pai, here. 

Apple vs. Samsung: Infringing by design

Latimes.com, here. 

ICANN: Antitrust Allegations Before US District Court

Manwin Licensing International S.A.R.L., et al. v. ICM Registry, LLC, et al.,  Case CV 11-9514 PSG (JCGx), Order GRANTING in Part and DENYING in Part the
Motions to Dismiss, here.

Oracle v. Google: Supplementary Disclosure Re Financial Relationships with Commentators

Google's here.

Presseverleger und Google - Zahlen zum Leistungsschutzrecht

TRG und Sistrix, hier. 

Five Shades of Grey on Apple-Samsung

Techpolicy.com, here. 

PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON OPENING UP EDUCATION – A PROPOSAL FOR A EUROPEAN INITIATIVE

Here. 

Submissions for the AU Review of Technological Protection Measures

Here. 

Modern Technology, Leaky Copyrights and Claims of Harm: Insights from the Curious History of Photocopying

D. Leenheer Zimmerman, here. 

Competition Within Intellectual Property Regimes - The Instance of Patent Rights

R. Peritz, here. 

Frequently asked questions on the application of EU antitrust rules in the motor vehicle sector

EU Commission, here. 

Samsung scrambles to recover after uppercut

Koreatimes.co.kr, here. 

Who Cares If Samsung Copied Apple?

Harvard Business Review Blog, here. 

Apple vs. Samsung: inside a jury's nightmare

Theverge.com, here. 

Apple v. Samsung: What Are Patents Good For?

R. Picker, here. 

Copy that - Apple versus Samsung

The Economist, here. 

Apple-Samsung Amended Jury Verdict

US District Court, Northern District of California, Case No.: 11-CV-01846-LHK, here. 

La Hadopi réfléchit à une "suite de la réponse graduée" sans amendes

Numerama.com, ici. 

WIPO: 2012 IP Facts and Figures: Computer Technologies' Patent Dominance

Here.
However, "most national  and regional IP office statistics refer to 2010".
At p.21: "(I)n 2010, computer technology (117,576) and electrical machinery (104,543) accounted for the largest numbers of applications, with a combined share of 15% of all published application" (emphasis mine).

Seoul court rules Samsung didn't violate Apple design

Reuters.com, here.

Travel Business: The ineluctable Middlemen

The Economist, here. 

Anti-competitive Agreements and Unilateral Conduct/Abuse of Dominance: Some Current Issues

R. Whish, Presentations here and here. 

The Interface Between Competition Law and Sectoral Regulation

N. Ee-Kia, Presentation here. 

Striking a balance between competition compliance and business costs – an Australian perspective

J. Walker, Presentation here. 

Fair use for Australia?

Barrysookman.com, here. 

The Internet a Decade Later

Infographic, here. 

Why are UK producers the superheroes of the global format trade?

Bbcworldwide.com, here. 

Ökonomen sollen ihre Geldgeber offenlegen - Die Volkswirte-Vereinigung beschließt einen Ethikkodex

Faz-community.faz.net, hier.

Lemley on what drives competition in the IT space

“Apple presented the intellectual property view of innovation — we created it, we own it, you can’t use it. Samsung presented the competition view of innovation — everyone should make great products and let consumers choose. IP law generally sides with Apple at this broad level, though there is a pretty good argument that it is competition, not monopoly, that drives great innovation in the IT space”, from Competing Views of Competition in Apple-Samsung Trial, Allthingsd.com, here.

For Non-Twitter Users: Video of the TPI Aspen Panel on Antitrust and Internet Competition

Here, panelists here.

Schritt nach vorne für die offene Verwaltung in Deutschland?

Ifross.org, hier. 

The Supreme Court of Canada Speaks: How To Assess Fair Dealing for Education

M. Geist, here. 

Kovacic: Google 'unfair competition' suit uphill battle

News.cnet.com, here. 

Competition Policy Control over Intellectual Property Abuses: Some Lessons from Latin America

I. De Leon, here. 

International Antitrust Institutions

O. Budzinski, here.

Consultation on legislating to give consumers access to data in an electronic, machine readable form (midata)

BIS, here. 

Apple/Samsung: Battle of the giants draws to a close

Legalbrief.co.za, here. 

Innovation Quotations

The Economist, here. 

Lawsuit claims travel websites, hotels involved in price fixing

Latimes.com, here. 

So Close, Yet So Far Apart: The EU and U.S. Visions of a New Privacy Framework

C. Wolf, W. Maxwell, here. 

Embracing Magic

K. Walker, here. #TPIAspen

Quotation from  Magical Patent Policy: "one third of all patent lawsuits now involve software
patents, way out of whack to the relative size of the industry. Software and Internet patents are litigated
eight times more often than other patents. Troll lawsuits cost productive U.S. companies $29 billion in
direct payouts last year, $80 billion a year when you take all costs into account, and more than $500
billion in the years since the Federal Circuit first authorized software patents. Worst of all, wasteful
patent litigation is costing customers real money and real choices in the devices they love.
This happens because software patents too often allow ownership of broad, sometimes trivial ideas. It
should not be this way. It is the execution as much as the idea that often matters in the
marketplace. Facebook wasn’t the first social network -- but it thrived because it executed well. Google
wasn’t first in search, but the way we executed has made our results better."

Quotation from Magical Competition Policy: "we should pay close attention to switching costs and lock-in. Since everyone is competing against
everyone else, consumers, advertisers, and publishers typically have lots of options. But those options
are less useful if walled gardens or proprietary formats make it difficult for users to switch. That’s why
Google created our Data Liberation Front, letting users easily export their data. The inability to move
your data -- like contacts, emails, and web history -- from one service to another can sometimes make
switching more difficult in ways that are bad for consumers and bad for competition."

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.