Saturday, January 19, 2013

Driving prosperity through effective competition

R. Sims, here

Justice Ministers review feasibility of 'right to be forgotten' among other proposed data protection reforms

Out-law.com, here

Google, Facebook, Amazon, eBay: Is the Internet Driving Competition or Market Monopolization?

J. Haucap and U. Heimeshoff, here

The recording industry association of New Zealand responds to Dotcom piracy plan

Nzherald.co.nz, here

Competition on the Internet

Post-Doc Conference, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Munich, 22 February 2013, Programme here. See also the concept paper to the conference, here

Lawmaker Releases Draft of App Privacy Bill

Adweek.com, here

Is the book a crucial cultural artifact, or just an outdated container for content?

   PaidContent, here.

  

Data Protection reform and cross-border Insolvency law prioritised by EU Ministers

Irish EU Presidency, here

Friday, January 18, 2013

Economic Research into Regulatory Restrictions in the Legal Profession

A Report for the Office of Fair Trading by Europe Economics, here.

Selon la Cour de Cassation, un constructeur n'a pas à justifier le numerus clausus de son réseau

Pro.largus.fr, ici. Arrêt "Jaguar" ici

Non à la privatisation du domaine public par la Bibliothèque nationale de France !

Laquadrature.net, ici

Stellungnahme zum Entwurf eines Siebenten Gesetzes zur Änderung des Urheberrechtsgesetzes

G. Spindler, hier

Release of Confidential Cartel Information by European Commission to English High Court Suspended

McDermott Will & Emery, here

Social media and trademarks: an anthropological approach

E. Goldman, Presentation here

Is Location Based Advertising The Future Of Mobile Marketing And Mobile Advertising?

Forbes.com, here

L'abandon du droit d'auteur lors de la mise en ligne de photographies sur internet

Legavox.fr, ici

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Are The Days Of The $14.99 Ebook Numbered?

Forbes.com, here

Neutralité du Net

N. Kroes, ici

Facebook and the future of search

Newyorker.com, here

Informe para promover la competencia en el sector del transporte público interurbano regular permanente de viajeros de uso general por carretera en Andalucía.

Consejo de Defensa de la Competencia de Andalucía, aquì.

Happy Birthday AAI: No ECI (European Competition Institute) in sight yet?

On AAI celebrations read commentary from AAI President Bert Foer, here

Numérisation à la BnF: Google et la British Library, plus respectueux

Actualitte.com, ici

Facebook Search Could Actually Be Great for Google (Why? Antitrust.)

Allthingsd.com, here

Copy Culture in the US and Germany

The American Assembly, Columbia University, here

Friday, January 11, 2013

Privacy on the Go


California AG, here.

Taxe Google : Filippetti fixe un ultimatum en janvier

Bfmtv.com, ici

What Businesses Need to Know About the FTC’s Settlement With Google

Jonesday.com, here

USTR holds NGO briefing on TPP negotiations

Keionline.org, here

DOJ and USPTO join FTC in urging Caution before Granting SEP Injunctions

Consortiuminfo.org, here

Technology of Privacy

Silicon Flatirons Center, University of Colorado Law School, Friday, January 11, 2013; 9:15 AM - 6:00 PM (17:15 - 02:00 Trento time), live stream url here

Fighting cyber crime and protecting privacy in the cloud

European Parliament, here

Public domain - Access denied

The Economist, here

Engaging economists in the ICN: Uniting under a common language

M. Mandorff, here

Climbing Mount Everest with the ICN Unilateral Conduct Working Group

C. Lewis Lagdameo, here

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Australia Says 'Let's Update Copyright For The Digital Economy;' Legacy Industries Say 'Let's Pretend It's Still 1968'

Techdirt.com, here.

A Few Reflections on the FTC’s Decision on Google

D. Evans, here.

Just because something has value doesn't mean it has a price

Guardian.co.uk, here.

POLICY STATEMENT ON REMEDIES FOR STANDARDS-ESSENTIAL PATENTS SUBJECT TO VOLUNTARY F/RAND COMMITMENTS

DOJ and USPTO, here.

FTC's Google Settlement a "Third Way" Approach for Antitrust Enforcement

Forbes.com, here.

Overview and Issues for Implementation of the Federal Cloud Computing Initiative: Implications for Federal Information Technology Reform Management

US Congressional Research Service, here.

Albrecht Report on Personal Data Protection

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Draft Report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of individual with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, here.

Buffy vs Edward Remix Unfairly Removed by Lionsgate

Rebelliouspixels.com, here.

Friday, January 04, 2013

National Newspapers of Ireland on the display and transmission of links and copyright law

EU says its Google case not affected by U.S. ruling

Reuters.com, here

Antitrust Enforcement in High-Technology Industries: Protecting Innovation and Competition

F. Scott-Morton, here

AAI's Statement on FTC and Google

B. Foer, here

The Geo-Politics of Personal Data

C. Bennett, here

How Google beat the feds

Politico.com, here

Explained: the mechanics of the FTC Google consent order on standard-essential patents

F. Mueller, here

Not with a Bang

J. Grimmelmann, here. And the Follow-Up specifically on Google's promise not to retaliate for opting out of commercial search : Devils and Details, here

Monday, December 17, 2012

USA Statement at WIPO Extraordinary General Assembly, with Comments

Keionline.org, here

Dead Poets’ Property- The Copyright Act of 1814 and the Price of Literature in the Romantic Period

X. Li, M. MacGarvie, P. Moser, here

Max-Planck-Jurist Hilty zum Leistungsschutzrecht

Faz.net, hier

A new paradigm of scholarly communications is emerging: A report from the Future of Impact conference

Blogs.lse.ac.uk, here

How antitrust economists are getting better at spotting cartels

TheEconomist.com, here

“Special responsibility” through clear-cut market share threshold — Proposed new assessment criterion for addressing dominance in Finnish grocery retail sector

Kluwercompetitionlawblog.com, here

The EU’s unitary patent

TheEconomist.com, here

Know thyself: Data lockers promise to help people profit from their personal information

Economist.com, here

2012 Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest

Matthewsag.com, here

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

'Troll' warning as EU gets unitary patent scheme, after decades of failure

Zdnet.com, here

Collusion through joint R&D: An empirical assessment

T. Duso, L.-H. Röller, J. Seldeslachts, here

Report on a Digital Freedom Strategy in EU Foreign Policy

European Parliament, Rapporteur: M. Schaake, here.

Page 7: "Recognises the role of artistic freedom, and the freedom to imitate and reuse, as cornerstones for creativity and freedom of expression and ideas; is aware of the significant presence of exceptions and limitations in the copyright ecosystem, especially in the areas of journalism, quotation, satire, archives, libraries and ensuring access to and usability of the cultural heritage"

GODZILLA vs MECHAGODZILLA - Antitrust and Intellectual Property Rights−the Ultimate Counterweapon?

F. Juckniess and S. Larimore Wahl, here

In re Books

J. Grimmelmann (blogs.publishersweekly.com), here

Austrian rights holders want levies on Dropbox, Google Drive

Gigaom.com, here

More data about copyright removals in Transparency Report

F. von Lohmann, here

Your Data is Yours

Blog.yworld.com, here

Understanding bias in computational news media

Niemanlab.org, here

Monday, December 10, 2012

Anwendungshinweise zur Erhebung, Verarbeitung und Nutzung von personenbezogenen Daten für werbliche Zwecke

Gremium der Datenschutzaufsichtsbehörden, hier

Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do?

R. Stallman, here

Why Google worries utility companies

Guardian.co.uk, here

Parlamento, una password sulle rassegne stampa

Punto-informatico.it, qui

Antitrust Compliance Programmes & Optimal Antitrust Enforcement

W. Wils, here

Kultusminister einigen sich mit Verlagen über digitale Vervielfältigung für den Unterrichtsgebrauch

Urheberrecht.org, hier

From war to peace: a European tale (off-topic)

H. Van Rompuy,  J. Barroso, Acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize Award to the European Union/Oslo, here

Cost Benefit Analysis of EU Data Protection Regulation Proposal: A UK Perspective

Statewatch.org, here

Thursday, December 06, 2012

It’s Not How Much data You Have, But How You Use It: Assessing Privacy in the Context of Consumer Data Integration

J. Polonetsky, O. Tene, White Paper here

Standard Setting Organizations and Antitrust: Balancing IPRs and Competition

Giovanni Napolitano (World Intellectual Property Organization), December 13, 2012, 9.30 am, Economics and Management Department, Trento University (Room 3C).

EU Directive on Public Sector Information: a Quick Look at the Proposed Amendments

Copyright4education.blogspot.co.uk, here

Commission welcomes Court of Justice judgment in the AstraZeneca case

Press Release, here. CJEU's Press Release here. Ruling (Case C-457/10 P AstraZeneca v Commission) here

The Big Picture: Comprehensive Data Collection

J. Brill, here

Taser Trademark: Company Fights To Keep Journalists From Using Term 'Tasered'

Huffingtonpost.com, here

Justice Department meets with firms seeking Google antitrust probe

Washingtonpost.com, here

EU Resists ‘Extreme’ US Lobbying As Data Privacy War Brews

Techweekeurope.co.uk, here

Pinterest, Image Sharing Websites and the Law

Jisclegal.ac.uk, here

Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Tuesday, December 04, 2012

The overhaul of EU rules on data protection: making the single market work for business

V. Reding, here

Data Protection Practice 2012

2B-Advice, here (pdf file).

BEUC on EU Data Protection Reform Proposal

Analysis of consumer benefits versus administrative burden of key provisions, here

Closing the Back Door Route to Cartels: The Need to Clarify the Regulated Conduct Doctrine

Cdhowe.org, here

Saving Economics from the Economists

R. Coase, here

Resolución de 29 de Noviembre de 2012, sobre uvas denominación origen Valdepeñas

Cncompetencia.es, aquì (fichero pdf).

Competition law class actions sanctioned in South Africa

Nortonrose.com, here

Göttinger Urheberrechtstagung: Von ACTA bis Leistungsschutz

Telemedicus.info, hier

Thursday, November 29, 2012

The Economics of Privacy

C. Tucker, Presentation here

The Economics of Privacy: Major Economic Policy Issues

W. Kovacic, Presentation here

The Future of FTC Jurisdiction over Antitrust and Consumer Protection: A Commentary

J. Brill, here. Video, here  (featuring also Bill Kovacic).

FTC Amicus Brief on Pharmaceutical "Product Hopping"


MYLAN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., et al., )  v. WARNER CHILCOTT PUBLIC LIMITED  COMPANY, et al., , here.

An inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the press

Leveson Report, here. Executive summary here

Network Neutrality and European Law

J. Sluijs, here

LSR: Google-Imperialismus

Faz.net, hier

Bye-bye Verica (Trstenjak)

Ipkitten.blogspot.com, here

Google Fires a Rare Public Salvo Over Aggregators

NYT, here

Internet providers' latest scheme to fight piracy delayed until next year

TheVerge.com, here.

Monday, November 19, 2012

Canada Set to Endorse the Concept of a WIPO Treaty for the Blind

Excesscopyright.blogspot.ca, here

EU at SCCR/25 on VIP Issues

"Mr. Chairman, the EU and its Member States are now also in
the position to negotiate the conclusion of an instrument
including a binding treaty," here

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Regolamento "Rating di legalità"

AGCM, qui

Transparency in EU Retail Energy Markets


Working Group Report prepared for the 5th Citizens' Energy Forum, here.

Kansas : une bibliothèque en colère contre la politique de prêt d'ebooks

Actualitte.com, here

Android Rises to 90% of Smartphone Market in China

Techinasia.com, here

Privacy considerations of online behavioural tracking

Enisa.europa.eu, here

Bundesgerichtshof zur Haftung von Eltern für illegales Filesharing ihrer minderjährigen Kinder

Juris.bundesgerichtshof.de, hier

Weakening the OA policy in the EU

P. Suber, here

Japanese Antitrust and Compliance: The Fair Trade Commission, no longer a toothless tiger?

Cliffordchance.com, here

La presse suisse rejoint le front de la Lex Google

Numerama.com, ici

Price Comparisons on the Internet

Danish Competition and Consumer Authority, here

Entrepreneurship and Innovation: When IP Does Not Seem to Matter

Ipfinance.blogspot.com, here

Quels remèdes pour les abus de position dominante ?

P. Bougette, F. Marty, ici

On German ancillary copyright for media publishers

Ences.eu, Press Release, here

La CNC sanciona por primera vez a una persona física por infringir normas de defensa de la competencia

Diariojuridico.com, aquì.

Does Oracle/UsedSoft ruling breach WIPO Copyright Treaty?

The1709blog.blogspot.com, here

Implementing Antitrust's Welfare Goals

H. Hovenkamp, here

New briefs complicate Supreme Court pay-for-delay conundrum

Newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com, here

Monday, November 12, 2012

Google's Appeal Brief in Google Books Case

Here

The Regulatory Turn in IP

M. Lemley, here

Four More Years: What Obama’s Reelection Means for United States Antitrust Policies

Competitionpolicyinternational.com, here

L'exploitation numérique des livres indisponibles du XXe siècle - Point d'étape

Syndicat national de l'édition, Présentation ici

Bibliothèques, musées : exemples de bonnes pratiques en matière de diffusion du domaine public

Scinfolex.wordpress.com, ici

Der Wandel des deutschen Buchmarktes in Zeiten von Digitalisierung und Mobilisierung. Eine institutionenökonomische Analyse

S. Putzig, Abstract zur Dissertation, hier (pdf File). 

Warum „Do not Track” den Datenschutz nicht retten wird

Telemedicus.info, hier

Der Streit mit Apple schwemmt Millionen in die SBB-Kasse

Tagesanzeiger.ch, hier

The Role of the Efficiency Claims In Antitrust Proceedings

OECD, Background Note by the Secretariat (Fiorenzo Bovenzi and Anna Pisarkiewicz), here

Leniency for Subsequent Applicants

OECD, Issues paper by the Secretariat, here

Limitations and constraints to International Co-operation

OECD, Issues Paper by the Secretariat (A. Capobianco), here

Digitally binding


J. Poort,  I. Akker, N. van Eijk, B.van der Sloot, P. Rutten, here in English and here in Dutch.

Multi-Stakeholder Discussions à la Internet Governance Forum For WIPO?

Ip-watch.org, here.

Tuesday, November 06, 2012

E-books: Developments and Policy Considerations

OECD Digital Economy Papers, here

Supreme Court Copyright Case Could Change Nature of Ownership

Law.com, here

Scott Turow on Penguin Random House

Blog.authorsguild.org, here

Open-source design

Economist.com, here

Competition in Information Technologies: Standards-Essential Patents, Non-Practicing Entities and FRAND Bidding

H. Hovenkamp, here

Google sources think maps app might struggle for Apple approval

Guardian.co.uk, here

Overcoming barriers to competition in water

S. Brown, here.

Publishers Abroad Take On Google

Nytimes.com, here

Faulkner Estate in Mississippi Files Copyright Suit Over Quotes in Movie, Ad

Insurancejournal.com, here

Datenschutz und Datensicherheit in der Cloud

Cloud.irights.info, hier

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Randy Picker Examines Market Power and Advertising During AEI’s Discussion of Google and Antitrust

Techpolicy.com, here

Exclusionary Vertical Restraints and Antitrust: Experimental Law and Economics Contributions

C. Landeo, here

Random House and Penguin merge to take on Amazon, Apple

Reuters.com, here

Leistungsschutzrecht als Taschenspielertrick

Politik.eco.de, hier

§ 52a UrhG wird wohl verlängert, aber vermutlich nicht entfristet

Iuwis.de, hier

Privacy Takes Center Stage in Uruguay

EFF.org, here

US-Supreme Court: Richtungsweisende Entscheidung zum Secondhand-Handel erwartet

Urheberrecht.org, hier

Buyer Power and Suppliers' Incentives to Innovate

C. Koehler, C. Rammer, here.

Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley Oral Arguments

Transcript here. Audio file here

NYC regulators propose rules for taxi apps

Theverge.com, here

Zur Reform des europäischen Datenschutzrechts

S. Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, here

Substitutes & football: a primer in market definition

R. Trindade, R. Smith, here

Lex Google : Hollande préfère un petit accord entre amis...

Numerama.com, here

The Annual Privacy Forum 1st edition

Privacyforum.eu, Presentations here

Would "Privacy in the Age of Augmented Reality" work?

A. Acquisti, Presentation here

Good Things Come in Threes? DOJ, FTC and EC Officials Wax Eloquent About FRAND

Patentlyo.com, here

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Friday, October 19, 2012

EP Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs on the Proposed Data Protection Regulation

Here

Off-Topic: European Council on EU's Nobel Prize for Peace


"The European Council is grateful that the European Union was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. The Prize is an honour for all European citizens and for all EU Member States and institutions. The Nobel Committee rightly reminds how "the Union and its forerunners have for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in
Europe". At a time of uncertainty, this tribute to past achievements is a strong appeal to safeguard and strengthen Europe for the next generation. Aware that advancing this community of peaceful interests requires constant care and an unwavering will, the members of the European Council regard it as their personal responsibility  to ensure Europe remains a continent of progress and prosperity", here.

Proyecto de Ley de creación de la Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia

Congreso.es, aquì

Private Recoveries in International Cartel Cases Worldwide: What do the Data Show?

J. Connor, here

Unfair methods of competition under FTC § 5: Beyond the Sherman Act and an ex post model of enforcement

R. Peritz, here

Google News faces mass newspaper boycott in Brazil

PaidContent.org, here

Beyond the integration of Markets: The citizen at the heart of EU law

J. Almunia, here

Poland and Hungary Adapted PSI Directive Transpositions (Infringement procedures closed)

Epsiplatform.eu, here

Google se paie la presse

Owni.fr, ici.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Good practices for university open-access policies

Harvard Open Access Project, here

Privacy: FTC declines to join European criticism of Google

Washingtonpost.com, here

Behavioural problem, behavioural solution: the case of extended warranties

Oxera, here

Datenschutz: Deutschland auf Google-Facebook-Kuschelkurs

Spiegel.de, hier

Market Definition

OECD Competition Policy Roundtable, here

Unilateral Disclosure of Information with Anticompetitive Effects

OECD Competition Policy Roundtable, here

Senator wants to bring copyright law to the runway, but scholar argues fashion is like free software.

Arstechnica.com, here

The WIPO „Internet Treaties” and Copyright in the „Cloud”

M. Ficsor, here (Word file).

Licensing the Cloud

D. Gervais, here

Opinion of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights on the proposed data protection reform package

Opinion here

CJEU: Austrian Data Protection Authority not Independent

Case C-614/10, 16.10.2012, here

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Open data : l'Etat cherche à monétiser les données publiques

Lesechos.fr, ici

Patent Trolls Be Gone

R. Posner, here

Fair and Effective Competition Policy in the EU: Which Role for Authorities and Which Role for the Courts after Menarini

M. Bronckers, A. Vallery, here

E-Books and Libraries: An Economic Perspective


S. Besen, S. Nataraj Kirby, here.

Google antitrust suit may have similar impact to Microsoft case in the 1990s

Guardian.co.uk, here

CNIL : Google devra revoir son utilisation des données personnelles des internautes

Lemonde.fr, ici

Règles de confidentialité de Google: principales conclusions et recommandations

Groupe de l'Article 29, ici. A voir aussi la lettre adressée à Google, ici. En anglais ici

Unauthorized File Sharing: Is It Wrong?

Piracy.americanassembly.org, here

SBB und Apple schliessen Lizenzvereinbarung ab

Sbb.ch, hier

Congressman warns FTC: Leave Google alone

Arstechnica.com, here

Datenschutz: Peter Schaar sieht Nachholbedarf bei EU-Entwurf

Heise.de, hier

Sunday, October 14, 2012

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

Monday, October 08, 2012

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

Saturday, October 06, 2012

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

Monday, October 01, 2012

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