Twitter releases API for advertisers, enabling integration with cross-platform tools

TheVerge.com, here. 

Fresh Thinking on Potential Antitrust Responses to Abusive Patent Troll Enforcement Practices

R. Skitol, here. 

Amazon’s ‘price parity’ clause attracts attention of German antitrust regulator

Gigaom.com, here.  See also the Bundeskartellamt Press Release, here, and the Washington Post's first take, here. 

AGCM c. Bayer Cropscience

Cons. Stato Sez. VI, Sent., 29-01-2013, n. 548, qui.

The Transcript of Oral Argument in Bowman v. Monsanto: Where's Patent Exhaustion for Self-Replicating Patented Seeds?

Groklaw.net, here. 

Draft proposals for amending EU competition rules on technology transfer agreements

Public consultation, here. 

Bruxelles attaque Paris sur les e-books

Lesechos.fr, ici. 

How Parody Inspires Great Design

Blogs.hbr.org, here. 

Why it's time to stop using open source licences

G. Moody, here. 

Google privacy debacle merits fine: case is "test" of draft privacy rules

Reuters.com, here. 

Bund lässt Software gegen Urheberrechtsverletzungen entwickeln

Heise.de, hier. 

U.S. justices hostile to farmer's argument against Monsanto

Reuters.com, here. 

Closed Discussions At WIPO On Treaty For Blind, As New Text Emerges

Ip-watch.org, here. 

Federal Trade Commission v. Phoebe Putney Health System

No. 11–1160. Argued November 26, 2012—Decided February 19, 2013, here. 

WIPO Special Session negotiations on treaty for blind, Feb 18th version of text

KEIonline.org, here. 

Ebook Best-Seller Prices Plummet to Below $8.00 as Retailers Get Set to Start Discounting Macmillan Titles

Digitalbookworld.com, here. 

EU Commission decides not to prolong maritime transport antitrust guidelines

Press Release, here. 

Economics of Vertical Restraints for Multi-Sided Platforms

D. Evans, here. 

China: first ever national standard on personal data privacy

Mondaq.com, here. 

As 3-D Printing Become More Accessible, Copyright Questions Arise

Npr.org, here. 

Como añadir peso a la cadena alimentaria

Fedeablogs.net, aquì. 

Competition Law and Personal Data : Preliminary Thoughts on a Complex Issue

D. Geradin & M. Kuschewsky, here. 

Elusive big data: The thing, and not the thing

TheEconomist.com, here. 

Malleable malls: Shopping centres are proving well-suited to the digital age

TheEconomist.com, here. 

Intellectual Property: Exclusive Rights for a Purpose – The Case of Technology Protection by Patents and Copyright

H. Ullrich, here. 

Why the DOJ (Antitrust Division) should intervene in the GSU case

Arielkatz.org, here. 

European Economic and Social Committee on the Collective Management Draft Directive

Here. 

Four companies that are changing digital reading in Africa

PaidContent.com, here. 

Japan Probe Pops Car-Part Keiretsu

WSJ, here. 

CHART OF THE DAY: How Much Money Amazon Is Making From The Kindle Ecosystem

BusinessInsider.com, here. 

Règles de confidentialité de Google : vers une action répressive et coordonnée des autorités européennes

CNIL, ici. 

European Copyright Society on Hyperlinking (Svensson CJEU Reference)

Here (pdf file).

Facebook May Already Be Taking Away Searches From Google

Mashable.com, here. 

European publishers slam Google copyright deal in France

Managingip.com, here. 

BnF: sacrifier le domaine public pour numériser les indisponibles

Actualitte.com, ici. 

Licensing Controversy — Balancing Author Rights with Societal Good

Scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org, here. 

Reps. Zoe Lofgren, Mike Doyle and Kevin Yoder Introduce Bill Expanding Access to Federally Funded Research

Lofgren.house.gov, here. 

Critical Cloud Computing

A Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) perspective on cloud computing, ENISA, here. 

Macmillan to Pay $20 Million to Settle State, Class Action Price-Fixing Claims

Publishersweekly.com, here. 

Attention Rivalry among Online Platforms and Its Implications for Antitrust Analysis

D. Evans, here. 

Drug development: Teaching old pills new tricks

TheEconomist.com, here. 

Proposed new EU General Data Protection Regulation: Article-by-article analysis paper

UK Information Commissioner's Office, here. 

Vertical restraints in soccer: Financial Fair Play and the English Premier League

T. Peeters, S. Szymanski, here (pdf file).

Max Planck comments on draft directive on collective rights management

Ipkitten.blogspot.com, here

The people versus the bankers

TheEconomist.com, here. 

Google faces new privacy concerns over Android app market

Rawstory.com, here. 

The Privacy Legal Implications of Big Data: A Primer

Infolawgroup.com, here.

Read Any Good Web Sites Lately? Book Lovers Talk Online

Nytimes.com, here. 

Which countries receive the most in royalty and license fees?

World Bank, here.

Pratiques anticoncurrentielles dans le secteur de l'abattage et de la commercialisation du porc charcutier sanctionnées

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

La farmacia en el supermercado

ElPais, aquì. 

Spanish Tribunal Supremo on "screen scraping"

RYANAIR LIMITED v  ATRAPALO, S.L, here (Spanish).

Dutch government will end protection of non-original works to modernise copyright law

Futureofcopyright.com, here. 

Oracle vs Google legal war begins a new chapter

Newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com, here. 

Materials from the GCLC lunch talk on Google

ChillingCompetition.com, here. 

FRAND, RAND, and SEP: Why These Acronyms Are Important

Techpolicy.com, here. 

BGH legt EuGH Frage zum technischen Schutz von Schutzmaßnahmen für Videospiele vor

Institut für Urheber- und Medienrecht, hier. 

Mining the Digital Gold Rush: The Legal (L)ore around France’s Data-Mining Tax

Iposgoode.ca, here. 

Yelp Defeats Legal Challenge to Its User Review Filter

E. Goldman, here. 

Functional Claiming and Software Patents

C. Chien, A. Karkhanis, here.

Money from Music: Survey Evidence on Musicians’ Revenue and Lessons About Copyright Incentives

P. DiCola, here. 

Domain disputes rise again as new gTLDs loom

Managingip.com, here. 

SPARC Europe response to the UK BIS Committee Open Access Inquiry

Here. 

Why Japanese readers don't like e-books

Tech.fortune.cnn.com, here. 

Responses of Creative Commons to House of Lords comments concerning the CC BY license

Here. 

U.S. appeals judges quiz lawyers on rules for patenting software

Newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com, here. 

Access and the Public Domain

R. Picker, here.

Of particular interest to me is how broad access issues are likely to shape the "scale and scope of competition in the provision of the public domain". 

Efectos del carácter restrictivo de la normativa comercial sobre la competitividad de la economía catalana

Autoritat Catalana de la Competència, aquí.

IP, Antitrust and Looking Back on the Last Four Years

R. Hesse, here. 

EU antitrust control and patent abuses

M. Mariniello, here (Video, 6:58).

Counting couch potatoes

TheEconomist, here. 

L'Open Data fragilisé par le droit sur les bases de données

Numerama.com, ici. 

LobbyPlag - Wie Konzerne Gesetze diktieren

Heute.de, hier. 

Antitrust Litigation: What’s Changed in Twenty-Five Years?

W. Kolasky, here. 

Innovation Nation at War (Posner and patents)

Nytimes.com, here. 

Un passo indietro per il software libero

A. Meo, qui. 

“Students are heavily dependent on studying from photocopies”

Thehindu.com, here. 

EU Personal Data Protection "Reform Package":Tracking Lobbyists' Influence

Europlag.eu, here. See also the background article to this project here (German).

IFLA Principles for Library eLending

Here. 

What Software Is Patentable? Federal Court To Consider In CLS Bank Rehearing

TechCrunch.com, here. 

Macmillan settles with DOJ, and Apple is last man standing in ebook pricing case

PaidContent.org, here.

Interesting to academia and beyond:
"Electronic versions of academic textbooks” are removed from the settlement’s “requirements and prohibitions” because the DOJ antitrust case focused only on trade books.

The Digital Economy

OECD, Competition Committee, DAF/COMP(2012)22, here.

Coup de coeur: the French contribution to the October 2011 hearing, p. 75 ff.

Google, the ACCC and the High Court

Core Economics, here. 

La BnF accusée de privatiser des oeuvres du domaine public

Lexpress.fr, ici. 

Charlottesville anti-drone resolution sparks similar action across US

Wired.co.uk, here. 

Protection of personal data

ECHR, Factsheet, here. 

Court of Appeal takes a punt on database rights

The1709blog.blogspot.com, here. 

Why Information Providers Need To Be Open To Sharing in Their Business Models

J. Gans, here. 

Comparative Analysis on National Approaches to ISP Liability for Copyright Infringement

I. Garrote Fernandéz-Diez, here.

AG Jääskinen on access to court files of public law competition proceedings

Case C‑536/11, here. 

Commission européenne : tentative scandaleuse d'éviter la réforme du droit d'auteur

Laquadrature.net, ici. 

Initial Comments on Orphan Works

Received by the US Copyright Office, here. 

Criticism Mounting Before German Data Portal Launch

Epsiplatform.eu, here. 

Cartel class actions and immunity programmes

E. Iacobucci, here. 

Is competition always good?

M. Stucke, here.

Efforts to Update and Strengthen Privacy Law in Europe and the United States

Letter from prominent US consumer and civil liberties organizations to US government leaders, here. 

New Year, New Project: Turning the Focus to Competition Policy for 2013

E. Pérez Motta, here. 

The Patent Policy Debate in the High Tech World: A Literature Review

K. Gupta, here. 

Leistungsschutzrecht für Presseverlage: Müsste Google wirklich zahlen? – eine kartellrechtliche Analyse

C. Kersting, S. Dworschak, hier. 

Market Dominance and Quality of Search Results in the Search Engine Market

I. Lianos, E. Motchenkova, here. 

Irish High Court Order following FitFlop investigation involving allegations of resale price maintenance

Competition Authority Press Release, here. 

The Nature of Competition in the Digital Age

Techliberation.com, ici. 

Numérisation à la BnF : comment la France se fait rouler

ActuaLitté.com, ici. 

Europe Moves Ahead on Privacy

NYTimes.com, here. 

The Right to Be Forgotten

R. Walker, here. 

Open archaeology

M. Lane, here. 

EU Commission enforcement action in pharmaceutical sector following sector inquiry (January 2013 update)

Press Release, here. 

Accord entre la vieille presse et Google, signé à l'Elysée

Numerama.com, ici. 

When Trade and Intellectual Property Collide

Iposgoode.ca, here. 

Mobile Privacy Disclosures

FTC Staff Report, here. 

Ireland deputy data protection Commissioner to take up Apple job

Irishtimes.com, here.

The Patent-Antitrust Interface: Are There Any No-No’s Today?

Venable.com, here. 

New Year Will See More Policing of Patent Conduct By US and EU Competition Agencies

Skadden.com, here. 

Ed O'Bannon vs. the NCAA: The antitrust lawsuit explained

Sbnation.com, here. 

PRIVATE ACTIONS IN COMPETITION LAW: A consultation on options for reform - government response

UK Government, here. 

OFT chief calls for more competitive banking sector

Telegraph.co.uk, here. 

EU Commission sends Statement of Objections to J&J and Novartis on delayed entry of generic pain-killer

Press Release, here.

Recommendations Resulting from the Mediation on Private Copying And Reprography Levies

A. Vitorino, here. 

What's wrong with data protection?

A Greens/EFA hearing, January 31, 2013, here (archived video available here).
Stallman:  neither using most of the available Internet services, nor possessing a mobile phone...too dangerous, he says. 

Open Access versus Traditional Journal Pricing: Using a Simple “Platform Market” Model to Understand Which Will Win (and Which Should)

M. McCabe, C. Snyder A. Fagin, here.

Digital music rights - Baby got backlash

TheEconomist.com, here. 

Ökonomische Auswirkungen der Einführung eines Leistungsschutzrechts für Presseinhalte im Internet

R. Dewenter, J. Haucap, hier. 

Amici Curiae Professors and AAI on reverse-payment settlements

Here. 

UK petrol and diesel sector

OFT, here. 

The Business Case for Data Protection

Industry Coalition for Data Protection, here. 

Open data economy: Eight business models for open data and insight from Deloitte UK

Radar.oreilly.com, here.

Who’s Afraid of Kim Dotcom?

Robertamsterdam.com, here.

Academics revolt over open access

Thebookseller.com, here. 

Microsoft Files Brief in Novell's WordPerfect Antitrust Appeal

Groklaw.net, here. 

Ten Years of DG Competition Effort to Provide Guidance on the Application of Competition Rules to the Licensing of Standard-Essential Patents: Where Do We Stand?

D. Geradin, here. 

What EU data protection can do for growth

TheHill.com, here. 

Canadian and Dutch data privacy authorities on WhatsApp

Canada here; Netherlands here (informal English translation).

Ministerrat will EU-Datenschutzverordnung die Zähne ziehen

Netzpolitik.org, hier. 

EU data protection reforms: how the process works, and what the ICO is doing

Ico.gov.uk, here. 

SAS Institute/World Programming: UK Ruling After The Reference

[2013] EWHC 69 (Ch), Justice Arnold, here.
You can read my brief paper here for some background information.

U.S. firms, officials resisting Europe’s push for stronger digital privacy rules

WashingtonPost.com, here.

Cloud computing, cookies y protección de datos

Seminario APEP-Derechotics, Audios aquì. 

Bundesgerichtshof erkennt Schadensersatz für den Ausfall eines Internetanschlusses

Bundesgerichtshof III ZR 98/12, Pressemitteilung hier.

Aus der Pressemitteilung: 

"...Nach der Rechtsprechung des Bundesgerichtshofs muss der Ersatz für den Ausfall der Nutzungsmöglichkeit eines Wirtschaftsguts grundsätzlich Fällen vorbehalten bleiben, in denen sich die Funktionsstörung typischerweise als solche auf die materiale Grundlage der Lebenshaltung signifikant auswirkt"...."Demgegenüber hat der Senat dem Kläger dem Grunde nach Schadensersatz für den Fortfall der Möglichkeit zuerkannt, seinen Internetzugang für weitere Zwecke als für den Telefon- und Telefaxverkehr zu nutzen. Die Nutzbarkeit des Internets ist ein Wirtschaftsgut, dessen ständige Verfügbarkeit seit längerer Zeit auch im privaten Bereich für die eigenwirtschaftliche Lebenshaltung typischerweise von zentraler Bedeutung ist. Das Internet stellt weltweit umfassende Informationen in Form von Text-, Bild-, Video- und Audiodateien zur Verfügung. Dabei werden thematisch nahezu alle Bereiche abgedeckt und verschiedenste qualitative Ansprüche befriedigt. So sind etwa Dateien mit leichter Unterhaltung ebenso abrufbar wie Informationen zu Alltagsfragen bis hin zu hochwissenschaftlichen Themen. Dabei ersetzt das Internet wegen der leichten Verfügbarkeit der Informationen immer mehr andere Medien, wie zum Beispiel Lexika, Zeitschriften oder Fernsehen. Darüber hinaus ermöglicht es den weltweiten Austausch zwischen seinen Nutzern, etwa über E-Mails, Foren, Blogs und soziale Netzwerke. Zudem wird es zunehmend zur Anbahnung und zum Abschluss von Verträgen, zur Abwicklung von Rechtsgeschäften und zur Erfüllung öffentlich-rechtlicher Pflichten genutzt. Der überwiegende Teil der Einwohner Deutschlands bedient sich täglich des Internets. Damit hat es sich zu einem die Lebensgestaltung eines Großteils der Bevölkerung entscheidend mitprägenden Medium entwickelt, dessen Ausfall sich signifikant im Alltag bemerkbar macht."
Volltext hier. 

Antitrust's Democracy Deficit

H. First, S. Weber Waller, here. 

Fair Use 2.0: The Rebirth of Fair Dealing in Canada

A. Katz, here. 

Vie privée : Les entreprises US gagnent en commission "consommateurs" au Parlement européen

Laquadrature.net, ici.
Avis de la Commission Marché intérieur et protection des consommateurs ici.

Georgia State and Fair Use: Copyright on Appeal

K. Crews, here. 

Google and the FTC: the implications

Econsultancy.com, here. 

The Sky Is Rising 2 - Regional Study: Germany, France, UK, Italy, Russia, Spain

Techdirt.com, here.

The European Commission vs. Gazprom: An Issue of Fair Competition or a Foreign Policy Quarrel?

N. Sartori, here. 

Elargissement du domaine de l'exception pédagogique envisagé en France

Actualitte.com, ici. 

MPI on the Proposal for a Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights

Here. 

Leistungsschutzrecht – nein danke!

J. Haucap, hier. 

Albrecht Draft Report on the Right to Data Portability: Blurring the Legal Contours?

A much debated element of the EU Personal Data Protection reform package is the proposal to introduce a right to data portability, as put forth in Article 18 of the draft Regulation.

Art. 8(2) of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights states that” everyone has the right of access to data which has been collected concerning him or her, and the right to have it rectified.” Pursuant to Article 12 of the currently applicable Data Protection Directive, individuals already have the right to access their personal data, and in particular to obtain from the data controller communication “in an intelligible form of the data undergoing processing,” but the form of the communication is not specified, and the way in which that right can be exercised varies considerably from country to country within the EU, and access has become particularly challenging especially in connection with the online environment.

Pursuant to the proposed Art.18 of the Regulation, data subjects could, first, obtain a copy of their personal data “processed by electronic means and in a structured and commonly used format.” The copy itself must be “an electronic and structured format which is commonly used and allows for further use by the data subject.” Further, individuals would be granted the explicit right to transfer “personal data and any other information provided by the data subject and retained by an automated processing system” into another automated processing system “where the data subject has provided the personal data and the processing is based on consent or on a contract.” The transfer should be “without hindrance by the controller”, and data should be “in an electronic format which is commonly used.”Article 18(3) gives the Commission the power to specify the electronic format and the "technical standards, modalities and procedures for the transmission of personal data.”

Art. 18 should be read against the background of Article 15 of the draft Regulation, that provides for the “general” right of access for the data subject. Article 15 states that the data subject has the right to obtain from the controller communication of the personal data undergoing processing, but the main difference is that Article 18 specifically deals with the condition for reuse of the data, by the data subject herself and/or by another automated processing system.

As seen above, Art. 18(2) introduces the right to export personal data and other information provided by data subject to another service “without hindrance” by the controller. It is not clear, however, if this would involve an affirmative obligation on the controller to transfer data directly to another service, i.e. to provide for some degree of interoperability between electronic processing systems. The data that the individual has the right to trasfer should be in electronic form. As mentioned before, the Regulation would give the Commission the power to specify the electronic format and the further technical requirements for allowing the transmission of personal data.

The contours of the data portability right as foreseen by Article 18 of the draft Regulation are not totally clear, though, in particular because most of the critical “technicalities” (i.e. electronic format and the technical standards, modalities and procedures for the transmission of personal data) are left to later clarifications by the Commission. In this highly sensitive area, however, negative implications on innovation processes should be carefully avoided by abstaining from imposing microregulation on technological solutions to ensure data portability. Moreover, in the rather remote event that the language of Article 18 remains largely unaffected by the various negotiation phases the reform package is currently going through, the effectiveness of the new right will critically depend on the interpretation of rather vague legal concepts like “without hindrance.”

Even more uncertainty could be the result of the negotiations surrounding the reform package, though. A good example of this is the amendment proposal put forth by the rapporteur for the European Parliament's Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (“Albrecht Draft Report"). According to the proposal, Article 18 should be merged with Article 15. The Albrecht draft, however, blurrs the legal contours of the right to export personal data and other information to another service even further, in so far as it foresees that the right should be exercised “where technically feasible and appropriate”. The critical change in the text would appear to be at least partially in line with the amendments suggested by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and already contained in the Draft Opinion of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy for the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Verordnung zur Markttransparenzstelle fertig

Brennstoffspiegel.de, hier. 

Wie streng wird der EU-Datenschutz?: Eine Diskussion im Europaparlament

Cloud.irights.com, hier.

5 Kinds of Companies That Facebook’s New Search Engine Could Crush

Wired.com, here. 

UK cartel enforcement – past, present, future

A. Nikpay, here. 

More Pros and Cons of Merger Control

Swedish Competition Authority, here. 

Únicamemte las farmacias con sede física podrán vender medicinas ‘online’

ElPais.com, aquì.

The EU's Opportunity to Enhance Privacy in a More Competitive Market

Huffingtonpost.com, here. 

Library services in the digital age

Pew Report, here. 

All You Need to Know about the EU Privacy Debate

Spiegel.de, here. 

The 20p e-book is starting to reshape the e-book market

Futurebook.net, here. 

Google vs. the press: avoiding the lose-lose scenario

F. Filloux, here. 

3D Digitisation and Intellectual Property Rights

JISCLegal, here. 

Stellungnahme als Sachverständiger zum Entwurf eines Siebenten Gesetzes zur Änderung des Urheberrechtsgesetzes

T. Stadler, hier. 

US position paper regarding the proposed EU protection framework.

Made available by EDRI.org, here (pdf file). 

Five Reasons Why U.S. Consumer NGOs Support a Strong EU Privacy Law

Center for Digital Democracy and Consumer Federation of America, here (Word file). 

US Privacy groups lobby EU to crack down on Web companies

Thehill.com, here. 

The new Mega: a privacy triumph or just more content theft?

Paidcontent.org, here. 

The coming Amazon smartphone. Expanded textbook rentals? Reports on the Digital Book World Conference

Kindleworld.blogspot.com, here. 

The Significance of China’s First Fine on an International Cartel

Competitionpolicy.wordpress.com, here. 

Gutachten zum Leistungsschutzrecht für Presseverleger

R. Schwartmann, hier. 

BnF et Google: Communiqué de l'Association des Bibliothécaires de France

Ici. 

Opérateurs de réseaux mobiles virtuels (MVNO) sur les marchés de la téléphonie mobile en France

Autorité de la concurrence, Avis ici. 

Privacy on Facebook's new Graph Search? I give up

Itworld.com, here. 

Efficiency by transparency - A new attempt to reform public services through data

Economist.com, here. 

Should Competition Policy Promote Happiness?

M. Stucke, here. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

The Global Rise of a Regulatory Superstate in Europe

Theglobalist.com, here. 

Rechtsausschuss befasst sich Ende Januar 2013 mit Leistungsschutzrecht für Presseverleger

Urheberrecht.org, hier. 

Facebook’s vision becomes clearer

J. Gans, here. 

Congresswoman proposes amendment to anti-hacking law in the wake of Aaron Swartz's death

TheVerge, here. 

B.C. privacy breach shows millions affected

Cbc.ca, here. 

European Data Protection Supervisor on the Albrecht Report

G. Buttarelli, here. 

Lasserre: «Les géants du Net créent de nouveaux monopoles»

Lefigaro.fr, ici. 

“Right to be forgotten” versus freedom of speech: Search engines in turmoil

Privacyassociation.org, here. 

Une régulation du secteur de l’énergie au travers des procédures d’engagements ? - Réflexions sur le contentieux concurrentiel européen

F. Marty, ici. 

The economics of secondary product markets

OFT Discussion Paper, here. 

Royalty negotiations between YouTube and GEMA failed again

Futureofcopyright.com, here. 

The Impact of the Internet on Advertising Markets for News Media

S. Athey, E. Calvano, J. Gans, here. 

UK government announces significant reform of copyright exceptions

TaylorWessing, here. 

Anonymous replaces MIT websites with Aaron Swartz memorial, calls for copyright reform

TheVerge.com, here. 

Irland torpediert EU-Datenschutz

Fm4.orf.at, hier. 

An ad-block shock: France v Google

The Economist, here. 

Off-Topic: How to Get a Job Like Mine

Aaron Swartz (RIP), here. 

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. 

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.

Why Does Everyone Think Google Beat the FTC?

T. Wu, here. 

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

Here.

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. 

Google and the FTC: Consent Agreement Package

FTC Press Release, here. Opening Remarks of Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz, here. 

New Year Will Put Nontraditional IP Issues on the Center Stage

D. Long, here. 

L'architecte d'Hadopi se penche sur l’exception handicap pour le CSPLA

Pcinpact.com, ici. 

Modernising Copyright: A modern, robust and flexible framework

UK Government, here. 

Who’s to blame for the Instagram debacle? Take a look in the mirror

Gigaom, here. 

EU approves New Zealand’s data protection standards in step to boost trade

Press release, here. 

AG for Australia: Support for treaty on accessibility for Persons with Print Disabilities

Press Release, here. 

DOJ settles with Penguin (ebooks)

DOJ Press Release, here. 

Samsung drops Apple patent lawsuits in Europe

Theverge.com, here. 

Saving The World From The Economists: Ronald Coase & Paul Krugman

Forbes.com, here. 

WIPO Advances Toward Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by Persons with Print Disabilities

WIPO, here. Video here. 

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

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

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. 

Patent Assertion Entities: Effective Monetizers, Tax on Innovation, or Both?

C. Shapiro, Presentation here, Video here (at 57:00). 

DRAFT TEXT OF AN INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENT/TREATY ON LIMITATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS/PERSONS WITH PRINT DISABILITIES

WIPO General Assembly - Forty-Second (22nd Extraordinary) Session, Geneva, December 17 to 18, 2012, here. 

Facebook changes privacy settings

Bbc.co.uk, here. 

Google Maps and competition on the platform

Digitopoly.org, here. 

EU Commission accepts legally binding commitments from Simon & Schuster, Harper Collins, Hachette, Holtzbrinck and Apple for sale of e-books

Press Release, here. 

Droit d'auteur : Google indemnise la presse belge

Lemonde.fr, ici.

'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. 

The Antitrust Analysis of Multi-Sided Platform Businesses

D. Evans, R. Schmalensee, here. 

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. 

Moving Beyond Caricature and Characterization: The Modern Rule of Reason in Practice

A. Gavil, SSRN here and South.Cal.L. Rev. here.

6th Annual Private Antitrust Enforcement Conference

AAI, Audio and panel materials here.

Wie lange hält Googles Monopol?

J. Haucap, hier. 

Dismayed at Google’s Privacy Policy, European Group Is Weighing Censure

Nytimes.com, here

Informatique dans les nuages

Conseil supérieur de la propriété littéraire et artistique, ici. 

Facebook Doesn't Violate Antitrust Law When It Controls Its Users' Experience

E. Goldman, here. 

Procter & Gamble: Designing for business success

WIPO Magazine, here.

Delta Air Lines app first to fall foul of California privacy policy law

Theverge.com, here. 

After years of bad headlines the industry finally has some good news

Economist.com, here. 

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. 

Legal certainty, proportionality, effectiveness: the Commission's practice on remedies

A. Italiener, here.

FTC Amicus Brief on Injunctions Related to SEP

Apple v. Motorola, here.

MFNs and Platforms

J. Gans, Video here. 

Declaration: Copyright4Creativity

Copyright4creativity.eu, here. 

Operationalizing Privacy by Design

A.  Cavoukian, here. 

Submissions received by the Australian Law Reform Commission (copyright)

Here. 

Java API Copyrightability Put to the Test in Smartphone Technology Battle

B. Werbin, here. 

Transnational Law for Transnational Communities: The Emergence of a Lex Mercatoria (or Lex Informatica) for International Creative Communities

A. Metzger, here. 

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. 

Google

R. Picker, Presentation here (pdf file).

Leistungsschutzrecht: Eine unheilige Scheindebatte

Faz.net, hier. 

Comparing formal independence of data protection authorities in selected EU Member States

P. Schütz, here. 

Pourquoi pas une licence globale pour les manuels scolaires ?

Rue89.com, ici. 

Copyright for a digital age

Newstatesman.com, here. 

Intranetklausel im Urheberrechtsgesetz erneut verlängert

Heise.de, hier. 

Big Data Is Not the New Oil

Blogs.hbr.org, here. 

BOSCH/SPX: FTC SENDS TOUGH MESSAGE REGARDING STANDARDS-ESSENTIAL PATENTS THROUGH MERGER CHALLENGE

Wilmerhale.com, here. 

How to Give Google More Competition

R. Picker, here. 

Patente in der US-Fusionskontrolle: “Bosch/SPX”

J. Zöttl (Kartellblog.de), hier. 

ALRC Copyright Inquiry – Copyright in Public Domain Art

Wittylama.com, here. 

Battle of the internet giants (and antitrust)

The Economist, here. 

New data on privacy policies shows 20 percent of sites may sell data

Arstechnica.com, here. 

Revision des schweizerischen Kartellgesetzes - was ist sinnvoll?

R. Zäch, hier. 

Innovations by painters between Renaissance and Rococò: Towards an economic theory of art history

F. Etro, here. 

Telekomunikacja Polska Decision: competition law enforcement in regulated markets

D. Kamiński, A. Rogozińska, B. Sasinowska, here (p.3 ff.).

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.

ABA on EU General Data Protection Regulation Proposal

Here. 

Letter to MEPs from European Blind Union on WIPO Treaty

D. Pescod, here (from tacd-ip.org).

How Google Plans to Find the UnGoogleable

MIT technologyreview.com, here. 

QUANTIFICATION OF HARM TO COMPETITION BY NATIONAL COURTS AND COMPETITION AGENCIES

OECD Roundtable, here.

Stellungnahme zum Gesetzesentwurf für eine Ergänzung des Urheberrechtsgesetzes durch ein Leistungsschutzrecht für Verleger

Max-Planck-Institut für Immaterialgüter- und Wettbewerbsrecht, hier.

FTC v. Phoebe Putney Health System, Inc.

US Supreme Court, Transcript of oral arguments here

Why Keep a Dog and Bark? The UK Government Replicates the Actions of its Independent Energy Regulator

Competitionpolicy.wordpress.com, here. 

Competition and personal data protection

J. Almunia, here. 

Is a clickable link a communication to the public? New case referred to the CJEU

Ipkitten.blogspot.com, here. 

The Market Realities That Undermine the Antitrust Case Against Google

G. Manne, here. 

Study on Economic Assessment for Improving eAccessibility Services and Products

Digital Agenda for Europe, here (pdf file).

WIPO Committee Finishes A Step Closer To Treaty For Visually Impaired

Ip-watch.org, here. 

First strike: how tech's superpowers could start an ecosystem war

Theverge.com, here. 

A Report on the Santa Clara Conference on Software Patents by Tkilgore

Groklaw.net, here. 

Economists at tech firms who are making markets work better

Economist.com, here. 

SCCR concludes work on treaty for blind text, dates for more negotiations, GA likely to schedule diplomatic conference in 2013

Keionline.org, here. 

Software Patents: Boon or Bane for Technological Innovation?-

Panel Discussion, Audio here. 

Data protection in a cloud computing environment

Opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor on the Commission's Communication on "Unleashing the potential of Cloud Computing in Europe", here.

Report: FTC Likely To Abandon “Vertical Search” Antitrust Claims Against Google

Searchengineland.com, here. 

ECN Model Leniency Programme: 2012 revision

Here.

In Final Stretch Of Drafting Of WIPO Treaty For The Blind, Tensions High

Ip-watch.org, here. November 21 version of WIPO treaty for the blind negotiating text from keionline.org, here.

EPO: Inventors' handbook

Epo.org, here. 

Ireland: General PSI License

Psi.gov.ie, here. 

Knowledge Sharing Among Inventors: Some Historical Perspectives

J. Bessen, A. Nuvolari, here. 

Regierung antwortet Bundesrat zum Leistungsschutzrecht

Leistungsschutzrecht.info, hier. 

Proposed Remedies in the Midst of the Patent Wars: EU and US Antitrust Watchdogs Push to Strengthen FRAND in Standard Setting

Mwe.com, here. 

The relevance of International IP developments

Afro-ip.blogspot.com, here.

The right to be forgotten - between expectations and practice

ENISA, here. 

The scope of judicial review by EU Courts

N. Khan, Video, Part 1 and Part 2. 

Antitrust Enforcers to Consider Whether Patent Trolls Disrupt Competition

Abajournal.com, here. 

Google secures pan-European licensing agreement for Google Play

Futureofcopyright.com, here. 

La Administración Pública ¿al servicio de los intereses particulares?

Hayderecho.com, aquì.

Online copyright infringement tracker benchmark study Q3 2012

Ofcom.org.uk, here. 

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. 

That Was Fast: Hollywood Already Browbeat The Republicans Into Retracting Report On Copyright Reform

TechDirt.com, here.
"Three Myths about Copyright Law and Where to Start to Fix it" here (keionline.org).

Advertising and Search Engines. A model of leadership in search advertising

F. Etro, here.

The global diffusion of data privacy laws and their ‘interoperability

G. Greenleaf, Presentation here. 

In Search of a Transatlantic Personal Data Protection Standard

B. Marcinkowski, here.

New power to boost consumers’ access to data

News.bis.gov.uk, here. 

Verwaltungsgerichtshof bestätigt Facebook-Verbot für ORF

Urheberrecht.org, hier. 

In Good Company - Managing Intellectual Property Issues in Franchising

WIPO, here

Au sujet de l'accord intervenu entre le Syndicat national de l'édition et Google

Assemblée nationale, Question N° : 2232 au ministère de la culture et de la communication, réponse ici. 

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. 

Competition, Standards, and Patents

P. Hellstrom, T. Kramler, here. 

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.

Letters to major data brokers and their responses

Markey.house.gov, here. 

Wettbewerbsrecht und Euro(peripherie)krise

C. Kirchner, hier. 

KICKFLIP, INC., v. FACEBOOK, INC.,

Complaint for Antitrust Violations and Tortious Interference, here. 

Of “Magic Keywords” & Flavors Of Personalized Search At Google

Searchengineland.com, here. 

What Privacy Is For

J. Cohen, here. 

The E.U.-US Privacy Collision: A Turn to Institutions and Procedures

P. Schwartz, here. 

Newspapers versus Google

The Economist, here.

Oeuvres indisponibles : point d'étape aux Assises du numérique

ActuaLitté, ici.

Supreme Court Voids Viagra Patent as Insufficient Disclosure Means It Fails the "Patent Bargain"

Michaelgeist.ca, here.