Sunday, June 30, 2013

Competition in the Context of Financial Crisis

American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law 60th Spring Meeting, the Antitrust source,here.

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

AG Jääskinen on search engines and lack of responsibility for personal data appearing on web pages they process

Case C-131/12, Google Spain SL, Google Inc. v Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, here

Behavioural Economics and Competition Policy

The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets, here (pdf file). Oxera Report (pdf file), here

European Publishers, Others Slam Google On “Abusive” Practices, Ask EC To Reject Google Proposal

TechCrunch.com, here

New Draft Text Shows Progress On WIPO Treaty On Books For The Print-Disabled

Ip-watch.org, here

“Reverse Payment” Settlements Subject to Greater Antitrust Scrutiny: Implications of Supreme Court FTC v. Actavis Ruling

McDermott, Will & Emery, here

Engagements pour mettre fin à l'« inertie du marché »: Fret maritime Europe-Antilles

Autorité de la Concurrence, ici

Commissioner Wright Moves to Advance Discussion on FTC Act Section 5

A. Murino, here

The Fate of Apple and Antitrust: Overcoming Confusion About the eBooks Case

C. Sagers, here

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Supreme Court Says Human Genes Aren't Patentable

Online.wsj.com, here

First comment on the Commission's proposed directive on antitrust damage action

P. Buccirossi, here

Institutional experimentation? The integration of competion law and regulation enforcement in Spain

F. Marcos, J. Mora-Sanguinetti, here

Emerging Economies: Different Economic Problems, Same Competition Law?

S. Ennis, Presentation here 

The UK Competition and Markets Authority: a new institution to tackle a new set of challenges

A. Chrisholm, here

EU unlocks a great new source of online innovation (open data)

N. Kroes, here

EU Commission explores copyright questions related to data mining

Futureofcopyright.com, here

Wettbewerb: Preiskartelle überall?

Wirtschaftsdienst.eu, hier

US Chamber letter to USPTO opposes fair use, expresses "concerns" about WIPO treaty for blind

Keionline.org, here

Friday, June 07, 2013

British booksellers call on government to follow France in fight against Amazon

Mhpbooks.com, here

Draft legislation on copyright exceptions in the UK

Ipo.gov.uk, here.
Drafts for the other exceptions will be released as soon as they are ready.

Télévision payante: trois offres de référence de Groupe Canal Plus approuvées

Autorité de la concurrence, ici

Alegaciones de la Conferencia de Rectores a la reforma de la Ley de Propiedad Intelectual

Crue.org, aquì.

Vollständiger Ausschluss der Akteneinsicht (auch gegenüber dem Kronzeugen) verstößt gegen EU-Recht

L. Maritzen, hier (Kartellblog.de).

Members of Congress call on FTC to prosecute patent trolls

TheVerge.com, here

Student Privacy in the Cloud Computing Ecosystem

Berkman Center for Internet & Society, here

Erste Lesung des Gesetzes zur Nutzung verwaister und vergriffener Werke

Urheberrecht.org, hier

App Developers File Amicus Brief in Support of Google

Groklaw.net, here

Defending an Open, Global, Secure, and Resilient Internet

Council of Foreign Relations, here (pdf file).

Thursday, June 06, 2013

A Puzzling Graph on eBook Prices and the DOJ Case

J. Gans, here

CJEU on action for damages and access to the file

Case C‑536/11, Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde v Donau Chemie AG et al., here

Pallante, Goodlatte Lay Framework For US Copyright Review

Ip-watch.org, here

EU kann sich nicht auf Novelle zu Datenschutz einigen

Zeit.de, hier

Australia wants fair use (and so will you?)

Ipkat.com, here

Believe it or not: Your social media information can be a trade secret

Wraltechwire.com, here

Creating an open database of public art in Sweden

Blog.wikimedia.org, here

Publishers Tell of Disputes With Apple on E-Book Prices

Nytimes.com, here

Concorrenza e crisi: audizione di Pitruzzella alla Camera

Qui.

Patent Assertion Entities and Antitrust: Operating Company Patent Transfers

M. Popofsky and M. Laufert, here

Meet the man who created the 'linchpin' of Apple's e-book strategy

Tech.fortune.cnn.com, here

Obama faces high stakes dilemma in Apple-Samsung battle

Ft.com, here

Wednesday, June 05, 2013

Brief of Digital Humanities and Law Scholars as Amici Curiae in Authors Guild v. Hathitrust

M. Jockers, M. Sag, J. Schultz, here

HathiTrust: Amici Curiae Brief of Beneficient Technology and Learning Ally

Here

Leaked mandate for EU-US trade deal opens floodgate to lawsuits by corporations

Corporateeurope.org, here

The Future of Books and Libraries in the Electronic Age

R. Picker, here (Video, at 35:02).

Tensions grow as data-mining discussions fall apart

Nature.com, here.

The Case for Fair Use in Australia

Australian Law Reform Commission, here

MS on White House "Patent Trolls" Proposal

Blogs.technet.com, here

Towards Empirical Analysis Of Open Government Data Initiatives

B. Ubaldi, OECD Working Papers on Public Governance, here

Council Draft Compromise Text on the Proposed EU Data Protection Regulation

Huntonprivacyblog.com, here

Kommunale Monopole sind gute Monopole, die keinerlei Aufsicht bedürfen

J. Haucap (Edgeworthblogs.wordpress.com), hier

Simple but Wrong or Complex but More Accurate? The Case for an Exclusive Dealing‐Based Approach to Evaluating Loyalty Discounts

J. Wright, here

Court Says Copying Journal Articles To Show Prior Art In Patent Proceedings Is Fair Use

Techdirt.com, here

ITC on Apple patent infringement and import prohibition

Inv. No. 337-TA-794, here

PwC: the U.S. consumer ebook market will be bigger than the print book market by 2017

PaidContent.org, here

Pfizer's slams India's patent regime, says Indian standards are vague and malleable

Economictimes.indiatimes.com, here

Le ministère de la Culture s’intéresse au marché de l’occasion numérique

Pcinpact.com, here

Tuesday, June 04, 2013

President Obama Comes Out Strongly Against Patent Trolls; Here Are The Details

TechDirt.com, here

Library Copyright Alliance files amicus brief in HathiTrust case

Here

Avances en el programa de clemencia

Expansion.com, aquì

Protecting innovators from frivolous litigation and ensuring the highest-quality patents

White House Task Force On High-Tech Patent Issues, here

US v. Apple - DOJ Opening Statement

Here

What sort of disruption of broadcasters' distribution can be disrupted?

Taylorwessing.com, here

Device From Israeli Start-Up Gives the Visually Impaired a Way to Read

Nytimes.com, here. OrCam's promotional video here

Amid reports of new Apple streaming music service, antitrust violation may be obstacle

Washingtonpost.com, here

World Blind Union Response To The Business Lobby Against The Proposed Wipo Treaty For Visually Impaired People

Worldblindunion.org, here (Word file)

Rapport Lescure : du positif pour le livre numérique en bibliothèque

Bibliobsession.net, ici

The EU, safeguarding the open internet for all

N. Kroes, here

Request for an Advisory Opinion from the EFTA Court on PSI fee determination

Here

White House effort to take aim at 'patent trolls'

Politico.com, here

Innovative but influential: The OFT’s economic research programme

A. Fletcher, here (p. 6 f.).

Carrier: Classic Antitrust/IP Scholarship

Writtendescription.blogspot.com, here

Die Kommission sammelt sich in Sachen Sammelklagen – nicht nur im Kartellrecht

Kartellblog.de, hier

Using the Antitrust Laws to Police Patent Privateering

Patentlyo.com, here

Apple lawyers put judge in ebook antitrust case on defensive

TheVerge.com, here

Friday, May 31, 2013

La rete Telecom tra regole e controllo

Chicago-blog.it, qui

The NFB/MPAA statement on the coming VIP treaty negotiations

Keionline.org, here

2013 Internet Trends

KPCB, here

From Microsoft to Google: What Have We Learned about Antitrust in Technology Platform Markets?

R. Picker, here (lecture slides).

Smart Disclosure and Consumer Decision Making: Report of the Task Force on Smart Disclosure

US National Science and Technology Council, here

Apple and mobile networks: European Commission's Questionnaire

Guardian.co.uk, here

Modernising the European Copyright Framework

I. Hargreaves, B. Hugenholtz, here

Das Recht auf Datenübertragbarkeit in der Datenschutz-Grundverordnung

Telemedicus.info, hier

Reconciling Personal Information in the United States and European Union

P. Schwartz, D. Solove, here

Investing in America’s Future Through Innovation How the Debate Over the Smart Phone Patent Wars (Re)Raises Issues at the Foundation of Long-Term Incentive Systems

D. Kappos, here

MPAA, US Blind Federation Urge Narrow Focus In WIPO Treaty For Blind

IP-watch.org, here

Big Six Matrix for Ebook License Comparisons

Americanlibrariesmagazine.org, here

Thursday, May 30, 2013

The Competitive Consequences of Most-Favored-Nation Provisions

J. Baker, J. Chevalier, here

The Value of Research Data

R. Costas, I. Meijer, Z. Zahedi and P. Wouters, here

RIAA: There's Been No Innovation Stifling Here!

Techdirt.com, here

Petition to issue joint enforcement guidelines on the patent policies of standard setting organizations

AAI, here

Ryanair may have to reduce its stake in Aer Lingus

UK Competition Commission, here

Brazil: Assessment Of The First Year Of The New Antitrust Law

B. De Luca Drago, here

'Neutral' Search as a Basis for Antitrust Action?

M. Lao, here

When the State Harms Competition ― The Role for Competition Law

E. Fox, D. Healey, here

Wellcome Trust extends open access policy to include scholarly monographs and book chapters

Wellcome.ac.uk, here

Comment effacer des informations me concernant sur un moteur de recherche ?

CNIL.fr, ici

Stakeholders representing the research sector, SMEs and open access publishers withdraw from Licences for Europe

Blogs.ch.cam.ac.uk, here

The Consensus Among Economists on Multisided Platforms and its Implications for Excluding Evidence that Ignores It

D. Evans, here

The Role of the ‘Equally Efficient Competitor’ in the Assessment of Abuse of Dominance

M. Mandorff, J. Sahl, here

Google says Java APIs lost copyrightability like Aspirin lost trademark protection over time

Fosspatents.com, here

Data Commons: From Beavers to Smart Cars to Ivory Coast

Privacyassociation.org, here

Online college courses: Outsourcing education

TheEconomist.com, here

Rijksmuseum: Masterworks for One and All

Nytimes.com, here

EFF Makes Formal Objection to DRM in HTML5

Eff.org, here

When You Let Incumbents Veto Innovation, You Get Less Innovation

M. Masnick, here

Debunking the "Stifling Innovation" Myth: The Music Business's Successful Transition to Digital

S. Marks, here

U.S. appeals court judge says FCC ignored antitrust law

Newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com, here

VP8 cross-license draft compatible with FOSS licensing

Softwarefreedom.org, here

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Obama Stops Championing Treaty That Gives the Blind Better Access to E-Books

Wired.com, here

Federal judge bars holder of standard-essential patents from enforcing ITC exclusion order

Fosspatents.com, here

Copyright and Technology: Déjà-Vu All Over Again

R. Picker, here

The Pirate Cinema : quand le piratage devient oeuvre d'art

Numerama.com, ici

SIIA Tells the FTC What Patent Trolls Are Doing to the Software Industry

Groklaw.net, here

Will Professor Nimmer’s Change of Heart on File Sharing Matter?

R. Sanders, here

Competition regulation spreads through Africa: The Mozambique Competition Law

Nortonrose.com, here

Is Letter to Larry Page the First Step Towards Legislating Google Glass?

Thesecuretimes.wordpress.com, here

The New American Privacy

R. Peltz-Steele, here

Aggregates, cement and ready-mix concrete market investigation

UK Competition Commission, Summary of provisional findings here; Notice of possible remedies, here

Hemphill and Wu Respond to Blog Symposium (Parallel Exclusion)

Lawprofessors.typepad.com, here

Friday, May 17, 2013

Las petroleras aumentan en un 31% los márgenes sobre las gasolinas desde enero

ElPais.com, here

Privatheit im Internet. Chancen wahrnehmen, Risiken einschätzen, Vertrauen gestalten

acatech – Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften,  here.

Assessing Methods for the Quantification of Antitrust Damages. An Application to the Pasta Cartel in Italy

G. Notaro, here

My Insight Into The Blind Reading Revolution: Ron McCallum at TEDxSydney

Here

Revising copyright law: libraries, archives, museums and educational institutions

Statement of L. Gasaway, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Committee on the Judiciary, here

Class Certification Denial in Premier League v. Youtube

Project-disco.org, here

DOJ's Response to Apple's Pretrial Memorandum of Law (E-Books)

Here

A new goldmine

Economist.com, here

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

A Case Study for Consensus Building: The Copyright Principles Project

US Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, here

The Shakespeare review: what's the future of UK open data?

Guardian.co.uk, here

Google's (Motorola's) reply brief in the appeal of Judge Posner's Apple v. Motorola ruling

Fosspatents.com, here

Shakespeare Review of PSI in the UK

Here.

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Page 66:
"Healthcare data is increasingly held across sectors – public NHS organisations as well as private individuals and providers. In that context, encouraging data to be shared to derive maximum value requires an intellectual property rights ownership model that aligns private interests (e.g. in privacy and commercial sensitivity) with social interest in generating collaborative uses of data."

P.33:


 "Data that is derived from the activity of citizens must be seen as being at least co-owned by them and returning value to them, though the investment of business in collecting and processing the data should also be respected. There are government initiatives such as Midata, a government led project that works with businesses to give consumers better access to the electronic personal data that companies hold about them. The project recognises that data about citizens belongs to them and that they should have a way of claiming and using their ownership. Midata is currently about empowering consumers – government itself should explicitly embrace the Midata initiative to empower citizens by returning key data it holds on citizens back to them."

Monday, May 13, 2013

Supreme Court rules in favor of Monsanto, says farmer violated seed patents

TheVerge.com, here

Recent Developments In Rail Transportation Services

OECD Issues Paper, here

Thoughts on the White House Executive Order on Open Data

Eaves.ca, here

Contribution aux politiques culturelles à l’ère numérique

P. Lescure, Tome 1, Tome 2

Telecom Italia ha abusato della sua posizione dominante nelle infrastrutture di rete

Provvedimento qui.

Scientific knowledge unchained: verso una policy dell’università italiana sull’Open Access

R. Caso, qui

Intellectual Property Rights Gone Wild

J. Stiglitz, here

A Battle For Open Public Data In South Africa

Ip-watch.org, here

Wednesday, May 08, 2013

Competition Law as a complement to Intellectual Property Law?

A. Fletcher, here

"The Goals of Antitrust" Symposium: Papers

Here

The Economics of Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: The Efficiency of a Balanced Approach to the First Sale Doctrine

G. Rub, here

Public and Universal Service Obligations and Competition

M. Harker, A. Kreutzmann, C. Waddams, here

Science Europe on EU Data Protection Reform Proposal

Position Statement, here

Case Study: Metrics for Measuring the Impact of Cultural Datasets

Europeana.eu, here

Craigslist Takes Upstart Competitors to Court

Reason.com, here.

The Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances

S. von Lewinski, here

Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Google Wins Vertical Search Antitrust Case In Germany

Searchengineland.com, here

Online-Vertrieb von Sportartikeln

Kartellblog.de, hier

Libor-Scandal Antitrust Plaintiffs Allowed to Seek Leave to Amend Their Allegations

Dandodiary.com, here

FTC Warns Data Broker Operations of Possible Privacy Violations

Ftc.gov, here

The Competition and IP Interface: setting the scene

C. Maxwell, here

Google's Schmidt: The Internet needs a delete button

News.cnet.com, here

Händlerbefragung im Verfahren gegen die adidas AG

Bundeskartellamt, hier.

Datenklauseln von Apple rechtswidrig

Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband, hier

Open Data to fight Poverty

Openaid.de, here

Has Big Data Made Anonymity Impossible?

Technologyreview.com, here

Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) calls WIPO treaty for blind "dangerous precedent for other areas of IP Law"

Keionline.org, here

Governing the Anti-commons: The Institutional Logic of Standard Setting Organizations

T. Simcoe, here

The Data Revolution and Economic Analysis

L. Einav, J. Levin, here

Monday, May 06, 2013

Pay-to-Delay Settlements: The Circuit-Splitting Headache Plaguing Big Pharma

S. Han, here

Preliminary EU assessment finds Google's Motorola guilty of abuse of standard-essential patents

Fosspatents.com, here

EU Commission sends Statement of Objections to Motorola Mobility on potential misuse of mobile phone standard-essential patents

Press Release, here.

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Apple's "willingness" specified:
"Apple had declared that it would be willing to be bound by a determination of the FRAND royalties by the German court". Further, from the Memo:
"By contrast, a potential licensee which remains passive and unresponsive to a request to enter into licensing negotiations or is found to employ clear delaying tactics cannot be generally considered as willing."
Moreover, specifically to the relevance of the so-called German "Orange Book" case-law on injunctions:
"The 2009 "Orange Book" ruling of the German Supreme Court established that a potential licensee can raise a competition law defence against an application for an injunction by showing that (i) it has made an unconditional offer to license under terms that cannot be rejected by the patent-holder without abusing its dominant position, and (ii) it actually acted as if had entered into a valid patent licence. The Supreme Court's ruling did not specifically relate to SEPs. The Commission's preliminary view is that an interpretation of that ruling whereby a willing licensee is essentially not entitled to challenge the validity and essentiality of the SEPs in question is potentially anti-competitive."

Commissions interbancaires de Mastercard et Visa: test de marché

Autorité de la concurrence, ici

Petition Fights Proposal For Digital Rights Management In Internet Core

Ip-watch.org, here

Copyright in the Digital Era: Building Evidence for Policy

US National Research Council of the National Academies, here

ReLIRE : Recours pour Excès de Pouvoir, Filippetti et Ayrault à la barre

ActuaLitte.com, ici

Thursday, May 02, 2013

DOJ Issues Business Review Letter on a Proposed Innovative IP Exchange

Weil.com, here

The Derivative Right: Or Why Copyright Law Protects Foxes Better than Hedgehogs

D. Gervais, here

The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 –Your photos and you

IPO.gov.uk, here

UK allows use of orphan works for commercial purposes

Futureofcopyright.com, here

Analysis of UK/EU Law on Data Mining in Higher Education Institutions

A. Guadamuz, D. Cabell, here

Could the Web have been patented?

Npr.org, here

EU debates biopiracy law to protect indigenous people

Guardian.co.uk, here

Craigslist's Allegations Of "Copyright" Violations Thrown Out

Forbes.com, here

Facebook says battle for teen attention 'not a zero-sum game'

TheVerge.com, here

Bargaining over Loyalty

D. Crane, here

2013 Who Has Your Back: Which Companies Help Protect Your Data from the Government?

EFF.org, here

Senator Charles Schumer Targets Patent Trolls, Wants USPTO To Review Infringement Suits Before They Head To Court

TeleCrunch.com, here

Monday, April 29, 2013

Judge Robart’s Opinion in Motorola vs. Microsoft and the Future of FRAND

Consortiuminfo.org, here

Hargreaves Predicts: The Copyright Reform Round-up

Irelandip.com, here

Patents and Standard Setting

D. Neven, WIPO Seminar Series of the Economics of IP, Video here

WNET v. Aereo: The Second Circuit Persists in Poor (Cable)Vision

J. Ginsburg, here

Microsoft-Motorola follow-up: A look at Judge Robart’s modified Georgia-Pacific RAND methodology

Essentialpatentblog.com, here

European parliament starts discussing the proposed Directive on collective management of copyright

Communia-association.org, here

Mixed Reactions Among Participants In WIPO Talks On Treaty For The Blind

Ip-watch.org, here

How lobbying works, how our privacy is being lost

Lightbluetouchpaper.org, here

International Competition Network advances competition law enforcement cooperation

Accc.gov.au, here

Big Data Congressional Hearing

Cccblog.org, here

Friday, April 26, 2013

Academic Authors and Legal Scholars’ Amicus Brief in the GSU Copyright Case

ArielKatz.org, here

Google's rivals set to reject compromises around EC antitrust investigation

TheGuardian.co.uk, here

Why students need the right to copy

TheHindu.com, here

Die neue digitale Planwirtschaft

FAZ.net, hier

Open Data Helping Meet The Developing World’s Social Challenges

Blog.opengovpartnership.org, here

Grand Prince, la BnF publie les accords de numérisation Proquest

Actualitte.com, ici

UK Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill receives Royal Assent

News.bis.gov.uk, here

Titans of innovation - What can business learn from Big Science?

The Economist, here

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

How to Prevent the ‘Do Not Track’ Arms Race

P. Swire, here

Canada: Privacy and Social Media in the Age of Big Data

Report of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, House of Commons, here

The MPAA, Disney and Blind People: Data Point for Campaign Finance Reform and the Weakness of Human Character

J. Love, here

ICN Unilateral Conduct Workbook: Exclusive Dealing

Chapter 5, here

ICN: Explaining the Benefits of Competition

Draft, here

ICN: Working with Courts and Judges Project

Summary of the responses collected, here. Executive Summary, here

Poste ha abusato della sua posizione dominante su esenzione IVA

Comunicato stampa qui, Provvedimento qui

The Empire Strikes Back: CISAC beats Commission in General Court

J. Quintais, here

Australia’s experience driving economic growth through competition policy reforms

Accc.gov.au, here

E-Books: „Die Leute wollen keine Anreicherungen"

Heise.de, hier.

Monday, April 22, 2013

Patentability and Scope of Protection for DNA Sequence

R. Milkov, here.

The European Commission Policy on Open Access: the Importance of Text and Data Mining

J.-F. Dechamp, here (Presentation)

Eight Business Model Archetypes for PSI Re-Use

E. Ferro, M. Osella, here

The Economics of Competition (Law)

J. Paha, here

Brussels Court of Appeal: embedding illegal YouTube content is no copyright breach

Futureofcopyright.com, here

Finnish Sites Blacking Out Tomorrow In Support Of Copyright Petition

Arcticstartup.com, here

Google fined just $189,000 for 'one of the biggest' data protection violations in German history

TheVerge.com, here

Indian copyright organisation asks colleges to buy licence to photocopy book portions

Economictimes.indiatimes.com, here

EU Commission sends statement of objections to suspected participants in smart card chips cartel

Press Release, here

A closer look at the new PSI Directive

Open Knowledge Foundation Blog, here

WIPO Members Send Draft Treaty For The Blind To Marrakesh

Ip-watch.org, here

Federal judge has set FRAND rate for Microsoft's license to Google's standard-essential patents

Fosspatents.com, here

Diritti audiovisivi sportivi: segnalazione al Parlamento

Agcm.it, qui

Patent Trolls and ‘Royalties’: Distracting From the Real Issue Which is Software Patents

Techrights.org, here

Final text before Marrakesh, WIPO treaty for the blind

Keionline.org, here

Protecting brands on the Internet. A look at approaches taken by the EU, US and Italy

Iposgoode.ca, here

It’s time to update online privacy

Politico.com, here

On copyright and rights of persons with disabilities: WIPO treaty for the blind

T. Sinodinou, here

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Deutscher Bundestag über Softwarepatente

Ifross.org, hier

Revendre des fichiers musicaux de “seconde main” par l’entremise de ReDigi: licite ou pas?

A. Strowel, ici.

What Role Should Antitrust Play in Regulating the Activities of Patent Assertion Entities?

J. Wright, here

YouTube Again Beats Viacom's Massive Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

Hollywoodreporter.com, here

FTC Chair Stuns Advertisers regarding Do Not Track

Adweek.com, here

Bruno Lasserre on Competition Policy Attitudes in France



My quick take on the very interesting speech given today in Trento by the Chairman of the French Competition Authority.
-         Sort of schizophrenia between consumers (pro) and citizens (more skeptical) towards competition policy.
-         The glorious days of competition policy in France go back to at least 1791, when guilds (corporations) were suppressed by initiative of the revolutionaries.
-         Before WWII, the attitude in France was generally very positive, at a time in which, by contrast, Germany was much more in favor of cartelizing the economy.
-          After WWII: public intervention into the economy much welcomed by French citizens, competition policy experienced mostly as an external imposition.
-          Leftist reason to support competition during last political election: fight against privilege by birth; “equality of chances” (égalité) still very popular.
-         Governments in general less procompetition than members of Parliament because of economic pressures by big players.
-         French civil servants not believing in competition: 77%; French judges: even more (figure not disclosed).
-          Going aheaddramatically important in order to convince citizens of the benefits of competition policy: private/class actions!
-         Draft bill on class actions in France: too narrow.
- Average loss per mobile phone user due to 2005 telecoms’ cartel: 70 Euro per year (cartel’s duration: 2 ½ y.)

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

A New Test for Anticompetitive Litigation

L. Salgado, R. Pinho de Morais, here

Mozilla Will Debut Firefox Mobile OS in Five Countries in June

Allthingsd.com, here

CJEU on the Unitary Patent (Enhanced Cooperation)

Joined Cases C‑274/11 and C‑295/11, here

International Cooperation in Competition Policy

P. Collins, here

The Novartis Decision: A Tale Of Developing Countries, IP, And The Role Of The Judiciary

Ip-watch.org, here

Canadian universities square off against copyright group

Cbc.ca, here

Speech Engines

J. Grimmelmann, here

Exploring the Economics of Personal Data: A Survey of Methodologies for Measuring Monetary Value

OECD, here

Analysis of ‘Open Data’ survey commissioned to support the Shakespeare Review into Public Sector Information

Research.yougov.co.uk, here

What’s Your Agenda?

J. Wright, here

The Oligopoly Problem

T. Wu, here

Google and the European Commission: A flavour of utility

TheEconomist.com, here

Faculty members on software to detect student plagiarism

Insidehighered.com, here