Draft Tribunal Rules on Collective Actions

UK Competition Appeal Tribunal, here.

French Competition Regulator Probes Roche, Novartis on Avastin

Businessweek.com, here.

Garcia v. Google: Stanislavski and Meisner Pay a Visit to Copyright

R. Picker, here.

Patentholder on Breast Cancer Tests Denied Injunction in Lawsuit

NYTimes.com, here.
Opinion here.

Vertical agreements: a new priority in antitrust enforcement

Conference organized by the Italian Competition Authority (6 March 2014), Programme and Presentations here.

Google faces $5B antitrust fine in India — but this time it can't settle

Zdnet.com, here.

Exclusive rights in classical art works: the "armed David" case and Italian law

IPkat.com, here.

Distortions and Disincentives in Intellectual Property and Communications Law

Sixth Annual Conference on Innovation and Communications Law
Leeds, England - 2-3 July, 2014
Call for papers here. 

King my Candy, Crush my Heart: The Weird World of Trademark Registrations

Aaronsanderslaw.com, here.

How Can Software Interoperability Be Achieved Under European Competition Law and Related Regimes?

I. Graef, here.

DOJ responds to public comments on US Airways/American merger

DOJ, here.

Sharing Risk in Collective Actions

Competitionbulletin.com, here.

Review of banking for small and medium - sized businesses (SMEs) in the UK: Update on work to date

OFT, here.

Copyright Trolling, An Empirical Study

M. Sag, here.

Google: Piracy is an Availability and Pricing Problem

TorrentFreak.com, here.

Competition Policy in the Digital Age

A. Italiener, here.

Schadenersatzklage der Hörgerätefirma GN Store gegen das Bundeskartellamt abgewiesen

Lto.de, hier.

Virginia General Assembly combats patent trolls

Augustafreepress.com, here.

Home copying levy was too restricted, Dutch Supreme Court says

Futureofcopyright.com, here.

Spain: YouTube Cannot be Enjoined to Prevent Future Copyright Infringing Uploads

M. Pereira, here.

Privacy groups ask FTC to block Facebook-WhatsApp deal

Cnet.com, here. Complaint here.

How do comparison shopping sites make a living?

P. Belleflamme, here.

UK: Insurers, brokers rally to end MFN clauses

Competitionpolicyinternational.com, here.

Consumer Welfare in Competition and Intellectual Property Law

H. Hovenkamp, here.

First remarks of an Italian administrative court on the ICA’s new power to file a claim against administrative measures hindering competition

C. Lo Surdo, here.

The Administrative Supreme Court Confirms AGCM's Pfizer Decision

C. D'Amore, here.

In U.S. mergers, no one waits for this waiting period

Reuters.com, here.

Two economists file pro-Apple brief in e-book antitrust case

Tech.fortune.cnn.com, here.  Amici Curiae Brief, here.

Aereo in International Perspective: Individualized Access and U.S. Treaty Obligations

J. Ginsburg, here. 

Why Aereo Matters to the Cloud: A Primer

Project-disco.org, here.

Droits d’auteur sur les vidéos : « L’âge d’or des “YouTubeurs”, c’est fini »

Rue89.nouvelobs.com, ici.

Algorithmic Accountability Reporting: On the Investigation of Black Boxes

N. Diakopoulos, here.

Behavioural economics and its impact on competition policy

Oxera for the Netherlands Autoriteit Consument & Markt, here.

Los requisitos que impone Android ponen en duda su proverbial libertad

ElConfidential.com, aquì.

Pirates Are The Movie Industry’s Most Valuable Customers

Torrentfreak.com, here.

AGCM sanziona cartello Roche Novartis

Provvedimento qui.

Whither Symmetry? Antitrust Analysis of Intellectual Property Rights at the FTC and DOJ

J. Wright, D. Ginsburg, here.

Intellectual Property Valuation

Expert Group, EC Directorate-General for Research andInnovation, here.

Repatching the Quilt: An Update on State RPM Laws

M. Lindsay, here.

Patent Reform Gone Wild

R. Epstein, here.

Understanding Behavioral Antitrust

A. Tor, here.

Big Data Privacy Workshop

MIT/White House, Video here. Agenda here.

New law to prevent sale of health data for commercial purposes

Out-law.com, here.

Justice Department to Supreme Court: Shut down Aereo and its funny little antennas

Gigaom.com, here.

SCOTUS accepts teeth-whitening case; could decision impair state bars’ ability to regulate lawyers?

ABAJournal.com, here.

Crossing the Rubicon: Why the Comcast/Time Warner Cable Merger Should Be Blocked

M. Stucke, here.

Why India's antitrust body should scrutinise the WhatsApp buy

Business-standard.com, here.

Oyster Books: Disrupting the Disruptor

Olivesoftware.com, here.

The Empty Promise of Behavioral Antitrust

A. Devlin and M. Jacobs, here.

US Senator McCaskill Introduces Bill to Crack Down on Patent Trolls

Koamtv.com, here.

Russian Antitrust Watchdog to Reduce Air Fares By 'Destroying' Foreign Booking System

Themoscowtimes.com, here.

Perchance to Dream: Well Integrated Public and Private Antitrust Enforcement in the European Union

M. Marquis, here.

L'exploitation numérique des livres indisponibles du XXe siècle est conforme à la Constitution

Conseil constitutionnel, Décision n° 2013-370 QPC du 28 février 2014, ici. A lire aussi ActuaLitté, ici.

Lawrence Lessig Settles Fair Use Lawsuit Over Phoenix Music Snippets

Eff.org, here.

The European Union is grilling Apple and Google about free-to-play apps

The Verge.com, here.

Advocate General Opens Door to Umbrella Claims in Cartel Damages Cases

J. Van Acker, V. Lefever, here.

Regulatory Policy and Behavioural Economics

P. Lunn, here (read only)

The FTC at 100

R. Lande, here.

Humility, Institutional Constraints and Economic Rigor: Limiting the FTC’s Discretion

G. Manne, here.

Las patentes y la libre competencia: informe sobre el anteproyecto de ley de patentes

CNMC, Aquì.

Brief of Amici Curiae Law, Business, and Economics Scholars in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, No. 13-298 (software patents)

Here.
See also FSF's Brief, here.

CJEU says that spas must pay copyright fees and that territorial monopoly of collecting societies is OK

IPKat, here.

Will the Supreme Court save us from software patents?

Washingtonpost.com, here.

Secret 'Innocence of Muslims' Order Caused Google to Go Ballistic

Hollywoodreporter.com, here.
Garcia v. Google here. 

The Internet of Things: Building Trust to Maximize Consumer Benefits

J. Brill, here.

Apple officially appeals e-books antitrust ruling, asks for dismissal or retrial

Appleinsider.com, here. Appellate Opening Brief here (Scribd).

Uber kept new drivers off the road to encourage surge pricing and increase fares

TheVerge.com, here.

UK Government response to consultation on EU copyright rules

Here.

COMESA: new rules on merger control imminent

Iflr.com, here.

As Barnes & Noble Nook revenues slide 50%, the company says it’s launching another tablet

Gigaom.com, here.

Schweizer Firmen profitieren von Whatsapp-Übernahme

Nzz.ch, hier.

Flight Centre found guilty of anti-competitive behavior

Cch.com.au, here.Ruling here.

Archives and Copyright: Developing an Agenda for Reform

Create.ac.uk, here.

Facebook-WhatsApp Deal Risks Sparking Privacy Probes Across EU

Bloomberg.com, here.

Data protection authorities in Canada and The Netherlands on WhatsApp already here. 

Study on the Right of Making Available; Comments and Public Roundtable

US Copyright Office, here.

Kobo challenges Canada e-book settlement

Application here.

Digitales Gold: Nutzen und Wertschöpfung durch Open Data für Berlin

Tsb-berlin.de, hier.

More work needed to protect European Union from patent trolls

Microsoft, here.

Bibliothèques universitaires : les accords entre Couperin et Elsevier

Actualitte.com, ici.

Berliner Wasserbetriebe müssen Preise senken

Olg-duesseldorf.nrw.de, hier.

Refusal by CNMCcompetencia to open infringement proceedings against Pfizer for abuse of dominant position

Here (Spanish).

Comcast’s Traffic Pact With Netflix

Business.time.com, here.

Collusion to Control a Powerful Customer: Amazon, E-Books, and Antitrust Policy

J. Kirkwood, here.

UK Competition Agency Accepts Commitments from Hotel and Online Travel Agents to Eliminate Discount Restrictions

JonesDay.com, here.

WhatsApp und Facebook: Oh, der Datenschutz

Heise.de, hier.
S. auch Kommentar zu Facebooks WhatsApp-Kauf: Der Kampf um das Mobildisplay, hier.

Concurrence et croissance pour l’après-crise

J. Almunia, ici.

The FTC: 100 Years of Antitrust and Competition Policy

George Mason Antitrust Symposium, Videos here.

Big Data and Consumer Privacy

J. Brill, here.

AG Opinion in Kone: EU ‘Effectiveness’ Law Wades Further into National Civil Litigation

M. Marquis, here.

Facebook’s WhatsApp Deal Seen Avoiding U.S. Antitrust Challenge

Bloomberg.com, here.

Ruling dismissing on-line booking price parity class action claim in the US

Online Travel Company (OTC) Hotel Booking Antitrust Litigation, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, 12-cv-3515-B, 18 February 2014, here.

Accessibility Excitement in Geneva

Benetech.blogspot.ch, here.

Mexico's President Sends New Competition Bill to Congress

Nasdaq.com, here.

The EU Google Investigation: A Remedy In Search Of A Problem

T. Graf, Presentation here.

Review of the technology transfer rules – update after public consultation

A. Vernet, Presentation here.

German Antitrust Cases in the Internet Economy

S. Hossenfelder, Presentation here.

Preishoheit von den Buchungsplattformen zurückholen

Hier (Schweiz) ;
hier (Österreich)
 

Getting lost in the new Google Maps

TheVerge.com, here.

Tobacco packaging and intellectual property law

Aclatterofthelaw.com, here.

FCC chair announces plan for new net neutrality rules

TheVerge.com, here.

Investigations of consummated and non-notifiable mergers

OECD Competition Committee, Contributions from US, EU, UK, D
Other contributions here.

Consultazione pubblica sulle Linee Guida della Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A per la commercializzazione in forma centralizzata dei diritti audiovisivi nelle Stagioni sportive 2015/16, 2016/17 e 2017/18

AGCM.it, here.

Patent Trolling — Why Bio & Pharmaceuticals are at Risk

R. Feldman, W.Nicholson Price II, here.

Leistungsschutzrecht: Verleger verbünden sich mit VG Media

Heise.de, hier.

U.S. judge dismisses price-fixing claim against hotels, websites

Reuters, here.see also Businessweek.com, here.

Can the OFT Succeed in its Latest Attempt at Bringing Criminal Charges Against an Individual for Cartel Conduct?

S. Summers, here.

Bundeskartellamt verhängt Bußgelder gegen Zuckerhersteller

Bundeskartellamt, hier. Handelsblatt hier.

EU to assess risks of conflicting laws that apply online

Out-law.com, here.

The Google commitments and the transformation of EU antitrust enforcement

D. Gerard, here.

Commissioner Wright’s McWane Dissent Illuminates the Law and Economics of Exclusive Dealing

T. Lambert, here.

Secret Ties in Google's "Open" Android

Benedelman.org, here.

Google Commitments (III)

Here.Read also Google's post, here.

Hyperlinks, making available and the 'new public' -- or just a dead end?

The1709blog.blogspot.ch, here.

If a Cable Giant Becomes Bigger

NYTimes.com, here.

The Forward - Looking Nature of Merger Analysis

D. Feinstein, here.

Contractual arrangements applicable to creators (in selected EU Member States)

Study for the European Parliament, here.

Die Benzinpreise schwanken stärker als je zuvor

FAZ.net, hier.

Linking to freely available content is not copyright infringement (challenging ramifications included)

TaylorWessing, here.

Thomson Reuters EU Antitrust Pact Challenged by Morningstar

Bloomberg.com/news, here. 

EU Secretary General’s decision on Privacy Surgeon’s DG-COMP appeal (Google Search)

PrivacySurgeon.org, here. 

CJEU on Hyperlinking: Svensson Reference

Press Release, C-466/12, here. Judgment here.
Why no Advocate General's opinion on these very delicate issues (despite mentioning AG Sharpston on the Curia website, - as noticed by IPkat) ?

Previous @wavesblog posts on hyperlinking here. 

When Competition Law Analysis Goes Wrong – The Italian Pfizer/Pharmacia Case

D. Geradin, here.

Europa setzt Standards für vernetzte Autos

Heise.de, hier.

La propriété des données, défi majeur du XXI e siècle

LesEchos.fr, ici.

Comcast Set to Acquire Time Warner Cable for $45 Billion

NYTimes.com, here.

DOJ Proposes Remedy to Address Bazaarvoice’s Unlawful Acquisition of PowerReviews

Press Release, here.

Copyright and the Digital Economy

Final Report,  Australian Law Reform Commission, here.

Google's once-secret, restrictive Android license agreements with Samsung and HTC published

Fosspatents.com, here.

Commissioner Almunia leaves many perplexed (and in the dark) over Google

I-Comp.com, here.

Google Deal With Almunia Said to Be Criticized by EU Officials

Bloomberg.com, here.

German Court: Valve is allowed to prohibit re-selling of Steam games

Futureofcopyright.com, here.
S. also Telemedicus, here (German).

Patients’ Needs, Medicines Innovation and the Global Public’s Interests

M. Lundeby-Grepstad, D.Tordrup, T. Craig and D. Taylor, here.

Advocate General Kokott on umbrella effects: a further, critical comment

Eutopialaw.com, here.

Public and Private Antitrust Enforcement in the United States

B. Baer, here.

A first reaction to AG Kokott's KONE Opinion (umbrella effects)

Howtocrackanut.blogspot.ch, here.

Yahoo-Yelp Partnership and “Coopetition” in Online Markets

D. O'Connor, here.

Copyright, Competition and Development

Max Planck Institute for IP and competition law for WIPO, here.

Taxation and Competition Policy

A. Gurría, here.

The Future of Fair Use After Google Books

J. Band, here.

Umbrella Liability For Price Fixing: Does The Forecast Call For More Damages In The EU And U.S.?

Antitrusttoday.com, here.

Apple Loses Bid to Delay Court-Ordered E-Books Antitrust Monitor

Businessweek.com, here.

Le Conseil d'État suspend le délai de 15 minutes pour les VTC

Ordonnance du 5 février 2014, SAS Allocab et autres
N° 374524, 374554, ici.

11. Considérant toutefois que le moyen tiré de ce que le simple fait d’accepter, pour un véhicule en circulation sur la voie publique, une réservation par téléphone ou par Internet en vue d’un départ aussi rapide que possible, ne fait pas partie des activités légalement réservées aux taxis et que, par suite, l’administration n’est pas fondée à justifier l’introduction d’un délai d’attente propre aux voitures de tourisme avec chauffeur par la nécessité de protéger l’exercice légal de la profession de taxi, est de nature, en l’état de l’instruction, à créer un doute sérieux sur le bien fondé du premier motif invoqué par l’administration  ;

12. Considérant, en second lieu, qu’il résulte de l’instruction, et notamment des échanges ayant eu lieu lors de l’audience publique, que le moyen tiré de ce que l’introduction d’un délai de quinze minutes entre la réservation d’une voiture de tourisme avec chauffeur et la prise en charge de son client n’aura aucun effet notable sur la fluidité du trafic est également, en l’état de l’instruction, de nature à créer un doute sérieux sur le bien fondé du second motif invoqué par l’administration ;

13. Considérant qu’il résulte de ce qui précède que, sans qu’il soit besoin d’examiner les autres moyens soulevés par les sociétés requérantes, le moyen tiré de ce que les dispositions du décret contesté qui introduisent, pour les voitures de tourisme avec chauffeur, un délai minimal de quinze minutes entre la réservation du véhicule et la prise en charge effective du client, portent à la liberté du commerce et de l’industrie une atteinte qui n’est ni nécessaire à un objectif d’intérêt général ni proportionnée à l’atteinte d’un tel objectif est, en l’état de l’instruction, de nature à créer un doute sérieux sur la légalité de ces dispositions.

V. aussi Avis du Conseil de la concurrence,Voitures de tourisme avec chauffeur (VTC), ici.

Private Enforcement Under EU Law: Abuse of Dominance and the Quantification of Lucrum Cessans

F. Maier-Rigaud, U. Schwalbe, here.

Nokia Releasing First Android Phone

Online.wsj.com, here.

English High Court concludes that terms of Luton Airport’s coach concession agreement are an unlawful abuse of its dominant position

Edwardswildman.com, here. Judgment here.

AAI Objects to Airline Merger Settlement

Here.

Fighting Corruption and Promoting Competition

D. Lewis, here.

Competition issues in the distribution of pharmaceuticals

P. Kanavos and O. Wouters, here.

Transplanting the Canadian UGC Exception to Hong Kong: Part 1

P. Yu, here.

UK Energy Secretary re British Gas dominance: a letter to regulators

BBC.co.uk, here.

Domain-Registrar haftet für Urheberrechtsverletzungen auf einer registrierten Seite

Heise.de, hier.

Italy: Consiglio di Stato reinstates original Pfizer Xalatan order

Thespcblog.blogspot.co.uk, here.

La Junta crea un grupo de reclamación por el pacto bancario sobre el euríbor

ElPais.com, aquì.

Disruptive Competition Part 2: What Role for Regulators and Competition Policy?

Judoeconomics.wordpress.com, here.

BGH: Einzelbilder aus Filmen sind urheberrechtlich geschützt

Heise.de, hier.

More competition for ebooks in Canada coming soon

A. Katz, here.

Gare d’appalto per l’acquisto aggregato di farmaci antitumorali: possibile intesa anticoncorrenziale

AGCM, Provvedimento  di avvio qui.

The American Antitrust Institute Urges Speedy Action Against Abusive Patent Trolls

Here.

Bork and Microsoft: Why Bork Was Right and What We Learn About Judging Exclusionary Behavior

H. First, here. 

Richtlinie Big Data

Datenschutzstelle (DSS) der Landesverwaltung des Fürstentums Liechtenstein, hier. 

A profile of current and future audiovisual audience

Attentional, Headway International and Harris Interactive for the European Commission, here. 

Google' newer commitments proposal: four years and no time for a market test

Press release, Here.

Mergers after cartels: How markets react to cartel breakdown

S. Davies, P. Osmosi, M. Graffenberger, here.

Definition of Transaction for the Purpose of Merger Control Review

OECD Policy Roundtable, here.

“Human Rights” Protection for Corporate Antitrust Defendants: Are We Not Going Overboard?

A. Sánchez Graells, F. Marcos, here.

EU Directive on collective rights management approved by Parliament

Press release, here.

EU Commission to investigate cross-border pay-TV movie services – a new Murphy’s law?

Reedsmith.com, here.

Quantification of Antitrust Damages

F.Maier-Rigaud, U. Schwalbe, here.

Methods for Calculating Cartel Damages: A Servey

A.M. Doose, here.

Toward a European Directive on Damages Actions

F. Maier-Rigaud, here.

Moving Away from High-Level Theories: A Market-Driven Analysis of FRAND in the Context of Standardization

D. Geradin, here.

The Counterfactual Analysis in EU Merger Control

D. Geradin, I. Girgenson, here.

TeleCinco v. YouTube

Andiencia Provincial Civil de Madrid, Sentencia n. 11/2014, 14 de enero de 2014, aquì.

Pete Seeger - Singer, Activist and Defender of the Folk Tradition

Wipo.int, here.

Made In - The value of Country of Origin for future brands

FutureBrand, here.

Comments on Issues Raised at Internet of Things FTC Workshop

Here.

Who owns the data in the Internet of Things?

TaylorWessing.com, here.

Umbrella Effects

R. Inderst, F. Maier-Rigaud, U. Schwalbe, here.

HRS - Hotel Reservation Service

Beschluss, Bundeskartellamt, hier.

Tech Startups

The Economist, Special Report, here.

Reflections on Antitrust Enforcement in the Obama Administration

B. Baer,  here.

Patent trolling was up 11 percent last year

J. Bessen, here.

Copyright, Permissions, and Fair Use among Visual Artists and the Academic and Museum Visual Arts Communities

Issues Report to the College Art Association, here.

AG Kokott on cartelists' civil liability for "umbrella pricing"

Case C‑557/12, KONE AG and Others, here.

Blocage et filtrage sur internet: analyse de la situation actuelle

IPdigit.eu, ici.

Google Maps’ open-source rival gets huge boost as Telenav buys OpenStreetMap leader Skobbler

Gigaom.com, here.

Resale Price Maintenance and Most - Favored Nation Clauses: The Future Does Not Look Bright

Steptoe, here.

OFT clears way for discounts on hotel rooms

OFT, Press release here.Decision here.

Intellectual Property Experimentalism by Way of Competition Law

T . Wu, here.

Big Data: Legal Challenges

Shelston, here.

Secondary Liability for Trademark Infringement On the Internet

Kernochan Center, Columbia Law School, Symposium, Video here.

Swatch v Bloomberg Answer

Aaronsanderslaw.com, here.

Handbook on European data protection law

FRA - EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, here.

Comments Received on Green Paper "Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy"

Here.

Gawker: Tarantino should blame himself for Hateful Eight script leak

TheGuardian.com, here.

Time to get Angry about Data Protection!

Paulbernal.wordpress.com, here.

Access to data protection remedies in EU Member States

FRA– European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, here.

Las indemnizaciones de daños derivadas del cártel del azúcar

F. Marcos, aquì.

Commentary to the Marrakesh Treaty on accessible format copies for the visually impaired

M. Ficsor, here.

Google's DeepMind acquisition might be about search, not robots

TheVerge.com, here.

Tarantino v. Gawker

Here.

The dumb state of the smart home

TheVerge.com, here.

Regulating Smart Metering in Europe: Technological, Economic and Legal Challenges

G. Cervigni, P. Larouche, here.

Different voices on Bazaarvoice

Lawprofessors.typepad.com, Pozen, Sunshine, Rancour and Bhat here;  Levitas here.

Everything Old is New Again: Reframing the Cultural Explanation for Intellectual Property Infringement in China

D. Whalen, here.

Preliminary rulings in EU Competition Law

D. Geradin, Presentation here.

Google and Samsung reach global patent license deal

Gigaom.com, here.

EU data bill delayed until after May elections

EuObserver.eu, here.

Extraction automatisée des données et des textes : Savoirscom1 s’engage pour une exception!

Savoirscom1.info, ici.

The New Disruptors at Sundance

T. Wu, here.

Premier League steps up TV battle

SportingLife.com, here.

Connected Televisions - Convergence and Emerging Business Models

OECD Digital Economy Papers No. 23, here.

Judge Rules in Favor of DOJ Finding Bazaarvoice / PowerReviews Merger Anticompetitive

McDermott Will & Emery, here.

Self-Replicating Technologies and the Challenge for the Patent and Antitrust Laws

D. Lim, here.

Netflix Says It'll Be Fine Without Net Neutrality Rules; But What About The Next Netflix?

TechDirt.com, here.

Statement of South Africa on Access to Essential Medicines

Keionline.org, here.

Google Awarded Patent For Free Rides To Advertisers’ Locations

TechCrunch.com, here.

How Google controls Android's open-source software

TheGuardian.com, here.

Big Data and the Future of Privacy

Whitehouse.gov, here.

At the Intersection of Antitrust & High-Tech: Opportunities for Constructive Engagement

R. Hesse, here.

Net neutrality just got a boost in Europe, thanks to a consumer rights committee

Gigaom.com, here.

Pope Francis says the internet is a 'gift from God'

Theverge.com, here.

Lisbon Council and Nesta Launch the Think Tank "European Digital Forum"

Lisboncouncil.net, Press Release here.

Circumventing a protection system of a games console may, in certain circumstances, be lawful

C-355/12, Nintendo and Others v PC Box Srl and Ot, Press Release here. Full text here.

Droit d'auteur : un recueil de tweets retiré de la vente

Livreshebdo.fr, ici.

Droit de citation à l'ère numérique: quels nouveaux enjeux ? De toute façon, en Europe, encore loin d'être harmonisé, voir le Rapport De Wolf/CRIDS, ici (p. 473).

Open Data in Natural Hazards Management

V. Vescoukis, and C. Bratsas, here.

Law and Economics of Antitrust Enforcement in Russia

S. Advasheva, P. Kryuchkova, here.

Standard-Essential Patents

J. Lerner, J. Tirole, here.

Google faces $125 million damages claim after losing Android patent lawsuit

Pcworld.com, here. 

Graduated Response Policy and the Behavior of Digital Pirates: Evidence from the French Three-Strike (Hadopi) Law

M. Arnold, E. Darmon, S. Dejean, T. Pénard, here. 

Privacy isn’t selfish…

Paulbernal.wordpress.com, here.

Comment Larousse viole la propriété intellectuelle des utilisateurs de Twitter

Slate.fr, ici.Mais voir aussi ici.

Open Experience : Quels modèles économiques pour l’Open dans l’Art et la Culture ?

Scinfolex.wordpress.com, ici.

Assessing Innovation Effects in U.S. Merger Cases: An Empirical analysis

B. Kern, R. Dewenter, W. Kerber, here. 

New open-access mandates in the US

P. Suber, here.

Les processus de normalisation et de certification sont-ils pro-concurrentiels?

Autorité de la concurrence, ici (avis à rendre).

Open Data Can and Will Shift the Power Balance

Blogs.gartner.com, here.

The next episode: can Dr. Dre's Beats Music take on Spotify?

TheVerge.com, here.

UK IP Bill: Second Reading

Official Report, columns 38-84, here.

Norms and Values in Digital Media: Rethinking Intellectual Property in the Digital Age

World Economic Forum, here.

Una sentencia obliga a cortar Internet a un usuario por compartir música

ElPais.com, aquì. Ver también aquí.

EU Data Protection Reform Proposal and NHS Database

Telegraph.co.uk, here. See also here.

Antitrust in Chicago (Law School): Syllabus and Materials

R. Picker, Fall 2013, here.

Sharing Economy

World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders, here.

The awkward copyright collision of Fair Use and Creative Commons

Blogs.scientificamerican.com, here

Les juges allemands réaffirment la licéité du marché des logiciels d'occasion

Cio-online.com, ici.

Shedding Some Light on the Dark Matter of Competition: Insights from the Strategic Management and Organizational Science Literature for the Consideratio n of Diversity Aspects in Merger Review

B. Kern, M. Ackermann, here.

Competition Commission of India launches second FRAND antitrust investigation against Ericsson

Fosspatents.com, here.

Ouverture des données et des contenus culturels, le défi à venir des établissements culturels

C. Domange, ici.

Wie die EU Kommission die Netzneutralität abschafft

Netzpolitik.org, hier.

NHS patient data to be made available for sale to drug and insurance firms

Theguardian.com, here.

Innovation and competition: a survey

M. Gomellini, here.

Will Monsanto Become The NSA Of Agriculture?

Techdirt.com, here.

Die HRS-Entscheidung des Bundeskartellamts vom 20. 12. 2013

C. Wey, hier (S. 8).

May AGCOM Regulation become redundant?

G. Mazziotti, here.

Competition Law Private Litigation in the Spanish Courts (1999-2012)

F. Marcos, here.

Open Data : ouverture et partage des données publiques culturelles

C. Domange, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, ici.

Market Reliance and Pledged Patents

J. Contreras, here.

The Feds Lost on Net Neutrality, But Won Control of the Internet

Wired.com, here.

Apple's objections show why e-book monitor is needed: judge

Reuters.com, Here.

Letter of the EU Commission re Italian copyright "reform"

Ipkat, Here

The Apple eBooks Antitrust Case

R. Picker, Presentation here (pptx download).

NY Settlement With Abusive “Patent Troll”

A.G. Schneiderman, here.

Net neutrality is half-dead: Court strikes down FCC’s anti-blocking rules

Arstechnica.com, here.

Why the world needs OpenStreetMap

TheGuardian.com, here.

Cloud Standards Coordination

ETSI, here (pdf download).

Licensing Acquired Patents

M. Hirsch, here.

Aggregates, cement and ready-mix concrete market investigation

Competition Commission, Final Report, here.

Google's Acquisition Of Nest And Your Privacy

Forbes.com, here.

Google purchases Nest for $3.2 billion

TheVerge.com, here.

Against the "Making Available" Right

G. Lunne, Statement, Committee on the Judiciary,  Hearing:The Scope of Copyright, here.

Identifying a Maverick: When Antitrust Law Should Protect a Low Cost Competitor

T. Owings, here.

Incentive Scoring Methodology for Merger Analysis

S. Moresi, S. Salop, here (pdf download).

Uber car attacked as Paris taxi strike turns violent

Verge.com, here.

EU Commission investigates restrictions affecting cross border provision of pay TV services

Press Release, here. J. Almunia's Statement here.

Hohe Bußgelder wegen Preisabsprachen bei Bier

Faz.net, hier.
Pressemitteilung des Bundeskartellamtes, hier. 

Quel statut légal pour le data-mining ?

Scoms.hypotheses.org, ici.

UK consultation on draft regulations for orphan works

Consultation document here.

Barnier on the Unified Patent Court and the risk of patent trolls

Answer to a MEP's question to the Commission, here.

La protection juridique d’une application mobile

Journaldunet.com, ici.

We should be worrying about Google’s assimilation and consolidation, and here’s why

Gigaom.com, here.

Scribd Responds to Writer Beware on Pirated Content

Publishersweekly.com, Here.

5 Industries Facing Disruption In 2014

Project-disco.org, here.

Bitcoin explained

Qz.com, here.

Open Data Licensing (With Emphasis on the Italian Public Sector): Guidelines for Choosing and Applying the Most Suitable License

C. Piana, S. Aliprandi, Presentations's video and slides here.

The Thomson Reuter Commitment Decision

Kluwercompetitionlawblog.com, here.

The Comparative Law and Economics of Standard-Essential Patents and FRAND Royalties

T. Cotter, here.

How the Google Consent Order Alters the Process and Outcomes of Frand Bargaining

E. Dorsey, M. McGuire, here.

The ‘Anti-Amazon Law’ Is About To Become A Reality In France, But It’s Not A Bad Thing

Techcrunch.com, here.

Crowdfunding sans licences libres = piège à gogos ?

Scinfolex.com, ici.

Top Ten Internet Law Developments Of 2013

Forbes.com, here.

AG Cruz Villalón: l’exception de copie privée ne s’applique qu’aux reproductions réalisées à partir de sources licites

Affaire C‑435/12,  ACI Adam BV et al. contre Stichting de Thuiskopie, ici.

Patent Wars in 3D Printing: Afinia Refuses To Buckle Down Against Stratasys

Forbes.com, here.
See also "Many 3D Printing Patents Are Expiring Soon: Here’s A Round Up & Overview of Them", here.

Time to examine rules on data collection and privacy, US commerce secretary says

PcWorld.com, here.

La CNIL condamne lourdement Google à 2 minutes d'amende

Numerama.com, ici.

Patent Litigation Reform: Who Are You Calling a Troll?

J. Brill, here.

Use of meta search engine for data scraping infringes database right

Taylorwessing.com, here.

The Proposed EU Data Protection Regulation Two Years Later

C. Kuner, C. Burton and A. Pateraki, here.

Previous update (September 2013) here. 

Allowing parodies within Hong Kong's copyright law: the benefits of an exception for user-generated content

P. Yu, here. 

Google’s Europe Foes Show No Sign of Letting Up in 2014

Blogs.wsj.com, here. ICOMP Report here (pdf download). 

Telematics data sharing, competition law and privacy rights

Out-law.com, here. 

The rise of the reputation economy

World Economic Forum (blog), here. 

Safe to be open: Study on the protection of research data and recommendations for access and usage

L. Guibault, A. Wiebe (Eds.), here. 

Hollywood studios sign up for W3C membership

Zdnet.com, here. 

Apple seeks removal of court-appointed antitrust monitor

Reuters.com, here. 

Bundesregierung: Das reine Betrachten eines Videostreams ist keine Urheberrechtsverletzung

Irights.info, hier.

Suivi des missions relatives au secteur culturel et au numérique après le rapport Lescure

Lasic.fr, ici.

When FRAND meets FOSS: Bottom Up or Top Down?

Consortiuminfo.org, here.

Standard-Essential Patents and the Problem of Hold-Up

J. Kattan, C. Wood, here.

Global Congress Declaration on Fundamental Public Interest Principles for International Intellectual Property Negotiations

Adopted at the Third Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest, University of Cape Town, December 13, 2013, here.

2014 copyright policy tactics: Hollywood's stronger engagement with academic institutions and professors

Hollywoodreporter.com, here.

Narrative Report: WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), 26th session

Infoclio.ch, here.

Schlussbericht der schweizerischen Arbeitsgruppe zum Urheberrecht (AGUR12)

IPI.ch, hier.

Copyright Exhaustion Rationales and Used Software

A. Rubi Puig, here.

Google's Open Automotive Alliance: the battle for the dashboard is now

The Verge.com. here. 

Antitrust Marathon V: When in Rome Public and Private Enforcement of Competition Law

P. Marsden, S. Weber Waller, P. Fabbio, here. 

Patent trolls & damages

Webinar presentation slides, here. 

Infringement Risk in Copyright-Intensive Industries

J. Band, J. Gerafi, here. 

EU favours licensing over copyright reform for libraries in latest international negotiations

IFLA.org, here. 

The Google Book project: is it fair use?

B. Sookman, here. 

Australian privacy law reform

Oaic.gov.au, here. 

Fashion and Intellectual Property

EuropeanaFashion.eu, here. 

What technological developments (and related legal issues) will 2014 bring?

Taylorwessing.com, here.

Competition law, intellectual property rights and dynamic analysis: Towards a new institutional “equilibrium ?”

F. Jenny, I. Lianos, H. Hovenkamp. F. Marshall, S. Sivaramjani Thambisetty, here.

Chapters, in detail:

I. Lianos, Introduction
S. Thamisetty, WHY PATENT LAW DOESN’T DO INNOVATION POLICY
H. Hovenkamp, INSTITUTIONAL ADVANTAGE IN COMPETITION AND INNOVATION POLICY
F. Jenny, ANTICOMPETITIVE ABUSES OF PATENT SYSTEMS AND THE ROLE OF COMPETITION AUTHORITIES
F. Marshall, A STUDY OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH COLLABORATION

From Hydrogen Peroxide to Comcast: The New Rigor in Antitrust Class Actions

J. Keyte, P. Eckles, and K. Hoffman Lent, here. 

Monopsony 2013:Still Not Truly Symmetric

J. Jacobson, here. 

EU Competition Law Procedural Issues

I. Vanderborre, T. Goetz, here. 

JDownloader2: Neues Licht in der Frage wer, wann für Open Source Software haftet

Ifross.org, hier. 

Nains sans géants. Architecture décentralisée et services Internet

F. Musiani, ici.

The new drug war

The Economist, here.

Injunctions for Frand-Pledged Standard Essential Patents: The Quest for an Appropriate Test of Abuse Under Article 102 TFEU

N. Petit, here.

Die größten deutschen Kartellrechtsfälle

WiWo.de, hier.

Facebook after death: an evolving policy in a social network

D.  McCallig, here.

Supreme Court of Canada Emphasizes Balance in Determining Copyright Scope of Protection

M. Geist, here.

Fundamental Cultural Rights Must be at the Heart of Copyright Reform in Europe!

LaQuadrature.net, here.

Statement of the German Library Association at WIPO SCCR/26

Here.

EU's patience is running out, as massive antitrust fines loom over Google

Zdnet.com, here

Israel publishes bill on disability-related copyright exceptions

The1709blog, here.

OFT consults on amendments to proposed hotel online booking commitments

OFT.co.uk, here.

Commissione Europea su Regolamento AGCOM sul diritto d'autore

Lidis.it, here.

Completed acquisition by Motorola Mobility Holding (Google, Inc.) of Waze Mobile Limited

OFT, here.

Recommandation sur les cookies : quelles obligations pour les responsables de sites, quels conseils pour les internautes ?

CNIL.fr, ici.

LG Düsseldorf weist Millionenklage gegen Zementhersteller ab, weil Abtretungen sittenwidrig

Kartellblog.de, hier. 

Italian Communication Authority Approves Administrative Enforcement of Online Copyright Infringement

Cyberlaw.stanford.edu, here. 

EFTA Court Judgement on Principles Governing PSI Charging

Creditinfo Lánstraust hf. and Registers Iceland and the Icelandic State, Case E-7/13, 16 December 2013, here. 

Advocates Release Best Practices for Making Open Government Data “License-Free”

E-pluribusunum.com, here

Study on the application of Directive 2001/29/EC on copyright and related rights in the information society

De Wolf & Partners, here.

PSI Directive: Results of the Online Survey

EU Commission, here.

Cartel Damages Claims in the European Union: Have We Only Seen the Tip of the Iceberg?

D. Geradin, L.-A. Grelier, here. 

I motori di ricerca devono pagare le notizie

Lettera43.it, qui. V. anche G. Scorza "Agcom, Sovrana assoluta dei contenuti", qui e, dello stesso autore, "Web: e i diritti (d’autore) di 'noantri'?", qui. In questione è quello scempio dell'art. 5 del DDL collegato alla legge di Stabilità 2014, qui. 

Tassa sugli smartphone, la Siae si scrive il decreto

Corriere della Sera, qui. 

Libor fines gathered from UK banks allocated to military charities

BBC.co.uk, here. 

TPP and IP, A Brief Note

P. Krugman, here. 

Unglue.it opens a new chapter – a bookstore for books that want to be free

Libraries.wright.edu, here. 

Google's European antitrust fight: Still battling

TheEconomist.com, here. 

Gazprom Submits Draft Proposals to EU in Antitrust Probe

Online.wsj.com, here. 

Canada’s Competition Bureau Escalates Google Antitrust Investigation

Searchengineland.com, here. 

The Politics of the EU Court Data Retention Opinion: End to Mass Surveillance?

Freedom-to-tinker.com, here. 

Bye bye Internet, la settimana nera delle nuove tecnologie

G. Scorza (IlFattoQuotidiano), qui. 

Ribaudo: "Consumatori indenni dal compenso SIAE". Come?

Dday.it, qui. 

Il Trattato di Marrakesh per favorire l'accesso alle opere da parte di persone con difficoltà di lettura: aspetti applicativi

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

Open access mandate from the European Union.

P . Suber, here.

Innovation & Intellectual Property: Collaborative Dynamics in Africa

J. de Beer, C. Armstrong, C. Oguamanam & T. Schonwetter, here. 

Open Data in Transition: Trento Conference

Judge Dismisses E-Book DRM Antitrust Case

Copyrightandtechnology.com, here. 

Istruttoria nei confronti della supercentrale d’acquisto ‘Centrale Italiana’ e delle 5 catene distributive che ne fanno parte

AGCM, Provvedimento qui. 

Hitler-Hetzschrift: Bayern streitet über "Mein Kampf"-Veröffentlichung

Spiegel.de, hier. 

AG: Data Retention Directive is incompatible with the Charter of Fundamental Rights

C-293/12, here. 

UK Government Response to the Technical Review of draft secondary legislation to regulate licensing bodies

Ipo.gov.uk, here. 

Commercialising Public Research: New Trends and Strategies

OECD, here (DRM protected). 

"At the Crossroads" (consumer privacy in the commercial sphere v. citizens’ privacy in the face of government surveillance)

J. Brill, here. 

Offre légale : la Hadopi invente l'offre "d'apparence légale"

Numerama.com, ici.

Big Data: New Tricks for Econometrics

H. Varian, here. 

Open data and the creation of digital public services

L. Maxwell, Video here. 

Data isn't a four-letter word

N. Kroes, here. 

Report on Legal Rights Objection Procedure (gTLDs)

WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, here. 

The World’s Most Popular Song Goes to Court

Blog.davismcgrath.com, here. 

Data Protection Principles for the 21st Century - Revising the 1980 OECD Guidelines

F. Cate, P. Cullen, V. Mayer-Schönberger, here (pdf download).

Visualizing TPP Negotiating Positions with New Leaks: Salt Lake City

Topromotetheprogress.wordpress.com, here. 

EU's Almunia says Gazprom antitrust proposal due this week

Globalpost.com, here. 

Comment Lovecraft inventa les Creative Commons un siècle avant tout le monde

ActuaLitte.com, ici. 

The UK Government Is Already Censoring The Global Internet

Techweekeurope.co.uk, here.

Il Golpe della “copia privata”

G. Scorza, qui.

4th Report on the Monitoring of Patent Settlements

European Commission, here. 

Stiglitz to TPP Negotiators

Letter, here. 

Memo For Sr. Almunia, A Patent Assertion Entity Is Not Necessarily A Patent Troll

Forbes.com, here. 

France's sovereign patent fund takes aim at LG and HTC in the US and Germany

Iam-magazine.com, here. 

Turning Government Data into Gold': The Interface between EU Competition Law and the Public Sector Information Directive – With some Comments on the Compass-Case

B. Lundqvist, here or here.

Maverick: Making Sense of a Conjecture of Antitrust Policy in the Lab

C. Engel, A. Ockenfels, here. 

Some brief comments on SEPs and Art.102 TFEU (Moscow Conference)

This blog's Author, here. 

Cartel Fines imposed by the EU Commission - Statistics

Ec.europa.eu, here. 

Intellectual property and competition policy

J. Almunia, here. Important update on (too?) many open issues: SEP, patent trolls, Google Search, etc.

Seminario sobre Propiedad Intelectual: Google and the World Brain

Uoc.edu, aquì. 

Global Patent Filings See Fastest Growth in 18 Year

WIPO, here. 2012 World Intellectual Property Indicators Report, here. 

UK Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit goes global in its pursuit of illegal websites

Cityoflondon.police.uk, here. 

The European Union Public Licence (EUPL)

P.-E. Schmitz, here. 

Protection Of Handicrafts Gains Global Interest; Challenges Persist In The South

Ip-watch.org, here. 

Open Innovation 2.0 – A New Paradigm

EU Open Innovation Strategy and Policy Group (OISPG), here. Presentations here. Open Innovation 2.0 Yearbook 2013 here.

Second release of secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement document

Wikileaks.org, here. 

Study on business models for Linked Open Government Data

Interoperability Solutions for European Public Administrations (ISA) Programme of the European Commission, here. 

Historic Bali Deal to Spring WTO, Global Economy Ahead

ICTSD.org, here.

Telecom Italia's rebel investor opposes sale of TIM Brasil

Reuters.com, here. 

Europe needs data protection, not data protectionism

N. Kroes, here. 

EU data protection bill 'moves backwards'

Euobserver.com, here. 

Net Neutrality: EU Parliament Must Amend Kroes' Dangerous Proposal

LaQuadrature.net, here. 

New Online Licensing System Makes it Easier to Republish the Work of Intergovernmental Organizations

Wipo.int, here. 

Does parody trump copyright?

TheEconomist.com, here. 

On the relation between surveillance practices in the EU and the US and the EU data protection provisions

C. Moraes, J. Albrecht, here.

House of Representatives passes widely supported bill to fight patent trolls

TheVerge.com, here.

The Holy See on the TPP

Statement, 9th Session of the Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization
Bali, here (p.4-5).

Complexities evident in today's oral argument in Oracle v. Google (API and copyright)

J. Band, here. See also my take on the District Court's ruling in a comparative perspective, here

Public Consultation on the review of the EU copyright rules

Here.Press Release, here.

Some highlights:

"The principle of EU exhaustion of the distribution right applies in the case of the distribution of physical copies (e.g. when a tangible article such as a CD or a book, etc. is sold, the right holder cannot prevent the further distribution of that tangible article). The issue that arises here is whether this principle can also be applied in the case of an act of transmission equivalent in its effect to distribution (i.e. where the buyer acquires the property of the copy). This raises difficult questions, notably relating to the practical application of such an approach (how to avoid re-sellers keeping and using a copy of a work after they have “re-sold” it – this is often referred to as the “forward and delete” question {The UsedSoft ruling had an answer to that} as well as to the economic implications of the creation of a second-hand market of copies of perfect quality that never deteriorate (in contrast to the second-hand market for physical goods) {also, technical solutions possible?}

Finally, the question of flexibility and adaptability is being raised: what is the best mechanism to ensure that the EU and Member States’ regulatory frameworks adapt when necessary (either to clarify that certain uses are covered by an exception or to confirm that for certain uses the authorisation of rightholders is required)? The main question here is whether a greater degree of flexibility can be introduced in the EU and Member States regulatory framework while ensuring the required legal certainty, including for the functioning of the Single Market, and respecting the EU's international obligations. {pretty straightforward answer: yes, on all accounts}.

Teaching (exception)
Some argue that the law should provide for better possibilities for distance learning and study at home {indeed: my longish take here, Italian only}.

Marrakesh Treaty
The EU and its Member States have started work to sign and ratify the Treaty {how far advanced are they, really? }This may require the adoption of certain provisions at EU level (e.g. to ensure the possibility to exchange accessible format copies across borders). 

A specific Working Group was set up on this issue in the framework of the "Licences for Europe" stakeholder dialogue. No consensus was reached among participating stakeholders on either the problems to be addressed or the results. At the same time, practical solutions to facilitate text and data mining of subscription-based scientific content were presented by publishers as an outcome of “Licences for Europe”. In the context of these discussions, other stakeholders argued that no additional licences should be required to mine material to which access has been provided through a subscription agreement and considered that a specific exception for text and data mining should be introduced {following some proposals at State level...Shouldn't it be the other way round?} possibly on the basis of a distinction between commercial and non-commercial. 

Google

R. Picker, Class Slides  here. 

Rat: allgemeine Ausrichtung zur Richtlinie Kartellschadensersatz (überarbeiteter Entwurf)

KartellBlog.de, hier.

The Sewing Machine Patent Wars

Slate.com, here.

EU Commission fines banks € 1.71 billion for participating in cartels in the interest rate derivatives industry

Press release, here

Henry Ford, Patent Trolling, & the Goodlatte Innovation Act in Cartoon Form

Patentlyo.com, here.

Open Data in Transition: Intellectual Property, Competition, and Regulatory Issues

Thursday 19th December 2013
University of Trento

Venue: Department of Economics and Management

Conference Programme here. 

Privacy and Facial Recognition Technology

Ntia.doc.gov, here.