Copyright Reform: Schools

R. Okediji, Presentation here. 

Fair Use for Free, or Permitted-but-Paid?

J. Ginsburg, here. 

Old friends in new frocks? MFN clauses in the online hotel booking sector

New WavesBlog serialized research effort starting on Monday!  

First Ever Extradition on Antitrust Charge

US Department of Justice, here. 

Text and Data Mining

Report from the Expert Group, EC Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, here. 

Vertical Restraints in the Movie Exhibition Industry

K. Wozniak, here. 

Understanding visitors' motivations and usage of the online collection

Tate.org.uk, here.

Wonders of (web) democracy: a UK MEP to a voter on net neutrality

Petermr's blog, here.

Reform to UK copyright exceptions: uncertainties remain

TaylorWessing, here.

European Parliament passes strong net neutrality law, along with major roaming reforms

GigaOm.com, here. 

Angst vor Google

FAZ, hier.

ABC v. Aereo, Supreme Court: Amicus Brief of 36 IP and Copyright Law Professors

Here. 

Intellectual Property - Enforcement Guidelines (Revised Draft)

Canadian Competition Bureau, here. 

Competition Bureau settles with e-book publishers, but deal is challenged by e-book seller

Nortonrosefulbright.com, here. 

Two more cartels: high voltage power cables (€ 302 million) and steel abrasives (€ 30.7 million in cartel settlement)

Press Releases here (steel abrasives) and  here (power cables).

Response to Elsevier’s text and data mining policy: a LIBER discussion paper

Libereurope.eu, here. 

Mobile Computing:The Next Platform Rivalry

T. Bresnahan and S. Greenstein, here. 

Snake-Oil with Mathematics is Still Snakeoil: Why Recent Trends in the Application of So-Called “Sophisticated” Economics is Hindering Good Competition Policy Enforcement

S. Bishop, here. 

Privacy and competitiveness in the age of big data:The interplay between data protection, competition law and consumer protection in the Digital Economy

European Data Protection Supervisor Preliminary Opinion, here

Why did they cross the Pacific? Extradition: A Real Threat to Cartelists?

Y. Usami, here.

Procedural fairness in competition proceedings + Workshop on Competition Policy

2014 ASCOLA Conference, Warsaw, Preliminary Programme here (Docx download)

The Future of Reverse Payments in the Wake of FTC v. Actavis, Inc.

Symposium Papers, here. 

Canadian Competition Bureau Releases Price Maintenance Enforcement Guidelines

Blg.com, here. 

EU Consumers in the Digital Era

D. Currie, here. 

Are Restrictions of Competition by Sports Associations Horizontal or Vertical in Nature?

O. Budzinski, S. Szymanski, here. 

Graf interviewing Wright: "Can antitrust authorities contribute to fixing the dysfunctional patent system?"

New Frontiers of Antitrust 2014 Conference, here. 

Google’s EU antitrust adventure enters new phase as major consumer group joins suit

Gigaom.com, here.

Serious Invasions of Privacy in the Digital Era

Australian Law Reform Commission, Discussion Paper, here.

IP in a World Without Scarcity

M. Lemley, here. 

SLS Patent Trolls and Patent Reform Conference

Video here. 

Alice in software patentland: SCOTUS leading out of the rabbit hole?

T. Lee, here.

Cartel busting: boring can still be bad

TheEconomist.com, here.

US Judge: Baidu's Decision To Block Certain Sites Is Protected By The First Amendment

TechDirt.com, here.

Those new copyright freedoms you're getting? You probably already signed them away

S. Phipps, here. 

LG Köln beschränkt CC-BY-NC auf rein private Nutzungen

Ifross.org, hier. 

Apple, Publishers Battle New E-book Antitrust Claims

Publishersweekly.com, here. 

A Year in the Life of the Joint DOJ-PTO Policy Statement on Remedies for F/RAND Encumbered Standards-Essential Patents

R. Hesse, here. 

Network Industries Class

R. Picker, Syllabus here (Session Slides to be added).

Australia Accepts Indonesia WTO Dispute On Tobacco Packaging; Calls For Five Disputes To Be Joined

IP-Watch.org, here. 

OFT issues decision in mobility scooters sector

Oft.gov.uk, here. 

CJEU Allowed Website Blocking Injunctions With Some Reservations

Husovec.eu, here. 

CJEU: UPC Telekabel Wien

Case C-314/12, here.

Lawyers and economists arguing against car dealer protectionism in NJ Tesla case

Letter here. 

Consultation on a proposal to make a market investigation reference in respect of the supply and acquisition of energy in Great Britain

Ofgem, here.

New EU Technology Licensing Rules

CliffordChance.com, here.

Commission antitrust investigation into Google

ConsumerWatch.org, here.

Challenges for the Enforcement of Copyright in the Online World: Time for a New Approach

C. Geiger, here.

The Competition Dimension of the European Regulation of Public Sector Information and the Concept of an Undertaking

J. Drexl, here.

Amazon Issues Kindle Credits for eBook Antitrust Settlement

Blogs.cio.com, here.

Permissionless innovation

A. Thierer, here.

A license that is more than a license

FTC, here.

A step towards adoption of Treaty to ensure equal access to books for visually impaired and print disabled persons

Gr2014.eu, here.

Converging Standards of Protection from Secondary Liability for Trademark and Copyright Infringement Online

M. Peguera, here. 

Liberal group supports D66 proposal to enshrine net neutrality in EU law

Marietjeschaake.eu, here.

BEUC calls for EU inquiry after Italy punishes pharma cartel

Beuc.eu, here.

Searching for Physical and Digital Media: The Evolution of Platforms for Finding Books

M. Baye, B. De Los Santos, M. Wildenbeest, here (pdf download).

The End of Meta Search Engines in Europe?

M. Husovec, here.

UK CC provisionally confirms jurisdiction in Eurotunnel case

Here.

Netflix thinks peering should be a net neutrality issue too

Gigaom.com, here.

Information held in electronic databases not property which can be possessed, rules UK court

Out-law.com, here.

Pay TV: Court of Appeal sends message to the CAT

CompetitionBulletin.com, here.

What drives self-regulation in the nascent P2P “ride-sharing” industry?

P. Belleflamme, here.

¿Habrá reclamaciones de daños por el cártel de las desmotadoras de algodón?

F. Marco, A. Robles, aquì.

Drug Makers and Antitrust: Is Cash All That Matters?

Blogs.wsj.com, here.

When MOOC Profs Move

Insidehighered.com, here.

Private Schadensersatzklagen in EU vereinfacht

Eppgroup.eu, hier.

EC fines producers of car and truck bearings € 953 million in cartel settlement

 Press release, here.

Baromètre 2014 de l’offre de livres numériques en France

KPMG, here (pdf download).

Viacom and Google settle long running copyright lawsuit against YouTube

TheVerge.com, here.

Verbraucher Tracking

J. Schallaböck im Auftrag der Bundestagsfraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, hier (pdf download).

Net Neutrality: Dangerous Loopholes Remain After Key Vote by Lead EU Parliament Committee

LaQuadrature.net, here.

Apponomics

P. Salz with InMobi, here (pdf download)

WhatsApp founder says privacy concerns after Facebook buyout are 'unfounded'

TheVerge.com, here.

Enervit: impegni presentati all'AGCM

Testo degli impegni qui.

 In merito alla distribuzione online: autonomia nel determinare i prezzi di rivendita ma necessità di rispettare l’immagine il valore dei marchi di Enervit.

Recap of the Copyright Office’s Roundtables on Orphan Works and Mass Digitization

ARL Policy Notes, here.

MPs and open-data advocates slam postcode selloff

TheGuardian.com, here.

General insurance add-ons: Provisional findings of market study and proposed remedies

UK Financial Conduct Authority, here.

Most Favoured Nation (MFN) clauses

Oxera, Notes prepared for Direct Line Insurance Group plc (UK Competition Commission's private motor insurance market investigation), here (pp. 28-33) and  here (pp. 23-33).

Here's why Amazon Prime can afford to raise prices

TheVerge.com, here.

EC welcomes General Court judgments in cement cartel case confirming its investigatory powers

Press release, here.

Incentives to Create *Whose* Knowledge?

J. Bessen, here.

Higher Education in England

OFT, Report on findings from the Call for Information, here.

Making merger control simpler and more consistent in Europe – A “win - win” agenda in support of competitiveness

Report to the French Ministry for Economy and Finance, here.

A Brief History of FRAND

J. Contreras, here.

Does the FTC Have a New IP Agenda?

J. Wright, here.

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

Competition Policy, here.

US Judiciary Hearing on notice and takedown provisions under the DMCA

Written testimonies here.

Abuse of Dominance in Technology-Enabled Markets: Established Standards Reconsidered?

M. Rato, N. Petit, here.

Small Businesses As Consumers: Are They Sufficiently Well Protected?

ESRC, A Report for The Federation of Small Businesses, here.

Google Unmasks Patent Accuser in Tangled Goldman Link

Bloomberg.com, here.

PCW Moneysupermarket to sell consumer data

Mediatel.co.uk, here.

Mehr oder weniger Wettbewerb im Internet?

J. Haucap (compte rendu der NZZ), hier.

Unilateral Effects Analysis in Merger Review: Limits and Opportunities

M. Coate, here.

Chiusura dell’istruttoria per abuso di posizione dominante da parte del gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato

Provvedimento qui.  Impegni qui.

Europe finalising robust data protection laws

Beuc.eu, here.

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.