Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
Australia’s approach to expert evidence in competition law cases
The Hot Tub, Video released by the University of Melbourne Competition Law & Economics Network (CLEN), here.
Monday, July 04, 2011
ECJ on public lending and the amount of remuneration
Vereniging van Educatieve en Wetenschappelijke Auteurs (VEWA) v Belgische Staat, Case C‑271/10, 30 June 2011, here.
Friday, July 01, 2011
Thursday, June 30, 2011
One year post-Bilski: How the decision is being interpreted by the BPAI, District Courts, and Federal Circuit
R. Greene Sterne and M. Holoubek, here.
Office 365: The New Microsoft “Cloud” Likely Comes with Spying Inside
Software Freedom Law Center, here.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
BGH: Kartellteilnehmer haften auch mittelbar Geschädigten auf Schadensersatz
Urteil des Kartellsenats vom 28.6.2011 - KZR 75/10, Pressemitteilung.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
SCCR 22: Conclusions
Here. On Limitations and Exceptions, Persons with print and other reading disabilities:
"(....)
4. Following further discussion, the Committee asked the Chair to prepare a Chair’s text for an international instrument on limitations and exceptions for persons with print disabilities (document SCCR/22/16), which would constitute the basis for the future text-based work to be undertaken by the Committee in its 23rd session.
5. The Committee agreed to recommend to the WIPO General Assembly that Members of the Committee continue discussions regarding the Chair’s document SCCR/22/16 with the aim to agree and finalize a proposal on an international instrument on limitations and exceptions for persons with print disabilities in the 23rd session of the SCCR, in accordance with the timetable adopted at the 21st session of the SCCR.
6. The Committee encouraged the stakeholders to continue the work of the
Stakeholders’ Platform."
5. The Committee agreed to recommend to the WIPO General Assembly that Members of the Committee continue discussions regarding the Chair’s document SCCR/22/16 with the aim to agree and finalize a proposal on an international instrument on limitations and exceptions for persons with print disabilities in the 23rd session of the SCCR, in accordance with the timetable adopted at the 21st session of the SCCR.
6. The Committee encouraged the stakeholders to continue the work of the
Stakeholders’ Platform."
Optimierte Verantwortung/slosigkeit - Wer verantwortet eigentlich was in unserer „smarten Welt?“
T. Weichert, Hintergrundtext für die Sommerakademie des Unabhängigen Landeszentrums für Datenschutz Schleswig-Holstein, hier.
Monday, June 27, 2011
United States Response to Questionnaire Concerning Boundaries and Interfaces With Respect to Copyright and Related Rights
ALAI 2011 Dublin. By J. Besek, J. Ginsburg, L. Helman, P. Loengard, E. Subotnik and E. Bensoul, here. Read also the answers provided in relation to the situation in the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and Finland.
Federal appellate court on the "hot news" doctrine
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC. et al. v THEFLYONTHEWALL.COM, INC., Docket No. 10-1372-cv, here.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Inquiry into the Competition and Consumer (Price Signalling) Amendment Bill 2010 and Competition and Consumer Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2011
Australian House Standing Committee on Economics, here.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Providing an Incidental Copies Exemption for Service Providers and End-Users
D. Chen, M. Durkee, J. Friend, and J. Urban, here.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Bundesrat für verbesserten Datenschutz in Social Networks
Gesetzentwurf zur Änderung des Telemediengesetzes, hier
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Friday, June 17, 2011
Ensuring Competition in the Clouds: The Role of Competition Law?
I. Walden, L. Da Correggio Luciano, here.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Comparative Analysis of National Approaches of the Liability of the Internet Intermediaries
WIPO Study, prepared by D. Seng, here.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY OF INTERNET INTERMEDIARIES IN THE FIELD OF COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
WIPO Study, prepared by L. Edwards, here.
WIPO SCCR 22 live
On Twitter #SCCR22; live caption: http://www.streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=WIPO, pw: wipo4me
EBOOKS: Kindling for a New Era of Book Publishing
M. Levine, M. Seidenfeld, A. Klebanoff, and R. Eoin Nash, video.
LIBRO BIANCO SU DIRITTI D’AUTORE E DIRITTI FONDAMENTALI NELLA RETE INTERNET
A cura di F. Sarzana e S. Ippolito, qui.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Search Engine Regulation: A Solution in Search of a Problem?
June 14, 2011, 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM (Geneva time: +6), Luncheon hosted by TechFreedom, web stream here.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
Canadian Universities pressing for pay-per-use licences upon request
Letter to the Copyright Board Requesting Amendment to Interim Tariff, here.
Justice Breyer on confining the "clear and convincing" standard in patent invalidity cases to factual disputes
Concurring Opinion, MICROSOFT CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. i4i LIMITED PARTNERSHIP et al. U.S. Supreme Court. Case No. 10-290. Argued April 18, 2011 — Decided June 9, 2011, here.
Thursday, June 09, 2011
Droits d’auteurs et droits voisins, Droit de l’Internet (dossier de synthèse)
DOSSIER PLA & Liberté d’expression 2011, ici.
Börsenverein fordert Streichung von §§ 52 a und 52 b UrhG
Institut für Urheber- und Medienrecht, hier.
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Monday, June 06, 2011
“Consumer choice” is where we are all going - so let’s go together
N. Averitt, R. Lande and P. Nihoul, here
Difusión en acceso abierto en España
Artículo 37, Ley 14/2011, de 1 de junio, de la Ciencia, la Tecnología y la Innovación, aquì
Friday, June 03, 2011
Bundesgerichtshof zum Urheberrechtsschutz von Lernspielen
Urteil vom 1. Juni 2011 - I ZR 140/09 – Lernspiele, Pressebericht hier.
US Supreme Court on Induced Infringement in Patent Law
GLOBAL-TECH APPLIANCES, INC., ET AL. v. SEB S. A, May 31 2011, here.
Monday, May 30, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2011
How Will the Proposed Merger Between AT&T and T-Mobile Affect Wireless Telecommunications Competition?
U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on the Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet, here.
UN Human Rights Council on the threats to the right of to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds through the Internet
F. La Rue, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, here.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Sicherheitsempfehlungen für Cloud Computing Anbieter
Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik, hier.
A new decade for the International Competition Network
J.Almunia, here. On competition policy and "new" markets:
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Méthode de détermination des sanctions pécuniaires
Autorité de la concurrence, Communiqué du 16 mai 2011, ici.
Consumer Privacy and Protection in the Mobile Marketplace
Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Insurance Subcommittee hearing,
May 19 2011, here.
May 19 2011, here.
3rd Annual Conference on Innovation and Communications Law
Conference, May 29-31.2011, Melbourne Business School, Program here.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Questions to the ECJ on exhaustion and "used" software licences
C-128/11 - Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA, USA v UsedSoft GmbH, Munich, here.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Rethinking Music
Compiled and Presented By The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, here.
The AT&T/T-Mobile Merger: Is Humpty Dumpty Being Put Back Together Again?”
Hearing, Senate Judiciary Committee
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, here
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, here
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Comparative List of Proposals Related to Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for the Visually Impaired Persons and Other Persons with Print Disabilities
WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, Twenty-Second Session
Geneva, June 15 to 24, 2011, here.
Geneva, June 15 to 24, 2011, here.
Reasons Against Californian "Do Not Track" Proposal: Google, Facebook et al.
Letter to Senator Lowenthal, here.
Monday, May 09, 2011
Changes to the rules on using cookies and similar technologies for storing information
UK Information Commissioner's Office, here.
Friday, May 06, 2011
Suggestion de "torrent", "megaupload", "rapidshare" ne constitue pas en elle même une atteinte au droit d'auteur
SNEP c. Google, Cour d’Appel de Paris, Arrêt du 3 mai 2011, - RG n° 10/53985, ici.
UK LOCAL BUS MARKET INVESTIGATION
Competition Commission, Provisional findings and Notice of possible remedies
Ensuring Competition on the Internet: Net Neutrality and Antitrust: Part II, FCC Panel
House Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet, Statement of Chairman Julius Genachowski, Federal Communications Commission, here.
Thursday, May 05, 2011
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
Tuesday, May 03, 2011
The EU Commission alone is empowered to make a finding that there has been no breach of Article 102 TFEU
Judgment in Case C-375/09 - Prezes Urzędu Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentów v
Tele 2 Polska sp. z o.o., now Netia SA
Tele 2 Polska sp. z o.o., now Netia SA
Handbook(s): Rules Applicable to EU Antitrust/Competition Enforcement
Volume 1: General Rules, 425 pp. Volume 2: Sector Specific Rules (Agriculture, Insurance, Motor Vehicles, Postal Services, Transport), 188 pp.
How four major US wireless carriers collect, use and store personal location data
Responses provided to US Reps. Markey and Barton, co-Chairmen of the House Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, here.
LG Berlin: Urheberrechtliche Haftung für eingebundene RSS-Feeds
LG Berlin, Beschluss v. 15.03.2011, Az. 15 O 103/11, here (Telemedicus)
Monday, May 02, 2011
SENADO MEXICANO APROBÓ REFORMAS A LA LEY FEDERAL DE COMPETENCIA ECONÓMICA
Comunicado de la COMISIÓN FEDERAL DE COMPETENCIA, Dictamen Gaceta del Senado.
Sunday, May 01, 2011
Fair use analysis of the republishing of an entire newspaper article
RightHaven, LCC, v. Center for Intercultural Organizing, 2:10-CV-1322 JCM (LRL) (DC Nev., 2011), here.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
ISPs Challenge to the UK Digital Economy Act Rejected
BT v. Secretary of State for Business, innovation and Skills, here.
Justice Breyer on the patent/monopoly dilemma
Transcript of the Oral Argument in Microsoft Corporation v. i4i Limited Partnership, p. 34 f.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Neutralité du Net: La Commission européenne lâche utilisateurs et innovateurs
La Quadrature du Net, ici. A lire aussi ETNO's press release.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Upgrading the "More Economic Approach": Appropriate Standards of Forensic Economics
One of the topics discussed at this year's International Conference of the Bundeskartellamt was "Requirements of proof in court - the economic approach".
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Cartels: the priority in competition enforcement
J.Almunia, here. More about IKK-2011 in a coming post.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
bpost (anciennement La Poste) abuse de sa position dominante sur le marché de l’intermédiation postale (le marché du routage).
Conseil de la concurrence/Raad voor de Mededinging, ici.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Google/ITA might have come out differently at the FTC?
Spontaneous question raised reading this front page story on WSJ.
Die schlauen, datenfressenden Maschinen
Kap. I und II aus dem Buch von K.Kurz und F.Rieger, Die Datenfresser, S.Fischer Verlag, 2011.
Urheberrecht im Lichte der EU-Grundrechtecharta: Hyperlinks auf urheberrechtswidrige Angebote zulässig
BGH 14.10.2010 - I ZR 191/08, hier. Aus den Entscheidungsgründen:
Monday, April 11, 2011
Possible reforms to improve stability and competition in UK banking
Independent Commission on Banking, Interim Report - Consultation on Reform Options
Kartellrechtliche Grenzen eines Markennießbrauchs- und Merchandising-Vertrags mit einem Fußballverein.
LG Hamburg, Urteil v. 06.01.2011, Az. 315 0 451/09, hier.
Friday, April 08, 2011
Bundesgerichtshof zum Zitat im Geschmacksmusterrecht
Urteil des I. Zivilsenats vom 7.4.2011 - I ZR 56/09, Pressemitteilung hier.
Google on How It Protects Copyright and Helps Combat Counterfeiting
K.Walker, before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet, Hearing on “Promoting Investment and Protecting Commerce Online, here.
How to Restructure Natural Monopolies. Especially Railways
R.Pittman, presentation and video (English/Russian voiceover).
The Cloud-Understanding the Security, Privacy and Trust Challenges
N.Robinson, L.Valeri, J. Cave, T. Starkey, H. Graux, S. Creese, P. Hopkins, here.
Thursday, April 07, 2011
The dream of a virtual library of out-of-print books is dead, for now
S.Turow, letter to the Editor of the NYT.
Unraveling the Rejection: The Google Book Settlement
Copyright Clearance Center, Online Seminar: transcript and audio.
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Digital Agenda: new guidelines to address privacy concerns over use of smart tags
"Privacy and Data Protection Impact Assessment (PIA) Framework for RFID Applications", N.Kroes' speech and EU Comm's press release. From Kroes' speech: "This PIA Framework for RFID Applications constitutes an interesting model that could be used for other similar situations or areas, such as smart metering and online behavioural advertising." Annex III provides a list of possible privacy risks related to the use of the RFID.
Tuesday, April 05, 2011
BGH "Hartplatzhelden.de" veröffentlicht
Urteil des I. Zivilsenats vom 28.10.2010 - I ZR 60/09, hier (Telemedicus).
Le Groupement des Cartes bancaires s'engage à réviser à la baisse la plupart des commissions
Communiqué de presse de l'Autorité de la Concurrence; engagements proposés.
Monday, April 04, 2011
Was darf Bildung und Forschung an Hochschulen den Staat kosten? Wie setzt das Gemeinwohl dem Recht am geistigen Eigentum und kommerziellen Interessen Grenzen?
OLG München, 24.03.2011, Az. 6 WG 12/09, Pressemitteilung hier. |
Friday, April 01, 2011
EU Commission confirms it is investigating Deutsche Bahn for abuse of dominant position (also not an April fool)
"It has been alleged that Deutsche Bahn group, and in particular Deutsche Bahn Energie, the de facto sole supplier of electricity for traction trains in Germany, would be giving preferential treatment to the group's rail freight arm. The Commission officials were accompanied by their counterparts from the German competition authority", here.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Smartphone-Apps – wo bleibt der Datenschutz?
A.Dix, der Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit, Tätigkeitsbericht für das Jahr 2010, S. 67 ff.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Carburanti: Antitrust avvia indagine conoscitiva su meccanismo indice Platt's e su rete distributiva
Qui. Vedi anche il recente "INFORME DE SEGUIMIENTO DEL INFORME DE CARBURANTES PARA AUTOMOCIÓN" pubblicato dalla spagnola Comisión Nacional de la Competencia.
Hal Varian on Google's Value to US Users and Advertisers
A.Tsotsis (TechCrunch), here. See also Google's "Where we get our numbers"
Friday, March 25, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Dynamic Competition in the Newspaper Industry
C.Varney, here.
Business review letters concerning the Global News Service and the AP's News Registry respectively are referred to in Varney's remarks.
Business review letters concerning the Global News Service and the AP's News Registry respectively are referred to in Varney's remarks.
MYTHS ABOUT THE MEDIA: AUDIENCE, BUSINESS, AND MONEY
March 24, 2011, George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs, in Association with the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ), livestreaming event at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (6:00 p.m. in Geneva, CH)
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LG Frankfurt am Main, 2-06 O 172/09 (verkündet am 13.05.2009). Lesenswertes aus der Begründung (meine Hervorhebungen): "Vorstellbare ...
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G. Kallfass, presentation here .