Wednesday, December 15, 2010
L'Autorité de la concurrence estime que Google est en position dominante sur le marché de la publicité liée aux moteurs de recherche
Avis n° 10-A-29 du 14 décembre 2010 sur le fonctionnement concurrentiel de la publicité en ligne.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
EU Commission adopts revised competition rules on horizontal co-operation agreements
Press Release, Horizontal Guidelines, Block exemption regulations applicable to specialisation agreements and research and development agreements
Monday, December 13, 2010
Information Exchanges among Competitors
Antonio CAPOBIANCO, OECD Competition Division, Exchange of Information among Competitors: Antitrust Challenges (Presentation)
Monday December 13, 2010 - 2 pm
Conference Room, Economics Faculty - Trento University
Via Inama, 5 TRENTO
Monday December 13, 2010 - 2 pm
Conference Room, Economics Faculty - Trento University
Via Inama, 5 TRENTO
Friday, December 10, 2010
Contrats d’affiliation de magasins indépendants et modalités d’acquisition de foncier commercial dans le secteur de la distribution alimentaire
Avis n° 10-A-26 du 7 décembre 2010 de l'Autorité de la Concurrence.
Unilateral Competitive Effects of Mergers Between Firms with High Profit Margins
E. B A I L E Y , G. L E O N A R D , A N D L.W U, here.
Thursday, December 09, 2010
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
On facilitating downloading from an illegal source in The Netherlands
FTD v Eyeworks, English translation here.
Monday, December 06, 2010
Saturday, December 04, 2010
Friday, December 03, 2010
Thursday, December 02, 2010
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
Sunday, November 28, 2010
The Second Decade of the International Competition Network: Challenges Ahead?
Oliver BUDZINSKI, University of Southern Denmark, "The Governance of Global Competition: Challenges for the Second Decade of the ICN"
Alessandra TONAZZI, Italian Competition Authority, "The Governance of Global Competition: ICN’s Next Decade"
Friday November 26, 2010 8:30 am
Trento Economics Faculty, Law Department
Room 3
via Verdi 53
Trento - Italy
Trento Economics Faculty, Law Department
Room 3
via Verdi 53
Trento - Italy
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Entflechtung als Instrument des Kartellrechts
Sitzung des Arbeitskreises Kartellrecht, Pressemeldung und Arbeitspapier
Monday, November 22, 2010
Pratiques mises en oeuvre dans le secteur de la télévision payante
Autorité de la concurrence, Décision du 16 novembre 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
TRANSATLANTIC AIRLINE ALLIANCES: COMPETITIVE ISSUES AND REGULATORY APPROACHES
A report by the European Commission and the United States Department of Transportation
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Healthy competition is good environmental policy
Competition Policy and Green Growth, Report from the Nordic competition authorities.
Monday, November 15, 2010
ACTA: Negotiations Concluded
See the final version and the joint statement from all the negotiating partners of the agreement
Entwicklung des Urheberrechts in der digitalen Gesellschaft
29. November 2010, öffentliche Expertenanhörung veranstaltet von der Enquete-Kommission Internet und digitale Gesellschaft. Video und Stellungsnahmen zur Anhörung hier..
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Linksetzung, technisch unwirksame Schutzmaßnahme und Urheberrechtsverletzung
Bundesgerichtshof (BGH), Urteil des I. Zivilsenats vom 29.4.2010 - I ZR 39/08
Deins, meins, unseres. Kulturen des Urheberrechts
Vortrag von Reto Hilty auf dem Netzpolitischen Kongress der Grünen live gebloggt
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Italian Competition Authority to Investigate Sky's World Cup Sport Rights Exclusivity
Press release (in Italian only), from the Authority's website.
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
WIPO SCCR/21
Closed captioning (stream text) at the following link: http://streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=WIPO (pw: wipo4me). Final Conclusions (from KEI)
Monday, November 08, 2010
Sunday, November 07, 2010
Friday, November 05, 2010
Cameron on reviewing IP laws to make them fit for the digital age
From the speech:
"The founders of Google have said they could never have started their company in Britain.
"The founders of Google have said they could never have started their company in Britain.
The service they provide depends on taking a snapshot of all the content on the internet at any one time and they feel our copyright system is not as friendly to this sort of innovation as it is in the United States.
Over there, they have what are called ‘fair-use’ provisions, which some people believe gives companies more breathing space to create new products and services.
So I can announce today that we are reviewing our IP laws, to see if we can make them fit for the internet age."
See also the IPO's press release on the scope of the review.
See also the IPO's press release on the scope of the review.
Thursday, November 04, 2010
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
Monday, November 01, 2010
Kein wettbewerbsrechtlicher Leistungsschutz für Amateurfußballspiele
"www.hartplatzhelden.de", Urteil des I. Zivilsenats vom 28.10.2010 - I ZR 60/09 (noch nicht veröffentlicht, nur Pressemitteilung).
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Vince Cable on Competition Policy in the UK
From the Speech given to the Confederation of British Industry - 25 October 2010:
"What business does however need to know to promote growth is that there are clear, consistent rules to govern business behaviour. Which brings me on to competition policy. Competition is one of the great drivers of growth, keeping prices low for consumers, driving innovation, experimentation and investment.
"What business does however need to know to promote growth is that there are clear, consistent rules to govern business behaviour. Which brings me on to competition policy. Competition is one of the great drivers of growth, keeping prices low for consumers, driving innovation, experimentation and investment.
When I used my party conference speech to suggest the need for a more active competition policy, this was interpreted as some kind of modern Marxism. Far from it – this is a defence of capitalism, not an assault.
And the UK’s competition regime is regarded as one of the best in the world – particularly because of its independence and the transparency of decision making. And the EU regime on top of it – including the system of state aid rules that helps to prevent subsidy wars - is one of the Community’s most successful activities.
But there is scope for improvement. In particular, there are difficulties in successfully prosecuting anti-trust cases and a paucity of market investigation cases. I would also like to question whether our current system of sector-specific regulation is ideal, or could we achieve something better through cross sector regulation.
A system that is too slow imposes unacceptable costs on the regulated, and is an insufficient deterrent for would-be abusers of a dominant position. Competition Act cases have taken on average three and a half years between the investigation to a final decision. This is too slow – hardly the “efficient and timely processes” that the CBI has called for.
I also want to ask if we are making enough investigations. Our rate of three or four a year looks odd compared to 15 in France and even more in Germany.
In the New Year, the Government will consult on proposals to deliver more streamlined and consistent processes - including bringing the Competition Commission and the competition functions of the Office of Fair Trading together to form a single competition authority, which I hope will be more proactive in addressing problems."
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Is IP Good or Evil? A Vatican's Perspective
Statement by H.E. Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, Permanent Representative of the Holy See to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva (from KEI)
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
IPKat Patent Limerick Competition
The winner has been announced, here. My pick:
A crafty inventor called Fred
Built an aircraft entirely from lead
When they cried "Why Fred Why?"
"You know it won't fly!"
"Not obvious for patent" he said.
A crafty inventor called Fred
Built an aircraft entirely from lead
When they cried "Why Fred Why?"
"You know it won't fly!"
"Not obvious for patent" he said.
Chris Torrero
Friday, October 22, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
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G. Soros, here.
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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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