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Google's New EU Competition Complaint: 1PlusV Says Google Blocks Ad Opportunities

Here (Bloomberg), w. also this video from YouTube.

American Needle and Justice Stevens’ Supreme Court Antitrust Legacy

W.Grimes, here.

Google's Amicus Curiae in a BitTorrent search engine case

Here. 

JRR Tolkien Estate Threatens Lawsuit Over Book Featuring Tolkien As Character

Here (from hollywoodreporter.com).

Kreativität und Urheberrecht in der Netzökonomie

W.Schulz, T.Büchner, hier. 

Russian Supreme Arbitration Court upholds finding of Gazprom Neft's abuse of dominant position

ФАС России press release, in English and Russian. 

An Economic Defense of Flexibility in IPR Licensing: Contracting Around 'First Sale' in Multilevel Production Settings

A.Layne-Ferrar, here.

Open Attribute, a simple way to attribute Creative Commons licensed works on the web

A.Neill, here.

Internet Rights and Wrongs: Choices & Challenges in a Networked World

H.Clinton, here.

Statut d’hébergeur de fuzz.fr aussi confirmé par par la Cour de cassation

Arrêt n° 164 du 17 février 2011 (09-13.202) - Cour de cassation - Première chambre civile

Das Plagiat im Wandel der Zeit

A.Schneider, hier. S. auch http://de.guttenplag.wikia.com/wiki/Plagiate

Has the European Commission Become More Severe in Punishing Cartels? Effects of the 2006 Guidelines

J.Connors, here.

AN EXAMINATION OF THE ANTITRUST ISSUES POSED BY GOOGLE’S ACQUISITION OF ITA

R.Stutz, here.

On Horizontal and Vertical "Price Fixing" in Poland

Poland’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, here. 

Dailymotion: statut d’hébergeur confirmé par la Cour de cassation

Arrêt n° 165 du 17 février 2011 (09-67.896) - Cour de cassation - Première chambre civile

World Copyright Law through the lenses of the International Intellectual Property Association

IIPA 2011 Special 301 Submission.

Verlegerverbände bewerten die Aussagen Apples zum neuen Abo-Model

Hier.

EU General Court on letting a Member State, in certain circumstances, prohibit the exclusive broadcast on pay television of sport events

Cases T-385/07, T-55/08 and T-68/08 FIFA and UEFA v Commission, Press Release.

Open Source Software to Legally Circumvent Gene Mutations Patents?

Here. See also ifrOSS' take on this.

"Revue du web" et exception de "courtes citations"

TGI de Nancy, jugement du 6 décembre 2010, dijonscope.com (Legalis.net)

Suche nach Plagiaten: Google schlägt Spezial-Software

Heise Online, hier.

Verlage gegen Commentarist: "FAZ" und "SZ" wollen nicht zitiert werden

Spiegel Online, hier.

Pulling a Fast One?: Who Is Really Hurt By C-32's Missing Fair Dealing Circumvention Exception

M.Geist, here. 

Loi sur le prix unique du livre numérique adoptée en France par l'Assemblée Nationale

Ici. Lire aussi l'Avis de l'Autorité de la concurrence, son Communiqué de presse e le Rapport d'information du Sénat " La politique du livre face au défi du numérique ". 

Parliament gives go-ahead for a common EU patent system to be created using the enhanced cooperation procedure enhanced cooperation

Press release.

Avis de l'Autorité de la concurrence relatif à la contractualisation de la filière ovine

Ici.

ABUSE OF DOMINANCE BY HIGH TECHNOLOGY ENTERPRISES: A COMPARISON OF U.S. AND E.C. APPROACHES

F.Scherer, here.

Italian Competition Authority's Newest Report on Italy's Political Conflict of Interest

Here, in Italian.

Australian Competition Authority Issues Annual Airport Monitoring Report

Here.

Taking stock and looking forward: a year at the helm of EU competition

J.Almunia, here.

Modeling a Paradigm Shift: From Producer Innovation to User and Open Collaborative Innovation

C.Baldwin, E. Von Hippel, here.

Schadensersatzanspruch bei Lesser General Public License-Verletzung

LG Bochum,  Teilurteil vom 20.01.2011 (Az. I-8 O 293/09)

Some Thoughts on the Role of Intellectual Property in Innovation Market Cases and Refusals to License

T.Rosch, here. 

Hotfile: Complaint for Copyright Infringement

Here. Read also MOTION PICTURE STUDIOS' press release. 

Eye on the Ball: Medicine regulation – not IP enforcement – can best deliver quality medicines

143 Oxfam Briefing Paper.

Chairman of the Australian Competition Commission: First Criminal Case Looming

Here. From the interview: "Every day, every minute, even while you sleep, everything you do will be oversighted by the ACCC"

Vertical Restraints under EU Competition Law: Conceptual Foundations and Practical Framework

N.Petit, D.Henry, here. 

FTC finds that Carolina Dental Board's Conduct is Not Protected by the State Action Doctrine

Here.

Executives of Iowa-Ready Mix Concrete Companies Sentenced to Serve Prison Sentences for Price Fixing and Bid Rigging

Here.

2010 US Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator Annual Report on Intellectual Property Enforcement

V.Espinel, here.

Analysis of the FTC's Decision Not to Block Google’s Acquisition of AdMob

R.Stutz, R.Brunell, here.

Ofcom to review net blocking

DCMS' press release.

Submission by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada regarding Bill C-32

Here. 

An Estimate of Infringing Use of the Internet

Envisional's Study commissioned by NBC 

Towards a Coherent European Approach to Collective Redress (?)

EU COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT

UK Ofcom's proposal on ex ante competition check in respect of trades of mobile spectrum

Notice of proposals to make  900 MHz, 1800 MHz & 2100 MHz  public wireless network licences tradable, here. 

Free Music Can Pay as Well as Paid Music, YouTube Says

Here, from wired. 

Gebrauchtsoftwarehandel: Fragen zur Auslegung der Software-Richtlinie dem EuGH zur Vorabentscheidung vorgelegt

 Pressemitteilung (BGH)

EU Advocate General Kokott on exclusive broadcasting rights

Cases C‑403/08 and C‑429/08 Football Association Premier League Ltd and Others v QC Leisure and Others and Karen Murphy v Media Protection Services Ltd, here. Guardian report here.

Sixth Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy Building Respect for IP: Sustainable Solutions to a Global Problem

Final program.

Canadian Federation of Students' position paper on Bill C-32

Here.

Bargaining in the Shadow of the European Settlement Procedure for Cartels

M.Schinkel, here.

OFT launches investigation into E-Book pricing

Here.  

Bill: Patent Reform Act of 2011

Here.

South African Competition Authority invites construction firms to apply for fast-track settlement

Here.

Open Access the Slovak Way? Compulsory licence for PhD thesis and "Habilitation" works

Here, from http://husovec.blogspot.com/

An Overview and the Evolution of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)

M.Kaminski, here.

Entente de partage de clientèle dans le secteur maritime: la court d'appel de Paris réforme la décision de l'Autorité de la concurrence

Décision du 15 avril 2010 relative à des pratiques mises en œuvre dans le secteur de la manutention pour le transport de conteneurs au port du Havre et Arrêt de la Cour d'appel de Paris du 20 janvier 2011.

Does Antitrust Enforcement In High Tech Markets Benefit Consumers? Stock Price Evidence from FTC V. Intel

J.Wright, here. 

Antitrust and Vertical Integration in “New Economy” Industries

B.Owen, here. 

OFT on inefficiencies in the equity capital market

Equity underwriting and associated services

EU Commission blocks proposed merger between Aegean Airlines and Olympic Air

Press release.

RPM's hard life in California: Bioelements

Final Judgment.

Exchange of information on the pricing of loan products sanctioned in the UK

Here.

Italian "class" action against Microsoft for bundling and refusal to reimburse Windows

Techrights, here. Here the writ of summons filed (in Italian)

FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules and Implications for Research Libraries

Association of Research Libraries, here.

Lessons from the Financial Crisis

M.Stucke, here.

Österreich: Spediteure anerkennenTeilnahme an Kartellen vor Kartellgericht

Hier. S. auch die Bestätigung, dass die Kommission "dawn raids" bereits durchgeführt hat.

Central banks and competition authorities: institutional comparisons and new concerns

J.Vickers, here.

OPINION OF SOME DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN ACADEMICS ON ANTI-COUNTERFEITING TRADE AGREEMENT

Here. Read also this post related to a meeting with European ACTA negotiators, dismissing the concerns raised.

OSI and FSF jointly ask US Department of Justice to investigate CPTN transaction

Here.

New Agency, New Authority: What You Need to Know About the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

J.Villafranco and K. McPartland, here.

OECD: ROUNDTABLE ON CROSS-BORDER MERGER CONTROL - CHALLENGES FOR DEVELOPING AND EMERGING ECONOMIES

Background Note. Read also UNCTAD's contribution.

Italian Competition Authority accepts Google's commitments related to Google News Italia and urges Italian Parliament to revise copyright legislation

Here.

Commission launches second monitoring exercise of patent settlements in pharma sector

Here.

Antitrust in High-Tech Industries

R. Crandall, C. Jackson, here.

Why There Might Not Be Many Damage Claims Arising from the Spanish Property Insurance Cartel?

F.Marcos, here.

Free Software in Contemporary Civil Society

Sociology Faculty at Trento University.
Speakers: Karsten Gerloff, Carlo Piana, Tiziano Sartori, Patrick Ohnewein, Fabio Ropelato, Program (in Italian).

The Coming Extinction of Homo Economicus and the Eclipse of the Chicago School of Antitrust: Applying Evolutionary Biology and Ethics to Structural and Behavioral Antitrust Analyses

T.Horton, here.

Economic background of the Microsoft/Yahoo! case

A. Amelio and D.Magos, here.

The Microsoft/Yahoo! Search Business case

T.Vecchi, J.Vidal and V. Fallenius, here.

Oracle/Sun Microsystems: The challenge of reviewing a merger involving open source software

C.-C. Buhr, S.Crome, A. Lübbert, V.Pozzato, Y.Simon, R.Thomas, here.

Antitrust 2025

M.Stucke, here.

Bundeskartellamt: Sektoruntersuchung Stromerzeugung/Stromgroßhandel

Hier.

Information exchange: Motor insurers offer formal commitments to the OFT

Here.

Judge Posner on the interpretation of the pleading standard set forth in Twombly

IN RE: TEXT MESSAGING ANTITRUST LITIGATION. Appeal of: Verizon Wireless, et al., Defendants, No. 10-8037, here.

The Open Source Initiative's concerns regarding the recipient of Novell’s patent portfolio

Letter sent to the German Competition Authority (Bundeskartellamt). See also the letter sent by the FSFE, in German (original ) and English.

E-Learning: Intranet-Klausel ( § 52a Urheberrechtsgesetz) vor Gericht

Alfred Kröner Verlag gegen Fernuniversität in Hagen, Klageschrift.

Règles du code de procédure civile et pratiques anticoncurrentielles

Cour de cassation française, 7 janvier 2011 Société Philips France – Arrêt n° 587

"Comité des Sages" on bringing Europe's cultural heritage online presents its report "The new Renaissance"

Here. See also  the Summary Record of the public hearing of the Comité des Sages on "Bringing Europe's cultural heritage online".

IBM's Patent Application for an "Intellectual Property Component Business Model for Client Services"

Here.

WIPO Seminar Series on “The Economics of Intellectual Property”: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Intellectual Property and Litigation

Christine Greenhalgh, January 12, 2011 paper here.

A Brief Introduction to Competition Concerns in 'Pay-for-Delay' Settlement Agreements Between Brand-Name and Generic Drug Companies

R.Peritz, here.

The Capper-Volstead Act, Agricultural Cooperatives, and Antitrust Immunity

C.Varney, here.

Counterfactual Tests in Competition Law

C.Veljanovski, here.

Solving the Drug Settlement Problem: The Legislative Approach

M.A.Carrier, here.

Standards, Innovation Incentives, and the Formation of Patent Pools

K.M.Schmidt, here.

Politiques européennes de concurrence et économie sociale de marché

F.Marty, ici.

First evaluation of the impact of the Directive 2004/48/EC on the enforcement of intellectual property rights

Here.