Wednesday, March 02, 2011

FAIR ACCESS TO CULTURE AND THE RIGHT TO READ OF VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS

Exceptions and limitations to copyright with regard to libraries, education and print disabled persons - European Parliament P7C050 - 13th April 2011 10.00-13.00 

10.00 Introduction

Luigi Berlinguer MEP - Overview of the issues
Ádám Kósa MEP President Disability Intergroup - Copyright and disabled people’s rights
Ben White –IFLA/EBLIDA / British Library - The case for Education and Libraries

10.30 Panel 1. The book famine- what are the barriers and solutions?
Wolfgang Angermann– European Blind Union
European Dyslexia Association- Raymond Claes
Q&A from the floor

11.00 Panel 2. A WIPO treaty for print disabled people?

Rodolfo Cattani EBU - Rationale for a treaty and the campaign so far
David Hammerstein – Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue
Q&A from the floor

11.45 Panel 3. Limitations and exceptions to copyright. Opinion of the EP, Commission and Council

An MEP perspective: F. Keller, F.Sosa Wagner.
The Commission’s position (speaker TBC)
Council position – Representative from Hungarian Presidency
Dan Pescod – European Blind Union
Ben White – IFLA/EBLIDA
Q&A from the floor

12.45 Conclusions
Concluding remarks - Luigi Berlinguer MEP

    Cross-border merger control in Japan

    A.Goto, here

    Commissioner Barnier tells the European Blind Union the EU does not support a treaty for persons with disabilities

    Here, from KEI (the actual letter here).

    Business Sues Facebook to Restore Its Fan Page--Complexions v. Complexions Day Spa

    E.Goldman, here.

    The Irish Competition Authority in Difficult Economic Times

    Annual Report 2010, here.

    Zum Leistungsschutzrecht für Presseverleger: Monopolkommission v. Bundesverband Deutscher Zeitungsverleger

    J.Haucap (Monopolkommission), hierD. Wolff (BDZV), hier.

    Google book search choices

    G. Occhipinti Trigona, here.

    Fifth Annual Law & Information Society Symposium: Mobile Devices, Location Technologies & Shifting Values

    March 25, 2011 Fordham University, program.

    EU Commission confirms unannounced inspections in the e-book publishing sector

    Österreichisches Kartellgericht: Preisabsprachen gestattet?

    Hier (s. auch Kartellblog)

    AGCM - DIVIETO INCROCI GIORNALI-TV: ANTITRUST A GOVERNO E PARLAMENTO, NO AL POTERE DI PROROGA AFFIDATO AL PRESIDENTE DEL CONSIGLIO

    Qui

    Monday, February 28, 2011

    IN REGULATORS WE TRUST: THE SUPREME COURT’S NEW APPROACH TO IMPLIED ANTITRUST IMMUNITY

    R.Brunell, here.

    Greece's Competition Commission fines crisis cartel in the fish farming sector

    Here. See also Greece's contribution on the topic of crisis cartels to the OECD 10th GFC

    Au sujet du pré-rapport parlementaire sur la neutralité du Net

    La Quadrature du Net, ici

    OECD 10th Global Forum on Competition


    Forum documents.
    In particular:
    Session I Cross-border Merger Control: Challenges for Developing and Emerging Economies
    Session III Crisis Cartels

    UNDERSTANDING THE RAND COMMITMENT

    D.Lichtman, here.

    Materialien zum deutschen und europäischen Wettbewerbsrecht

    F.Säcker, hier

    WHY (EVER) DEFINE MARKETS?

    K.Kaplow, here ("The thesis of this Article is that the market definition process should be abandoned").

    Liberation by software

    E.Moglen, here (guardian.co.uk).

    World Blind Union suspends participation in WIPO & EU Stakeholder discussions, pending agreement at WIPO on legal framework

    KEI, here

    Digitale Langzeitarchivierung als Thema für den 3. Korb zum Urheberrechtsgesetz

    Nestor, hier

    Address to the Blue Sky Conference on future directions in Copyright law

    R.McClelland, here.

    WIPO pushes for greater access to books for the vision impaired

    A.Reid, here.

    Thursday, February 24, 2011

    Monday, February 21, 2011

    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

    Thursday, February 03, 2011

    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.

    Friday, January 28, 2011

    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.

    Monday, January 10, 2011

    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.

    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

    Wednesday, December 01, 2010