Belgique : vers une loi Hadopi... ou une licence globale ?

PCInpact, ici

Google on Protecting Mobile Privacy

A. Davidson, Testimony before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, here.Other testimonies here. 

Antitrust Issues Associated with the Sale of e-Books and Other Digital Content

A.Stoeppelwerth, here. 

An Economic Argument for Electronic Privacy

J.Spratt, here. 

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. 

In a World Without Tracking & Cookies, Can Online Commerce Succeed?

Mashable, here. 

Reader Privacy Act Unanimously Approved by Californian Senate

Here.

Reasons Against Californian "Do Not Track" Proposal: Google, Facebook et al.

Letter to Senator Lowenthal, here. 

Audiovisuelles Erbe im Internet sichtbar machen

Netzwerk Mediatheken, hier. 

Changes to the rules on using cookies and similar technologies for storing information

UK Information Commissioner's Office, here. 

COMPETITIVE NEUTRALITY AND STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES: Challenges and policy options

A.Capobianco, H.Christiansen, here. 

Legal changes give Romanian Competition Council teeth

Here

FTC v. DOJ: In this antitrust slugfest, consumers always lose

S.Pearlstein, here. 

Ireland moving towards a US-style “fair use” doctrine?

siliconrepublic.com, here. 

Considerations on the EU competition enforcement system

C. MADERO VILLAREJO, here

Arrêt Google c. Copiepresse

Cour d'appel de Bruxelles, 9ème chambre, 5 mai 2011, ici. 

Trading’s End: Is ACTA The Leading Edge Of A Protectionist Wave?

F.Abbott, here. 

WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL’S REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

Here.

SCOPING STUDY ON COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS AND THE PUBLIC DOMAIN

S.Dusollier, here. 

TRIPS Amendments Needed To Restore Balance In IP, Researchers Say

C.Saez, here. 

Copyright, Consumers and Fairness: IP Watchlist 2011

Consumers International, here.

Google loses Copiepresse appeal

ACC, here. 

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.

Memorandum of Understanding on the sale of Counterfeit Goods over the Internet

Here.

The Competition and Consumer Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2011 (Exposure Draft): A Problematic Attempt to Prohibit Information Disclosure

B.Fisse, C. Beaton-Wells, here. 

Monopolies in Mexico: Compete—or else

The Economist, here. 

FTC v DOJ

H.Morse, here.

India’s New Privacy Regulations

M. Wugmeister, C. Rich, here

And the private copy war continues: news from the Dutch front!

L.Guibault, here. 

Facebook, Google und Yahoo gegen Browser-Datenschutzfunktion

Heise Online, hier

UK LOCAL BUS MARKET INVESTIGATION

Competition Commission, Provisional findings and Notice of possible remedies

Google courts professors about antitrust

Politico, here. 

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.

“Paquet Télécom” : Simulacre de consultation et déni de démocratie

Quadrature du Net, ici. 

Evaluating Leniency and Modeling Cartel Durations: Time-Varying Policy Impacts and Sample Selection

J.Zhou, here.

Websites should notify EU users about privacy breaches, says justice commissioner

OUT-LAW, here. 

Christine Varney poses a few questions to NCAA

Here.

JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE WITH GREG MEDCRAFT APPOINTED ACCC CHAIRMAN AND ROD SIMS NOMINATED ACCC CHAIRMAN

Trascript, here.

FTC's testimony on data security

Here.

User Perceptions of Do Not Track

A.McDonald, here.

Big Drugmakers Merge as EU Launches Probe

S.Diehn, here.

No Damages For Bogus DMCA Notices If Service Provider Doesn't Take Down The Content

Techdirt, here

CPTN: GPL-Lizenzierung als Voraussetzung für kartellrechtliche Freigabe

T.Jaeger, hier.

Google adds Flash cookie protection to Chrome

www.h-online.com, here.

Datenlecks bei Sony und Co: Verstöße gegen Datensicherheit und Datenschutz müssen weh tun!

Digitale Gesellschaft, hier. 

Readers' Copyright

J.Litman, here. 

Leistungsschutzrecht für Presseverleger? Ein katholischer Priester/Blogger möglicherweise dagegen

Catholic News service, hier.
Aus dem Bericht:

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

Working together to ensure Europe plays key role in Internet of the Future

N.Kroes, here.
From the speech:

Trying To Limit Net Access, Dutch Telcos Accidentally Force Government To Speak Out On Net Neutrality

Techdirt.com, here. 

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.

La lucha contra los cárteles en España se americaniza

Expansión.com, aquí

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)

Flash Cookie Lawsuit Against Specific Media Dismissed

Mediapost, here. 

Plans for Data Retention and Privacy Laws in Egypt

iapp, here

AT&T Broadband Caps Begin

PCWorld, here. 

Copyright Enforcement in the Cloud

M.Melzer, here. 

FSFE on collective redress

Contribution to the EC public consultation, here. 

SENADO MEXICANO APROBÓ REFORMAS A LA LEY FEDERAL DE COMPETENCIA ECONÓMICA

Comunicado de la COMISIÓN FEDERAL DE COMPETENCIA, Dictamen Gaceta del Senado. 

Oakland County women sue Google over Android's tracking software

Here. 

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. 

EU Commission probes Credit Default Swaps market

Here.

BEST PRACTICES ON COOPERATION BETWEEN EU NATIONAL COMPETITION AUTHORITIES IN MERGER REVIEW

Draft, here. 

Das Recht auf Vernetzung

S. Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, hier (FAZ.NET).

EU Commission responding to ACTA's criticism from academia

Here

Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag zum Leistungsschutzrecht für Presseverleger: Wir machen uns den Vorschlag der Verleger nicht zu eigen

Interview mit Stephan Wermicke, hier. 

EU Commission opens investigation on Cephalon/Teva patent settlement agreement

Here. 

Bundeskartellamt gibt Gemeinschaftsunternehmen CPTN für den Kauf von Novell-Patenten frei

Hier. Gleichzeitig DoJ, hier. S. auch FSFE Pressemitteilung. 

Live Aid? Assessing the Ability of the Ticketmaster-Live Nation Consent Decree to Restore Competition Levels in the Primary Ticketing Market

A.Silvenis, here. 

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.

Patent Litigation, Personal Jurisdiction, and the Public Good

M. La Belle, here. 

Article 29 Working Party on the legal framework applicable to smart metering

Here. 

Law and Economics versus Economic Analysis of Law

G.Miller, here. 

Neutralité du Net: La Commission européenne lâche utilisateurs et innovateurs

La Quadrature du Net, ici. A lire aussi ETNO's press release. 

EU Net Neutrality Communication

Here and Neelie Kroes' speech here. 

Antitrust Class Actions in Canada

C.Naudie, here. 

European Union proposal: 3 to 5 year delay in negotiations on a copyright treaty for blind persons

KEI, here. 

Implementing the revised EU Electronic Communications Framework

UK Government, here. 

Search Engine Competition with Network Externalities

C.Argenton and J.Prüfer, here. 

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".

WHY THE GOOGLE BOOK SETTLEMENT FAILED – AND WHAT COMES NEXT?

P.Samuelson, here. 

The Future of Software Patents

J.Bessen, here. 

The New Hungarian Rules on Damages Caused by Horizontal Hardcore Cartels: Presumed Price Increase and Limited Protection for Whistleblowers – An Analytical Introduction

C.Nagy, here.

Code Is Law, Does Anyone Get It Yet?

L.Lessig, here.

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection

Here.

European Self-regulation for Online Behavioural Advertising

IAB Europe, here. Read also Which?' analysis.

AAI SEES MORE UNCERTAINTY AFTER DOJ IMPOSES CONSENT DECREE IN GOOGLE/ITA

Here. 

Cartels: the priority in competition enforcement

J.Almunia, here. More about IKK-2011 in a coming post.

The Failure of Online Social Network Privacy Settings

M. Madejski, M.Johnson, S. Bellovin, here.

Request to the DOJ for Investigation of the Bowl Championship Series

Here.

Rapport d'information sur la neutralité de l’ internet et des réseaux

L. De la Raudière, ici. 

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.

Expediente sancionador contra el Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen Valdepeñas

Aquì.

The Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011

Here. 

Google Book Search in the Gridlock Economy

D.Lichtman, here

Deutsche Content Allianz ins Leben gerufen

Aus der ARD Pressemeldung:

Google/ITA might have come out differently at the FTC?

Spontaneous question raised reading this front page story on WSJ.

The Librarian of Congress on Judge Chin's opinion

Here.