Press release, Judgment (in French)
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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.
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.
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.
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Ofcom.org.uk, here .
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G. Soros, here.
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Los Angeles Times, 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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EnGadget, here . Qualcomm's Answer and Counterclaims here .
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T. McSweeny, here.
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Deutscher Bundestag, hier . S. auch Entschließungsantrag der Grünen, hier .
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The Borders of Economic Freedom, video here (from 33:00). Some personal highlights:
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OECD Digital Economy Papers, here .