Big data: The next frontier for innovation, competition, and productivity

McKinsey Global Institute, here. 

Buyer Power and Merger Policy

B.Kirkwood, here. 

Are Closed Systems an Antitrust Problem?

H. Kaiser, here. 

ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF COPYRIGHT: The Empirical Evidence So Far

C.Handke, here. 

Canadian Legal Information Institute seeks to defend legal research as “fair dealing”

Here. 

Draft: Internet Governance Principles

Council of Europe, here. 

Positionspapier des Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverbandes zur Reform des Urheberrechts

Hier.

Méthode de détermination des sanctions pécuniaires

Autorité de la concurrence, Communiqué du 16 mai 2011, ici.

Traghetti Sardegna: avviata istruttoria per verificare una possibile intesa tra i principali operatori

Qui il provvedimento.

Commission confirms unannounced inspections in the container liner shipping sector

Here. From the montrealgazette.com

Competition problems in the audit market: OFT announces next steps

Here.

The General Court upholds the fine of EUR 59 million imposed on Elf Aquitaine and Arkema France for their participation in a cartel on the sodium chlorate market

Press release, Judgment (in French)

MLibrary Launches Project to Identify Orphan Works

Press release, here.

European Parliament in Action!

New website dedicated to the work of the European Parliament, here.

Hargreaves Report calls for overhaul of UK copyright law

The Guardian, here.

REMARKS AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY BY ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL CHRISTINE VARNEY REGARDING NASDAQ OMX GROUP INC. AND INTERCONTINENTALEXCHANGE INC. ABANDONING THEIR BID FOR NYSE EURONEXT

Here.

House bill would let U.S. sue OPEC for price fixing

Thomson Reuters, here. 

ENTRY DECISIONS AFTER DEREGULATION: THE ROLE OF INCUMBENTS' MARKET POWER

L.Ciari, R. De Bonis, here.

Consumer Privacy and Protection in the Mobile Marketplace

Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Insurance Subcommittee hearing,
May 19 2011, here. 

Enseignement en ligne et droit d’auteur : empilement et quelques ouvertures

Paralipomènes, ici. 

WIPO patent committee discusses Exception and Limitations to Patent Rights

KEI, here. 

3rd Annual Conference on Innovation and Communications Law

Conference, May 29-31.2011, Melbourne Business School, Program here.

LIBRARY COPYRIGHT ALLIANCE STATEMENT ON COPYRIGHT REFORM

Library Copyright Alliance, here.

Ratiopharm/Pfizer commitments published

A431 - RATIOPHARM/PFIZER, here (in Italian)

Lithuania: Amendment to Law on Competition Introduces Restriction of Professional Activities for Head of Undertaking infringing Antitrust Rules

ECN Brief, here. 

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.

Achats et ventes de droits de livres numériques: panorama de pratiques internationales

Bureau international de l’édition française, ici.

EU Commission market tests Standard & Poor's commitments on international securities identification numbers

Press release, here. 

Competition Policy Issues in Financial Markets

J.Almunia, here. 

CONFIDENTIALITY OF COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN CLIENTS AND THEIR PATENT ADVISORS

WIPO Secretariat, here. 

ICN Curriculum Project: the first four modules

Here.

A nightmare copyright scenario for higher education

K.Smith, here. 

Copyright Protection and the Right to Read of Visually Impaired Persons

Conference, Trento University, Wed May 25, 2.30pm. Program in pdf here (in Italian), audio file of the program here, video streaming here (conference language: Italian)

Books for the blind in the EU Parliament: Win!

C. Engström, here.

Some Observations on Oracle v. Google

M. Webbink, here.

Why Are Magazine App Subscriptions Priced So Weird?

Techland, here.

India finalises combination regulations

Here. 

iFlow calls Apple's in-app purchase rule 'an eviction notice' for e-bookseller

Futurebook.net, here.

Rethinking Music

Compiled and Presented By The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, here.

Barnett v. Barnett on Antitrust

J.Wright, here. 

Google's filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission and DOJ investigation

From the filing:

Publishers must change "radically' in digital age - Johnson

The Bookseller, here.

Three French publishers file new lawsuit against Google

The Bookseller, here. 

Enforcing Competition with Multiple Agencies and Private Enforcers

D. Crane, 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

Why buy Skype?

The Economist, here. 

Google: Our music service is legal

CNet, here. 

Just Google it! - The Google Book Search Settlement: A Law and Economics Analysis

F.Müller-Langer, M.Scheufen, here. 

Towards a New Instrument of Protection for Software in the EU? Learning the Lessons from the Harmonization Failure of Software Patentability

R.Hilty, C.Geiger, here. 

Civil rights groups alarmed at Copiepresse ruling against Google

Cio.de, here. 

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.