Monday, July 04, 2011

Mario Monti on GE, Honeywell, Microsoft, and the Pressures Of Antitrust Enforcement

Corporate Crime Reporter, here.

L'Autorité de la concurrence lance une enquête dans le secteur de la réparation et de l'entretien des véhicules

Ici.
Annotations personnelles:

Informe sobre el Anteproyecto de Ley de Contratos de Distribución

Comisión Nacional de la Competencia, aquí.

Notas personales:

Standard für kartellrechtskonforme Gestaltung von Marktinformationssystemen im Bereich der Beschaffung von Rohmilch

Bundeskartellamt, Fallbericht, Aktenzeichen: B2 - 118/10, hier

Eigene Notizen:

Disqualification Orders for Directors Involved in Cartels

A. Stephan, here.
Some personal notes:

ECJ on public lending and the amount of remuneration

Vereniging van Educatieve en Wetenschappelijke Auteurs (VEWA) v Belgische Staat, Case C‑271/10, 30 June 2011, here

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

FCC: On the state of competition in the mobile wireless ecosystem

Here, from Scribd

SCCR 22: Conclusions

Here. On Limitations and Exceptions, Persons with print and other reading disabilities:
"(....)
4. Following further discussion, the Committee asked the Chair to prepare a Chair’s text for an international instrument on limitations and exceptions for persons with print disabilities (document SCCR/22/16), which would constitute the basis for the future text-based work to be undertaken by the Committee in its 23rd session.
5. The Committee agreed to recommend to the WIPO General Assembly that Members of the Committee continue discussions regarding the Chair’s document SCCR/22/16 with the aim to agree and finalize a proposal on an international instrument on limitations and exceptions for persons with print disabilities in the 23rd session of the SCCR, in accordance with the timetable adopted at the 21st session of the SCCR.
6. The Committee encouraged the stakeholders to continue the work of the
Stakeholders’ Platform."

Optimierte Verantwortung/slosigkeit - Wer verantwortet eigentlich was in unserer „smarten Welt?“

T. Weichert, Hintergrundtext für die Sommerakademie des Unabhängigen Landeszentrums für Datenschutz Schleswig-Holstein, hier

Internet Search Competition: Where’s the Beef?

D. Balto, here

Monday, June 27, 2011

United States Response to Questionnaire Concerning Boundaries and Interfaces With Respect to Copyright and Related Rights

ALAI 2011 Dublin. By J. Besek, J. Ginsburg, L. Helman, P. Loengard, E. Subotnik and E. Bensoul, here. Read also the answers provided in relation to the situation in the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, and Finland

E-Book DRM – It’s all about lock-in

Teleread, here

The 'Best Practices for Expert Economic Opinions' by the Bundeskartellamt in international Context

A. Christiansen, hier.

Federal appellate court on the "hot news" doctrine

BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC. et al. v THEFLYONTHEWALL.COM, INC., Docket No. 10-1372-cv, here

Relationship between Public and Private Enforcement: Quod Dei Deo, Quod Caesaris Caesari

A. Komninos, here

Rechtsstreit um Veränderbarkeit von GPL-Software in der FritzBox

A. Metzger, hier

OFT: Competition compliance - Understanding competition law

Film, here

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Making Coasean Property More Coasean

T. Merrill, H. Smith, here

Overcoming Copyright Obstacles in a Post-Google Book Settlement World

P. Samuelson, here

Sound recordings and copyright: The sound of silence

The Economist, here

AGCM: Relazione sull'attività svolta nel 2010

Intellectual Property Strategies

K. Zerby, The Procter Gamble Company, paper here, presentation here

Potential Threats to Patent Rights in Green Technologies

D. Pearson, here

Copyright as a Tool for Protecting Technology

S. Milbrath, here

“Copying” and “Piracy” in the Digital Age

D. Karjala, here

Intellectual Property and Legal Issues Surrounding Cloud Computing

P. Kang, here

What is Cloud Computing? An Overview

J. Clessuras and D. Wang, here

Providing an Incidental Copies Exemption for Service Providers and End-Users

D. Chen, M. Durkee, J. Friend, and J. Urban, here

Monday, June 20, 2011

FTC WORKSHOP ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN STANDARD SETTING: TOOLS TO PREVENT PATENT HOLD-UP

June 21, 2011, Agenda, Archived Webcast here, Transcript here, Public Comments here

eBook : L'ouverture est possible pour la rémunération des auteurs

ActuaLitte.com, ici

Confronting the Future Strategic Visions for the 21st-Century Public Library

ALA, here.

Bundesrat für verbesserten Datenschutz in Social Networks

Gesetzentwurf zur Änderung des Telemediengesetzes, hier 

EU Draft Guidance Paper − Quantifying harm in actions for damages based on breaches of Article 101 or 102 of the Treaty

Here

British Library makes Google search deal on out-of-copyright works

Here

What Antitrust Law Can (and Cannot) Teach About the First Sale Doctrine

A. Katz, here

IP and Antitrust: Reformation and Harm

C. Bohannan, H. Hovenkamp, here

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

AAI on Patent Holdup Conduct in Connection with Standard Setting Activities

Here

Comparative Analysis of National Approaches of the Liability of the Internet Intermediaries

WIPO Study, prepared by D. Seng, here

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY OF INTERNET INTERMEDIARIES IN THE FIELD OF COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS

WIPO Study, prepared by L. Edwards, here

Is the iPad Ready To Replace the Printed Textbook?

Campus Technology, here

Irish hotel sues Google over Autocomplete suggestion

TNW, here

WIPO SCCR 22 live

On Twitter #SCCR22; live caption: http://www.streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=WIPO, pw: wipo4me

White House to Decide if Treaty for the Blind Moves Forward

J. Love, here

EBOOKS: Kindling for a New Era of Book Publishing

M. Levine, M. Seidenfeld, A. Klebanoff, and R. Eoin Nash, video

LIBRO BIANCO SU DIRITTI D’AUTORE E DIRITTI FONDAMENTALI NELLA RETE INTERNET

A cura di F. Sarzana e S. Ippolito, qui

Forecast iffy for music cloud services in Canada

M. Geist, here

Rapporto sull'Applicazione delle regole di Concorrenza nell'economia Trentina

M. Carpagnano, qui

The Commission’s Proposal for a Directive on Orphan Works

S. van Gompel, here

RESPONSE OF PLAINTIFF UNITED STATES TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED FINAL JUDGMENT IN RE CREDIT CARDS

Here

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Digital Book Distribution: The End of the First-Sale Doctrine?

J. Gratz, here

How to deal with resale price maintenance: What can we learn from empirical results?

J. Kretschmer, here

Post-Sale Restraints and Competitive Harm: The First Sale Doctrine in Perspective

H. Hovenkamp, here. 

CC's Response to the BIS Consultation

Video of Michel Barnier’s Keynote Speech at WCS “Collective management – A European perspective

Here

Search Engine Regulation: A Solution in Search of a Problem?

June 14, 2011, 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM (Geneva time: +6), Luncheon hosted by TechFreedom, web stream here.

Draft WIPO Treaty on Exceptions and Limitations for the Persons with Disabilities, Educational and Research Institutions, Libraries and Archives

African Group, here

Some countries' responses to Human Rights Council's Internet warning

Patent Fair Use 2.0

K. Strandburg, here

OFT's Response to the BIS consultation: A Competition Regime for Growth: a consultation on options for reform

Legislative Alternatives to the Google Book Settlement

P. Samuelson, here