The Economist on Software Patents

Difference Engine: Programmed nonsense, here. 

EXCESSIVE PRICES

OECD Secretariat, Background Paper, here. 

The economics of compliance

M. Bennett, presentation.

Getting personal: Managers' liability for competition law breaches: a UK perspective

L. Guttuso, presentation. 

WIPO STUDY ON PATENTS AND THE PUBLIC DOMAIN

WIPO Secretariat, here. 

PROCEDURAL FAIRNESS: TRANSPARENCY ISSUES IN CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS

OECD, here. 

WIPO STUDY ON THE INTERFACE BETWEEN EXHAUSTION OF INTELLECTUAL RIGHTS AND COMPETITION LAW

WIPO Secreteriat, here. 

Opération de concentration entre coopératives agricoles autorisée sous réserve d'engagements

Communiqué, ici. 

Energy markets: Commission welcomes adoption of new rules on wholesale electricity and gas trading

Press Release. 

Competition Enforcement Capacity Building and Competition Advocacy

J. Fingleton, here. 

UNITAID 3rd Consultative Forum; Nineteen IP recommendations

KEI, here. 

Canada: New Merger Enforcement Guidelines

Here. 

Europe 1 – Premier League 0

B. Hugenholtz, here. 

Benzinpreise – Marktmacht, Preissetzung und Konsequenzen

Arbeitskreis Kartellrecht, Bundeskartellamt, Thesenpapier und drei Vorträge. 

FTC Requires Sale of Generic Cancer Pain Drug and Muscle Relaxant as Conditions of Teva’s $6.8 Billion Acquisition of Cephalon

Decision and Order, News Release. 

Russia investigates possible antitrust abuses by TNK-BP, Bashneft

Platts.com, here.

Digital Monopolies A Bigger Threat Than Piracy, Says Miramax CEO

torrentfreak.com, here.

Opinion on the compatibility of ACTA with the European Convention on Human Rights & the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

D. Korff, I.Brown, here.

ICN Blog: Update on Brazil

Here.

LG Stuttgart entscheidet in Rechtsstreit zur Reichweite des § 52 a UrhGv

Institut für Urheber- und Medienrecht, hier.

PEER Behavioural Research: Authors and Users vis-à-vis Journals and Repositories

J. Fry, S. Probets, C. Creaser, H. Greenwood, V. Spezi, S. White, here. 

Kartellrechtsforum Frankfurt – Entwurf eines Leitfadens zur Marktbeherrschung in der Fusionskontrolle

J. Zöttl (Kartellblog), hier. 

Ownership Unbundling of Gas Transmission Networks – Empirical Evidence

C. Growitsch, M. Stronzik, here. 

“In order to fight copyright infringements, ISPs may be asked to render specific websites inaccessible to their subscribers”

P. Laurent, here.

WIPO Assemblies on access to copyrighted works by persons with print disabilities

From the WIPO Press Release

Belgisches Berufungsgericht entscheidet: Zugangssperre zu The Pirate Bay

Institut für Urheber- und Medienrecht, hier.

Premier bilan de l’Hadopi: attendre encore, réformer l’outil ou le mettre à la “poubelle”?

A. Strowel, ici.

US Supreme Court declines to hear second-hand software case

Techdirt, here.

HathiTrust and the Litigation Path

K.Crews, here.

Assicurazioni: multe per oltre 13 milioni a tre imprese e a un’agenzia plurimandataria per intesa restrittiva della concorrenza

I731, qui.

Administrability and business certainty in abuse of dominance enforcement: an economist’s review of the South African record

S. Roberts, here. 

Competition legislation and policy – is it necessary in a developing economy?

L. du Plessis, J. Lurie and A. van Buuren, here.

Heal the World-Competition law and public interest issues

L. Morphet, A. Konstant, here. 

AIME v. Regents of the University of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, No. CV 10-9378 CBM (MANx), here.

How to deal with Chinese State-owned Enterprises under the EU Merger Regulation?

F. Depoortere, here. 

On licences for the broadcasting of football matches granting territorial exclusivity in the EU

Cases C-403/08 and C-429/08, Football Association Premier League and Others v QC Leisure and Others; Karen Murphy v Media Protection Services Ltd, Judgment and Press Release. 

The Antitrust Economics of Free

D. Evans, here. 

Should Regulators Treat Google Like Standard & Poor's?

M. Patterson in Forbes, here. 

Golan v. Holder: A Look at the Constraints Imposed by the Berne Convention

D. Gervais, here. 

Retrograde Antitrust Analysis is No Fit for Google

J.Wright, here.

Competition Policy and the Patent System

Chap. 4, Innovation and Competition Policy: Cases and Materials, H. Hovenkamp, here.

Harm to Competition or Innovation; Remedies

Chap. 3, Innovation and Competition Policy: Cases and Materials, H. Hovenkamp, here. 

Competition Policy and the Scope of Intellectual Property Protection

Chap.1, Innovation and Competition Policy: Cases and Materials, H. Hovenkamp, here. 

Putin Pledges to Follow Gazprom Antitrust Inquiry

NYT, here. 

Video on Workshop on China's Anti-Monopoly Law and Enforcement

2011 Spring Meeting American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law, here.

In praise of chaos - Governments’ attempts to control the internet should be resisted

The Economist, here. 

Ouverture à la concurrence des transports ferroviaires

Autorité de la Concurrence,
Avis n° 11-A-15 du 29 septembre 2011 sur un projet de décret relatif aux gares de voyageurs et autres infrastructures de services du réseau ferroviaire
Avis n° 11-A-16 du 29 septembre 2011 relatif au projet de séparation des comptes de l’activité gares de voyageurs au sein de la SNCF

Will Two Roads Still Diverge? Private Enforcement of Antitrust Law is Getting Harder in the United States. But Europe May be Making it Easier

A. Foer, E. Schultz, here. 

STUDY ON THE ANTI-COMPETITIVE ENFORCEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS: SHAM LITIGATION

IPEA, here.

Empowering and Protecting Consumers Consultation: OFT Response

Here. 

ACTA: Meeting U.S. Objectives

The Office of the United States Trade Representative, here

Google’s Eric Schmidt expounds on his Senate testimony

Washingtonpost.com, here

Verlegerverbände begrüßen Amazons Tablet als Gegenpol zu Apples iPad

Heise.de, hier.

Firm's damages from antitrust & abuse of dominant position investigations

P. Fotis, here.

Services of General Economic Interest reform: Presenting the draft legislation

J. Almunia, here.

Samsung Gives Apple Proposal to Resolve Australia Patent Dispute

Businessweek.com, here.

OFT consults on amendment to commitments offered in motor insurance case

Here.

EU COMPETITION LAW - ENFORCEMENT ELEMENTS FOR A DISCUSSION ON EFFECTIVENESS AND UNIFORMITY

L. Ortiz Blanco, A. Lamadrid de Pablo, here.

Goldman: Microsoft Is Getting $444 Million Annually From Android Patent Licenses

Businessinsider.com, here.

Italian Software Maker Contests Microsoft's Purchase of Skype

NYT, here.

Abuse of Collective Dominance Under the Competition Law of the Russian Federation

S. Avdasheva, N. Goreyko, R. Pittman, here. 

Amazon enters the tablet battle: It’s all about the shopping

M. Langeveld (NiemanLab), here. 

Public-Knowledge-Projektgründer plädiert für "Kultur des Teilens"

Heise.de, hier. 

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 faces further delays in Australia

itnews.com.au, here. 

Draft Opinion of the EP Committee on Culture and Education on the orphan works directive

S. Verheyen, Rapporteur, here.

Die Schweiz bekommt (vielleicht) ein schärferes Kartellrecht

Kartellblog, hier. 

Will the final whistle be blown on the exploitation of territorially exclusive sports media rights?

J. Walkey, P. O'Dowd, R. Eccles, here.

To beat Apple, Amazon's trying to be Apple

news.cnet.com, here.

Australian Optus ("cloud storage") dispute with AFL, NRL and Telstra scheduled for December

Here.

On patent infringement by farmers planting the progeny of genetically altered seeds covered by U.S. patents

MONSANTO COMPANY AND MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC v. VERNON HUGH BOWMAN, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2010-1068, here. 

University of Michigan continues with its orphan works digitizing project

Teleread.com, here. 

FCC Net Neutrality Rules Published

Preserving the Open Internet; Final Rule, here. 

WIPO General Assembly: Live Webcast

Here, also for the archived videos. 

Apple: Samsung’s $100 Million 3G Request

blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime, here. 

Quick Guide to Collective Management of Text and Image based works

IFRRO, here. 

Apple has been denied the multi-touch trademark by Patent Office

9to5mac.com, here. 

Network Neutrality: The Global Dimension

P. Larouche, here. 

Cloud Computing in the EU Policy Sphere

J. Sluijs, P. Larouche, W. Sauter, here. 

US Seventh Circuit court of appeals on FTAIA’s limits on the Sherman Act’s reach

MINN-CHEM, INCORPORATED, et al., v. AGRIUM INCORPORATED, et al., No. 10-1712, here. 

With its Standout tag, Google News is giving publishers a new incentive to credit the competition

NiemanLab.org, here. 

Search Engines Searching for Trouble? Comparing Search Engine Operator Responsibility for Competitive Keyword Advertising Under EU and US Trademark Law

S.Kulk, here. 

Competition Issues in the Air Transport Sector

OECD, Secretariat's Background Note, here. 

POTENTIAL PRO-COMPETITIVE AND ANTICOMPETITIVE ASPECTS OF TRADE/BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS

OECD, Secretariat's Background Note, here. 

EU Commission opens investigation in e-payment market

Press release here. 

Australian Court decision on Google clarifies misleading advertisements

ACCC's press release here, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Trading Post Australia Pty Ltd[2011] FCA 1086 here. 

LaMiaImpresaOnLine – Assoprovider segnala all’Antitrust

Qui.

Chinese Brands: Does Privatisation Matter?

IP Finance, here. 

CALIFORNIA REAL ESTATE INVESTOR PLEADS GUILTY TO BID RIGGING AT PUBLIC FORECLOSURE AUCTIONS

US DoJ, here. 

REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS TO THE WIPO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Here.

Is Android really free software?

R.Stallman, here. 

Datenschützer kritisieren Facebook-Neuerungen

Computerbase.de, here. 

ECJ on AdWords

Case C‑323/09, Interflora Inc. v Marks & Spencer plc, here.

Competition Issues in Trade Associations

US Federal Trade Commission and the US Department of Justice, here, Spain's Comisión Nacional de la Competencia, here; OECD (Background Note), here.

A Keynote Speech at the Second BRICS International Competition Conference

Z. Bohua, here

French Court Orders French Competition Authority to Disclose Antitrust Investigation Documents

McDermott, here. 

Gartner Says Apple Will Have a Free Run in Tablet Market Holiday Season as Competitors Continue to Lag

Gartner, here. 

Opening up Europe: from Common Standards to Open Data

N.Kroes, here. 

Public enforcement and private damages actions in antitrust

J. Almunia, here

European MoU on Key Principles on the Digitisation and Making Available of Out-of-Commerce Works

J.Axhamn, here.

El software de segunda mano irrumpe como negocio en España

CincoDias.com, aquì.