Tuesday, October 18, 2011

A United States Perspective on Cartel Enforcement

S. Hammond, here (thanks to Kartellblog). 

THE EX-POST EVALUATION OF TWO MERGER DECISIONS


L.Aguzzoni, E. Argentesi, P. Buccirossi, L. Ciari, T. Duso, M. Tognoni, C. Vitale, here.

Finland: Copyright Management Organization abused its Dominant Position

ECN Brief 04/2011, here

EU addresses orphan works and 'out-of-commerce' books and journals

C. Scollo Lavizzari, A. Myburgh, here

On the interpretation of ‘human embryo’ as of Directive 98/44/EC on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions

Court of Justice of the European Union, Judgment in Case C-34/10
Oliver Brüstle v Greenpeace e.V., Press Release and Judgment

Report on online gambling in the Internal Market

European Parliament, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Rapporteur: Jürgen Creutzmann, here

Bundeskartellamt verhängt Millionengeldbußen gegen Hersteller von Instant-Cappuccino

Pressemeldung, hier

On the resale of MP3s and other digital download music and video files: ReDigi

the1709blog.blogspot.com, here

Liberalizar los colegios profesionales para crear más competencia en la economía

Expansion.com, aquì.

An Antitrust Framework for Climate Change

M. Carrier, here.

Regional Agreements of Developing Jurisdictions: Unleashing the Potential

M. Gal, I. Faibish, here

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Amicus Brief: AAI Opposes Restrictions on Foreign Reach of Sherman Act (Minn-Chem v. Agrium)

Europa-Abgeordnete drängen auf rasche Reform der Verwertungsgesellschaften

Heise.de, hier

Competition in professions - 10 years on. The Liberalisation of Professions and Consumer Empowerment

P. Collins, here.

Informe sobre las relaciones entre fabricantes y distribuidores en el sector alimentario

CNC, aquì.

ACCC appeals Google decision on misleading advertisements

News Release, here

Steve Jobs patent enables Apple to shut down any new Android product in Australia

fosspatents.blogspot.com, here

Ban on internet sales amounts to a restriction on competition by object, unless objectively justifiied

Court of Justice of the European Union, Case C-439/09, Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmétique SAS v Président de l'Autorité de la Concurrence, here

Apple wins Samsung tablet ban in Australian court

Reuters.com, here

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

That Didn't Take Long: Amazon Sued For Patent Infringement For New Kindle Fire Tablet

Techdirt.com, here.

Indagine conoscitiva sul settore dell’assicurazione di autoveicoli

A. Catricalà, qui

Deutscher Journalisten-Verband kritisiert Vorstoß aus CDU/CSU für ein »faires Urheberrecht«

Institut für Urheber- und Medienrecht, hier

Buchbranche fürchtet Einfluss der Piraten

Heise.de, hier. 

Six Provocations for Big Data

D.Boyd, K.Crawford, here

Independent rail regulators are key to competitive rail services

European Parliament, here

Dutch ruling sends intermediary liability back to the 90s

technollama.co.uk, here

Bookshare Passes 150,000 Student Members & 125,000 Titles

Teleread.com, here

Medicines Patent Pool Signs Deal With Indian Generics Producer

ip-watch.org, here

EU Commission imposes € 8.9 million fine in banana cartel

Press Release, here

Monday, October 10, 2011

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

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

Tuesday, October 04, 2011

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

Monday, October 03, 2011

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

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

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

Monday, September 26, 2011

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 hereAustralian 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

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.

Friday, September 16, 2011

HathiTrust Suspends Its Orphan Works Release

Publishersweekly.com, http://bit.ly/mWtoze.

Margin Squeeze - What Next?

P. Palmigiano, video and presentation.

National Library of the Netherlands makes contract with Google public following Dutch Access to public sector information Act (WOB) request

http://bit.ly/phWD6i

Google and IBM do it again: Google Acquires over 1,000 Patents from IBM in August

SEO by the Sea http://bit.ly/niVXM5. 

The Interaction of Leniency Programmes and Actions for Damages

C. Cauffman, http://bit.ly/pR6ZSR (p. 181).

Judge Sets Schedule in Case Over Google’s Digital Library

NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/o1ZKI5

Universal / Deezer : le droit de la concurrence au dessus du droit d’auteur

Tribunal de grande instance de Paris, Ordonnance de référé 05 septembre 2011, ici (Legalis.net).

Wednesday, September 07, 2011

Test de marché des engagements proposés par Carrefour par rapport au contrat de franchise Carrefour Market

Optimal Cartel Deterrence: An Empirical Comparison of Sanctions to Overcharges

R. Lande, J. Connor, here

How Should Europe (and the World) Respond to Piracy ?

Interview with Francis Gurry, here.

The Washington Declaration on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest

Here

Russian Dominance Rules

Clifford Chance, Client Briefing, here

Cross-border extended collective licensing: a solution to online dissemination of Europe’s cultural heritage?

J. Axhamn , L. Guibault, here

Sprint's Complaint challeging AT&T / T-Mobile merger

Here

Les Archives de l'Internet

Bibliothèque nationale de France, ici

Self-Regulated Professions — Post-Study Assessment

Competition Bureau of Canada, here

UK IPO office consulting on the proposed international instrument on limitations and exceptions for persons with print disabilities

TERM EXTENSION FOR RELATED RIGHTS IN SOUND RECORDING

J. Hendrik, P. Otto, here.

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

Friday, June 10, 2011

Britannica launches a new web-based ebook service

Teleread.com, here

Global Cooperation in Competition Enforcement: Views from Australia and Brazil

M. Bezzi (ACCC), here; A. Melo Netto (Secretariat of Economic Law, Ministry of Justice, Brazil), here

TRASPORTO MARITTIMO: ANTITRUST AVVIA ISTRUTTORIA NEI CONFRONTI DELL’ACQUISIZIONE DI TOREMAR DA PARTE DI MOBY

Canadian Universities pressing for pay-per-use licences upon request

Letter to the Copyright Board Requesting Amendment to Interim Tariff, here

Justice Breyer on confining the "clear and convincing" standard in patent invalidity cases to factual disputes


Concurring Opinion, MICROSOFT CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. i4i LIMITED PARTNERSHIP et al. U.S. Supreme Court. Case No. 10-290. Argued April 18, 2011 — Decided June 9, 2011, here.

Apple’s ‘Buy Your Way Out of Piracy’ Offer

J. Gans, here

Why Propping Up Old Business Models Is Bad For The Economy And Bad For Innovation

Techdirt, here.

Apple makes its subscription rules more friendly to news organizations; but were they really the target?

Niemanlab.org, here

Arguments in GSU E-Reserves Trial Conclude; Judge Deals Publishers a Quick Loss on One Count

Publishersweekly.com, here

Tuesday, June 07, 2011

IP as a Barrier to Entry – A Survey of Economic and Legal Literature

CLIP, here, to be discussed at WIPO Symposium on Intellectual Property and Competition Policy (Geneva, June 14, 2011), Program

Copyright for the Single Market – good for artists, good for consumers, good for the economy

N. Kroes, here.

Apple's iCloud: Cloudy with a chance of music

The Economist, here

The Follower Phenomenon: Implications for the Design of Monopolization Rules in a Global Economy

A. Padilla, M. Gal, here

South Africa’s Pioneer Settlement: an innovative way to remedy competition law violations in developing countries?

L. Mncube, A. Ngwenya, here

Antitrust Legislation in Russia: Recent Trends, Achievements and Threats

S. Avdasheva, A. Shastitko, here

From Hardback to Software: How the Publishing Industry is Coping with Convergence

L. Sozio, here.

Der Wandel des Buchhandels durch Digitalisierung und Internet

J. Schrape, hier.

Bibliothèques publiques et open data : quels enjeux ?

Bibliobsession, ici

Some legal ponderings on Apple WWDC Keynote

J. Grimmelmann, here. See here for some app developers' reactions.

Monday, June 06, 2011

“Consumer choice” is where we are all going - so let’s go together

N. Averitt, R.  Lande and P. Nihoul, here

Microsoft’s Plans for Skype Are Unclear

NYT, here

PORTRAIT DES MUSICIENS À L’HEURE DU NUMÉRIQUE


M. BACACHE-BEAUVALLET, M. BOURREAU
ET F. MOREAU, ici.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership - A Model for Twenty-First-Century Trade Agreements?

C. Barfield, here

Evaluating the impact of the OFT’s 2001 abuse of dominance case against Napp Pharmaceuticals

OFT, here

Lab Hadopi: Séance de travail « Livre numérique »

Compte-rendu ici

YouTube et les Creative Commons : ce qui change vraiment

S.I.Lex, ici

Do Not Track, Smartphone Privacy and Privacy-by-Design

D. Mulligan and N. Doty, here

Enveloping the world: risks and opportunities in the development of increasingly smart technologies

L.Floridi, here

Difusión en acceso abierto en España

Artículo 37, Ley 14/2011, de 1 de junio, de la Ciencia, la Tecnología y la Innovación, aquì

New Zealand Commerce Commission: Enforcement Criteria in Competition Policy