Tuesday, November 06, 2012

E-books: Developments and Policy Considerations

OECD Digital Economy Papers, here

Supreme Court Copyright Case Could Change Nature of Ownership

Law.com, here

Scott Turow on Penguin Random House

Blog.authorsguild.org, here

Open-source design

Economist.com, here

Competition in Information Technologies: Standards-Essential Patents, Non-Practicing Entities and FRAND Bidding

H. Hovenkamp, here

Google sources think maps app might struggle for Apple approval

Guardian.co.uk, here

Overcoming barriers to competition in water

S. Brown, here.

Publishers Abroad Take On Google

Nytimes.com, here

Faulkner Estate in Mississippi Files Copyright Suit Over Quotes in Movie, Ad

Insurancejournal.com, here

Datenschutz und Datensicherheit in der Cloud

Cloud.irights.info, hier

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Randy Picker Examines Market Power and Advertising During AEI’s Discussion of Google and Antitrust

Techpolicy.com, here

Exclusionary Vertical Restraints and Antitrust: Experimental Law and Economics Contributions

C. Landeo, here

Random House and Penguin merge to take on Amazon, Apple

Reuters.com, here

Leistungsschutzrecht als Taschenspielertrick

Politik.eco.de, hier

§ 52a UrhG wird wohl verlängert, aber vermutlich nicht entfristet

Iuwis.de, hier

Privacy Takes Center Stage in Uruguay

EFF.org, here

US-Supreme Court: Richtungsweisende Entscheidung zum Secondhand-Handel erwartet

Urheberrecht.org, hier

Buyer Power and Suppliers' Incentives to Innovate

C. Koehler, C. Rammer, here.

Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley Oral Arguments

Transcript here. Audio file here

NYC regulators propose rules for taxi apps

Theverge.com, here

Zur Reform des europäischen Datenschutzrechts

S. Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, here

Substitutes & football: a primer in market definition

R. Trindade, R. Smith, here

Lex Google : Hollande préfère un petit accord entre amis...

Numerama.com, here

The Annual Privacy Forum 1st edition

Privacyforum.eu, Presentations here

Would "Privacy in the Age of Augmented Reality" work?

A. Acquisti, Presentation here

Good Things Come in Threes? DOJ, FTC and EC Officials Wax Eloquent About FRAND

Patentlyo.com, here

Saturday, October 20, 2012

Friday, October 19, 2012

EP Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs on the Proposed Data Protection Regulation

Here

Off-Topic: European Council on EU's Nobel Prize for Peace


"The European Council is grateful that the European Union was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. The Prize is an honour for all European citizens and for all EU Member States and institutions. The Nobel Committee rightly reminds how "the Union and its forerunners have for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in
Europe". At a time of uncertainty, this tribute to past achievements is a strong appeal to safeguard and strengthen Europe for the next generation. Aware that advancing this community of peaceful interests requires constant care and an unwavering will, the members of the European Council regard it as their personal responsibility  to ensure Europe remains a continent of progress and prosperity", here.

Proyecto de Ley de creación de la Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia

Congreso.es, aquì

Private Recoveries in International Cartel Cases Worldwide: What do the Data Show?

J. Connor, here

Unfair methods of competition under FTC § 5: Beyond the Sherman Act and an ex post model of enforcement

R. Peritz, here

Google News faces mass newspaper boycott in Brazil

PaidContent.org, here

Beyond the integration of Markets: The citizen at the heart of EU law

J. Almunia, here

Poland and Hungary Adapted PSI Directive Transpositions (Infringement procedures closed)

Epsiplatform.eu, here

Google se paie la presse

Owni.fr, ici.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Good practices for university open-access policies

Harvard Open Access Project, here

Privacy: FTC declines to join European criticism of Google

Washingtonpost.com, here

Behavioural problem, behavioural solution: the case of extended warranties

Oxera, here

Datenschutz: Deutschland auf Google-Facebook-Kuschelkurs

Spiegel.de, hier

Market Definition

OECD Competition Policy Roundtable, here

Unilateral Disclosure of Information with Anticompetitive Effects

OECD Competition Policy Roundtable, here

Senator wants to bring copyright law to the runway, but scholar argues fashion is like free software.

Arstechnica.com, here

The WIPO „Internet Treaties” and Copyright in the „Cloud”

M. Ficsor, here (Word file).

Licensing the Cloud

D. Gervais, here

Opinion of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights on the proposed data protection reform package

Opinion here

CJEU: Austrian Data Protection Authority not Independent

Case C-614/10, 16.10.2012, here

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Open data : l'Etat cherche à monétiser les données publiques

Lesechos.fr, ici

Patent Trolls Be Gone

R. Posner, here

Fair and Effective Competition Policy in the EU: Which Role for Authorities and Which Role for the Courts after Menarini

M. Bronckers, A. Vallery, here

E-Books and Libraries: An Economic Perspective


S. Besen, S. Nataraj Kirby, here.

Google antitrust suit may have similar impact to Microsoft case in the 1990s

Guardian.co.uk, here

CNIL : Google devra revoir son utilisation des données personnelles des internautes

Lemonde.fr, ici

Règles de confidentialité de Google: principales conclusions et recommandations

Groupe de l'Article 29, ici. A voir aussi la lettre adressée à Google, ici. En anglais ici

Unauthorized File Sharing: Is It Wrong?

Piracy.americanassembly.org, here

SBB und Apple schliessen Lizenzvereinbarung ab

Sbb.ch, hier

Congressman warns FTC: Leave Google alone

Arstechnica.com, here

Datenschutz: Peter Schaar sieht Nachholbedarf bei EU-Entwurf

Heise.de, hier

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Copyright, Interfaces, and a Possible Atlantic Divide

S. Vezzoso (this blog's author), here.
Abstract: "Recent copyright cases on both sides of the Atlantic focused on important interoperability issues. While the decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union in SAS Institute, Inc. v. World Programming Ltd. assessed data formats under the EU Software Directive, the ruling by the Northern District of California Court in Oracle America, Inc. v. Google Inc. dealt with application programming interfaces. The European decision is rightly celebrated as a further important step in the promotion of interoperability in the EU. This article argues that, despite appreciable signs of convergence across the Atlantic, the assessment of application programming interfaces under EU law could still turn out to be quite different, and arguably much less pro-interoperability, than under U.S. law."

HathiTrust: A Landmark Copyright Ruling

Publishersweekly.com, here

Monday, October 08, 2012

Privacy and Modern Advertising: Most US Internet Users Want “Do Not Track” to Stop Collection of Data About their Online Activities

C. Hoofnagle, J. Urban, S. Li, here

Google's privacy policy: EU data protection chiefs 'to act within days'

Guardian.co.uk, here

Privacy Regulation and Market Structure

J. Campbell, A. Goldfarb, C. Tucker, here

The Shadow of Steve Jobs in Apple’s Maps Push

Nytimes.com, here

Privacy by Design: A Counterfactual Analysis of Google and Facebook Privacy Incidents

I. Rubinstein, N. Good, here

A private celebration: Waves turns five!


DSRI-Vorträge u.a. zu aktuellen Datenschutzthemen

Legalmemory.blogspot.com, here

International Survey on Private Copying


Stichting de Thuiskopie, WIPO, here.

The Patent, Used as a Sword

Nytimes.com, here

Saturday, October 06, 2012

The New Google-AAP Settlement: Some Questions and Antitrust Speculations

A. Katz, here

A Google book deal is good for everyone — except maybe Amazon

Gigaom.com, here

What Does the Chicago School Teach About Internet Search and the Antitrust Treatment of Google?

R. Bork, J. Sidak, here

French Rules Governing Post Mortem Transmission of Droit de Suite Held Constitutional

The1709blog.blogspot.fr, here

The Memory of the World in the Digital Age: Digitization and Preservation

Vancouver Declaration (draft recommendations), here

Europeanization of EU member-state competition policy: The commission’s leadership role

P. Barros, J. Clougherty and J. Seldeslachts, here

FTC Seeks U.S. Supreme Court Review in AndroGel "Pay-for-Delay" Case

 Federal Trade Commission v. Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc, petition for certiorari, here

Monday, October 01, 2012

A Network of Competition Advocates

E. Perez Motta, here

Project empowers open data in public administration

Researchinformation.info, here

Programa de Clemencia

CNC, Video (0:47), aquí. Ver también Vídeo sobre el "programa de clemencia" elaborado por la Autoridad Holandesa de Defensa de la Competencia, con los subtítulos en español adaptando parte de su contenido a la regulación española, aquì.

WIPO: The Year in Review

F. Gurry, here

New small claims track for businesses with IP disputes

News.bis.gov.uk, here.

Search engine freedom: on the implications of the right to freedom of expression for the legal governance of Web search engines

J. Van Hoboken, here

Report of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights to the fiftieth session of the WIPO General Assembly

WIPO.int, here

Ansgar Ohly: Fast jeder Urheberrechtler lehnt das Leistungsschutzrecht ab

IGEL, hier

Do patent and copyright law restrict competition and creativity excessively?

R. Posner, here

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Big Data for All: Privacy and User Control in the Age of Analytics

O. Tene , J. Polonetsky, here

The Abuse of Dominance Provisions: Enforcement Guidelines

Competition Bureau Canada, here

To share or not to share: insurers, banks and regulatory requests

Out-law.com, here

Judicial Review in EU Competition Law

H. Schweitzer, here

Dutch Car Registry Goes Open Data (test)

Epsiplatform.eu, here

Competition: Commission signs EU cooperation agreement with China

Press Release, here

Yet Another Lobbying Alliance in the IT Sector: The Internet Association

Internetassociation.org, here

Exceptional Industries

Lateral Economics, here

Copyright Board: Category 4 copies are fair dealing

Arielkatz.ca, here

GSU and university presses

Blogs.library.duke.edu, here

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

The Italian regulation on interlocking directorates in the financial services. An antitrust dilemma

V. Falce, here

Internet Providers, Trademarks Owners Need Collaboration And Trust, WIPO Panel Says

IP-watch.org, here

Google Economics. A model of leadership in search advertising with exogenous and endogenous entry

F. Etro, here

EU Commission market tests commitments proposed by Simon & Schuster, Harper Collins, Hachette, Holtzbrinck and Apple for the sale of e-books

Press Release, here and Communication here.

IMPACT EVALUATION OF MERGER DECISIONS

OECD, here

Internet Competition Debate with Susan Athey and Hal Varian

Techpolicy.com, here

THE EU UNLOCKING A GOLDMINE OF OPEN DATA

N. Kroes, here

Australian public cloud market to grow, despite legal concerns: Gartner

Zdnet.com, here

AT&T On Notice: Carrier To Face Net Neutrality Complaint Over FaceTime

Techcrunch.com, here

Piratenpolitikerin geht gegen illegalen Download ihres Buches vor

Heise.de, here

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Moving Beyond Naïve Foreclosure Analysis

J. Wright, here

El Gobierno limitará el número de competidores en la red AVE

Cincodias.com, aquí

Enquête sectorielle sur le commerce électronique

Autorité de la concurrence, ici (jolie définition: "concurrence sur et par Internet", v. communiqué de presse, ici)

New judge at the General Court of the European Union: Guido Berardis

Press Release, here

Nestlé vence al cártel del azúcar

Expansion.com, aquí

Graduated Response American Style: 'Six Strikes' Measured Against Five Norms

A. Bridy, here

The Microsoft Standards-Essential Patents Shell Game -- Motorola Tells Its Story to the 9th Circuit Ct. of Appeals

Groklaw, here

University Requires Students To Pay $180 For 'Art History' Text That Has No Photos Due To Copyright Problems

Techdirt.com, here

Book Prices Are Going Up (Down) (or Both)

R. Picker, here

Fair use history

Matthewsag.com, here

What's the point of Open Data? Google und Deutsche Bahn kooperieren

Heise.de, hier.
S. auch hier

Monday, September 17, 2012

Aliyun App Store Confirmed To Be Distributing Pirated Android Apps, Many From Another Pirate Site

Androidpolice.com, here

Update on Trademark-Related Aspects of the Expansion of the Domain Name System

WIPO, Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications, here

Recommandations pour l'ouverture des données et contenus culturels

GROUPE DE TRAVAIL OPEN GLAM, ici

Information Meeting on the Role and Responsibility of Internet Intermediaries in the Field of Trademarks

WIPO, September 17, 2012, Program here, Live Broadcast - floor - here (English here). What I will be following in particular: Sessions 2 and 3: The Use of Trademarks on the Internet:  Problems and Solutions.

Digital Content Contracts for Consumers


N. Helberger & M. Loos & L. Guibault & C. Mak & L. Pessers, here.

German court may defer to EU regulator on Samsung-Apple lawsuits over FRAND patents

Fosspatents.com, here

German Rail: What's the Point of Open Data?

Epsiplatform.eu, here

Competitive Harm from MFNs: Economic Theories

J. Baker, Presentation here

DOJ/FTC Ask if MFns Are Anti-Competitive, and get an earful

Skadden.com, here

The German Proposal on a New Leistungsschutzrecht – Endangering Press Diversity and the Digital Economy

Computer & Communications Industry Association, here

Google and Personal Data Protection

B. Van der Sloot, F. Zuiderveen Borgesius, here

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Antitrust for High-Tech and Low: Regulation, Innovation, and Risk

R. Cass, here

GSU electronic reserves case: A not-very-appealing appeal

Blogs.library.duke.edu, here

e-Books and the boundaries of Antitrust

D. Bosco, J. Jacobson, K. Piro, G. Manne, W. Rinehart, F. Siiriainen, M. Powell, A. Oh, in Tendances: Concurrences, here

Can ‘Fair’ Prices Be Unfair? A Review of Price Relationship Agreements

Lear (for the OFT), here

Downward Docket: The Yoga Pants War

Online.wsj.com, here

Wettbewerb der ökonomischen Theorien

Nzz.ch, hier

Gazprom vs. the Commission

Online.wsj.com, here

The Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations and Issues for Congress

US Congressional Research Service, here

Monday, September 10, 2012

Intellectual Property and Innovation: A Framework for 21st Century Growth and Jobs

The Lisbon Council, here.

Lawyer files urgent request to stop ebook price changes

PaidContent.org, here
Motion to stay here

Open-access research ‘catastrophic’ for Reed Elsevier

Paidcontent.org, here.

RE-USE OF PUBLIC SECTOR INFORMATION – Catalogue and highlights of studies, cases and key figures on economic effects of changing policies

M. de Vries, here

STATE-INITIATED RESTRAINTS OF COMPETITION

7TH ASCOLA CONFERENCE, Mackenzie Presbyterian University São Paulo, Video here.

What type of European protection for personal data?

I. Falque-Pierrotin, here

Indian patent rules infuriate Big Pharma

The Economist, here

Pfizer: TAR annulla il provvedimento dell'AGCM

Sentenza qui

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

The Latest Issues at the Crossroads of Antitrust and IPR

B. Foer, here

An Overview of the "Patent Trolls" Debate

US Congressional Research Service, here

Bundesregierung verabschiedet Gesetzentwurf zu neuem Leistungsschutzrecht

Heise.de, hier

Motorola Agrees to License Standard Essential Patents to Apple in Germany

Allthingsd.com, here

The International Dimension of Proprietary Technical Standards: Through the Lens of Trade, Competition Law and Developing Countries

Y. Pai, here

Apple vs. Samsung: Infringing by design

Latimes.com, here

ICANN: Antitrust Allegations Before US District Court


Manwin Licensing International S.A.R.L., et al. v. ICM Registry, LLC, et al.,  Case CV 11-9514 PSG (JCGx), Order GRANTING in Part and DENYING in Part the
Motions to Dismiss, here.

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Apple-Samsung Amended Jury Verdict

US District Court, Northern District of California, Case No.: 11-CV-01846-LHK, here

Friday, August 24, 2012

La Hadopi réfléchit à une "suite de la réponse graduée" sans amendes

Numerama.com, ici

WIPO: 2012 IP Facts and Figures: Computer Technologies' Patent Dominance

Here.
However, "most national  and regional IP office statistics refer to 2010".
At p.21: "(I)n 2010, computer technology (117,576) and electrical machinery (104,543) accounted for the largest numbers of applications, with a combined share of 15% of all published application" (emphasis mine).



Seoul court rules Samsung didn't violate Apple design

Reuters.com, here.

Travel Business: The ineluctable Middlemen

The Economist, here

Anti-competitive Agreements and Unilateral Conduct/Abuse of Dominance: Some Current Issues

R. Whish, Presentations here and here

The Interface Between Competition Law and Sectoral Regulation

N. Ee-Kia, Presentation here

Striking a balance between competition compliance and business costs – an Australian perspective

J. Walker, Presentation here

Fair use for Australia?

Barrysookman.com, here

Thursday, August 23, 2012

The Internet a Decade Later

Infographic, here

Why are UK producers the superheroes of the global format trade?

Bbcworldwide.com, here

Ökonomen sollen ihre Geldgeber offenlegen - Die Volkswirte-Vereinigung beschließt einen Ethikkodex

Faz-community.faz.net, hier.

Lemley on what drives competition in the IT space

“Apple presented the intellectual property view of innovation — we created it, we own it, you can’t use it. Samsung presented the competition view of innovation — everyone should make great products and let consumers choose. IP law generally sides with Apple at this broad level, though there is a pretty good argument that it is competition, not monopoly, that drives great innovation in the IT space”, from Competing Views of Competition in Apple-Samsung Trial, Allthingsd.com, here.

For Non-Twitter Users: Video of the TPI Aspen Panel on Antitrust and Internet Competition

Here, panelists here.

Schritt nach vorne für die offene Verwaltung in Deutschland?

Ifross.org, hier

The Supreme Court of Canada Speaks: How To Assess Fair Dealing for Education

M. Geist, here

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

So Close, Yet So Far Apart: The EU and U.S. Visions of a New Privacy Framework

C. Wolf, W. Maxwell, here

Embracing Magic

K. Walker, here. #TPIAspen

Quotation from  Magical Patent Policy: "one third of all patent lawsuits now involve software
patents, way out of whack to the relative size of the industry. Software and Internet patents are litigated
eight times more often than other patents. Troll lawsuits cost productive U.S. companies $29 billion in
direct payouts last year, $80 billion a year when you take all costs into account, and more than $500
billion in the years since the Federal Circuit first authorized software patents. Worst of all, wasteful
patent litigation is costing customers real money and real choices in the devices they love.
This happens because software patents too often allow ownership of broad, sometimes trivial ideas. It
should not be this way. It is the execution as much as the idea that often matters in the
marketplace. Facebook wasn’t the first social network -- but it thrived because it executed well. Google
wasn’t first in search, but the way we executed has made our results better."

Quotation from Magical Competition Policy: "we should pay close attention to switching costs and lock-in. Since everyone is competing against
everyone else, consumers, advertisers, and publishers typically have lots of options. But those options
are less useful if walled gardens or proprietary formats make it difficult for users to switch. That’s why
Google created our Data Liberation Front, letting users easily export their data. The inability to move
your data -- like contacts, emails, and web history -- from one service to another can sometimes make
switching more difficult in ways that are bad for consumers and bad for competition."

Panel - Internet Competition: Implications for Antitrust

ASPEN 2012 AGENDA, Technology Policy Institute 

August 21, 2012
Susan Athey, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Harvard University and Visiting Researcher, Microsoft Research New England
Tim Bresnahan, Landau Professor in Technology and the Economy, Stanford University
Carlos Kirjner, Vice President and Senior Analyst, Internet, Alliance Bernstein
William Kovacic, Global Competition Professor of Law and Policy; Professor of Law; Director, Competition Law Center, George Washington University
Edith Ramirez, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
Hal Varian, Chief Economist, Google
Thomas Lenard, President and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute (moderator)
Full Agenda here.

  , Video here.


- EU setting standards for competition policy globally 
- Platform competition and multihoming
- Complements/substitutes
- counterfactuals and harm to competition by innovation
- leadership in the vertical stack
- lesson from MS: from complement to possible substitute
- dangerous competition threats ex-post and ex-ante (Google/Netscape)
- counterfactual analysis when high quality products are given away for free (multi-sided markets)
- screen control and design
- fines' irrelevance
- changing nature of switching costs  (e.g. privacy issues suddenly relevant to Internet users and Google users in particular)
- the importance of behavioural economics in order to understand consumers' actions

Canada modernizes its Copyright Act (beyond the Canadian Copyright Modernization Act)

T. Margoni, here

Gesetzliche Verankerung der Netzneutralität in Österreich?

Blog.lehofer.at, hier

‘European Square’ iZettle Now Works With Android; Visa Europe Dispute Drags On

Techcrunch.com, here

Android Litigation Update

Techrights.org, here

2012 EU Survey on R&D Investment Business Trends

Here.

From the Report, p. 12:
"For some sectors, the expected R&D investment changes of the respondents are higher than the growth rates observed in the past (both for the responding companies and the whole sector):  software & computer services (11% p.a. over the next three years), general industrials (6.8%), automobiles & parts (6.0%),
chemicals (5.5%), oil & gas producers (4.6%), aerospace & defence (4.1%), construction & materials (3.8%), technology hardware & equipment (3.5%), and fixed line telecommunications (2.6%).For a few other sectors,
the expected changes are lower than the past growth rates (both for the responding companies and the whole sector): electricity (4.6% p.a. over the next three years) and pharmaceuticals & biotechnology (3.2%)." (emphasis added).

Can this really be true? Patents for TV programme formats ...

Tht IPKat, here

Bundeskartellamt verhängt Bußgeld gegen TTS Tooltechnic wegen vertikaler Preisbindung

Pressemitteilung, hier

Judge Asks Google to Supplement Its List of Any Paid Folks

Groklaw, here

The Impact of Free Music Downloads on the Purchase of Music CDs in Canada

G. Barker, T. Maloney, here

Legal Challenge To ICM Registry’s and ICANN’s .XXX gTLD Continues – What Are The Implications For Other gTLD Applicants?

Jdsupra.com, here

Monday, August 20, 2012

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Should antitrust law enjoin injunctions on standard essential patents?

M. Dolmans, Presentation here

Lemley on Patent Wars in the Smart Phone Industry

People In the Know (China), Audio here

Anti-Competitive Stumbling Stones on the Way to a Cleaner World: Protecting Competition in Innovation without a Market

J. Drexl, here

AKTUELLE FRAGEN DER GEODATEN-NUTZUNG AUF MOBILEN GERÄTEN


INSTITUT FÜR TECHNIKFOLGEN-ABSCHÄTZUNG  DER ÖSTERREICHISCHEN AKADEMIE DER WISSENSCHAFTEN, hier.

Software Becomes that Much Harder to Patent in the United States

Iposgoode.ca, here

A Very Short Primer on Design Patents and Trade Dress

M. Risch, here

Cloud Legal Guidelines

Optimis ("the cloud's silver lining"), Part I here, Part II here

Mapping Cloud Interoperability in the Globalized Economy: Theory and Observations from Practice

U. Gasser and J. Palfrey, here