Monday, July 22, 2013

Introduction effects of the Australian plain packaging policy on adult smokers: a cross-sectional study

M. Wakefield, L. Hayes, S. Durkin, R. Borland, here

EU Kills Net Neutrality, Threatens Online Openness

G. Moody, here

Legal aspects of free and open source software - compilation of briefing notes

European Parliament, here

Statutory Audit Services: Provisional Remedy Package

UK Competition Commission, here

Protecting Shared and Widely Distributed Traditional Knowledge: Issues, challenges and options

International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, here

Adventures in the Netherlands - Spotify, Piracy and the new Dutch experience

Spotify, here

Issues for Two-Sided Platforms in Canadian Competition Law

G. Bishop, here

e-books: Vertical participation in hub and spoke agreements

Competition Bulletin, here

Becker on reforming the patent system

Becker-Posner blog, here.

BGH: UsedSoft

Pressemitteilung hier.

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Competition in the Context of Financial Crisis

American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law 60th Spring Meeting, the Antitrust source,here.

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

AG Jääskinen on search engines and lack of responsibility for personal data appearing on web pages they process

Case C-131/12, Google Spain SL, Google Inc. v Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, here

Behavioural Economics and Competition Policy

The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets, here (pdf file). Oxera Report (pdf file), here

European Publishers, Others Slam Google On “Abusive” Practices, Ask EC To Reject Google Proposal

TechCrunch.com, here

New Draft Text Shows Progress On WIPO Treaty On Books For The Print-Disabled

Ip-watch.org, here

“Reverse Payment” Settlements Subject to Greater Antitrust Scrutiny: Implications of Supreme Court FTC v. Actavis Ruling

McDermott, Will & Emery, here

Engagements pour mettre fin à l'« inertie du marché »: Fret maritime Europe-Antilles

Autorité de la Concurrence, ici

Commissioner Wright Moves to Advance Discussion on FTC Act Section 5

A. Murino, here

The Fate of Apple and Antitrust: Overcoming Confusion About the eBooks Case

C. Sagers, here

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Supreme Court Says Human Genes Aren't Patentable

Online.wsj.com, here

First comment on the Commission's proposed directive on antitrust damage action

P. Buccirossi, here

Institutional experimentation? The integration of competion law and regulation enforcement in Spain

F. Marcos, J. Mora-Sanguinetti, here

Emerging Economies: Different Economic Problems, Same Competition Law?

S. Ennis, Presentation here 

The UK Competition and Markets Authority: a new institution to tackle a new set of challenges

A. Chrisholm, here

EU unlocks a great new source of online innovation (open data)

N. Kroes, here

EU Commission explores copyright questions related to data mining

Futureofcopyright.com, here

Wettbewerb: Preiskartelle überall?

Wirtschaftsdienst.eu, hier

US Chamber letter to USPTO opposes fair use, expresses "concerns" about WIPO treaty for blind

Keionline.org, here