Waste management services

Background Paper, OECD, here. 

Ex officio cartel investigations and the use of screens to detect cartels

Background Paper, OECD, here. Expert Paper by  R. Abrantes-Metz, here. 

The value of policy diversification in cartel detection and deterrence

W. Kovacic, here. 

Worldwide Competition Database

Competition Law Center, George Washington University Law School, here. 

L’exemplaire numérique sans support : le vieux continent à la pointe de l’évolution

Blog-dmi.com, ici. 

15 years ago, Congress kept Mickey Mouse out of the public domain. Will they do it again?

Washingtonpost.com, here.

A $13 Billion Reminder of What’s Wrong

NYTimes.com, here.

Amazon "de la patrie": i timori della Francia

IlSole24Ore, qui.

European authors and artists support EP report on home copying levies

Futureofcopyright.com, here. 

Bibliotheksverband fordert Gesetzesinitiative zur Gleichstellung von E-Books

Institut für Urheber- und Medienrecht, hìer.

Graffiti Artists Use Moral Rights to Prevent Building Demolition

IPKat.com, here

Monopolization in Developing Countries

A. Heimler, K. Mehta

Articulating a Modern Approach to FCC Competition Policy

R. Hundt, G. Rosston, here.

Report of the European Commission Public Consultation on Open Research Data

Here.

Disruption to connectivity and network security and privacy issues will accompany move towards IPv6 internet addresses, study says

Out-law.com, here. 

Resale Price Maintenance: A Big Issue For UK Luxury Brands

Covington & Burling, here. 

Angela Merkel empört, dass sie von USA behandelt wird, als wäre sie ein deutscher Bürger

Der Postillon, hier.

Apple, Microsoft And Free Software

Telecrunch.com, here

The CopyKat - copyright and the internet: are we Poles apart?

The1709blog.blogspot.com, here. 

The vexed issue of 'orphan' copyright works

Tmtblog.minterellison.com, here.

Innovating in the digital era: putting Europe back on track

J. Barroso, Presentation here. 

Open data guidebook

Final report of the EUROCITIES working group on open data, here. 

EU leaders agree to create a connected continent

N. Kroes, here.

Judiciary Republicans ask FTC for clarity on competition policy (Section 5)

TheHill.com, here. 

Chairman Goodlatte Introduces “Innovation Act” to Curb Abusive Patent Litigation

Foley.com, here. 

LAPSI 2.0 Ljubljana Conference

Streaming and Videos here. 

Emerging markets like Brazil, South Africa initiate reforms in patent laws in line with India’s IP policy

Economictimes.indiatimes.com, here. 

Construction Materials Merger: Issues Statement

UK CC, here. 

EFF Thanks Patent Trolls for Best Troll-Killing Bill Yet

Eff.org, here. 

Samsung’s European Proposal – Fair, Foul or Foolhardy?

Blog.patentology.com.au, here. 

How smartphone apps are reshaping the taxi market

The Economist, here. 

Reclaim Your Name: Privacy in the Age of Big Data

J. Brill, here. 

Apple Just Ended the Era of Paid Operating Systems

Wired.com, here. 

Still on Pinckney, the CJEU, offline distribution and Latin mottos

The IPKat, here. 

LIBE Committee vote backs new EU data protection rules

European Commission, Memo, here. 

The Real Privacy Problem

E. Morozov, here. 

Musikindustrie geht erfolgreich gegen »YouTubeMP3«-Converter vor

Urheberrecht.org, hier. 

Turning the Page on Business Formats for Digital Platforms: Does Apple's Agency Model Soften Competition?

Ø. Foros, H. Kind, G. Shaffer, here. 

Competition between universities probed by UK regulator

Out-law.com, here. 

Die Europäische Datenschutzreform muss zügig abgeschlossen werden

P. Schaar, hier. 

One in Six Active U.S. Patents Pertain to the Smartphone

Project-disco.org, here. 

Economic Aspects of Intellectual Property in Countries with Economies in Transition

WIPO, Department for Transition and Developed Countries, here.

Réponse à la consultation du Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication sur l’Open Data

Open Knowledge Foundation, here. 

Searching for Competition

Online.wsj.com, here

Proposed EU Data Protection Regulation: Unofficial Text published (single file)

Legalmemory.blogspot.com, here. 

Monopoly and Dominant Firms: Antitrust Economics and Policy Approaches

L. White, here. 

Librarians, Distributors Weigh in on Macmillan Ebook Lending | PubCrawl

Lj.libraryjournal.com, here. 

Google has nothing to fear from new EU data law

Reuters.com, here. 

Profiting from Free: The Scourge of Online Piracy and How Industry Can Help

A. Keen, sponsored by the Initiative for a Competitive Online Marketplace (ICOMP), here (pdf file).

DOJ and FTC release model confidentiality waiver for international civil matters

Nortonrosefulbright.com, here. 

Open access: six myths to put to rest

P. Suber, here. 

Datenschutz-Kompromisse öffnen Einfallstor für Profiling und Zustimmungsaushebelung

Netzpolitik.org, here.

Ein Datenschutz für 28 Länder

Tagesspiegel.de, hier

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Internal market MEPs tighten up product safety and market surveillance rules

EU Parliament,here.

The Legal Status of Video Games: Comparative Analysis in National Approaches

WIPO Study, A. Ramos, L. Lopez, A. Rodriguez, T. Meng, and S. Abrams, here. 

The Economic Importance of Getting Data Protection Right: Protecting Privacy, Transmitting Data, Moving Commerce

U.S. Chamber of Commerce, here. 

Why privacy matters

A. Acquisti, Ted Talk (video), here. 

Competition among financial markets operators

J. Almunia, here. 

Harvard Business Review answers its critics

FT.com, here. 

Students 'worst' at e-book piracy, says data monitor

Bbc.co.uk, here. 

Une exception mash-up est bien à l’étude au CSPLA

PCImpact.com, ici. 

EU Commission consults on commitments offered by Samsung Electronics regarding use of standard essential patents

Press Release, here. 

Intellectual Property Rights do not equal Innovation and Creativity

Communia-association.org, here. 

Judge appoints monitor to keep an eye on Apple's e-books biz

CNet.com, here.

Why Pulling Music From Spotify Only Holds Back The Artist Doing The Pulling

TechDirt.com, here. 

Lob des Zwischenraums

Handelsblatt.com, here. 

Amazon buys e-learning company to boost Kindle business

Seattletimes.com, here. 

Supporting Copyright Reform

Creativecommons.org, here.

A Day to Remember the First Computer Programmer Was a Woman

Bits.blogs.nytimes.com, here.

Hotfile on the Internet- What You Don’t Know Can Hurt Your DMCA Safe Harbor

Aaronsanderslaw.com, here. 

UK video game developers adapt to meet piracy threat

Bbc.co.uk, here.

“Open Science Works!”

Tacd-ip.org, here. 

How Big Tobacco’s divide-and-conquer strategy exposed the EU’s flaws

Inside.org.au, Here.

Patent Challenges for Standard-Setting in the Global Economy: Lessons from Information and Communication Technology

National Academy of Sciences, here (pdf file). 

Android: Building A Brand Around An Open Source Trade Mark

IPKat, here. 

To Infinity And Beyond: Business Model Adaptation In The Video Game Industry

Project-disco.org, here. 

Elektronische Marktplätze und die Vertikal - GVO

K. Ost, Präsentation, hier. 

Ökonomische Analyse von Plattformmärkten im Zusammenspiel mit vertikalen Beschränkungen: insbesondere Meistbegünstigungsklauseln

C. Wey, Präsentation hier. 

Plattformmärkte und vertikale Beschränkungen – insbesondere: Meistbegünstigungsklauseln

D. Zimmer, Präsentation hier. 

OFT launches market study into the supply of public sector ICT services

Press Release, here. See also Report on the findings of the call for information into the supply of ICT to the public sector, here.  

UK CC finalises measures to open up audit market

Summary of the Final Report here. 

Do Recruiters "Like" It? Privacy and Online Social Network Profile in Hiring: A Randomized Experiment

M. Manant, S. Pajak, N. Soulié, here. 

Mississippi The Latest State To Claim Copyright Over Official Compilation Of Its Laws (Annotations)

TechDirt.com, here. 

Vertikale Beschränkungen in der Internetökonomie

Arbeitskreis Kartellrecht, Bundeskartellamt, hier.

Is it legal to sell second hand digital games?

Gamesindustry.biz, here.

STM Publishing Meets “Tarzan Economics”

Publishingperspectives.com, here 

Tim Berners-Lee on Why HTML5 "Needs" DRM

Computerworlduk.com, here. 

Right To Science: More Publicly Funded Research, Less IP, Panellists Say

Ip-watch.org, here and here. 

Paying should get cheaper as powers are taken from banks

Independent.co.uk, here.

TAFTA/TTIP: trade, Internet and democracy

G. Moody, Presentation here. 

Senator to FTC: Does Google ad change break privacy deal?

Cnet.com, here. 

U.S. Ban Unlikely To Affect Samsung's Bottom Line

Npr.org, here. 

Technology: Lessons from the ebooks case

Norton Rose Fulbright, here (pp. 13-16)

Secrecy vs. patents. How to choose?

IIdigIT.eu, here. 

Amazon requires publishers to use Kindle DRM

BoingBoing.net, here. 

Brazil investigates Google over antitrust charges

Reuters.com, here. 

US Department Of Justice v. Apple Inc.

Lathrop & Gage LLP, here. 

Nespresso European Patent Revoked

TuftyTheCat.blogspot.com, here. 

Debating the “Where” of Online Jurisdiction

D. Holmes, here. 

The distinction between privacy and data protection in the jurisprudence of the CJEU and the ECtHR

J. Kokott, c. Sobotta, here.