Thursday, September 15, 2016
E-Commerce Sector Inquiry: Preliminary Report
Press Release, here. Fact sheet here. Preliminary Report here.
Digital content:
- "the information provided during the sector inquiry... shows that multiple business models and a great diversity of licensing practices are available and indeed used, which can cater for the needs of both right holders and digital content providers";
-"Little substantive evidence was provided on the importance of pre-sale arrangements to fund new products by respondents, in relation to the products included in the sector inquiry."
Digital content:
- "the information provided during the sector inquiry... shows that multiple business models and a great diversity of licensing practices are available and indeed used, which can cater for the needs of both right holders and digital content providers";
-"Little substantive evidence was provided on the importance of pre-sale arrangements to fund new products by respondents, in relation to the products included in the sector inquiry."
E-Commerce Sector Inquiry: Second Batch of Results
EC press conference by Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, 15 September 16.30h, here (not live bc of satellite technical problems...).
"If it is agreements between companies that are restricting e-commerce across Europe’s national borders, then you can expect competition enforcement to follow", speech, 11.09.2015.
My personal "highlights" (from today's press conference):
- investigation into online video games and geo-blocking still ongoing;
"If it is agreements between companies that are restricting e-commerce across Europe’s national borders, then you can expect competition enforcement to follow", speech, 11.09.2015.
My personal "highlights" (from today's press conference):
- investigation into online video games and geo-blocking still ongoing;
- E-commerce sector inquiry and pay-tv case "very, very distant relatives": former much broader (more "generic"), considering also consumer goods where there are ("obviously") the same restrictions but many more (I´d add that, with regard to digital content, restrictions in the licensing agreements well beyond geo-blocking have been identified by the EC);
- E-commerce sector inquiry as a source of information for the legislator (possibly, copyright - and geo-blocking regulation).
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Bayer and Monsanto to Create a Global Leader in Agriculture
Bayer, here.
"Bayer has committed to a USD 2 billion reverse antitrust break fee, reaffirming its confidence that it will obtain the necessary regulatory approvals".
"Bayer has committed to a USD 2 billion reverse antitrust break fee, reaffirming its confidence that it will obtain the necessary regulatory approvals".
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Monday, September 12, 2016
Friday, September 09, 2016
Thursday, September 08, 2016
GC: Lundbeck confirmed
T‑472/13, here.
"The ‘scope of the patent’ test is...based on a subjective assessment, by the applicants, of the scope of their patents and of their validity, whereas a national court or competent authority may have taken a different view" (491).
"The ‘scope of the patent’ test is...based on a subjective assessment, by the applicants, of the scope of their patents and of their validity, whereas a national court or competent authority may have taken a different view" (491).
Tuesday, September 06, 2016
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Friday, August 26, 2016
Thursday, August 25, 2016
Leak: Impact Assessment on the modernisation of EU copyright rules
StateWatch, here.
(Pity the annexes are missing).
"...stakeholders also underline a risk that introducing the COO (country of origin, WB) rule for online transmissions will weaken territorial licensing of rights (or even lead to mandatory pan-European licensing). They argue that the establishment of the COO rule in combination with the application of the free movement of services principle and competition law would have a detrimental effect on territorial licensing. As it is not possible to predict potential future effect that the application of the free movement of services principle and competition law may have on territorial licensing of rights, this IA does not assess impacts that the proposed intervention may have in combination with these rules".
(Pity the annexes are missing).
"...stakeholders also underline a risk that introducing the COO (country of origin, WB) rule for online transmissions will weaken territorial licensing of rights (or even lead to mandatory pan-European licensing). They argue that the establishment of the COO rule in combination with the application of the free movement of services principle and competition law would have a detrimental effect on territorial licensing. As it is not possible to predict potential future effect that the application of the free movement of services principle and competition law may have on territorial licensing of rights, this IA does not assess impacts that the proposed intervention may have in combination with these rules".
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Happy 25th birthday to the World Wide Web
"On August 23, 1991, new users outside of CERN were invited to join the web, marking its official anniversary, or Internaut Day."
Monday, August 22, 2016
Saturday, August 20, 2016
Friday, August 19, 2016
Thursday, August 18, 2016
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Internet Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Trackers: An Archaeological Study of Web Tracking from 1996 to 2016
A. Lerner, A. Kornfeld Simpson, T. Kohno, and F. Roesner, here.
Saturday, August 13, 2016
Werner Herzog’s meditations on a connected world
TechCrunch, Videos (trailer and interview) here.
Clausewitz: "Der Krieg ist mit seinem Resultat nie etwas Absolutes
Clausewitz: "Der Krieg ist mit seinem Resultat nie etwas Absolutes
Endlich ist selbst die Totalentscheidung eines ganzen Krieges nicht immer für eine
absolute anzusehen...
10. Die Wahrscheinlichkeiten des wirklichen Lebens treten an die Stelle des Äußersten und Absoluten der Begriffe"
10. Die Wahrscheinlichkeiten des wirklichen Lebens treten an die Stelle des Äußersten und Absoluten der Begriffe"
Friday, August 12, 2016
Thursday, August 11, 2016
Ökonomische Auswirkungen einer Bildungs- und Wissenschaftsschranke im Urheberrecht
J. Haucap, I. Loebert, G. Spindler, S. Thorwarth, hier.
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
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