Friday, May 27, 2011

Keeping secrets in the age of tweets: Britain’s privacy law is a mess—and increasingly unsustainable

The Economist, here

Parallel Imports and Mandatory Substitution Reform - A Kick or A Muff for Price Competition in Pharmaceuticals


D. Granlund, M. Yesim Köksal, here.

US Senator calls on Apple and Google to adopt consistent privacy policy for apps

A. Franken, here

MEP questioning the EU Commission on books for the blind

C.Engström, here.

Konferenz: Zwanzig Jahre Software-Richtlinie - Eine Bilanz

S. Labesius, hier

Report for the Hearing – MSFT v Commission – T 167-08

Here (thanks to chillingcompetition.com)

How Will the Proposed Merger Between AT&T and T-Mobile Affect Wireless Telecommunications Competition?

U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on the Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet, here

Bundeskartellamt: Oligopol der Mineralölkonzerne ermöglicht einheitliche Preissetzung an den Tankstellen


Sektoruntersuchung  Kraftstoffe, Abschlussbericht Mai 2011, hier.

UN Human Rights Council on the threats to the right of to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds through the Internet


F. La Rue, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, here.

What Next for Google Books?

Conversation with J.Grimmelmann, J. Band, K. Crews, here

On Hargreaves' “Digital Copyright Exchange”

www.music4point5.com, here

Security and Other Technical Concerns Raised by the DNS Filtering Requirements in the PROTECT IP Bill


S. Crocker, D. Dagon, D. Kaminsky, D. McPherson, P. Vixie, here.

L'ebook a 40 ans > 1971 > Le Projet Gutenberg, un projet visionnaire

Actualitte.com, ici.

Merger Control: Getting the Deal Cleared in Russia

Clifford Chance, here

FTC's Amicus Brief on reverse-payment settlements

In Re K-Dur Antitrust Litigation, here.

Is Europe's IP Policy Harming its Economy?


Shadow IPR Strategy Report, European Digital Rights, here.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Is there an economic case for copyright levies?

Oxera, here.

Sicherheitsempfehlungen für Cloud Computing Anbieter

Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik, hier.

The Role and Responsibility of Internet Intermediaries in the Field of Copyright in the Republic of Korea

K. Oh, ITU Workshop, here.

Le Parlement approuve définitivement la loi sur le prix du livre numérique

Le Monde, ici.

A new decade for the International Competition Network

J.Almunia, here. On competition policy and "new" markets:

Life in Google's legal department

Law.com, here

Hargreaves Report on technological change and EU copyright exceptions

From the Report:

Digital Opportunity

I. Hargreaves, here.

An Intellectual Property System for the Internet Age

J. Boyle, here

Role and Responsibility of Internet Intermediaries in the Field of Copyright (WIPO / ISOC)

Workshop, ITU, WSIS Forum 2011, Wed 18 May, program here; webcast here, recording here.

Intellectual Property and Access to Affordable Medicines: TRIPS Plus

J. Rius Sanjuan, here

International alarm rings over UK ICT policy

Computerweekly, here.

Replies to the EU consultation on collective redress published

Here. My personal selection:

Big data: The next frontier for innovation, competition, and productivity

McKinsey Global Institute, here

Buyer Power and Merger Policy

B.Kirkwood, here

Are Closed Systems an Antitrust Problem?

H. Kaiser, here

ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF COPYRIGHT: The Empirical Evidence So Far

C.Handke, here

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Canadian Legal Information Institute seeks to defend legal research as “fair dealing”

Here

Draft: Internet Governance Principles

Council of Europe, here

Positionspapier des Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverbandes zur Reform des Urheberrechts

Méthode de détermination des sanctions pécuniaires

Autorité de la concurrence, Communiqué du 16 mai 2011, ici.

Traghetti Sardegna: avviata istruttoria per verificare una possibile intesa tra i principali operatori

Qui il provvedimento.

Commission confirms unannounced inspections in the container liner shipping sector

Competition problems in the audit market: OFT announces next steps

The General Court upholds the fine of EUR 59 million imposed on Elf Aquitaine and Arkema France for their participation in a cartel on the sodium chlorate market

MLibrary Launches Project to Identify Orphan Works

Press release, here.

European Parliament in Action!

New website dedicated to the work of the European Parliament, here.

Hargreaves Report calls for overhaul of UK copyright law

The Guardian, here.

REMARKS AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY BY ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL CHRISTINE VARNEY REGARDING NASDAQ OMX GROUP INC. AND INTERCONTINENTALEXCHANGE INC. ABANDONING THEIR BID FOR NYSE EURONEXT

House bill would let U.S. sue OPEC for price fixing

Thomson Reuters, here

ENTRY DECISIONS AFTER DEREGULATION: THE ROLE OF INCUMBENTS' MARKET POWER

L.Ciari, R. De Bonis, here.

Consumer Privacy and Protection in the Mobile Marketplace

Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Insurance Subcommittee hearing,
May 19 2011, here

Enseignement en ligne et droit d’auteur : empilement et quelques ouvertures

Paralipomènes, ici

WIPO patent committee discusses Exception and Limitations to Patent Rights

KEI, here

3rd Annual Conference on Innovation and Communications Law

Conference, May 29-31.2011, Melbourne Business School, Program here.

Monday, May 16, 2011

LIBRARY COPYRIGHT ALLIANCE STATEMENT ON COPYRIGHT REFORM

Library Copyright Alliance, here.

Ratiopharm/Pfizer commitments published

A431 - RATIOPHARM/PFIZER, here (in Italian)

Lithuania: Amendment to Law on Competition Introduces Restriction of Professional Activities for Head of Undertaking infringing Antitrust Rules

ECN Brief, here

Questions to the ECJ on exhaustion and "used" software licences

C-128/11 - Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA, USA v UsedSoft GmbH, Munich, here.

Achats et ventes de droits de livres numériques: panorama de pratiques internationales


Bureau international de l’édition française, ici.

EU Commission market tests Standard & Poor's commitments on international securities identification numbers

Press release, here

Competition Policy Issues in Financial Markets

J.Almunia, here

CONFIDENTIALITY OF COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN CLIENTS AND THEIR PATENT ADVISORS

WIPO Secretariat, here

ICN Curriculum Project: the first four modules

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Why Are Magazine App Subscriptions Priced So Weird?

Techland, here.

India finalises combination regulations

Here

iFlow calls Apple's in-app purchase rule 'an eviction notice' for e-bookseller

Futurebook.net, here.

Rethinking Music

Compiled and Presented By The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, here.

Barnett v. Barnett on Antitrust

J.Wright, here

Google's filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission and DOJ investigation

From the filing:

Publishers must change "radically' in digital age - Johnson

The Bookseller, here.

Three French publishers file new lawsuit against Google

The Bookseller, here

Enforcing Competition with Multiple Agencies and Private Enforcers

D. Crane, here.

The AT&T/T-Mobile Merger: Is Humpty Dumpty Being Put Back Together Again?”

Hearing, Senate Judiciary Committee
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, here

Why buy Skype?

The Economist, here

Google: Our music service is legal

CNet, here