Das Patentroulette dreht sich weiter

FAZ.net, hier. 

Harvard University on public access to research

Here. 

International Property Rights Index - 2011 Report

Here. 

Support for Certiorari in John Wiley & Sons, Inc. v. Kirtsaeng on the first sale doctrine

Here.

Proposte di riforma concorrenziale ai fini della Legge annuale per il mercato e la concorrenza

Qui.

Ian Hargreaves on Adapting IP to the Digital Age

WIPO Magazine, here. 

Will There Ever Be A Universal, MP3-Like Standard For E-Books?

PaidContent.org, here. 

US Lobbying Against Draft Data Protection Regulation

Edri.org, here. 

China tops U.S, Japan to become top patent filer

Reuters.com, here. 

Finding Success in a Lifelong Passion for Fighting Monopolies

dealbook.nytimes.com, here. 

Conference: InfoSoc @ Ten: Ten Years after the EU Directive on Copyright in the Information Society

Friday 13th January 2012, 09:00,  European Parliament in Brussels, here. 

European Blind Union: No Christmas presents from the EU on the WIPO negotiations

Here. 

Irish Data Protection Commissioner on Facebook: Report of Audit published

Here. 

Orphan Works: Definitional Issues

D. Hansen, here. 

Comparative international data on the communications sector

International Communications Market Report 2011, UK Ofcom, here.

Enjeux autour de la gestion et de la gouvernance de l’information dans le secteur public

Markess Int., ici.

Universal Music Group räumt umstrittene Copyright-Filter bei YouTube ein

Urheberrecht.org, hier.

Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth

UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, here (s. Expanded Access to Research Publications and Data, p. 76 ff.). 

Article 29 Working Party on personal data processing at airports

Letter to IATA, here. 

32 millions d'euros alloués aux contenus culturels numériques

lexpansion.lexpress.fr, ici. 

Microsoft wins key patent decision against Motorola Android in US

Guardian.co.uk, here. 

Consultation on proposals to change the UK's copyright system

Here. 

20 years of the Czech competition law

UOHS, here. 

Legge sugli "Open Data"

Consiglio Regionale del Piemonte, qui. 

National open access and preservation policies in Europe

EU Commission, here. 

Akten in Kartellverfahren bleiben geschlossen

Ftd.de, hier. 

Publishing Insider Tipped Law Firms About E-Book Price Fixing Conspiracy

PaidContent.org, here. 

Convergence Review

AU Convergence Review Committee, Interim Report, here. 

EU patent gets Legal Affairs Committee green light

Here.

Les ayants droit satisfaits de l'adoption du projet de loi sur la copie privée

LeMonde.fr, ici. 

Resolución de la CNC sobre Apple (diseños comunitarios y procedimiento penal)

Aquí

U.S. Trade Body Grants Apple Partial Ban For HTC Phones

PaidContent.org, here. 

US Senators asking the FTC to investigate Google

Letter here. 

Local bus services market investigation

UK Competition Commission, Final Report here. 

The Economics of Privacy

University of Colorado Law School, summary and video of the conference.

The Handbook of Competition Economics 2012: Germany

Here. 

Open Data Strategy for Europe and Ireland

data.fingal.ie, here. 

Better Data for a Better Internet

J. Palfrey, J. Zittrain, here. 

Don't Break the Internet

M. Lemley, D. Levine, & D. Post, here. 

Avis du Comité d’éthique du CNRS sur « les relations entre chercheurs et maisons d’édition scientifique »

Ici. 

Innovation’s Cold War

D. Balto, here. 

Cloud Computing: Public Consultation Report

EU Commission, here. Some responses:
BILETA
Bird&Bird
COCIR
Google
Microsoft
Telefonica

Institutional Coherence and Effectivity of a Regional Competition Policy: The Case of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)

M. Bakhoum, J. Molestina, here. 

The (Non) Use of Treaty Object and Purpose in Intellectual Property Disputes in the WTO

H. Grosse Ruse-Khan, here. 

Platform Economics: Essays on Multi-Sided Businesses

D. Evans, R. Schmalensee, M. Noel. H. Chang, D. Swartz, here (collection of previously published essays). 

OECD Council Recommendation on Principles for Internet Policy Making

Here. 

La CNIL et les réseaux sociaux

G. Le Grand, ici. 

Antitrust standing and the new economy

Cravath.com, here. 

AGCM ANTITRUST SANZIONA AUDITEL PER ABUSO DI POSIZIONE DOMINANTE

Provvedimento qui

WEKO büsst Nikon wegen Behinderung von Parallelimporten

Medienmitteilung, hier. 

EU-Russia Summit

Videos available here. 

EU General Court on Access to Documents in Competition Cases

Case T-437/08, CDC Hydrogene Peroxide Cartel Damage Claims (CDC Hydrogene Peroxide) v
European Commission, here. For a first take on (and background to)  this ruling read @kartellblog..

EU Commission makes IBM's commitments legally binding to ensure competition in mainframe maintenance market

Here

EU Council conclusions on the open internet and net neutrality in Europe

Here. 

Defying Conventional Wisdom: The Case for Private Antitrust Enforcement

J. Davis and R. Lande, presentation here , audio here and accompanying material here (AAI Conference, Panel on "Private Enforcement: What We Know and Do Not Know").

Réseaux sociaux et Commission Européenne

V. Reding, ici. 

EU Commission takes first steps towards a free market in airport slots

bakermckenzie.com, here. 

Stellungnahmen bzgl.Konsultation zum Entwurf des Leitfadens zur Marktbeherrschung in der Fusionskontrolle

Hier. 

SOPA In Infographic Format

Techdirt, here. 

NDRC Fined Two Pharmaceutical Companies for Abusive Conducts

chinalawinsight.com, here. 

Brazil’s Leaked Copyright Reform Draft Bill Shows Latest Thinking

P. Paranaguà, here. 

Paying authors more might be the best economics for publishers in the long run

M. Shatzkin, here. 

Open Data – Freigabe von Daten aus Bibliothekskatalogen

T. Kreutzer, hier. 

Imperial Tobacco Group plc and Imperial Tobacco Limited v Office of Fair Trading

UK Competition Appeal Tribunal, Cases No: 1160-5/1/1/10, 12 December 2011, here. Read also OFT's Statement. 

EU Communication on Open Data

Provisional version, here. 

Data is the new gold

N.Kroes, here. 

Snapshot of the "Apps" market in relation with public sector information

Here.

A SCHEME TO ADDRESS ONLINE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

AUSTRALIAN INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER (ISP) PROPOSAL, here. 

Digital Content Services for Consumers: Assessment of Problems Experienced by Consumers

Report 4, Europe Economics, here.

Seeds protection: when Monsanto tests the limits of patent in the EU and the U.S.

A.Strowel, here. 

"Self"-regulation: Should online companies police the internet?

Seminar, List of speakers and Video (from 28:50). 

New AGCM President: Competition as Growth Lever and More Europe to Overcome the Crisis

Here (Press Release in Italian). 

Study on the Interplay between Standards and Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)

Fraunhofer Institute for Communication System and Dialogic, School of Innovation Sciences at Eindhoven University of Technology, here.

AUDIT MARKET INVESTIGATION - Issues statement

UK Competition Commission, here. 

100 years of Copyright and Disruptive Technology

Part 1, Copyhype, here. 

Stellungnahme des Bundeskartellamts zum Referentenentwurf zur 8. GWB-Novelle

Hier. 

TGI Paris: Samsung v. Apple

N. RG 11/58301, ici. 

The newsonomics of Google’s retail push

NiemanLab, here. 

"METRO Cash & Carry” created discriminatory conditions for suppliers of meat and fish products in Russia

FAS, here, and here for some general background on the issue of discrimination in food retail chain in Russia.

A QUICK REVIEW OF THE DRAFT EU DATA PROTECTION REGULATION

Privacyinternational.org, here. Circulating version here. 

The impact of competition interventions on compliance and deterrence

OFT (London Economics), here. 

Enforcement Cooperation in International Competition Policy

Alessandra Tonazzi (Italian Competition Authority) speaking  at Trento University
December 7, 2011
4 pm, Room 3C.
Presentation here. 

Will out-of-commerce books soon be managed by a collective management society in France?

C. Jasserand, here. 

How Crocs Are Helping Apple Stomp On Samsung

Paidcontent.org, here. 

Use It, or Lose It: In defence of the critical role of “fair use”

publishersweekly.com, here. 

Public bodies and competition law

OFT, here. 

Privacy: A Lesson from the Playroom

J. Brill, here. 

EU Commission consults on review of current regime for technology transfer agreements

Here. 

Assessment of potential anticompetitive conduct in the field of intellectual property rights and assessment of the interplay between competition policy and IPR protection

P. Regibeau, K. Rocket, here. 

HathiTrust's filed response to the lawsuit

The Authors Guild, Inc. et al v. Hathitrust et al., here.

Der Referentenentwurf (RefE) zur 8. GWB-Novelle

C. Dobler, hier (Danke an @JohannesZoettl). 

EU Commission opens formal proceedings to investigate sales of e-books

Press Release, here. 

SOPA and people with print disabilities

benetech.blogspot.com, here. 

On management: Prophets and loss

ft.com, here. 

Groei e-book mogelijk door prijsconcurrentie en ruimer aanbod

Nederlandse Mededingingsautoriteit, hier. 

The Netherlands Competition Authority aspires more competition regarding e-books

futureofcopyright.com, here. 

COPYRIGHT PROTECTION, TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE, AND THE QUALITY OF NEW PRODUCTS: EVIDENCE FROM RECORDED MUSIC SINCE NAPSTER

J. Waldfogel, here. 

Rules on contracts of food retail chains in Russia

Svetlana Avdasheva (Institute of Industrial and Market Studies, Higher School of Economics, Moscow) speaking at Trento University
December 6, 2011 
5 pm, Room 3C.
Presentation here. 

Conclusions of 23rd session of WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights

Here.

New Transport Authority in Italy

Announced at the Post-Cabinet's Press Conference.  

MONITORAGGIO POST-CONCENTRAZIONE - ALITALIA-CAI

AGCM, C9812B, qui. 

Europeana Licensing Framework

Here.

Done deal on the EU patent?

European Parliament, here. 

Library and Archive Groups Delighted by Conclusions on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions at WIPO

IFLA.org, here.

ANTITRUST POLICY IN RUSSIA: WHY PYKALYOVO IS A TYPICAL CASE

Svetlana Avdasheva (Institute of Industrial and Market Studies, Higher School of Economics, Moscow) speaking at Trento University
December 5, 2011
3 pm, Room 3C.
Presentation here.

Public Access to Historical Records

M. Pallante, here. 

The Personal Computer Is Dead

J. Zittrain, here. 

Unleashing Europe’s potential for growth: The role of competition policy

J. Almunia, here.
From the speech: " Fair and robust competition rules mean – among other things – integrating those markets which, in practice, continue to operate at national level; promoting innovation; encouraging the restructuring of mature European industries; and fighting against protectionism" and  "(R)ecently we have seen a rise in the strategic use of IPR. Take for example the mobile communications industry, where it seems that everybody is suing everybody else for patent infringements, often to block certain products from entering the market.
I have instructed my services to look closely into how intellectual property rights are used; for instance, we have recently asked Apple and Samsung to send us information on their patents for smartphones.
Our enforcement practice has also taught us that IPR strategies may be a concern also in the pharmaceutical industry.
In addition, we will soon be launching a stakeholder survey on the operation of the current antitrust regime of technology transfer agreements, which will expire in 2014.
An important issue will be to assess whether innovation is being properly disseminated to industries and consumers under the current regime."

Rémunération pour la copie privée

Assemblée Nationale (F), Discussion du projet de loi, ici. 

La Sacem s'oriente vers la taxation du cloud computing

Numerama.com, ici. 

EU-US data privacy storm blows cloud off course

EurActiv.com, here.

Public Domain Calculation

EuropeanaConnect, here. 

Copyright Policy and Practice in Electronic Reserves among ARL Libraries

D.Hansen, W. Cross, P.  Edwards, here.

Rapport du Conseil fédéral suisse sur les utilisations illicites d'œuvres sur Internet

Ici. 

Educators Worried About SOPA/PIPA's Impact On Education

Techdirt.com, here. 

EU-Kommission legt sich mit Facebook an

Unwatched.org, hier.

Apple Seeks to Block Sale of Modified Samsung Galaxy Tablet in Germany

PCWorld,Here

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales ban in Australia overturned

Los Angeles Times, here

Opening up Europe's cultural treasures to the online world

N. Kroes, here. 

Design & brevet - Quand l’innovation passe par le design

F. Mayssal et A. Barthélemy (INPI), ici. 

Economists in IP Offices

ipkitten.blogspot.com, here. 

Anticompetitive Product Design in the New Economy

J. Newman, here. 

« Streaming » et téléchargement direct de contenus illicites : l’Hadopi s’engage dans une nouvelle étape de sa mission de protection des droits.

Hadopi, ici. 

ECJ Advocate General Bot on interoperability and copyright

Opinion on SAS Institute Inc. (SAS) v. World Programming Ltd (WPL), case C-406/10, here. 

DRAFT COMPILATION ON LIMITATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS FOR LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES

Secreteriat, WIPO SCCR 23, here. 

From Paper Promises to Concrete Commitments: Dismantling The Obstacles to Transatlantic Cooperation in Cartel Enforcement

M. Chowdhury, here. 

WORKING DOCUMENT ON AN INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENT ON LIMITATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH PRINT DISABILITIES

From KEI, here (amended on the basis of comments made by Member States

delegations to the Chair’s document SCCR/22/16). 

Patents Thickets - An Overview

UK IPO, here. 

Interview with Teresa Hackett: Positive and thoughtful engagement of Member States at WIPO

IFLA.org, here.

Improving traffic management transparency

Ofcom, here. 

Digitaal gebonden - Onderzoek naar de functionaliteit van een vaste prijs voor het e-boek

J. Poort, I. Akker, N. van Eijk, B. van der Sloot, P. Rutten, hier.

Comparative analysis, Law & Economics analysis, assessment and development of recommendations for possible future rules on digital content contracts

M. Loos, N. Helberger, L. Guibault, C. Mak, L. Pessers, K. Cseres, B. van der Sloot, R. Tigner, here. 

No fixed price for e-books in The Netherlands

Futurebook.net, here. 

The Case of Margin Squeeze as a Blueprint for the Transition from Regulation to Competition?

H. Auf‘mkolk, here. 

Was zu tun wäre: Ein Urheberrecht für das 21. Jahrhundert

Wikimedia Deutschland e.V., Digitale Gesellschaft e.V., Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland e.V., here.

Neutral on Internet Neutrality: Should There Be a Role for the Federal Trade Commission?

T. Rosch, here. 

ECJ on injunctions requiring ISP filtering

Scarlet v. SABAM, C-70/10, here

Competition – what's in it for consumers ?

J. Almunia, here

Righthaven Appeals The Idea That Using Entire Work Could Be Fair Use (Copyright)

Techdirt.com, here

Urheberrechtsprobleme an elektronischen Leseplätzen: BGH nimmt Sprungrevision an

Urheberrecht.com, here

Interchange Fees in Card Payments

 A.Borestam, H.Schmiedel, here.

European versus American interpretations of orphan works at SCCR 23

Here, from Keionline.org.

Competition and Growth

OFT, here

iCloud: The Impact on Enterprise Information Management & E-Discovery

hudsonlegalblog.com, here. 

UK statement at SCCR 23 on preservation for libraries and archives

Here (from keionline.org). 

US Submission to SCCR 23 on Objectives and Principles for Exceptions and Limitations For Libraries and Archives

Here. 

EU Competition Policy: Work Programme for 2012

J. Almunia, here. 

Content Mining Free For All Would Be Bad For All

publishers.org.uk, here. 

The Creation of the WTO

WTO Creation Documentary Project, YouTube, here. 

Olivier Martinez/AdWords après l’arrêt par la CJUE

Tribunal de grande instance de Paris 17ème chambre, Jugement du 14 novembre 2011, ici. 

Penguin Group USA to No Longer Allow Library Lending of New Ebook Titles

thedigitalshift.com, here. 

Hartford Courant Settles Copyright And Hot News Claims

Paidcontent.org, here.

Addressing the Proposed WIPO International Instrument on Limitations and Exceptions for Persons with Print Disabilities: Recommendation or Mandatory Treaty ?

M. Kaminski, S.Yanisky-Ravid, here.

SCCR/23: THE CASE FOR A TREATY ON EXCEPTIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES: BACKGROUND PAPER BY IFLA, ICA, EIFL AND INNOVARTE

Here.

Righthaven Case Ends in Victory for Fair Use

EFF.org, here.

Who feeds the artist ?

N. Kroes, here. 

Search Neutrality as an Antitrust Principle

D. Crane, here. 

Summaries of Twenty Cases of Successful Private Antitrust Enforcement

J. Davis, R. Lande, here. 

Behavioral Antitrust and Monopolization

M. Stucke, here. 

GIOVANNI PITRUZZELLA NOMINATO PRESIDENTE DELL'AGCM

Qui.

Open Content Lizenzen - Ein Leitfaden für die Praxis

T. Kreutzer, hier. 

Site to Resell Music Files Has Critics

NYTimes.com, here.

EU Commission makes Standard & Poor's commitments to abolish fees for use of US International Securities Identification Numbers binding

Press Release, here. 

Copyright Infringement and Enforcement in the US - A Research Note

The American Assembly, here. 

Contracts on Fire: Amazon's Lending Library Mess

The Authors Guild, here. 

HathiTrust: Overview of Orphan Works Investigation for One Volume

Here. 

IP and Competition Policy - An International Perspective

Giovanni Napolitano, WIPO
Trento Economics Faculty
November 17, 2011
Room 3 C, 9 am.
Presentation here. 

Keynote: The Landscape of Collective Management Schemes

D. Gervais, here. 

Does Merger Control Work? A Retrospective on U.S. Enforcement Actions and Merger Outcomes

J. Kwoka, Jr., D. Greenfield, here. 

FAIR USE IN EUROPE. IN SEARCH OF FLEXIBILITIES

B. Hugenholtz, M. Senftleben, here.

Positionspapier: Kulturelles Erbe im Internet sichtbar machen - Museumsobjekte und Urheberrecht -

D. Preißler, hier. 

World Intellectual Property Report - The Changing Face of Innovation

WIPO, Economics and Statistics Series, here. 

Intellectual Property Law & Competition Law

A. Panda, A. Patel, A. Deo , S. Kalinga, S. Khettry, S. Mathew, here. 

Mario Monti' s Address to the AAI

Keynote speech on competition policy and some very interesting answers to questions on the Euro-related crisis and private enforcement, June 2011, original video  and my edited audio (Source: American Antitrust Institute Conference).

Mario Monti on Political Power, Economic Power, and Economic Integration

Trento Economics Festival, 2008, Audio (in Italian). 

China Cracks Down on Anti-Competitive Practices of Major State-Owned Enterprises

www.mwechinalaw.com, here. 

FAIR AND OTHER NON-INFRINGING USES IN THE CONTEXT OF CLOUD COMPUTING

G. Jiang, here.

Décret relatif au prix du livre numérique

N° 2011-1499 du 10 novembre 2011 pris en application de la loi n° 2011-590 du 26 mai 2011, ici. 

Whither WIPO: Will WIPO Wither?

M. Geist, audio, here. 

SCCR/22/16 - Proposal on an international instrument on limitations and exceptions for persons with print disabilities

Here. 

PROMOTING COMPLIANCE WITH COMPETITION LAW: DO COMPLIANCE AND ETHICS PROGRAMS HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY?

J. Murphy, OECD ROUNDTABLE ON PROMOTING COMPLIANCE WITH COMPETITION LAW, here. 

Achtes Gesetz zur Änderung des Gesetzes gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen

Referentenentwurf, BMWi, hier. 

Bionic Revisited: What the Summary Judgment Ruling in Oracle v. Google Means for Android and the GPL

E. Naughton, here. 

Library Copyright Alliance on Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)

Here.

The Net Neutrality Debate: Are All End-Users and Websites Created Equal?

C. Cohn, A. Mossoff , M. Lemley, video here. 

The impacts of supermarket price decisions on the dairy industry

Australian Senate, Economics References Committee, here. 

Livres indisponibles et orphelins : quel enjeu pour les bibliothèques ?

Interassociation Archives Bibliothèques Documentation, ici. 

The Impact of Copyright Policy Changes on Venture Capital Investment in Cloud Computing Companies

J. Lerner, here. 

The online economy: Coffee powerhouses

The Economist, here. 

Assessing Unilateral Merger Effects in a Two-Sided Market: An Application to the Dutch Daily Newspaper Market

L. Filistrucchi, T. Klein and T. Michielsen, here. 

Predicting Patent Litigation

C. Chien, here. 

Guidelines for Open Educational Resources (OER) in Higher Education

UNESCO, and Commonwealth of Learning, here

The Economics of the Cloud

Microsoft, here. 

Antitrust and Social Networking

S. Weber Waller, here. 

US Lawmakers' questions to Facebook on users' data collection and storage practices

J. Barton, E. Markey, M. Blackburn, and C. Maloney (D-N.Y.), here.

Plagiatssoftware im Rahmenvertrag für die Verwendung urheberrechtlich geschützer Werke in Schulen

Netzpolitik.org, hier. 

Storing Information for a Thousand Years

Forbes.com, here. 

IP, economics and the rest of the world: it's all happening!

IPKat, here. 

Legal Issues in Mass Digitization: A Preliminary Analysis and Discussion Document

US Office of the Register of copyrights, here. 

Intellectual Property in ACTA and the TPP: Lessons Not Learned

K. Weatherall, here