Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Das Normungs- und Standardisierungsumfeld von Cloud Computing

Booz & Company und FZI, hier.

Worldwide Symposium on Geographical Indications - Lima 2011

WIPO, here.

Mehr Regeln treiben die Spritpreise nach oben

Faz.net, hier.

OFT refers private healthcare market to Competition Commission

Accords de « peering » et neutralité de l'Internet

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. A lire aussi lemonde.fr, ici

The Interesting Part About Amazon’s In-App Payments Beta Is That Developers Have Pricing Control

Techcrunch.com, here

Abus de position dominante : trois nouvelles plaintes contre Google

Pcinpact.com, ici

CENTER FOR COPYRIGHT INFORMATION ANNOUNCES THREE MAJOR STEPS TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION

Copyrightinformation.org, here

Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Thursday, March 29, 2012

BALANCING PRIVACY AND INNOVATION: DOES THE PRESIDENT’S PROPOSAL TIP THE SCALE?

FTC, here

WP29: Opinion on the data protection reform proposals

Article 29 Data Protection Working Party, here

EGC: Telefónica and Telefónica de España v Commission

T-336/07, aquì. Read also the EU Commission's Press Release, here.

Diritto d’autore: Antonio Catricalà al lavoro su norma interpretativa per poteri Agcom

Key4biz.it, qui.

UK Digital Copyright Exchange Feasibility Study

R. Hooper, Phase 1 Report, here.

Antitrust proceedings and the application of legal privilege under English law

Herbertsmith.com, here

Consent and competition: getting the right balance

Ipkitten.blogspot.com, here

Promusicae me denuncia por infracción a su honor

E. Dans, aquì.

Das nebulöse Leistungsschutzrecht im Unterausschuss Neue Medien

T. Rößner, hier

European Parliament Rejects Referral Of ACTA To EU High Court

Ip-watch.org, here

EU reaches preliminary deal on future-proof roaming solution for mobile phone users

Antitrust and the Movement of Technology

H. Hovenkamp, here

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Restriction de la concurrence sur les marchés de la vente d'aliments secs pour chiens et pour chats dans la distribution spécialisée

Autorité de la Concurrence, Décision n° 12-D-10 du 20 mars 2012, ici

CRESCERE IMPARANDO: UNA ROAD MAP PER LA CULTURA

F. Vella, qui

Data Strategy Board set up to advise UK government on which data to set free

The Guardian, here

Academic Publishing is Broken

The-scientist.com, here

UK Merger Fees - Impact Assessment

BIS, here

Draft Framework Guidelines on Interoperability and Data Exchange Rules for European Gas Transmission Networks

ACER, Public Consultation, here

EU-U.S. joint statement on data protection

Here

Google Amicus Brief in Disney v. Hotfile

Disney Enterprises, Inc. et al v. Hotfile Corp. et al.,  Case No. 11-20427-Civ here.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

The Dubious Autonomy of Virtual Worlds

M. Lemley, here

Italian Pfizer Case (3)

T. Graf, here.
(1 here and 2 here)

Copyright and Educational Uses: The Unbearable Case of Italian Law from a European and Comparative Perspective

G. Mazziotti, here

The Value and Benefit of Text Mining to UK Further and Higher Education

JISC, here

WTO: Ukraine files dispute against Australia over trademark restrictions and other plain packaging requirements on tobacco products

Here. The complaint is here

MOVIES ON PAY TV MARKET INVESTIGATION: Developments since our provisional findings

UK Competition Commission, here

Anyone aware of a coming IP/Competition conference with still open submissions?

In case you are, I'd love to know (mail). Many thanks in advance.

BEREC: blocking of VoIP and P2P traffic is common

Here

Monday, February 27, 2012

TARIFFE PROFESSIONALI: ANTITRUST AVVIA ISTRUTTORIA NEI CONFRONTI DEL CONSIGLIO NOTARILE DI LUCCA PER POSSIBILE INTESA RESTRITTIVA DELLA CONCORRENZA

Provvedimento qui.

BVerfG: Speicherung und Verwendung von Telekommunikationsdaten teilweise verfassungswidrig

Urheberrecht.org, hier

La loi sur la numérisation des livres indisponibles du XXème siècle: analyse

Société des Gens de Lettre, ici.

Competition for Innovation

H.Hovenkamp, here.

Study on data collection and storage in the EU

European Network and Information Security Agency, here

Le prix unique du livre numérique : quelles implications pour le droit de la concurrence ? — Questions à Maître Pauline Le More, avocate au barreau de Paris

Images.lexbase.fr, ici

Dutch university blocks bitTorrent traffic of their students

Futureofcopyright.com, here

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Remarks of FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz at White House Privacy Event

Here

Solving Europeana’s mass-digitization issues through Extended Collective Licensing?

J. Axhamn and L. Guibault, here.

Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World: A Framework for Protecting Privacy and Promoting Innovation in the Global Digital Economy

The US White House, here

C'tee in Israel proposes businesses separate holdings

Jpost.com, here. 

Meeting of „europe-v-facebook.org” and Facebook Representatives: summary of Arguments

Europe-v-facebook.org, here

GPs to ‘prescribe’ apps for patients

UK Department of Health, here

Delays, drafts and distinguished discussants: the unitary patent moves on

Ipkitten.blogspot.com, here

GPS-based Insurance Rates: The Devil is in the (Data) Details

J. Zittrain, here

Monday, February 20, 2012

Why (Ever) Define Markets? An Answer to Professor Kaplow

G. Werden, here

Private Enforcement and Collective Redress: the Benefits of Empirical Research and Comparative Approaches

Competition Law Review - Volume 8 Issue 1, here

Public and private enforcement of EU competition law

A. Italiener, here

The Effect of Graduated Response Anti-Piracy Laws on Music Sales: Evidence from an Event Study in France


B. Danaher, M. Smith, R. Telang, S. Chen, here.

Plate-forme dédiée au prêt et l'achat d'ebooks en bibliothèque au Portugal

Actualitte.com, ici

MegaBust's MegaQuestions Cloud the Net's Future

P. Corwin, here

US Hearing on Litigation as a Predatory Strategy

Before the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet,
House Judiciary Committee. Written testimonies: M.Lao, here; J. Richards, here. Video here

Loosen up copyright law, says Dutch government

Rnw.nl, here

Berliner Open Data-Strategie

Frauenhofer FOKUS, hier

Friday, February 17, 2012

Competition Bureau's affidavits reveal Libor manipulation system and extent of Canada's probe

Competitionpolicyinternational.com, here. See also here.

Copyrights' many crossroads

M. Martin-Pratt, here (video, The Creators Conference - audio pretty poor).

IMPROVING INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION IN CARTEL INVESTIGATIONS

OECD, Background Note, here; country contributions here

Jurisdiction and Choice of Law in International Antitrust Law – A U.S. Perspective

H. Buxbaum, R. Michaels, here

German services: Protected and inefficient

The Economist, here

Competition Law, Extraterritoriality and Bilateral Agreements

F. Wagner-von Papp, here

AU Federal Court on the qualification of simulcast via the Internet as broadcasting

Phonographic Performance Company of Australia Ltd v Commercial Radio Australia Limited [2012] FCA 93 (15 February 2012), here