AG Jääskinen on the concept of ‘undertaking’ in a PSI reuse setting

Case C‑138/11, Compass-Datenbank GmbH v Republik Österreich, here. 

Department of National Defence Uses Crown Copyright To Demand Removal of Leaked Document

Michaelgeist.ca, here. 

FTC Chairman on Do Not Track, Google probe and more

Blog.sfgate.com, here. 

Financing R&D into medicines particularly needed in resource-poor settings

WHO, Consultative Expert Working Group on Research and
Development: Financing and Coordination, here. 

AGCM AVVIA ISTRUTTORIA SU UGF-PREMAFIN E SOSPENDE L’OPERAZIONE FINO ALLA CHIUSURA DEL PROCEDIMENTO

Provvedimento qui. 

Durchbruch für die private Kartellrechtsdurchsetzung im UK? Department for Business Innovation and Skills veröffentlicht Diskussionspaper zum private enforcement

S.Peyer, hier (Gastbeitrag auf Kartellblog). 

USING COPYRIGHT TO PROMOTE ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND CREATIVE CONTENT

WIPO, here. 

Digital Archiving

The Economist, here. 

Competition among competition journals (?)

New: Journal of Antitrust Enforcement. The editors are Ariel Ezrachi and William Kovacic, here.

AU Federal Court on "time shifting"

National Rugby League Investments Pty Limited v Singtel Optus Pty Ltd [2012] FCAFC 59, here. 

Overview of National Reports About 'Balancing Copyright'

R. Hilty, S. Nérisson, here. 

Harmonizing Patent Law: The Untamable Union Patent

H. Ullrich, here. 

Libraries Are Obsolete: An Oxford-Style Debate

Harvard Library, video here. 

11th Circuit on reverse payment settlements

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v WATSON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., SOLVAY PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., PAR PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES, INC., PADDOCK LABORATORIES, INC., here.

Digital Economy Act's anti-piracy measures are delayed

Bbc.co.uk, here. 

Informe sobre los Colegios Profesionales tras la transposición de la Directiva de Servicios

CNC, aquí.

Private actions in UK competition law: a consultation on options for reform

BIS, here. 

Berners-Lee: “Daten sind wie Dynamit”

Silicon.de, hier.

AUCC Abruptly Exits from Post-Secondary Copyright Board Case – What’s next for Canadian Universities and Colleges?

H. Knopf, here. 

The UsedSoft case – exhaustion online

T. Targosz, here. 

Le droit de copier des élèves

Owni.fr, ici. 

Das Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz – Erfahrungen und Ausblick

H. Bardt, J. Niehues, H. Techert, hier. 

LG Hamburg: Der Streit GEMA vs. Youtube im Detail

Telemedicus.info, hier. 

World Intellectual Property Day 2012: Map of the Activities

Here. 

AstraZeneca and the EU Sector Inquiry: When Do Patent Filings Violate Competition Law?

J. Drexl, here. 

Canadian students pledge to fight new copyright agreement

Newswire.ca, here. 

Google's additional responses to CNIL's questionnaire

Here. 

Opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor on ACTA (II)

Here. 

PROMOTING COMPETITION AND INNOVATION THROUGH VIGOROUS ENFORCEMENT OF THE ANTITRUST LAWS ON BEHALF OF CONSUMERS

S. Pozen, here. 

Schlussanträge des GA Bot bzgl. UsedSoft

Rechtssache C‑128/11, Axel W. Bierbach, Insolvenzverwalter der UsedSoft GmbH
gegen Oracle International Corp., hier. 

Deutscher Journalisten-Verband zum Urheberrecht in der digitalen Gesellschaft

Hier. 

Saving the game: Why preserving video games is illegal

Thenextweb.com, here. 

“Pfleiderer ” goes Austria – OLG Wien

Kartellblog.de, hier. 

Music Deals Could Transform Digital Market

Nationaljournal.com, here. 

The JFTC's proposal, the ICN Framework for Merger Review Cooperation has been approved.

Japan Fair Trade Commission, here. 

Big Data age puts privacy in question as information becomes currency

Guardian.co.uk, here. 

Nutzerinteressen stärken, Urheberrechte wahren

Deutscher Bibliotheksverband, hier. 

GEMA vs YouTube - what the Hamburg court really said...

Ipkitten.blogspot.com, here. 

International Competition Network Launches New Initiatives on the Investigative Process, Enforcement Cooperation, and Working with the Courts

FTC, here. 

Bundesregierung setzt auf Open Data

Heise.de, hier. 

Norwegian Competition Authority against fixed book price law

Press release, here. 

Oracle/Google: Rumble in the Java jungle

The Economist, here. On tech issues behind the legal dispute read also here (from news.cnet.com)

AU High Court rules in favour of iiNet

Summary here; judgment here. 

Turning Smartphones into Mobile Wallets – What Are the Issues?

Techpolicy.com, here.

Control of Museum Art Images: The Reach and Limits of Copyright and Licensing

K. Crews, M. Brown, here. 

College Faculty Continue Their Love Affair with Print Textbooks

BISG, here. 

Patents into ploughshares

The Economist, here. 

What does it mean to be open online?

N. Kroes, here. 

Más reflexiones sobre la declaración de servicio público de las rutas aéreas… ahora, de Canarias….

Fedeablogs.net, aquì. 

British Airways to pay £58.5 million penalty in OFT fuel surcharge decision

OFT, here.

Don't let software patents stop us standing on the shoulders of giants

J. Zittrain, here. 

International cooperation to fight protectionism

J. Almunia, here. 

UEFA’s Battle for its Brand

F. Gindrat, here. 

DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION ON ACTA

EP Committee on International Trade; Rapporteur: David Martin, here.

Twitter promotes patent peace with Innovator’s Agreement

Paidcontent.org, here. 

The value of future damages claims in energy: proven, probable or possible?

OXERA, here. 

Innovation in EU merger control: walking the talk

R. Veugelers, here. 

Access Copyright signs Model Licence with the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada

Ifrro.org, here. Read also this comment by M. Geist and this other one by A.Katz.

Google target of new federal privacy probe (Safari)

Mercurynews.com, here. 

Bundesliga weiter in der „Sportschau“ und bei Sky

Faz.net, hier. 

Wo bleiben Bildungs- und Wissenschaftsurheberrecht in der aktuellen Urheberrechtsdebatte?

Iuwis.de, hier. 

DA FUSIONE ALITALIA-AIRONE MONOPOLIO SULLA ROTTA LINATE-FIUMICINO. NOVANTA GIORNI DI TEMPO PER PRESENTARE LE MISURE UTILI A RIMUOVERE TALE POSIZIONE ENTRO IL 28 OTTOBRE 2012

Provvedimento qui. 

When Copyright Law and Science Collide: Empowering Digitally Integrated Research Methods on a Global Scale

J. Reichman, presentation delivered April 13, 2012, Orphan Works & Mass Digitization: Obstacles & Opportunities, Berkeley, here. 

Measuring the Internet: the Data Challenge

W. Lehr, here. 

Open Science for the 21st Century: Declaration of All European Academies

ALLEA, here. 

2011 Report on the Application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

European Commission, here. 

Supreme Court grants cert to Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons

Scotusblog.com, here. 

Technology Regulation

Panel at Stanford University, video here.
• Prof. Richard Epstein, New York University School of Law
• Prof. Anthony Falzone, Stanford Center for Internet and Society
• Prof. Mark Lemley, Stanford Law School
• Mr. Peter Thiel, President, Clarium Capital
• Hon. Ted Ullyot, General Counsel, Facebook
• Moderator: Dean Larry Kramer, Stanford Law School.

Interpretation and Institutional Choice at the WTO

G. Shaffer, J. Trachtman, here. 

New government report on IP doesn't say what Big Content thinks it says

Arstechnica.com, here

Academic publishing: Open sesame

The Economist, here. 

EBook-Kartellklage: Quellen

German American Law Journal, hier. 

History Repeats: Publishers, Retailers, and Antitrust

A.Katz, here. 

Zur Rolle des Urheberrechts und zum Leistungsschutzrecht für Presseverlage

T. Kreutzer im Interview, hier. 

John Palfrey Discusses Online Privacy with FTC Commissioner Julie Brill

Video here. 

France solves its XXe century book problem!

L. Guibault, here. 

The DOJ believes that Apple is forcing you to pay more for e-books

P. Karolczyk, here. DOJ's antitrust suit here. EU Commission's comment, here. 

THE OBJECTIVES AND PRINCIPLES OF UNILATERAL CONDUCT LAWS

The ICN The Unilateral Conduct Working Group, here. 

PREDATORY PRICING ANALYSIS

The ICN Unilateral Conduct Working Group, here.  

ICN's Framework for Merger Review Cooperation

Proposed by the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC), here. 

Antitrust and Google

R. Bork, here. 

Private Digital Libraries and Orphan Works

R. Picker, presentation here. 

SOCIETE BOUYGUES TELECOM contre la France

ECHR, Requête no 2324/08, ici et communiqué de presse ici. 

Viacom v. YouTube

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT, Docket No. 10-3270-cv.

AGCM su alcune delle problematiche ancora aperte in tema di "liberalizzazioni"

G. Pitruzzella, audizione parlamentare, qui, p. 3-5.
Settori interessati:
- carburanti
- assicurazioni
- banche

Competition law in the European Union after the Treaty of Lisbon

I. Lianos, here (from Academia.edu).

EP Committee on Industry, Research and Energy on ACTA

Draft opinion, here. 

The Next Generation of Global Competition Law

S. Weber Waller, here. 

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

Here.

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. 

Smart, Useful, Scary, Creepy: Perceptions of Online Behavioral Advertising

B. Ur, P. Leon, L. Faith Cranor, R. Shay and Y. Wang, here. 

The Effects of Gasoline Price Regulations: Experimental Evidence

J. Haucap, H. Müller, hier. 

Vertical Antitrust Enforcement: Transatlantic Perspectives on Restrictions of Online Distribution under EU and U.S. Competition Laws

G. Accardo, here. 

What is driving private antitrust enforcement? The German approach

S.Peyer, here. 

Google and Personal Data Protection

F. van der Sloot, F. Zuiderveen Borgesius, here. 

India’s First Compulsory License: Patents vs Public Health?

Iposgoode.ca, here. 

Prometheus v Mayo – A European view

P. Cole, here. (patentlyo.com)

HADOPI, 1 an ½ APRÈS SON LANCEMENT

Ici. 

How Privacy Has Become an Antitrust Issue

A. Franken, here. 

DES DONNÉES CULTURELLES À DIFFUSER

Owni.fr, ici.

OLG Hamburg: Rapidshare II

Urteil v. 14.03.2012, Az. 5 U 87/09, hier. 

The Philosopher Whose Fingerprints Are All Over the FTC's New Approach to Privacy

Theatlantic.com, here. 

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

Here.

Antitrust and the Movement of Technology

H. Hovenkamp, here. 

EU – US Privacy and Protection of Personal Data: Americans Are from Mars, Europeans Are from Venus

Ediscoverymap.com, here

Steady flow: evolution not revolution in the Water White Paper?

Oxera, here. 

Hadopi : les chercheurs américains répondent aux critiques du "Monde"

Electronlibre.info, ici.
Etude en question ici. 

Le patrimoine immatériel des personnes publiques

Très utile "Dossier du participant", ici. 

La France et les enjeux européens de la numérisation de l'écrit

Commission des affaires européennes (rapport présenté à l'Assemblée nationale), ici. 

Study on monetising privacy

N. Jentzsch, S. Preibusch, A.  Harasser, here.

US Supreme Court Discusses Bohannan and Hovenkamp, Creation Without Restraint

S. Ghosh, here. 

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.

Cigarette Packaging Regulation: The Intersection of Free Speech, Free Trade, Due Process, Property and Intellectual Property

Worldtradelaw.typepad.com, here. 

AGCM: SANZIONATO CARTELLO SEGRETO TRA GLI AGENTI MARITTIMI NEL PORTO DI GENOVA

Provvedimento qui.

ISPs' six strikes enforcement plan in force next July

The1709blog.blogspot.com, here. 

From Curia to Caries: music to the public in the dentist's chair

Ipkitten.blogspot.com, here.  

A surprisingly large collection of jokes about economists and economics

Here. 

PARERE IN TEMA DI MISURE PER CONTRASTARE LA C.D. "PIRATERIA INFORMATICA"

Punto-informatico.it, qui. 

Gespräche über freiwillige Two-Strikes-Regelung gescheitert

Heise.de, hier.

The Apple E-Book Kerfuffle Meets Alfred Marshall’s Principles of Economics

Truthonthemarket.com, here.  

AGCM AVVIA ISTRUTTORIA NEI CONFRONTI DI POSTE ITALIANE PER POSSIBILE ABUSO DI POSIZIONE DOMINANTE NEL SETTORE DEI SERVIZI POSTALI LIBERALIZZATI

Provvedimento qui. 

UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) officially announced

BIS, here.
The future CMA included, 14 will be the competition authorities in the EU (other, less employed names: office, commission and council). What about a unified US Antitrust Authority?

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. 

Patent Infringement Litigation: Filings on the Rise

Patentlyo.com, here. 

Rechtliche Aspekte der Nutzung, Verbreitung und Weiterentwicklung von Open-Source-Software

Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Informationstechnik
Bundesministerium des Innern, hier.

L'Autorité de la concurrence sanctionne un cartel franco-allemand à hauteur de 95,5 millions d'euros dans le secteur de la farine en sachets

Ici. 

From Pipe to Platform: The US CIO on the Future of Open Data

Niemanlab.org, here. 

What Makes an Effective Teacher? Quasi-Experimental Evidence

V. Lavy, here. 

Competitiveness of the euro area and within the euro area

M. Draghi, here. 

National Libraries and a Museum open up their data using CC0

Here.

Orphan Works: Mapping the Possible Solution Spaces

D. Hansen, here.

AG Mazák on the appropriateness of commitments

Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-551/10 P - Éditions Odile Jacob SAS v European Commission, here. 

Google and European Competition Law

M. Carve, H. Williams, here. 

Some Issues at the Intersection of Antitrust Law and Innovation Policy (3)

H. Hovenkamp, video here (from Kartellblog.de). Paper here.

Reform-minded professors consider backing NCAA antitrust exemption

Washingtonpost.com, here. 

Offres, terminaux, chaîne de valeur : quelles perspectives pour le livre numérique ?

HADOPI, ici. 

Netzneutralität

Vierter Zwischenbericht der Enquete-Kommission „Internet und digitale Gesellschaft“, hier. 

La CNC inicia un estudio sobre la competencia en el transporte de mercancías por ferrocarril

Nota de Prensa aquí. 

Government Pressuring Publishers to Adjust Pricing Policy on E-Books

Mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com, here. 

Antitrust’s State Action Doctrine and the Ordinary Powers of Corporations

H. Hovenkamp, here. 

GAS: AGCM AVVIA ISTRUTTORIA NEI CONFRONTI DI ENI PER POSSIBILE ABUSO DI POSIZIONE DOMINANTE

Provvedimento qui.

Aggregates market investigation - issues statement

UK Competition Commission, here. 

Exclusion as a Core Competition Concern

J. Baker, here. 

Competition policy for innovation and growth: Keeping markets open and efficient

J. Almunia, here. 

Tarifs sociaux de l'électricité et droit de la concurrence

Autorité de la concurrence, Avis ici. 

Scaling the Patent System

C. Mulligan, T. Lee, here. 

Opinion of the European Data Protection Supervisor on the data protection reform package

Here.

Android und das Open Source Konzept

Ifross.org, hier. 

Accessible ICTs and Personalized Learning for Students with Disabilities

UNESCO, here. 

Creation without Restraint: Promoting Liberty and Rivalry in Innovation

Symposium named after the title of the new book written Christina Bohannan and Herbert Hovenkamp; contributions linked from here. 

Workshop on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)

European Parliament, video here. 

WIPO: International Patent Filings Set New Record in 2011

Press Release, here. 

Panel on the European Competition Model: Report

European Competition Forum 2012, here. 

Are Bookstores and Libraries Doomed by Digitization?

R. Posner, here. 

Koalition bringt Leistungsschutzrecht für Presseverlage auf den Weg

Urheberrecht.org, hier. 

Meltwater Holding BV v The Newspaper Licensing Agency Limited: Is Google Next?

C. Doagoo, here. 

ICE bekommt Konkurrenz

Ftd.de, hier. 

Football Dataco: skill and labour is dead!

E. Derclaye, here. 

“Honor your commitments” - The patent hold-up problem after antitrust regulators in the United States and the European Union cleared Google’s acquisition of Motorola’s patent pool

N. Cerros, here. 

EU Commission opens proceedings against MathWorks over interoperability issues

Press Release, here. 

Media and Antitrust: An overview of EU and national case law

M. Herron, C. Pouncey, here. 

ECJ on football fixture lists and originality in the selection or arrangement of the data

Case C‑604/10, Football Dataco Ltd et al. v Yahoo! UK Ltd et al., here. 

Plaintiffs Seek Fair Use Ruling in Mass Book Digitization Case

Blog.authorsguild.org, here. 

Advocacy Intervention of the Italian Competition Authority concerning Competition Reform Proposals

ECN Brief 1/2012, here. 

Petit guide de survie juridique à l’usage des auteurs d’oeuvres indisponibles

S.I.Lex, ici. 

Positionspapier des dbv zur aktuellen Fassung der EU-Richtlinie zu verwaisten Werken

Hier. 

Towards Flexible Copyright?

F. Teeven, here. 

Sì al rating antimafia per promuovere le aziende virtuose

IlSole24Ore.com, qui. 

Les nouvelles règles de confidentialité de Google soulèvent des inquiétudes

CNIL, ici. 

India at WTO TRIPS Council: Concerns over ACTA and TPPA

Here (from keionline.org).