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