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Essential Facilities Doctrine And China’S Anti-Monopoly Law, Yong Huang, Elizabeth Xiao-Ru Wang, Xin Roger Zhang

Elizabeth Xiao-Ru Wang

No abstract provided.

Patent Assertion Entities & Privateers: Economic Harms To Innovation And Competition, Robert G. Harris

Robert G Harris

This paper addresses the problems of aggressive rent-seeking activities by patent assertion entities (PAEs) and privateers. Section II explains why aggressive patent assertion is especially problematic in patent thick products and systems (such as computers, smartphones and software), and why technological developments have increased the number and “density” of patent thickets. Section III addresses the fundamental differences in the strategic positions and interests of practicing entities and PAEs, and explains why those differences affect the conduct of PAEs and increase the opportunities for, and economic harm caused by, their rent-seeking conduct and efforts to engage in patent hold-up. Section IV …

Data Scraping And Abuse Of Dominance In Travel Services: Story Of An Antitrust Guerrilla, Valerio Cosimo Romano

Valerio Cosimo Romano

No abstract provided.

A Submission To The Australian Law Reform Commission On Copyright And The Digital Economy: It Pricing, Matthew Rimmer

Matthew Rimmer

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThis submission draws upon a number of pieces of research on copyright and consumer rights – including:1. Matthew Rimmer, 'Clash of the Titans: Apple, Adobe, and Microsoft Under Fire at the IT Pricing Inquiry', The Conversation, 22 March 2013, https://theconversation.edu.au/clash-of-the-titans-apple-adobe-and-microsoft-under-fire-at-it-pricing-inquiry-128782. Matthew Rimmer, 'When the Price is Not Right: Technology Price Gouging in Australia', The Conversation, 23 November 2012, http://theconversation.edu.au/when-the-price-is-not-right-technology-price-gouging-in-australia-105823. Matthew Rimmer, 'IT Pricing: Copyright Law, Consumer Rights, and Competition Policy', A submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications Inquiry into IT Pricing, 19 September 2012, http://works.bepress.com/matthew_rimmer/121/In addition, this submission draws upon a number of …

Patent Trolls Among Us, Kent R. Acheson

Kent R Acheson

As Acheson (2012) suggested in A Study of the Need to Change United States Patent Policy, software should not be patented, but the Intellectual Property Rights should be protected in another manner that does not entail a Copyright, Trademark, or secrecy. A new form of protection should be created based on certain criteria, such as useful life of a patent, incremental innovation, value to society, and or value to life.

Fixing Frand: A Pseudo-Pool Approach To Standards-Based Patent Licensing, Jorge Contreras

Jorge L Contreras

Technical interoperability standards are critical elements of mobile telephones, laptop computers, digital files, and thousands of other products in the modern networked economy. Most such standards are developed in so-called voluntary standards-development organizations (SDOs) that require participants to license patents essential to the standard on terms that are “fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory” (FRAND). FRAND commitments are thought to avoid the problem of patent hold-up: the imposition of excessive royalty demands after a standard has been widely adopted in the market. While, at first blush, FRAND commitments seem to assure product vendors that patents will not obstruct the manufacture and sale …

Game Over For First Sale, Stephen J. Mcintyre

Stephen J McIntyre

Video game companies have long considered secondhand game retailers a threat to their bottom lines. With the next generation of gaming consoles on the horizon, some companies are experimenting with technological tools to discourage and even prevent gamers from buying and selling used games. Most significantly, a recent patent application describes a system for suppressing secondhand sales by permanently identifying game discs with a single video game console. This technology flies in the face of copyright law’s “first sale” doctrine, which gives lawful purchasers the right to sell, lease, and lend DVDs, CDs, and other media. This Article answers a …

A More Harmonious Approach To Evaluate Pharmaceutical Patent Litigation’S “Reverse Payment Settlements”: What About The Patents?, Wenhao Leu

Wenhao Leu

"Reverse Payment Settlements" in pharmaceutical patent litigations represent one of the most challenging legal issues to resolve today because the courts do not have the right tools to do so. Though sharp divisions exist among the circuit courts with application of different tests, none of them has yet to achieve the right balance between the patentees' right to exclude and consumers' need for cheaper generic drugs.

This paper examines more closely the IP aspects of Reverse Payment Settlement agreements—the pharmaceutical patents—in order to resolve their antitrust issues. With weaker patents that are susceptible to invalidation or findings of non-infringement, pharmaceutical …

Trade Marks: Single Colours Can Be Protected (And Competitors See Red)., Valerio Cosimo Romano

Valerio Cosimo Romano

No abstract provided.

Las Acciones De Clase En La Vision De La Corte Suprema De Justicia De La Nacion., Gabriel Martinez Medrano

Gabriel Martinez Medrano

Estas líneas son mis primeras reflexiones sobre el fallo de la CORTE SUPREMA (Argentina) in re Cavalieri, en el cual se denegó a una asociación de defensa de consumidores la legitimación activa para pretender extender la condena reclamada por Cavalieri al resto de consumidores de una empresa de medicina prepaga.

Viral Open Source: Competition Vs. Synergy, Michal Gal

Michal Gal

The creation of free and open source software (FOSS) through social networks has been celebrated as one of the most interesting and inspiring developments of the information age. The main legal platform selected for facilitating this collaborative creation is the GNU General Public License (GPL). Software released under the GPL enables anyone to use, modify, and distribute the code. Yet, these rights are contingent upon virality: every copy or work based on the original code must also be subject to such terms and conditions. This article analyzes the interesting and intricate effects of virality on welfare and innovation. Virality increases …

El Acceso A La Justicia Y La Competencia Territorial En Acciones Colectivas De Consumidores., Gabriel Martinez Medrano

Gabriel Martinez Medrano

Comenta doctrina de la Corte Suprema de Argentina que permite la demanda colectiva contra un banco en cualquier jurisdiccion donde este tenga una sucursal establecida.

La Transparencia En La Protección De Datos Personales, Bruno L. Costantini García

Bruno L. Costantini García

La Transparencia en la Protección de Datos Personales, ponencia elaborada dentro de los trabajos del VII Congreso Nacional de Organismos Públicos Autónomos (OPAM)

The Alternative Forms Of Dispute Settlement And The Essential Difference Between These And Arbitration, Michael Diathesopoulos

Michael Diathesopoulos

The paper examines the characteristics of some common alternative forms of dispute settlement and their key differences from arbitration regarding their nature and scope. Its purpose is to explore each mechanism's suitability for specific types of disputes.

La Noción De Consumidor En El Código De Protección Y Defensa Del Consumidor, David García

David García

This work contains a legal analysis of the notion of consumer in the Peruvian law

표준화 기구 운영과 지식재산권 남용에 관한 한국 및 유럽의 경쟁법 집행, Hee-Eun Kim, Il Kang

Hee-Eun Kim

No abstract provided.

Aspectos Generales Dela Publicidad En México. "La Publicidad De Productos, Servicios, Y Actividades Reguladas Por La Ley General De Salud", Bruno L. Costantini García

Bruno L. Costantini García

Introducción a las generalidades de la regulación en materia de publicidad de insumos para el consumo humano (salud) en México.

Accion De Clase De No Consumidores, Gabriel Martinez Medrano

Gabriel Martinez Medrano

Comentario a fallo de Camara de Apelaciones de San Nicolas en autos Consumidores Nicoleños c. BAPRO.

Valuing Publication And Attribution In Intellectual Property, Christopher Sprigman, Christopher Buccafusco, Zachary Burns

Christopher Sprigman

This is the third in a series of articles focusing on the experimental economics of intellectual property. In earlier work, we have experimentally studied the ways in which creators assign monetary value to the things that they create. That research has suggested that creators are subject to a systematic bias that leads them to overvalue their work. This bias, which we have called the 'creativity effect,' potentially results in inefficient markets in IP, because creators may be unwilling to license their works for rational amounts. Our prior research, however, like American IP law itself, focused exclusively on the monetary value …

Noción Y Elementos Existenciales Del Título De Crédito, Bruno L. Costantini García

Bruno L. Costantini García

Discernir la noción y elementos de existencia de los títulos de crédito, considerando la doctrina y la denominación expresada en nuestra Ley General de Títulos y Operaciones de Crédito, conceptualizando el término de los documentos que consignan un derecho crediticio propio de su naturaleza y deslindando de manera dogmatica y exegética los elementos que lo forman y le dan su funcionamiento, mediante una visión de las instituciones jurídicas que les dan su existencia y aplicación dentro del devenir de los actos de comercio.

Generalidades De La Propiedad Intelectual En México, Bruno L. Costantini García

Bruno L. Costantini García

Presentación de las Generalidades de la Propiedad Intelectual en México (Propiedad Industrial y Derechos de Autor), legislación que la rige, aplicación y modalidades

La Competencia Territorial Para La Ejecución De Pagarés De Consumo En La Capital Federal., Gabriel Martinez Medrano

Gabriel Martinez Medrano

Comentario al Plenario de la Cámara Nacional en lo Comercial que sienta la siguiente doctrina: “En las ejecuciones de títulos cambiarios dirigidas contra deudores residentes fuera de la jurisdicción del tribunal: 1. Cabe inferir de la sola calidad de las partes que subyace una relación de consumo en los términos previstos en la ley N° 24.240 de Defensa del Consumidor, prescindiendo de la naturaleza cambiaria del título en ejecución. 2. Corresponde declarar de oficio la incompetencia territorial del tribunal con fundamento en lo dispuesto en el art. 36 de la Ley de Defensa del Consumidor”.

Ownership Unbundling In European Energy Market & Legal Problems Under Eu Law, Michael Diathesopoulos

Michael Diathesopoulos

In this paper we will examine the issue of ownership unbundling and forced divestiture remedies imposed in a series of recent competition law cases of the energy market - examined in other papers - in relation to the possible existence of a series of legal obstacles. These energy market decisions belong to a group of antitrust cases in which a structural divestiture remedy has been imposed under the provisions of Article 9 of Regulation 1/2003. This divestiture refers to transmission networks and to generation capacity and is meant to lead to severe structural changes, which are compatible with the findings …

La Jurisprudencia En México, Bruno L. Costantini García

Bruno L. Costantini García

Breve presentación de la jurisprudencia en México, su aplicación, objetivos y fines para el Derecho Mexicano. ¿Por qué es util para el derecho? ¿Quién la emite?

Notariado Y Correduria Y Su Registro En México, Bruno L. Costantini García

Bruno L. Costantini García

Introducción al Derecho Notarial y Registral en México, cuyo objeto es conocer los elementos de las figuras del notario y del corredor público, la formalización de sus actos y su registro.

Rudolf Callmann And The Misappropriation Doctrine In The Common Law Of Unfair Competition, Christopher Wadlow

Christopher Wadlow

Rudolf Callmann (1892-1976) is a central figure for unfair competition lawyers in both the German civil law and the Anglo-American common law traditions. When he emigrated from Germany to America in the 1930s he was already the author of substantial works on trade marks, unfair competition, and cartel law. In the United States he composed the monumental Callmann on Unfair Competition, Trademarks and Monopolies. This article examines his invocation of the 1918 decision of the Supreme Court in International News Service v Associated Press as the basis for a reformulated common law of unfair competition, eschewing a purely tortious conception …

El Requisito De “Tipicidad” Para La Habilitación De Una Acción Colectiva De Consumidores., Gabriel Martinez Medrano

Gabriel Martinez Medrano

Comentario al fallo de la Sala A en autos Consumidores Financieros c/ Banco de San Juan s/ acción colectiva de consumidores.

Liquidación Y Ejecución Colectiva De Sentencias En Acciones De Clase De Consumidores, Gabriel Martinez Medrano

Gabriel Martinez Medrano

No abstract provided.

5m3 Interview On "Estratégias Para A Televisão Digital Terrestre", Nicola Matteucci

Nicola Matteucci

O 5M3 lançou três questões autor, no sentido de actualizar o artigo e obter uma visão a posteriori sobre o seu conteúdo. O resultado é o Anexo a este 5M3, no qual mantivemos os comentários no seu detalhe e na língua em que o autor as escreveu. O 5M3 quis saber se o processo de transição para a TDT tem sido demasiado tecnocrático: e o lado dos consumidores? Matteucci concorda. O debate terá sido muito pautado por um enfoque na questão da “convergência tecnológica” em prejuízo de uma maior atenção ao lado da procura. O 5M3 lançou também uma questão …

Crédito Para El Consumo, Competencia - Contratos Bancarios Y De Tarjeta De Credito, Gabriel Martinez Medrano

Gabriel Martinez Medrano

Ppt de la presentacion en el Curso de Derecho del Consumidor en el Colegio Publico de Abogados de la Capital Federal brindado el 18 de mayo 2011.