Legal Advice

From ongoing by Tim Bray: Legal Advice “ Hey, are you op­er­at­ing an app or a Web site? If so, are you among the (large num­ber of) peo­ple (for ex­am­ple, In­sta­gram) who con­nect via “http:” in­stead of “https:”? Here’s some ad­vice....

Weak versus Strong Net Neutrality

From Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog: Weak versus Strong Net Neutrality “Joshua S. Gans, University of Toronto – Rotman School of Management describes Weak versus Strong Net Neutrality. ABSTRACT: This paper provides a framework to classify and evaluate the impact of net neutrality regulations on the allocation of consumer attention...

Weak versus Strong Net Neutrality

From Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog: Weak versus Strong Net Neutrality “Joshua S. Gans, University of Toronto – Rotman School of Management describes Weak versus Strong Net Neutrality. ABSTRACT: This paper provides a framework to classify and evaluate the impact of net neutrality regulations on the allocation of consumer attention...

The Areeda-Turner Test for Exclusionary Pricing: A Critical Journal

From Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog: The Areeda-Turner Test for Exclusionary Pricing: A Critical Journal “Herb Hovenkamp has an interesting paper on The Areeda-Turner Test for Exclusionary Pricing: A Critical Journal. ABSTRACT: Few works of legal scholarship have had the impact enjoyed by Areeda and Turner’s 1975 article on predatory pricing. Proof of predatory...

The Areeda-Turner Test for Exclusionary Pricing: A Critical Journal

From Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog: The Areeda-Turner Test for Exclusionary Pricing: A Critical Journal “Herb Hovenkamp (Iowa) discusses The Areeda-Turner Test for Exclusionary Pricing: A Critical Journal. ABSTRACT: Few works of legal scholarship have had the impact enjoyed by Areeda and Turner’s 1975 article on predatory pricing. Proof of predatory pricing under the...

Department of Justice Opens Review of ASCAP and BMI Consent Decrees

From Antitrust Law Blog: Department of Justice Opens Review of ASCAP and BMI Consent Decrees “The Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice this month announced that it has opened a review of the 73-year-old ASCAP and BMI Consent Decrees. In its press release, the DOJ noted that it is most interested in comments “on competitive concerns that arise from the joint licensing of music by performance rights organizations and … Continue...

Software Interoperability Information Disclosure and Competition Law

From Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog: Software Interoperability Information Disclosure and Competition Law “Qang Yu, Leiden Law School discusses Software Interoperability Information Disclosure and Competition Law. ABSTRACT: Software interoperability information is indispensable in establishing connections among the parts of a program and to applications and users. According to the concepts of copyright...

Antitrust Limits on Targeted Patent Aggregation

From Antitrust & Competition Policy Blog: Antitrust Limits on Targeted Patent Aggregation “Alan Devlin (Latham) has a new paper on Antitrust Limits on Targeted Patent Aggregation. ABSTRACT: Patent-assertion entities, or “PAEs,” are non-technology-practicing companies that aggregate and license patents under threat of suit. Their activities have drawn fire, including Presidential condemnation,...