What the EU Doesn’t Get: Competitor Harm Does Not Equal Consumer Harm
The European Commission is a loose cannon when it comes to antitrust and competition law. It's record $1.45 billion fine is emblematic of what the Commission just doesn't get: there's [...]
Robbing Intel to Pay European Taxpayers: Did Neelie Kroes Really Say That?
According the BBC, Neelie Kroes joked that her record setting fine against Intel would be redistributed from the American-based company and its employees to European taxpayers.Ms Kroes joked in her [...]
It’s All About Consumer Welfare: The Varney Speech and Intel Case
On Monday, the US Department of Justice’s lead antitrust enforcer announced a new direction for her agency. In a speech before the Center for American Progress, Christine Varney, assistant attorney [...]
FBI to station computer crime expert in Estonia
MSNBC reports that the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) plans to permanently base a computer crime expert in Estonia this year to fight international threats against computer systems. According to [...]
Survey Says… Government Websites are Terrible
FoxNews.com had a front-page article this week about a study showing that, despite the president’s dedication to openness and transparency in government and his campaign’s landmark use of the Internet, [...]
What Did YOU Do for World IP Day?
Whew… Big week last week for events about IP. Sunday was World Intellectual Property Day (did you sign on to the Statement of Principles yet?). Monday and Tuesday brought the [...]