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Dissertation Summaries (11) – LLM in IP and Competition Law 2009-2010

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An Analysis of the Decision of the Commission of 12 may 2009 concerning RFID and Data Protection – Laurie Caucheteux (Laurie.Caucheteux@student.ulg.ac.be)

The promising RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology – also known as the “Internet of things” – generates challenges for the protection of privacy and personal information in allowing the collection of data which may be connected, directly or indirectly, to natural persons. To alleviate those concerns, the European Commission adopted on 12 May 2009 a Recommendation concerning RFID and data protection.
The purpose of the present dissertation is to provide a first assessment of the legal framework applicable to RFID. It questions, amongst others, whether the choice of a mere Recommendation, as opposed to a stronger regulatory instrument, is appropriate. It also seeks to determine whether the recommendation addresses exhaustively the very many areas of concerns identified by the stakeholders.
To this end, this dissertation is divided into three parts. Part I comes back on the process which led to the adoption of the recommendation and clarifies the views and concerns expressed at this stage. Par II offers an analysis of the current regulatory framework, which spans the Recommendation as well as various directives and other relevant principles. Finally, Part III provides a personal, critical, assessment of the Recommendation.

Written by Nicolas Petit

7 January 2010 at 2:43 pm

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New Frontiers of Antitrust – 15 February 2010 – Paris

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artoff88Whilst this blog does not intend to be a marketing platform for upcoming conferences, I must report that Concurrences invited me to talk at a most promising conference, which will take in Paris on 15 February 2010. The title of the conference is “New Frontiers of Antitrust“. To explore the new boundaries of competition enforcement, the organizers have chosen to focus on the following topics:

  • Forthcoming US and EU enforcement agendas;
  • Sector inquiries;
  • Behavioural economics;
  • Increased sanctions for antitrust infringements.

I have been asked to talk on sector inquiries. Most happy to receive comments, input, or any other idea in relation to this topic (in exchange, of course, for “first footnote” credit in the final version of my paper).

The programme can be downloaded below.

Conference Concurrences Paris 15 Feb 2010

Written by Nicolas Petit

7 January 2010 at 9:20 am

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