New Zoom link (Re: 5 September agenda: "Standards and Competition")

Note: W3C does not provide legal advice and has not endorsed any of the
content that may be discussed.

Sorry about the extra calendar notifications, everyone.

I made a mistake on the W3C Calendar site and added duplicate entries for
the 5 Sep meeting instead of making a change to the existing meeting.

I think I have deleted the duplicates and have added Zoom joining
instructions to the remaining meeting.

https://www.w3.org/events/meetings/0c184cd5-678d-4cc0-aed4-76ebe4dc59a7/

Please use the new Zoom link for tomorrow's meeting. Thank you.






On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 8:33 AM Don Marti <dmarti@raptive.com> wrote:

> Good morning IWABG members,
>
> We have an agenda item for our upcoming 5 September meeting, so we will be
> restarting Improving Web Advertising Business Group meetings after a delay.
> Please post any suggested future agenda items to this list, or you can
> contact me directly if you are interested in finding out if an agenda item
> is on topic for the group.
>
> Note: This is a special meeting that will include policy and legal
> content. As a business group member you are able to invite guests. This is
> an opportunity to share with policy and legal stakeholders at your company.
>
> Don
>
>
> Agenda item follows...
>
> Subject: Standards and Competition – What you need to know to stay safe
>
> Date: 5th September – 4PM BST (UK time)
>
> This presentation combines engineering and legal expertise to explain the
> practical actions IWA BG participants need to take to stay safe when
> engaging in technical standards. Topics covered include:
>
> - Introduction and brief background on Movement for an Open Web.
> - Competition law as applicable to standards bodies:
>     o Why standards bodies have antitrust guidelines.
>     o Difference between standards bodies and other types of organizations.
>     o What antitrust guidelines need to cover.
>     o Enforcement of antitrust guidelines.
>     o Examples of violations and what to do when you observe them.
>     o Risks of non-compliance.
>
> - Current competition landscape in US, Europe, and UK:
>     o Standards bodies are involved and need to be more proactive.
>
> If you have ever typed or said IANAL (I Am Not a Lawyer) then the session
> is for you. The session is targeted at business managers, lawyers, and
> engineers involved in standards settings. The presentation will be recorded
> and last 40 minutes. Some voluntary audience participation will be
> encouraged.
>
> The following Q&A session will not be recorded as per the established
> practice of the IWA BG.
>
>
> Presenters:
>
> Tim Cowen is Chair of the Antitrust Practice at Preiskel&Co and is
> independently recognised as one of the leading competition/regulatory
> lawyers in the EU. He leads the competition law team at Preiskel&Co where
> his practice covers a full range of competition law and regulatory matters
> arising across the Tech, Media and Telecoms sector. Tim led BT’s
> competition law and public policy team for many years. He led the team
> advocating liberalisation of the EU market and the system of law that
> promotes competition among telecommunication and technology companies. From
> a deep understanding of the reasons for the law he now spends about half of
> his time on policy and the reasons either for reform or reinforcement of
> the system. In this regard he co-chairs the Digital Policy Alliance
> Competition Group
> with Lord Clement Jones.
>
> Tim has dealt with many abuse of dominance cases and anti-competitive
> practices both for
> defendants and plaintiffs. For example, in 2009 he left BT to join Sidley
> Austin and help Microsoft with deal with the EU commission and compliance
> with the Commission and Court decisions. He currently represents a range of
> companies in the EU Commission’s ongoing investigations of Google’s abuse
> of dominance in online search and the bundling of applications with the
> Android operating system; for which the Commission has imposed record
> fines. He has dealt with almost every type of case in telecoms and
> competition law – advising on the application of the law and leading
> transactions and litigation. For example, he has acted on all major merger
> cases affecting the sector – either for parties to transactions or third
> parties affected by them. Recent cases include Tobii / Smartbox,
> TCB/Quidco, as well as representing players in the leading cases such as
> WhatsApp/Facebook and Google/DoubleClick, AT&T/ T Mobile, BT/EE and
> H3G/O2. Current and past positions include:  Founder of Movement for an
> Open Web, and the Open Computing Alliance, Board Member of the
> International Institute of Communications, Board Member Bingham Centre for
> the Rule of Law, Founder member Competition Law Forum British Institute of
> International and Comparative Law, Chairman, Armitt Museum, Past Member of
> the Competition
> Appeal Tribunal, Past Chairman, Competition Panel, Confederation of
> British Industry and Past Chairman, International Association of Commercial
> and Contract Management. He was awarded the title of ‘Distinguished
> Visiting Fellow’ at the European Business School in London and is currently
> a guest lecturer for the law faculty at Oxford. He was appointed as a
> Visiting Professor at the City of London Law School, and has lectured at
> Imperial and Queen Mary Colleges in London. He is a Barrister and holds an
> MA (Cantab) in law.
>
> James Rosewell
> James Rosewell is CEO of 51Degrees, a B2B (aka third-party) data,
> opensource, and service provider. He combines 31 years of experience in
> business, law, and engineering to solve complex problems. Together with Tim
> he founded Movement for an Open Web.
>