Hi Everyone, Here’s a link to the meeting note. web-advertising/meetings/2023/09/05-telecon at main · w3c/web-advertising (github.com)<https://github.com/w3c/web-advertising/tree/main/meetings/2023/09/05-telecon> Also as we were not able to record the session at the scheduled meeting due to an objection to recording Tim and I re-recorded the presentation the following day. A link follows. MOW and Preiskel & Co present to the W3C on competition law in standards making - Movement For An Open Web<https://movementforanopenweb.com/mow-and-preiskel-co-present-to-the-w3c-on-competition-law-in-standards-making/> Please let Don, Tim, or myself know if you’ve any follow on questions. Regards, James From: Don Marti (W3C Calendar) <noreply+calendar@w3.org> Sent: Friday, September 1, 2023 12:53 AM To: Improving Web Advertising Business Group <public-web-adv@w3.org> Subject: Event Invitation: IWABG special meeting: Standards and Competition – What you need to know to stay safe View this event in your browser<https://www.w3.org/events/meetings/5710959a-1654-4b78-9dfc-3780de66a758/> IWABG special meeting: Standards and Competition – What you need to know to stay safe Upcoming Confirmed 05 September 2023, 15:00 -16:00 Etc/UTC Improving Web Advertising Business Group <https://www.w3.org/groups/bg/web-adv/calendar/> (Updated time zone to fix an error.) 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. Agenda Agenda<https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-web-adv/2023Aug/0000.html> Joining Instructions Instructions are restricted to meeting participants. You need to log in<https://auth.w3.org/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2Fevents%2Fmeetings%2F5710959a-1654-4b78-9dfc-3780de66a758%2F> to see them. Participants Organizers * James Rosewell Groups * Improving Web Advertising Business Group<https://www.w3.org/groups/bg/web-adv/> (View Calendar<https://www.w3.org/groups/bg/web-adv/calendar/>) Report feedback and issues on GitHub<https://github.com/w3c/calendar>. This email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose, use, store or copy the information contained herein. This is an email from 51Degrees.mobi Limited, Davidson House, Forbury Square, Reading, RG1 3EU. T: +44 118 328 7152; E: info@51degrees.com; 51Degrees.mobi Limited t/as 51Degrees.
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. >
[View this event in your browser](https://www.w3.org/events/meetings/5710959a-1654-4b78-9dfc-3780de66a758/) IWABG special meeting: Standards and Competition – What you need to know to stay safe Upcoming Confirmed ========================================================================================================= 05 September 2023, 15:00 -16:00 Etc/UTC [ Improving Web Advertising Business Group ](https://www.w3.org/groups/bg/web-adv/calendar/)(Updated time zone to fix an error.) 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. Agenda ------ [Agenda](https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-web-adv/2023Aug/0000.html) Joining Instructions -------------------- Instructions are restricted to meeting participants. You need to [ log in](https://auth.w3.org/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2Fevents%2Fmeetings%2F5710959a-1654-4b78-9dfc-3780de66a758%2F) to see them. Participants ------------ ### Organizers - James Rosewell ### Groups - [Improving Web Advertising Business Group](https://www.w3.org/groups/bg/web-adv/) ([View Calendar](https://www.w3.org/groups/bg/web-adv/calendar/)) Report feedback and issues on [ GitHub](https://github.com/w3c/calendar "W3C Calendar GitHub repository").
[View this event in your browser](https://www.w3.org/events/meetings/38af9d13-442a-4a17-aa3b-d73454df43a2/) IWABG special meeting: Standards and Competition – What you need to know to stay safe Upcoming Confirmed ========================================================================================================= 05 September 2023, 16:00 -17:00 Etc/UTC [ Improving Web Advertising Business Group ](https://www.w3.org/groups/bg/web-adv/calendar/)Note: W3C does not provide legal advice and has not endorsed any of the content that may be discussed. 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. Join meeting<https://mit.webex.com/mit/j.php?MTID=m3650e5c20b48a1fcde99bde45c550f79> Full announcement with speaker list and bios: <https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-web-adv/2023Aug/0000.html> Agenda ------ [Agenda](https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-web-adv/2023Aug/0000.html) Joining Instructions -------------------- Instructions are restricted to meeting participants. You need to [ log in](https://auth.w3.org/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2Fevents%2Fmeetings%2F38af9d13-442a-4a17-aa3b-d73454df43a2%2F) to see them. Participants ------------ ### Organizers - James Rosewell ### Groups - [Improving Web Advertising Business Group](https://www.w3.org/groups/bg/web-adv/) ([View Calendar](https://www.w3.org/groups/bg/web-adv/calendar/)) Report feedback and issues on [ GitHub](https://github.com/w3c/calendar "W3C Calendar GitHub repository").
[View this event in your browser](https://www.w3.org/events/meetings/0c184cd5-678d-4cc0-aed4-76ebe4dc59a7/) IWABG special meeting: Standards and Competition – What you need to know to stay safe Upcoming Confirmed ========================================================================================================= 05 September 2023, 16:00 -17:00 Etc/UTC [ Improving Web Advertising Business Group ](https://www.w3.org/groups/bg/web-adv/calendar/)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. Agenda ------ [Agenda](https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-web-adv/2023Aug/0000.html) Joining Instructions -------------------- Instructions are restricted to meeting participants. You need to [ log in](https://auth.w3.org/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2Fevents%2Fmeetings%2F0c184cd5-678d-4cc0-aed4-76ebe4dc59a7%2F) to see them. Participants ------------ ### Organizers - James Rosewell ### Groups - [Improving Web Advertising Business Group](https://www.w3.org/groups/bg/web-adv/) ([View Calendar](https://www.w3.org/groups/bg/web-adv/calendar/)) Report feedback and issues on [ GitHub](https://github.com/w3c/calendar "W3C Calendar GitHub repository").
[View this event in your browser](https://www.w3.org/events/meetings/5710959a-1654-4b78-9dfc-3780de66a758/) IWABG special meeting: Standards and Competition – What you need to know to stay safe Upcoming Confirmed ========================================================================================================= 05 September 2023, 16:00 -17:00 Etc/UTC [ Improving Web Advertising Business Group ](https://www.w3.org/groups/bg/web-adv/calendar/)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. Agenda ------ [Agenda](https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-web-adv/2023Aug/0000.html) Joining Instructions -------------------- Instructions are restricted to meeting participants. You need to [ log in](https://auth.w3.org/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2Fevents%2Fmeetings%2F5710959a-1654-4b78-9dfc-3780de66a758%2F) to see them. Participants ------------ ### Organizers - James Rosewell ### Groups - [Improving Web Advertising Business Group](https://www.w3.org/groups/bg/web-adv/) ([View Calendar](https://www.w3.org/groups/bg/web-adv/calendar/)) Report feedback and issues on [ GitHub](https://github.com/w3c/calendar "W3C Calendar GitHub repository").
[View this event in your browser](https://www.w3.org/events/meetings/38af9d13-442a-4a17-aa3b-d73454df43a2/) IWABG special meeting: Standards and Competition – What you need to know to stay safe Upcoming Confirmed ========================================================================================================= 05 September 2023, 16:00 -17:00 Etc/UTC [ Improving Web Advertising Business Group ](https://www.w3.org/groups/bg/web-adv/calendar/)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. Agenda ------ [Agenda](https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-web-adv/2023Aug/0000.html) Joining Instructions -------------------- Instructions are restricted to meeting participants. You need to [ log in](https://auth.w3.org/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2Fevents%2Fmeetings%2F38af9d13-442a-4a17-aa3b-d73454df43a2%2F) to see them. Participants ------------ ### Organizers - James Rosewell ### Groups - [Improving Web Advertising Business Group](https://www.w3.org/groups/bg/web-adv/) ([View Calendar](https://www.w3.org/groups/bg/web-adv/calendar/)) Report feedback and issues on [ GitHub](https://github.com/w3c/calendar "W3C Calendar GitHub repository").
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.