A flurry of antitrust news during the first third of this month had the effect that temporarily 80% of FOSS Patents' posts had nothing to do with patents. I received some actions that made me realize I had strayed too far from what used to be this blog's focus for the better part of the 12+ years it's been around. As I promised nine days ago, here's my new editorial (and social media) policy:
FOSS Patents blog:
Back to the roots: for the next next six months (March-August 2023), there will be no more than 10 non-patent posts in any given calendar month.
Starting September 2023, that monthly limit goes down to five.
This is a one-way street: no exceptions, no ifs, no buts. If anything, there'll be a further reduction.
Antitrust commentary:
My passion for competition topics, which has recently earned me a prestigious nomination, is undiminished. I just don't want to disregard that a large of the audience of the FOSS Patents blog is patent-focused.
I may launch a dedicated antitrust blog, which in a way would be a logical next step, though I can't promise (much less announce) anything yet.
I plan to contribute to Concurrences at least twice this year (vs. once in 2022).
From time to time I may publish LinkedIn articles on antitrust topics (LinkedIn articles are structurally much like blog posts).
My Twitter account is now pretty much antitrust-focused. See further below.
Social media:
The patent law community has clearly chosen LinkedIn (and is not really active on Twitter anymore). I've set up a new FOSS Patents page on LinkedIn that will be almost exclusively patent-focused. Thus far it's actually been 100% about patents. If you're a patent law professional, please click here and follow it (rather than following my personal profile, which is not focused on patents).
If you're interested in antitrust or the combination of competition and IP topics, you may find relevant posts on my personal LinkedIn profile unless and until I set up an antitrust-focused LinkedIn page.
While my Twitter account is still named @FOSSpatents, I'm now using it almost exclusively for antitrust commentary. I have recently used Twitter to comment on various news related to the Microsoft-ActivisionBlizzard merger reviews, such as this one (of today):
On the eve of the @EU_Commission's #Microsoft-#ActivisionBlizzard merger hearing, the deal gets support from a global federation of labor unions that says it's goodness for $ATVI employees.
— Florian Mueller (@FOSSpatents) February 20, 2023
Fun fact: @uniglobalunion is based in Nyon (near Geneva) like European soccer body @UEFA. https://t.co/tOHTYevZVn
I wish to thank you all for your interest in my analysis and commentary. It is of the utmost importance to me to cater to the specific needs of two different--though partly overlapping--audiences. Please stay tuned!
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