Amazon shows new Prime Air drone design

FT, here. 

Using geolocated Twitter traces to infer residence and mobility

UK Office for National Statistics, here. 

Online Manipulation: Ways You’re Currently Being Deceived

Business2Community, here. 

Bring Back Antitrust

D. Dayen, here. 

Future patent wars

Out-law.com, here. 

The Court of Justice Judgment in Post Danmark II: Endgame for the Econ v Forms Controversy in Article 102 TFEU ?

BSC Morning Briefing, Presentations here. 

The Sharing Economy, Competition and Regulation

J. Gata, here. 

Google, Google Shopping and Amazon: The Importance of Competing Business Models and Two-Sided Intermediaries in Defining Relevant Markets.

S. Broos, J. Marcos Ramos, here. 

Google remporte une manche face au français Bottin

Lesechos.fr, ici.

Avis de l'Autorité de la concurrence ici. Décision par la Cour d'Appel de Paris ici.

It’s illegal to make private copies of music in the UK—again

G. Moody, here. 

Ad blockers as industry-wide wake-up call

WSJ.com, here. 

Modernizing Regulation in the Canadian Taxi Industry

Canada Competition Bureau, here.

Consumer Actions after the Adoption of the EU Directive on Damage Claims for Competition Law Infringements

J. Drexl, here. 

'Exhaustion' in the Digital Age

R. Hilty, here. 

What is your car saying about you?

Fiaregion1, here.
Video here, 

Uber and the Rule of Law: Should Spontaneous Liberalization be Applauded or Criticized?

D. Geradin, here. 

Green Light or No, Nest Cam Never Stops Running

Securityledger.com, here. 

Microsoft settles suit tied to compliance with EU antitrust case

Seattletimes.com, here. 

Mozilla: We’re not getting money from Google any more, but we’re doing fine

ArsTechnica, here. 

Bundesgerichtshof zur Haftung von Access-Providern für Urheberrechtsverletzungen Dritter

Urteile vom 26. November 2015 - I ZR 3/14 und I ZR 174/14, hier. 

Financial benchmarks: Commission welcomes agreement on new rules to prevent manipulation

Press Release, here.

BYD suit against Apple in Shenzhen shows why China is a business risk and a patent assertion opportunity

Iam-media.com, here. 

Vers des plateformes réellement coopératives

Internetactu.net, here. 

3 Google Patents You Need To Know About In 2016

SearchEngineLand, here. 

FCC Makes It Clear It Thinks Some Net Neutrality Abuses Are 'Innovative' And 'Pro Competition'

TechDirt, here. 

Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia Deutschland urge Reiss Engelhorn Museum to reconsider suit over public domain works of art

Wikipedia, here. 

Open Sourcing AI and the Triumph of Data

Wired, here.

On the IP/Antitrust Interface

A Conversation, Video here.

Whither Uber?: Competitive Dynamics in Transportation Networks

B. Edelman, here.

Google’s investments, acquisitions, and strategy

CB Insights, here. 

Call for Inputs: Big Data in retail general insurance

FCA, here. 

Algorithm Predicts Relationship Success Through Couples’ Tone Of Voice

TechCrunch, here. 

Regulating platforms? A competition law perspective

Chillingcompetition, here. 

A Car Dealers Won’t Sell: It’s Electric

NYTimes, here. 

Google Says Local Search Result That Buried Rivals Yelp, TripAdvisor Is Just a Bug

Recode.net, here. 

Reflections on the use of big data and its implications

Essex University, Submission to the 'Big Data Dilemma Inquiry', here.

Competition Law and the Pharmaceutical Sector in India

S. Mondal and V. Pingali, here. 

European Data Market

IDC and Open Evidence for the European Commission, DG CONNECT, here.

Consumer groups expose manufacturers for collecting data from connected cars

Euractiv.com, here. 

Government Response to the Harper Review

Treasury.gov.au, here. 

Developments in Antitrust Cases Against Sports Leagues

Panel, AAI, Audio  here.

Perspectives on Europe

M. Vestager, Text here. Podcast here.

Superintendência-Geral do Cade instaura processo administrativo contra taxistas no caso Uber

Rebecaslima.jusbrasil.com.br, aqui.

The Big Data Dilemma

UK Parliament, Science and Technology Committee, here.

ABA Head Rings Alarm About Amazon Books and Antitrust Laws

Publishersweekly.com, here. 

New international conventions are needed to govern the Internet

DW.com, here. 

FOIA'd lobby documents that Dutch Government received regarding Data Protection Regulation

BOF.nl, here. 

The open-data revolution is only getting started

TheEconomist, here. 

A third of the economy is at stake — and patent trolls are to blame

J. Bessen and M. Meurer, here.

Meeting the Challenges of Big Data

EDPS, here.

Happy 8th Birthday Kindle!

Ebookevangelist.com, here. 

A Step Toward Protecting Fair Use on YouTube

Google, here. 

New Industry Coalition To Promote Fair Standards In Licensing

IP-watch.org, here. 

The Potential of Geolocation for Revolutionizing Retail

R. Haslehurst, D. McKone, here. 

Rabattschlacht von myTaxi geht weiter – Stuttgarter Verfügung gekippt

Heise.de, hier.

Google Shopping Gets A Mobile Makeover With A Focus On Local Commerce

TechCrunch, here. 

Qualcomm Sinks as South Korea Accuses Company of Breaking Law

Bloomberg, here.  See also iam, here. 

Pardon the Interruption: Competition and Disruptive Business Models

S. Weissman, here. 

The Missing Role of Economics in Privacy Regulation at the FTC

J. Wright, Video here (from 08:15).

Experts compare Duke lawsuit to other antitrust cases

Dukechronicle.com, here. 

Bedingungen für Lieferanten: Kartellamt unterliegt im Streit mit Edeka

Spiegel.de, hier.

OLG Düsseldorf, VI – Kart 6/14 (V), hier.

'Autorité de la concurrence clôt une enquête à l'encontre d'Adidas

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

The Supreme Court Needs to Intervene and Bring Rationality to Tying Law – and It May Wish to Look at Loyalty Discounts as Well

TruthOnTheMarket, here. 

More Evidence Of How Copyright Makes Culture Disappear In A Giant Black Hole

TechDirt, here. 

Android: Почему мы не согласны с этим решением?

Googlerussiablog, здесь. 

Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception

R. Shiller, Book Talk, Video here.

Phishing ("an attempt to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details - and sometimes, indirectly, money- often for malicious reasons, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication").
Phools: not in the Indian sense (flowers in Urdu پھول) - just idiots.

Collusion and Cartels: Successes and Challenges

J. Harrington, here. 

Towards a Broader View of Competition Policy

J. Stiglitz, here. Video, here (from 11:30).

Anti-Monopoly Enforcement: Protection and Promotion of Technology Innovation

S. Ming, here. 

Perspectives on judging competition law cases: the role of economic evidence

F. Jenny, here. 

Chinese Anti-Monopoly Guide on Abuse of Intellectual Property Rights: A Comment

K. Wong-Ervin, J. Wright, D. Ginsburg, B. Kobayashi, here. 

Zwangslizenz: Patentverwerter Sisvel siegt mit Arnold Ruess und Eisenführ

Juve.de, hier. 

Professor's legal win will make MOOCs more dynamic

Thedp.com, here. 

Small telcos and consumer groups team up against former monopolies

Euractiv, here. 

Examen, au regard des règles de concurrence, des activités de normalisation et de certification

Autorité de la concurrence, Avis du 17 novembre 2015, ici. 

What Is Disruptive Innovation?

C. Christensen, M. Raynor, R. McDonald, here. 

Sprawling? Pssht—no one streamlines everything from books to bots like Amazon

ArsTechnica, here. 

Platform Cooperativism

Conference, Videos here. 

Growth in an increasingly intangible-intensive economy

J. Haskel, Video here. 

Bundeskartellamt leitet Verfahren gegen Audible/Amazon und Apple ein

Bundeskartellamt.de, hier.

ACX marketplace, FAQs, Distribution: "Exclusive to ACX means your finished audiobook will be sold only through Audible, Amazon, and iTunes. Any audiobook made using ACX will be distributed through these online retailers. Note that Audible has an exclusive relationship with iTunes (i.e. to get your product into iTunes' audiobook store, you have to go through Audible)."

Behavioral Economics and U.S. Antitrust Policy

E. Bailey, here.

La France veut soumettre quelques dizaines de plateformes numériques à des obligations spécifiques

NextImpact, ici.

Patent Assertion Entities in Europe

B. Love, C. Helmers, F. Gaessler, M. Ernicke, here.

Google Play Store Apps Permissions

PewResearchCenter, here.

Cross-Device Tracking: Letter to the FTC

Center for Democracy & Technology,  here.

The Influence Of Education On The 3D Printing Industry

TechCrunch, here.

Another awe-inspiring conversation with Justice Breyer

Video here (4:45).

Democracy: the film that gets behind the scenes of the European privacy debate

TheGuardian, here.

Leval On Fair Use And Google Books: A Sketch Of A Story

TechDirt, here. Video of the lecture here.

New focus on activities as Booking.com partners with buoyant GetYourGuide

TNooz, here.

Yandex Takes Google Antitrust Battle to EU After Russia

Bloomberg, here.

Qui contrôle les données des usagers des bibliothèques ?

BiblioNumericus, ici. 

EuGH-Urteil: VG Wort und Verlage erleiden schwere Schlappe

Spiegel.de, hier

How pharma keeps a trove of drug trials out of public view

Washingtonpost.com, here. 

Google Executive, Hollywood Producer Spar Over Piracy at Copyright Hearing

Variety.com, here. 

F.uxd: Apple Says Screen Brightness App Violates Developer Agreement

TechCrunch, here. 

The University of Nowhere: The False Promise of “Disruption

F. Pasquale, here. 

YouTube Launches Its Long-Awaited Music App

TechCrunch, here. 

Données personnelles, plateformes et concurrence. Quelle régulation par le droit de la concurrence ?

Déjeuner Procédure, Présentations ici.

EU Council approves trademark reform, despite UK and Dutch reservations

Worldipreview.com, here. 

Securing Private Communications

A. Arnbak, here. 

Proposed guidance for firms outsourcing to the ‘cloud’ and other third-party IT services

UK Financial Conduct Authority, here.

The UK government embraces open source via a government-centric fork of LibreOffice

Techrepublic, here. 

The UN launches an app to let you donate a meal to refugee children

VentureBeat, here. 

Yahoo Updates Search Experience For Firefox Users On Desktop

SearchEngineLand, here. 

Google’s New “About Me” Page Lets You Control What Personal Info Others Can See

TechCrunch, here. 

Has the search result ruling stopped the internet working?

ICO, here. 

Einwilligungslösungen von Google

HmbBfDI, hier. 

Google’s map display box could have boosted traffic to rivals, product manager says

MLex, here. 

European Ecommerce

Ccianet.org, here. 

Guidance on the approval of voluntary redress schemes for infringements of competition law

FCA, here. 

Processing personal data of people who do not have a Facebook account via cookies and social plug-ins

President of the Court of First Instance in Brussels, Belgium, 9th November 2015, English summary here; ruling in Dutch hier. 

World Intellectual Property Report 2015 - Breakthrough Innovation and Economic Growth

WIPO, here. 

Achats et emprunts de livres : quelles sont les habitudes des Français ?

Actualitte.com, ici. 

Netflix im Datenschutz-Check

basicthinking.de, hier. 

The ITC does not have authority over the internet, according to Federal Circuit

TheVerge, here. 

Critical Algorithm Studies: a Reading List

Socialmediacollective.org, here. 

Nike makes changes to running app following investigation by Dutch DPA

CBPweb, hier (Dutch). 

Disney’s smartwatch prototype can identify and track everything you touch

ArsTechnica, here. 

TensorFlow, Google's open source AI, signals big changes in hardware too

Wired, here. 

Mergers and disruptive innovation

J. Gans, here. 

Facebook must stop tracking Belgian users within 48 hours, or be fined €250K per day

ArsTechnica, here. 

Google Faces New Round of EU Probing Over Android Mapping Apps

Bloomberg.com, here. 

Competition problems provisionally found in private healthcare

CMA, Report here. Notice of possible remedies here. 

SEPs & FRAND After the CJEU Huawei / ZTE Ruling

Shearman  & Sterling, here.
Presentations here. 

Ad Blockers and the Next Chapter of the Internet

D. Searls, here. 

La CNMC y las nuevas tarifas de propiedad intelectual

CNMCblog, aquì.

Sharing data to form alliances

Datasciencecentral.com, here. 

Competition Policy in International Agreements

EP, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, here. 

Apple Reaffirms Its Superpower Over Android

Forbes.com, here. 

Facebook is censoring links to competitor social network Tsu and deleting old mentions

Boingboing.net, here. 

The EU-U.S. Safe Harbor Agreement on Personal Data Privacy: In Brief

US Congressional Research Service, here. 

Who cares about extended collective licensing?

Authorsalliance.org, here. 

Section by Section Commentary on the TPP - Copyright

K. Weatherall, here. 

ACCC chair welcomes digital disrupters

Theaustralian.com.au, here. 

European Commission issues guidance on transatlantic data transfers

Here.

WEKO verbietet Hotelbuchungsplattformen wettbewerbsbeschränkende Klauseln

WeKo, hier.

Competition enforcement is outside politics

M. Vestager, here. 

The Amazon bookstore (hi, future!)

Marginalrevolution.com, here. 

A shift to a decluttered digital economy

D. Coyle, here. 

The impact of e-commerce on the consumer sector- view from a Bank of England Agent

Bankunderground.co.uk, here. 

Facebook Plans to Use Your Location to Lure New Advertisers

Recode.net, here. 

Former Rabobank traders convicted in U.S. trial over Libor rigging

Reuters, here. 

Academic Search Engine Grasps for Meaning

Technologyreview.com, here. 

Economía colaborativa

A. Lamadrid, aquì.

Google says EU antitrust charges don't take into account that search is free

TheVerge, here. 

Napster returns in Canada as music streaming service

FactMag, here. 

The Changing Economics of App Development

HBR.org, here. 

Not Just Academics Fed Up With Elsevier: Entire Editorial Staff Resigns En Masse To Start Open Access Journal

TechDirt, here. 

Sharing Economy: Crowd-Based Capitalism and Platform as a "Neutral" Demand Funnel?

Salon.com, here.

Banning Uber like trying to stop the printing press, says Brussels

FT, here.

Unpaid crowd complementors: The platform network effect mirage

K. Boudreau, L. Jeppesen, here.

Promoting innovation through competition

R. Sims, here.

Copyright Captures APIs: A New Caution For Developers

TechCrunch, here.

Google is not doing enough to stop online piracy, JustWatch research suggests

Smh.com.au, here.

How Expedia will help HomeAway battle Airbnb

Tnooz, here.

Firefox Now Offers a More Private Browsing Experience

Blog.mozilla.org, here. 

People's Deepest, Darkest Google Searches Are Being Used Against Them

TheAtlantic, here. 

Creating a copyright exception for education — four principles to keep in mind

Communia, here. 

Verbraucher würden für mehr Datenschutz zahlen

Vzbv.de, hier. . 

Trunki v Kiddee: battle over children's luggage reaches supreme court

Theguardian, here. 

Filmrezension: „Democracy – Im Rausch der Daten“

Netzpolitik, hier. 

Lufthansa touts Google as big-name partner, direct-connects starting elsewhere

Tnooz.com, here. 

Axel Springer: Adblock-Sperre ist ein Erfolg

Heise.de, hier. 

A cartoonist transforms the iTunes Terms & Conditions into a graphic novel. It's amazing.

Boingboing.net, here. 

Google Sued by Rival Whose Maps Got Lost on the Internet

Bloomberg.com, here. 

Towards comprehensive public & private sector whistleblower protection

OECD, Presentation here. 

Commission consults on boosting enforcement powers of national competition authorities

EC, here. 

Roadmap to modernise copyright rules

European Commission, here. 

Who Owns the Patent on Nutmeg?

Newyorker.com, here. 

Das digitale Leben nach dem Tod wird zum Geschäft

Heise.de, hier. 

Who Knows What About Me? A Survey of Behind the Scenes Personal Data Sharing to Third Parties by Mobile Apps

J. Zang, K. Dummit, J. Graves, P. Lisker, and L. Sweeney, here. 

Competition and Antitrust in Internet Markets

J.Haucap, T.Stühmeier, here. 

Kartellrecht und Wettbewerbspolitik für Online-Plattformen

Lisa Hamelmann, Justus Haucap, hier. 

Amazon opens its first real-world bookshop in Seattle

ArsTechnica, here. 

UOKiK concludes proceedings in the hotel online booking case

Uokik.gov.pl, here. 

Vertical restraints

International Seminar, Programme here; Videos here.
L. Peeperkorn (38:27)
- intrabrand matters, s. softening of competition;
- advice: pick up newer economic literature;
- RPM: inefficient means to achieve efficiencies;

Open Data: Six Stories About Impact in the UK

Omidyar Network, here. 

Competition Authorities: Views on Disruptive Innovations

Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, here.

Competition Commission of Singapore, here.

European Commission, here. 

Canadian Competition Bureau, here. 

Why Automated Marketing Isn’t Here Yet

Growlot, here. 

The ‘Economics of Attention’: A History of Economic Thought Perspective

A. Festré and P. Garrouste, here.