Protecting IP in the Blockchain Sector

S. Jalfin, here.

Die höchste Strafe in der Geschichte des EU Kartellrechts: Was bedeutet der Fall...

T. Duso und H. Ullrich, hier. 

Urheberrecht für Wissenschaft und Bildung: Bundestag beschließt Reformen

iRightsInfo, hier. 

How we’re using behavioural insights to give better energy advice

Citizens Advice, here. 

Germany approves plans to fine social media firms up to €50m

TheGuardian, here. 

Internet of Humans - How we would like the internet of the future to be

R. Viola, here. 

Some reactions to the European Commission’s decision on Google Shopping

CEPIC, here. 

Was Sie über das Gesetz gegen Hass im Internet wissen müssen

FAZ, hier. 

Wer zahlt für das Schienenkartell?

FAZ, hier. 

Google v. Equustek: Unnecessarily Hard Cases Make Unnecessarily Bad Law

A. Katz, here. 

How AI will make smartphones much smarter

VentureBeat, here. 

What Amazon really wants from Whole Foods is data about you

DallasNews, here. 

India and the Visible Hand of the Market

K. Basu, here. 

What's wrong with the Copyright Office's DRM study?

BoingBoing, here. 

Quand Heineken achète tes data pour personnaliser ta bière

L'ADN, ici. 

Recent Trends in International Antitrust Enforcement

Judiciary Committee, here (live streaming).

Google ein „Leuchtturmfall“

Welt.de, hier.

Windows 10 : clôture de la procédure de mise en demeure à l’encontre de MICROSOFT CORPORATION

CNIL, ici.

GDPR : les actions indispensables de conformité

T. Devergranne, ici.

Connected Cars

M. Ohlhausen, here.

Worldwide de-indexing order against Google upheld by Supreme Court of Canada

B. Sookman, here.

The Google Case: First Comments by Haucap, Kersting, Podszun

D-Kart.de, here.

CMA accepts commitments offered to address online auction concerns

CMA, here.

Preisvorgaben: Kartellamt weist Beschwerde gegen McDonald’s zurück

Mobil.cafe-future, hier.

Antitrust Worries? Amazon Hires Former Justice Department Experts For Whole Foods Deal

IBTimes, here. 

Data, algorithms, and EU competition law

C. Ritter, Presentation here. 

OMINOUS: CANADIAN COURT ORDERS GOOGLE TO REMOVE SEARCH RESULTS GLOBALLY

D. Keller, here. 

How Margrethe Vestager went after Google

Politico.eu, here. 

Google Faces Record Fine for Monopolistic Search Practices

EPIC, here. 

Merkel - Digitalwirtschaft erfordert neues Kartellrecht

Reuters.de, hier. 

Learning Analytics : quelles sont les données du problème ?

LINC, ici. 

Google case shows how Europe is still playing catch-up

FT, here. 

Amazon Starts Charm Offensive as Merchants Defect to Wal-Mart

Bloomberg, here.

Three Thoughts On EU's $2.7 Billion Antitrust Google Fine

M. Masnick, here.

Google must block websites of company accused of stealing another business’s trade secrets: Supreme Court

TorontoStar, here.

Channel 4 on Google Shopping

Video here.

The internet of things: industry’s digital revolution

FT, here (and here).

Why Europe got tough on Google but the U.S. couldn’t

Washington Post, here. 

State aid and fair competition worldwide

M. Vestager, here. 

Competition Commission finds that online shopping platform violates Competition Act (Pakistan)

Vellani&Vellani, here. 

Consumer Watchdog Calls on U.S. Antitrust Authorities to Act Against Google’s Anti-Competitive Practices After European Commission Hits Internet Giant with Record $2.7 Billion Antitrust Fine

ConsumerWatchdog, here. 

Regulation of Big Data: Perspectives on Strategy, Policy, Law and Privacy

P. Casanova, L. de Koker, D. Mendelson, D. Watts, here. 

Facebook’s Secret Censorship Rules Protect White Men from Hate Speech But Not Black Children

ProPublica, here. 

European authorities fine Google for search tactics

Freedom to Tinker, here. 

CCI dismisses allegation of abuse of dominance against WhatsApp

ILO, here. 

Ends, Means, and Antitrust

Stratechery, here.

Datenschutzgrundverordnung: Böses Erwachen der Domainverwaltung ICANN

Heise.de, hier. 

How Weak Mobile Health App Privacy, Security Affects Patients

Healthitsecurity.com, here. 

U.S. antitrust lawsuit against Qualcomm to proceed, judge rules

Reuters, here. 

Initial Reactions to the Infringement Decision in Google Search

P. Akman, here. 

These are the next industries that will go the way of taxis and hotels

MarketWatch, here. 

How data is set to replace people behind the wheel in driverless cars

TheHill, here. 

The EU isn't splitting up Google. But it is sending a message

Wired, here. 

Google Shopping Decision- First Urgent Comments

A. La Madrid, here. 

AI and the Law: Setting the Stage

U. Gasser, here.

Law for the Platform Economy

J. Cohen, here.

Margrethe Vestager’s Google decision risks messy endgame

Politico.eu, here.

IBM is telling Congress not to fear the rise of an AI ‘overlord’

Recode, here.

L’obsolescence programmée, l’autre virus du secteur IT

GreenPeace, here.

Washington lobbyists pushed anti-EU letter ahead of Google decision

Politico.eu, here.

Amtsgericht: Weitergabe von Kontaktdaten an WhatsApp unzulässig

FAZ, hier.

Canadian Supreme Court Doesn't Like Facebook Clickwrap in Big Privacy Suit

Hollywood.com, here.

The European Commission decision on online shopping: the other side of the story

Google, here.

Commission fines Google €2.42 billion for abusing dominance as search engine by giving illegal advantage to own comparison shopping service

Press release, here.
Commissioner Vestager's statement here. 

Bundeskartellamt verhängt Bußgelder gegen Hersteller von Industriebatterien in Höhe von insgesamt rd. 28 Mio. Euro

Bundeskartellamt, hier.

Amazon Robots Poised to Revamp How Whole Foods Runs Warehouses

Bloomberg, here.

Yelp, Oracle and News Corp have signed a letter supporting EU action against Google

Recode, here.

Algorithms and Collusion – the debate by the OECD Competition Committee

Cms-lawnow.com, here. 

Autodesk Generative Design takes in constraints and makes its own 3D models

TechCrunch, here. 

South Korea: KFTC reviews Google and Facebook’s market dominance

CPI, here. 

Google to Face EU Antitrust Fine as Soon as Tuesday

Bloomberg, here.
Press conference at 12 pm CET: confirmed. Watch it live, here.

From @WavesBlog's archive:
Brussels, 30 November 2010
Commission probes allegations of antitrust violations by Google, here.

On likely mood beyond the pond here.

EU tests limits of drug pricing freedom in landmark probe

Reuters, here.

The Massive Data Collection by Facebook – Visualized

DataEthics, here.

"Wurstlücke“ – Weitere Bußgelder in Höhe von rund 110 Mio. Euro entfallen in Folge von unternehmensinternen Umstrukturierungen

Bundeskartellamt, hier.

Mydex, data protection, privacy online and, of course, social enterprise.

Kibble, Podcast here. 

PRIVACY, PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION AND REPUTATION RIGHTS

UNICEF, here. 

The great intellectual property trade-off

T. Harford, here. 

German Law Paves Way for Self-Driving Cars

Bloomberg BNA, here. 

Between a Rock and Two Hard Places: Whatsapp at the Crossroad of Competition, Data Protection and Consumer Law

N. Zingales, here. 

With Whole Foods Purchase, Amazon Just Bought a Playground for Big Data

Entrepreneur, here. 

Raising good robots

Aeon, here. 

AUTOMATISIERTES UND VERNETZTES FAHREN

Ethik-Kommission (eingesetzt durch den Bundesminister für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur), hier.

Vergleichsportale müssen transparenter werden

VZBV, hier. 

Should Uber’s next CEO be a robot?

RoughType, here. 

Expedia loses hotel rate parity case in France

TravelWeekly, here. 

GOOGLE UNVEILS AN AI INVESTMENT FUND. IT'S BETTING ON AN APP STORE FOR ALGORITHMS.

Wired, here. 

Warnungen vor Freihandelsabkommen mit Japan

FAZ, hier. 

To Survive Amazon, Supermarkets Need to Get to Know You

Bloomberg, here. 

Media Companies Are Getting Sick of Facebook

Bloomberg, here. 

The Real Threat of Artificial Intelligence

NYTimes, here. 

Booking.com bleibt im Streit über Bestpreisklauseln hart

Welt.de, hier. 

Why Wall Street still needs human traders

Axios, here. 

The information age is over, welcome to the machine learning age

VentureBeat, here. 

Ordnungspolitik in der digitalen Welt

J. Haucap, U. Heimeshoff, hier. 

Google now has all the data it needs, will stop scanning Gmail inboxes for ad personalization

TechCrunch, here.

Google Will Stop Reading Your Emails for Gmail Ads

Bloomberg, here.

Amazon’s Nike deal takes a billion dollar bite out of competing retailers

Recode, here.

Three Ways the Internet of Things Is Shaping Consumer Behavior

BehavioralEconomics.com, here.

Copyright Law Shouldn’t Pick Winners

EFF, here.

New data governance and compliance solution for GDPR released

Iapp, here.

Too Big to Control? The politics of mega-mergers and why the EU is not stopping them

Corporate Europe Observatory, here.

Economic impact of competition policy enforcement on the functioning of telecoms markets in the EU

EC, here.

Bundestag: Deutscher Wetterdienst kann Unwetter- und Katastrophendaten gratis anbieten

Heise.de, hier.

With Whole Foods Purchase, Amazon Just Bought a Playground for Big Data

Entrepreneur, here.

"Wir werden vier Stunden am Tag arbeiten“

FAZ, hier.

Raising good robots

Aeon, here.

US Copyright Office Releases Report on Section 1201

Here.

Report of the Cross-sectional System Study Group for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Provisional translation)

METI, here.

TRAVIS KALANICK AND THE LAST GASP OF TECH'S ALPHA CEO

Wired, here.

UK to Align Itself with the GDPR Despite Brexit

Hogan Lovells, here. 

Microsoft admits it disables anti-virus software in response to Kaspersky's EU complaint

TheVerge, here.

Amazon Will Let Customers Try On Clothes Before Buying

NYTimes, here.

Hollywood Studios Are Suspicious of VidAngel's New Filtering App

HollywoodReporter, here. 

Ce que va changer le RGPD : le principe de portabilité des données personnelles

ZDNet, ici. 

Uber Can’t Be Fixed — It’s Time for Regulators to Shut It Down

B. Edelman, here.

Apple uses Supreme Court decision to attack Qualcomm

FT, here and here.
Complaint here.

The Rise and Fall of the Word 'Monopoly' in American Life

TheAtlantic, here. 

Amazon bringt 50 neue Dash-Buttons

Heise.de, hier. 

The industry reacts to Apple’s podcast changes

NiemanLab, here. 

A Silicon Valley Congressman Takes On Amazon

TheAtlantic, here. 

Yes, for AI, it really is all about the data

Venture Beat, here. 

Big Data et éthique : premier meetup réussi à DigitYser

IntoTheMinds, here. 

Copyright reform against the background of Pay TV and Murphy

ChillingCompetition, here. 

Beim Shoppen auf Schritt und Tritt überwacht

VZBV, hier. 

Amazon Bites Off Even More Monopoly Power

L. Khan, here. 

How artificial intelligence can deliver real value to companies

McKinsey Global Institute, here. 

It's time to break up Amazon

fastCompany, here.

Computational Propaganda Worldwide: Executive Summary

Oxford Internet Institute, here.

America’s Amazon Problem

M. Stoller, here.

INSPECTING BIG DATA’S WARHEADS

P. Ohm, here.
'I will never again think of a model without thinking of O’Neill’s lovely example of the model she uses to select what to cook for dinner for her children' how true:

Pg. 19 "The input to my internal cooking model is the information I have about my family, the ingredients I have on hand or I know are available, and my own energy, time, and ambition. The output is how and what I decide to cook. I

measure the success of a meal by how satisfied my family seems at the end of it, how much they’ve eaten, and how healthy the food was. Seeing how well it is received and how much of it is enjoyed allows me to update my model for the next time I cook. The updates and adjustments make it what statisticians call a “dynamic model.”

Microsoft and the UN to provide digital IDs for undocumented people (blockchain)

Engadget, here.

World Retail Banking Report 2017

Capgemini, here.

Competition Law: Convergence in Uncertainty are We Where We Thought We Were?

D. Gerber, here.

Lighting company fined £2.7 million for restricting online prices

CMA, here.

The Race Is On to Challenge Google-Facebook ‘Duopoly’ in Digital Advertising

WSJ, here and here. 

What to know about Europe’s antitrust fracas with Google

DigiDay, here. 

Données clients : les banques cherchent le bon modèle

LesEchos.fr, ici. 

Amazon:such problems

FT, here and here. 

How Amazon Is Changing the Whole Concept of Monopoly

NewRepublic, here. 

One Model To Learn Them All

Google (+Toronto U.), here

Private Power, Public Values: Regulating Social Infrastructure in a Changing Economy

K. Rahman, here. 

Amazon-Whole Foods deal could mean new phase of retail

USAtoday, here. 

No more ‘OK Google’: Cortana can now be the default assistant on Android

SearchEngineLand, here. 

Accountability and governance

ICO, here. 

The History of the General Data Protection Regulation

EDPS, here. 

Fahr doch auf einen Kaffee bei Starbucks vorbei

FAZ, hier. 

Court Turns Down "Dancing Baby" Copyright Case

Hollywood Reporter, here. 

FCA Releases Discussion Paper on Distributed Ledger Technology

ReedSmith, here. 

Kartellamt übernimmt Verbraucherschutz

FAZ
"DÜSSELDORF, 12. Juni. Nach dem Inkrafttreten des reformierten Wettbewerbsgesetzes baut das Bundeskartellamt eine Abteilung für den Verbraucherschutz auf. Sie soll vor allem im Internet für den Datenschutz und einen lauteren Wettbewerb sorgen. Für die zusätzlichen Aufgaben sind noch keine Stellen bewilligt, so dass die neue Abteilung anfangs mit einer Handvoll Beamten auskommen muss. Geleitet wird sie von Carsten Becker, bisher verantwortlich für die Energie- und Mineralölwirtschaft. Das wichtigste Instrument sind Sektoruntersuchungen, die bei begründetem Verdacht auf Verstöße eingeleitet werden können. Damit durchleuchtet das Kartellamt die Marktbedingungen, um eine Grundlage für ein konkretes Eingreifen zu gewinnen. Gerade in der Internetwirtschaft gebe es Fälle, in denen Unternehmen durch eine einzige rechtswidrige Maßnahme Millionen Verbrauchern auf einmal schaden können. Hier sei es sinnvoll, den vorwiegend privatrechtlich organisierten Verbraucherschutz zu unterstützen"

Umfrage: Mehrheit in Deutschland für Gesetze gegen "Fake News"

Heise.de, hier.

Scoring: Digitale Diskriminierung

ZDF, Video hier. 

Interview with Johannes Laitenberger, Director-General for Competition, European Commission

The Antitrust Source, here. 

Amazon Patent Would Block Comparison Shopping In Stores

Fortune, here. 

BREIN V. ZIGGO: THE PIRATE BAY DIES AGAIN

CIS, here. 

The Trump Executive Order on drug prices: not what was promised nor needed, and contrary to US self interest

J. Love, here. 

Big data and competition – big deal or no deal?

Conversation witt Richard Whish, here. 

How Artificial Intelligence is set to disrupt our legal framework for Intellectual Property rights

IPWatchDog, here. 

A discussion about AI’s conflicts and challenges

TechCrunch, here. 

Does Amazon's Acquisition of Whole Foods Check Out?

Harvard Business School, here. 

The Internet of Things Connectivity Binge: What Are the Implications?

Pew Research Center, here. 

Drones Go to Work

C. Anderson, here. 

Datenschutzrechtliche Empfehlungen zum automatisierten und vernetzten Fahren

Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit, hier. 

A discussion about AI’s conflicts and challenges

TechCrunch, here.

Bibliography on antitrust and algorithms

C. Ritter, here.
...and I could think of a few more ;-)

Oracle v. Google: The amicus briefs filed in support of Google:

Project-disco.org, here. 

Decision: Unfair pricing in respect of the supply of phenytoin sodium capsules in the UK

CMA, Case CE/9742-13, here. 

Predatory Innovation: A Response to Suzanne Van Arsdale & Cody Venzke

T. Schrepel, here. 

View on digital giants: they farm us for the data

TheGuardian, here

Amazon's New Customer

Stratechery, here. 

How Barcelona’s citizens will control the use of their data

GovInsider, here. 

Réflexions sur les remèdes concurrentiels applicables aux moteurs de recherche: doit-on enjoindre d’ajuster les algorithmes?

F. Marty, ici. 

Is Booking.com breaking its ‘free cancellation’ pledge?

TheGuardian, here. 

Tim Cook Says Apple Focused on Autonomous Systems in Cars Push

Bloomberg, here. 

AI on your lock screen

TechCrunch, here.

Amazon granted a patent that prevents in-store shoppers from online price checking

TheVerge, here.

When Does Amazon Become a Monopoly?

TheAtlantic, here.

Uber faces a fresh probe from U.S. regulators over its privacy practices

Recode, here.

Competition by Design

First draft available here. Let me know if you have any comment! My presentation here.

ROBO-SELLER PROSECUTIONS AND ANTITRUST’S ERROR-COST FRAMEWORK

S. Mehra, here.

ALGORITHMS, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND JOINT CONDUCT

D. Ballard and A. Naik, here. 

Apple Customer Data in China Was Sold Illegally, Police Say

NYTimes, here. 

Report Of Study Group On Data And Competition Policy

Japan FTC, here. Summary of the Report here. Full Report here.

Algorithmic-facilitated Coordination

M. Gal, here. 

It’s a Feature, not a Bug: On Learning Algorithms and what they teach us

A. Gal, here. 

AAI ASKS FEDERAL CIRCUIT TO PREVENT COPYRIGHT OVERREACHING IN SOFTWARE MARKETS (ORACLE V. GOOGLE)

AAI, here.

Algorithmic Collusion: Problems and Counter-Measures

OECD Roundtable on Algorithms and Collusion,  Note by A. Ezrachi & M. Stucke, here. 

Without DOJ Backing, States Pursue AmEx Antitrust Appeal

Bol.bna, here.

Apple adds ad tracker blocker to desktop Safari

TechCrunch, here.

We Need to Talk About the Power of AI to Manipulate Humans

MIT Technology Review, here.

Prioritizing Human Well-being in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

IEEE, here.

Amazon Japan to no longer force vendors to offer lowest price

Nikkei, here.

Algorithms and Competition

CPI Podcast, here. 

Family ties: the intersection between data protection and competition in EU Law

F. Costa-Cabral, O. Lynskey, here. 

Why Apple is struggling to become an artificial-intelligence powerhouse

Washington Post, here.

Apple WWDC 2017: all the highlights from Apple's developer conference

Wired, here. 

When Will AI Exceed Human Performance? Evidence from AI Experts

K. Grace, J. Salvatier, A.  Dafoe, B. Zhang, and O. Evans, here. 

EC opens formal investigation into distribution practices of clothing company Guess

Press Release, here. 

Circular by Design

European Environment Agency, here.

Rise of the machines: who is the ‘internet of things’ good for?

The Guardian, here. 

Understanding Google’s new online/offline conversion tracking

LINC, here. 

FairML: Auditing Black-Box Predictive Models

Blog.fastforwardlabs, here. 

8 Ways Machine Learning Is Improving Companies’ Work Processes

HBR, here. 

Ad-block argument

Vice News, here. 

Looking Up in the Data-Driven Economy

A. Ezrachi, M. Stucke, here. 

Here’s why Whatsapp won an antritrust case in India

Medianama, here. 

Digital Privacy Is Making Antitrust Exciting Again

Wired, here. 

AI-augmented government

Deloitte, here. 

Has Google Finally Proven That Online Ads Cause Offline Purchases?

N. Dawar, here.

Konkurrenz zu Amazon Echo: Android-Erfinder Andy Rubin will Assistenten Essential Home anbieten

Heise.de, hier. 

An assessment of the Commission’s Proposal on Privacy and Electronic Communications

Study for the EP LIBE Committee, here. 

Beer 2.0 — Can AI make your pint taste better?

FT, here (and here). 

CCI dismisses predatory pricing complaint against WhatsApp

FinancialExpress, here.

Artificial intelligence

European Economic and Social Committee, here.

AVVIATA INDAGINE CONOSCITIVA SUI BIG DATA

AGCM, here.

Secteur de l’archéologie préventive: mise en place d'une plateforme numérique dédiée

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

Don't Expect Tech to Care About Your Problems

Bloomberg, here. 

Auction services: anti-competitive practices

CMA, here.