Unlocking the value of our data

Mydex, here.

Google’s new program to track shoppers sparks a federal privacy complaint

WashingtonPost, here. 

Google’s antitrust woes around the world

Wan-Ifra, here. 

Competition authorities need a digital upgrade

FT, here. 

Is Amazon getting too big?

WashingtonPost, here. 

Data is eating the software that is eating the world

InfoWorld, here. 

WHY DATA HAS BECOME BANKS MOST IMPORTANT COMMODITY

Globalbankingandfinance, here. 

Making Sense of Our Very Competitive, Super Monopolistic Economy

W. Frick, here.

What data does Facebook share with advertisers?

Quora, here. See also here.

Averting Robot Eyes

M. Kaminski, M. Reuben, C. Grimm, W. Smart, here.

Platform Monopolization by Narrow-PPC-BPG Combination: Booking et al.

F. Wals, M. Schinkel, here.

Das Problem der diskriminierenden Algorithmen

Technology Review, hier.

The Game of Thrones: librarians victorious in fight for the public in the Copyright Wars

M. Rimmer, here.

Your guide to the Google Shopping decision

P.Beneke, here.

Platformverbote: GA Wahl zur EuGH-Vorlage

S.Telle, hier.

MICROSOFT’S MONOPOLY HANGOVER

Stratechery, here.

Chemiekonzerne unter Kartellverdacht

FAZ, hier.

How Markets in Europe Opened Up as Guild Monopolies Declined in the Sixteenth Century

ProMarket, here.

The Case For Nations To Act On Medicines Access

IP-Watch, here. 

AG Wahl: A supplier of luxury goods may prohibit its authorised retailers from selling its products on third-party platforms such as Amazon or eBay

Press Release, here. Opinion here. 

Biased AI is a threat to civil liberties. The ACLU has a plan to fix it

Co.Design, here. 

Bundeskartellamt verhängt Bußgelder wegen Preisbindungen bei Bekleidung in Höhe von insgesamt rund 10,9 Mio. Euro

Bundeskartellamt, hier.

Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder

Gizmodo, here.

Open Data : les Archives Nationales optent pour un principe de gratuité

NextImpact, ici.

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

IViR, here.

Roomba vacuum maker iRobot betting big on the 'smart' home

Reuters, here.

Netflix and Go: Expanding Access to Online Content Services when Travelling within the EU

Scl.org, here.

Madrid asks anti-trust watchdog to probe Uber's new airport service

Reuters, here.

Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age: 2017 - Chapters 1 and 2

P. Menell, M. Lemley, R. Merges, here. 

The European Data Economy

M. Gabriel, here. 

Google’s payments to partners are the highest in 8 years and Wall Street is not happy

UK.businessinsider, here. 

The CJEU Pirate Bay Judgment and its Impact on the Liability of Online Platforms

E. Rosati, here. 

A Better Deal: Cracking Down on Corporate Monopolies and the Abuse of Economic and Political Power

US Democrats, here. See also here. 

Artificial Intelligence and National Security

G. Allen and T. Chan, here. 

BMW Denies Diesel Cheating as EU, Germany Probe Auto Cartel

Bloomberg, here. 

Facebook Challenged by Activist Who Broke EU-U.S. Data Pact

Bloomberg, here.

U.S. House panel approves broad proposal on self-driving cars

Reuters, here.

POLICY CHOICES FOR A DIGITAL AGE

Friends of Europe, here.

FTC probing allegations of Amazon's deceptive discounting

Reuters, here.

How algorithms make important government decisions — and how that affects you

ABC, here.

Open markets must benefit consumers or distrust will grow

ACC, here.

WhatsApp is building out its business team to start bringing in revenue

Recode, here.

Algorithmen fallen nicht vom Himmel

FAZ, hier.

Amazon will pay full price to US retailers to boost its inventory

ArsTechnica, here.

Brexit: competition

House of  Lords, here. 

It’s time for our justice system to embrace artificial intelligence

Brookings, here. 

Report on innovative uses of consumer data by financial institutions

EBA, here. 

DONNÉES PERSONNELLES ET OBJETS CONNECTÉS EN EUROPE

B. Benhamou, ici. 

LIBE submits more than 800 amendments to ePrivacy Regulation

IAPP, here. 

Nondiscrimination and Neutrality

R. Picker, Slides (163!), here. 

Examination script and personal data

AG Kokott, Case C-434/16, here. 

Will Amazon Take Over the World?

F. Pasquale, here. 

China Artificial Intelligence Bid Seeks $59 Billion Industry

Bloomberg, here. 

Judge Rules Milwaukee Flouted U.S. Constitution in Response to 'Pokemon Go' Craze

HollywoodReporter, here. 

This famous roboticist doesn’t think Elon Musk understands AI

TechCrunch, here. 

Google Search and the Desktop Internet

R. Picker, Slides (200!) here. 

PROTECTING INNOVATION THROUGH TRADE SECRETS AND PATENTS: DETERMINANTS FOR EUROPEAN UNION FIRMS

EUIPO, here. 

Facebook Challenged by Activist Who Broke EU-U.S. Data Pact

Bloomberg, here. 

Data is not the new Oil

CCIA, here. 

Give robots an 'ethical black box' to track and explain decisions, say scientists

TheGuardian, here. 

Our personal data are precious — we must take back control

FT, here. 

A 'too-big' Amazon could be broken up by Federal government: Judge Napolitano

FoxBusiness, here. 

Portée territoriale du droit au déréférencement: question préjudicielle à la Cour de justice

Conseil d’État, ici.

Workshop on liability in the area of autonomous systems and advanced robots and Internet of Things systems

EC, 13/07/2017 Video here. Background Paper here.  

Expert Workshop on Access to Data and Technical Solutions (APIs)

EC, 8 June 2017, Video here. 

London Stock Exchange Group tests blockchain for private company shares

Reuters, here. 

An innovative leap into the theoretical abyss: Dow/DuPont and the Commission’s novel theory of harm

RBB, here. 

Mastercard Enhances Artificial Intelligence Capability with the Acquisition of Brighterion, Inc..

Stockhouse, here.

Digital Single Market conference on the free movement of data: Closing Speech

A Ansip, here. 

ELON MUSK'S FREAK-OUT OVER KILLER ROBOTS DISTRACTS FROM OUR REAL AI PROBLEMS

Wired, here. 

The Rise of The Attribute Economy

Meeco, here. 

CONSUMER NOTICE: INTERNET-CONNECTED TOYS COULD PRESENT PRIVACY AND CONTACT CONCERNS FOR CHILDREN

FBI, here.

Hunting Unicorns? Experimental Evidence on Predatory Pricing Policies

A. Edlin, C. Roux, A. Schmutzler and C. Thöni, here. 

An AI Pattern Language

M. Elish and T. Hwang, here. 

Intermediaries Could Be Made Liable In EU Copyright Legislation

IP-watch, here.

Germany introduces law permitting automated vehicles

Out-Law.com, here. 

AI AND ‘ENORMOUS DATA’ COULD MAKE TECH GIANTS HARDER TO TOPPLE

Wired, here. 

Digital single market conference on the free movement of data

Agenda here. Video here.

The AU "Productivity Commission Draft Report: Data Availability and Use" mentioned by Katryna (Meeco) is here.

Alex 'Sandy' Pentland (37:57).

Making Europe a Data Economy: A New Framework for Free Movement of Data in the Digital Age

The Lisbon Council, here. 

Uber Releases Open Source Project for Differential Privacy

Medium, here. 

Amazon Antitrust Concerns Emerge in Washington and Wall Street

Bloomberg, here. 

EC sends Statement of Objections to Teva on 'pay for delay' pharma agreement

EC, Press Release, here. 

Elon Musk: regulate AI to combat 'existential threat' before it's too late

TheGuardian, here. 

Competition Authorities: Towards More Independence and Prioritisation?

W. Wils, here. 

Presumptions in EU Competition Law

C. Ritter, here. 

Horizontal Mergers and Product Innovation: An Economic Framework

G. Federico, G. Langus, T. Valletti, here. 

The world's libraries tell the W3C that DRM is bad for the web

BoiungBoing, here. 

Call for tender: Study to raise awareness about algorithms

EC, here. 

Maas kündigt Urheberrechtsreförmchen zugunsten von Blinden an

Heise.de, hier.

FTC Staff Comment on Net Neutrality

Here. Commissioner McSweeny's dissent here.

Artificial Intelligence and Economic Theories

T. Marwala, E. Hurwitz, here. 

Amazon may give developers your private Alexa transcripts

Engadget, here. 

Amazons „Alexa“ womöglich ein Problem

WiWo, hier. 

Japan considering tough new rules on data in an effort to head off digital monopolies

FT, here.

Achieving Digital Maturity

Deloitte, here.

About the cartel screening tool

CMA, here.

The Economic Impact of Data: Why Data Is Not Like Oil

Progressive Policy, here.

Willkommen in der Numerokratie

FAZ, hier.

Private hire and hackney carriage licensing: open letter to local authorities

Gov.co.uk, here.

Droit d'auteur: la création est une chose trop importante pour être laissée à des algorithmes

EPPgroup, here.

Biased Algorithms Are Everywhere, and No One Seems to Care

MIT Technology Review, here.

Impact of OTA Bias and Consolidation on Consumers

B. Edelman, here.

The end of the internet startup

Vox, here.

How Google could win its fight with Brussels

Politico, here.

Groundbreaking study suggests trademark count, rather than patent count, is a better predictor of innovation

Worldtrademarkreview, here.

Nederlandse truckers eisen 250 miljoen euro van fabrikanten

NOS, hier. 

CORPORATE SURVEILLANCE IN EVERYDAY LIFE

W. Christl, here. 

Shooting-Star der künstlichen Intelligenz

FAZ, hier. 

Google Academics Inc.

Googletransparencyproject.org, here. 

Australians urged to 're-wire' brains for saving

FinExtra, here. 

Kraftstoffpreise in Ferienzeiten: Preisvergleich lohnt sich

Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

Publicité sur Internet: consultation publique

ADLC, ici, 

Guidance on the use of Legitimate Interests under the EU General Data Protection Regulation

DPN, here. 

Philip Morris ordered to pay Australia millions in costs for plain packaging case

Smh.com.au, here. 

Open Data in Cities 2

European Data Portal, here. 

THE ELUSIVE ROLE OF COMPETITION IN THE STANDARD-SETTING ANTITRUST DEBATE

M. Ohlhausen, here. 

Weapons of Math Destruction: how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy

C. O'Neil, LSE Podcast here. 

Brummis gegen Laster-Kartell

FAZ, hier. 

The news industry is worried Facebook and Google have far too much power

The Verge, here. 

Leguide.com porte plainte contre Google

BFM.tv, ici. 

Tim Berners-Lee Sells Out His Creation: Officially Supports DRM In HTML

TechDirt, here. 

Human-Centered Machine Learning

Google Design, here. 

Setting prices on online travel agents: advice for hotels

CMA, here. 

Exclusive: Senator wants administration to reckon with A.I.

axios, here.

Europa gegen Google: kein guter Tag für Innovation und Wettbewerb

J. Haucap, hier.

This Android malware steals data from 40 apps, spies on messages and location

Zdnet, here.

Der Wert persönlicher Daten: Ist Datenhandel der bessere Datenschutz?

Sachverständigenrat für Verbraucherfragen, hier.

Everybody lies: how Google search reveals our darkest secrets

The Guardian, here.

Google for Jobs Is Secretly Out to Kill Job Sites

Inc.com, here

Competition authority searches premises of Grupa Allegro

UOKiK, here.

Googeln für die Wissenschaft

Spiegel.de, hier.

The Next Battle in Antitrust Will Be About Whether One Company Knows Everything About You

Hbr, here.

Antitrust as Disruptive Innovation in Health Care: Can Limiting State Action Immunity Help Save a Trillion Dollars?

W. Sage & D. Hyman, here.

Nothing Comes Of Nothing -- The New Loyalty Reality

MediaPost, here. 

The European Union votes on the implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty

IFLA, here. 

Les hôtels contre les tarifs imposés par Booking.com

Rtbf.be, ici. 

Promoting privacy with innovation within the law

E. Denham, here. 

Facebook beats privacy lawsuit in U.S. over user tracking

Reuters, here. 

Io sono cultura - 2017

Fondazione Symbola, qui. 

EC alleges Merck and Sigma-Aldrich, General Electric, and Canon breached EU merger procedural rules

Press Release, here. 

Communication, expectations, innovation: maintaining public support for new technology

UK National Data Guardian (WT..), here. 

Agents' Mutual Ltd v Gascoigne Halman Ltd (t/a Gascoigne Halman)

CAT, 1262/5/7/16 (T) , here. 

EU Watchdogs Are Calling in a Second Opinion for Another Google Case

Fortune, here.

Proposed Italian consumer protection law unlikely to have any effect on Apple's iPhone sales

AppleInsider, here.

Google Shopping: Die Schweizer sind frohe Trittbrettfahrer

TagesAnzeiger, hier. 

Oversight of use of open source code crucial as GDPR approaches, says industry expert

Out-Law.com, here. 

Real reform must follow ruling on flawed NHS-DeepMind data deal

H. Hodson, here. 

New EU court blow for Uber over French taxi case

Reuters, here. 

BIG DATA AND ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT

G. Pitruzzella, here. 

Dateneigentum der Bürger

K.-H. Fezer, hier. 

Kein Eigentumsrecht an Daten?

Identity-economy.de, hier. 

Produktlebensdauer: EU-Parlament gegen "Software-Obsoleszenz"

Heise.de, hier.

Exceptions and limitations to copyright

European Audiovisual Observatory, here.

To tackle Google’s power, regulators have to go after its ownership of data

E. Morozov, here. 

Will Amazon-Whole Foods Survive Antitrust Scrutiny Under Trump?

Forbes, here. 

Europe’s Geo-Blocking Debate: Booksellers on the Ropes

PublishingPerspectives, here. 

Off-Topic: Bill Clinton at the Helmut Kohl Memorial in Strasbourg

Video, here.
"He loved being an European"

Jetzt will Maas an die Algorithmen

Spiegel.de, hier.

Royal Free - Google DeepMind trial failed to comply with data protection law

ICO, here.

A Way to Own Your Social-Media Data

L. Zingales, G. Rolnik, here. 

Yelp’s Six-Year Grudge Against Google

NYTimes, here. 

The EU’s Google Decision: Algorithms Are Hard

M. Patterson, here. 

EU considers tough new competition powers

FT, here. 

UK urged to clarify data rules from connected cars

FT, here. 

Korea’s FTC may look at Google antitrust practices

Koreajoongangdaily.joins.com, here.

Big Tech is cut off from the real world

FT, here.