Restrictions Are Slowing Coronavirus Infections, New Data Suggest

NYTimes, here. 

The Law of Informational Capitalism

A. Kapczynski, here. 

Data To Go: An FTC Workshop on Data Portability

FTC, here (hopefully on Zoom as alternative venue)

Der Handel sucht die Rettung auf Online-Plattformen

FAZ, hier. 

Tim Wu's THE CURSE OF BIGNESS reviewed by Lina Khan

Here. 

Medtronic Shares Ventilation Design Specifications to Accelerate Efforts to Increase Global Ventilator Production

Medtronic, here.
Permissive license here. 

Ventilator Maker’s 2012 Merger Spurs Query From FTC Official (1)

Bloomberg Law, here. 

New York Attorney General Looks Into Zoom’s Privacy Practices

NYTimes, here.

Mylan/Upjohn: Commitments submitted

Competition by Design, Compliance by Design oder Antitrust by Design?

S. Louven, hier. 

Data collaboratives and the COVID-19 pandemic: an interview with Alberto Alemanno

EuroConsumers, here. 

Access to In-Vehicle Data by Third-Party Service Providers: Is there a Market Failure and, if so, How Should it be Addressed?

D. Geradin, here. 

The Competitive Effects of the GDPR

M. Gal, O. Aviv, here. 

Zoom Faces Class Action Lawsuit for Sharing Data with Facebook

Vice, here. 

Hansel and Gretel and the Virus: Privacy Conscious Contact Tracing

J.-H., Hoepman, here. 

Economic Competition in a Time of Crisis

F. Scott Morton, here. 

Financial Operating Systems

Zetzsche et al., here. 

On the scope and limits of antitrust when it comes to policing dominant tech platforms.

H. Singer, Here. 

Competition Law in Isolation Series

Startup Acquisitions, Error Costs, and Antitrust Policy

K. Bryan, E. Hovenkamp, here. 

The Race to the Bottom: What Competition Overdose Does to Our Wallets and Well-Being

M. Stucke, A. Ezrachi, here (two Bolsheviks?).

Neglected infectious diseases: are push and pull incentive mechanisms suitable for promoting drug development research?

F. Mueller-Langer, here. 

Selecting a data sharing structure: a value-based choice

S. Delacroix et al., here. 

Joint statement by the European Competition Network (ECN) on application of competition law during the Corona crisis

Here. 

EU Competition Law and COVID-19

F. Costa-Cabral et al., here. 

Competition Law as a Form of Social Regulation

I. Lianos, here. 

Antitrust rules and coronavirus

EC, here. 

The U.S. Tried to Build a New Fleet of Ventilators. The Mission Failed.

NYTimes, here. 

Joint Statement on the right to data protection in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

Council of Europe, here. 

Bottomline/EPG: Final Report

CMA, here. 

Covid-19 and the comeback of compulsory licensing

Medicine Law & Policy, here. 

Global Innovation, Local Regulation: Navigating Competition Rules in the Digital Economy

C. Wilson, here. 

Google v. Oracle: What is the Case About?

Santa Clara University, Video here.

WHO is asked to create a voluntary intellectual property pool to develop Covid-19 products

StatNews, here. 

Review of the two Horizontal Block Exemption Regulations

EC, here. 

Roche releases recipe, after European Commission considers intervention due to lack of coronavirus tests

FTM.nl, here. 

Society as a Broadband Network

W. Davies, here. 

Plattformökonomie: neue Wettbewerbsregeln – Renaissance der Missbrauchsaufsicht

J. Haucap, hier. 

Data Portability: Initial Reflections on an Ex Ante Approach

S. Vezzoso (me!), here. Very tentative first draft (any feedback?).

Riprendiamoci i dati

Speciale TG1, qui. 

Fair dealing and online learning in the time of coronavirus in South Africa

IPKat, here. 

Stellungnahmen der Bundesländer, Fachkreise, Verbände und Unternehmen zum GWB-Digitalisierungsgesetz

Hier.

Open Data for SME finance

Bank of England, here. 

DPAs issue reports on data processing related to COVID-19

Iapp, here. 

The Man With 17,700 Bottles of Hand Sanitizer Just Donated Them

NYTimes, here. 

Coronavirus, l’ingegnere italiano che sfida le multinazionali per salvare la vita ai pazienti con le sue valvole in stampa 3

TPI.it, qui. 

Verily’s coronavirus screening website launches with very limited access

The Verge, here. 

Cade investigates Bayer and Monsanto for alleged anti-competitive conduct

CADE, aqui.

Apple, Tech Data et Ingram Micro sanctionnés

Autorité de la concurrence, ici.

Some 2000 thoughts on the abus de dépendence écononique (en italien), qui. 

Formal GDPR complaint against Google’s internal data free-for-all

Brave, here. 

Venture Capital and Antitrust

Stanford/DOJ, here. 

Sharing data to create value in the private sector

ODI, here. 

Defining Artificial Intelligence

JRC, here. 

LinkedIn Appeals Important CFAA Ruling Regarding Scraping Public Info Just As Concerns Raised About Clearview

TechDirt, here. 

Digital markets taskforce: terms of reference

UK Gov, here. 

How Google kneecapped Amazon’s smart TV efforts

Protocol, here. 

Ad Tech Inquiry: Issues Paper

ACCC, here. 

Key Elements and Functions of a New Digital Regulatory Agency

Public Knowledge, here. 

Competition in Digital Technology Markets: Examining Self-Preferencing by Digital Platforms

Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, here.

A Commons Approach to Smart City Data Governance

New America, here. 

AUSTRALIAN INFORMATION COMMISSIONER v FACEBOOK INC & ANOR

Complaint, here. 

The Economic Impact of Open Data

European Data Portal, here. 

Mark Lemley: Innovation in tech suffers when we focus on the “exit”

Recode Decode, here. 

Die Digitalisierung der Missbrauchsaufsicht durch das „GWB-Digitalisierungsgesetz“ im Spannungsfeld von moderater Anpassung und Überregulierung

T. Körber, hier. 

Digital platforms and antitrust. Should competition law be updated and how?

Today, 13:00, Video here.

Copyright lessons on Machine Learning: what impact on algorithmic art?

T. Chiou, here. 

Go read about a law school’s ridiculous battle over YouTube copyright strikes

The Verge, here. 

On balancing personal privacy with public interest

Iapp, here.

All happy families are alike: The EDPS’ bridges between competition and privacy

S. Vezzoso, here (second draft, sorry folks).

Minor changes and new entries such as Cristina Caffarra, Agustin Reyna, A European strategy for data, etc.

Anti-competitive practices in specific social and economic conditions

Hellenic Competition Commission, here.

Should Antitrust Laws Tackle Privacy Issues? DOJ and State AGs Continue Google Investigations in Response to Privacy Concerns

BakerHostetler, here. 

Antitrust: sanzione di 116 mln a TIM per aver ostacolato lo sviluppo della fibra

AGCM, qui.

Technology with purpose

M. Vestager, here. 

The Myth of the Privacy Paradox

D. Solove, here. 

WIE DIE EUROPÄISCHE UNION IM GLOBALEN WETTBEWERB BESTEHEN KANN

Gastbeitrag von A. Schwab auf D'Kart, hier. 

„Soll das staatliche Geldmonopol gesichert werden? Ja!“

Dezernat Zukunft, hier. 

Draft Competition (Amendment) Bill Proposes Extension of Protection to IPR Holders in Abuse of Dominance Cases

V. Kathuria, here. 

IP and Artificial Intelligence: More than 250 Submissions to WIPO Consultation

EU IP Desk, here. 

THE ROMANO-GERMANIC SYSTEM OF LIABILITY AND ITS FORMULAS APPLIED TO AN ANTITRUST TRIAL, REGARDING THE FACEBOOK CASE

M. Velandia, here. 

Banking landscape in the 21st century

S. Das, here. 

Die Industrie für digitale Werbung verletzt die Privatsphäre der Verbraucher

Digitale Gesellschaft, hier. 

Tech and democracy

Pew, here.

Google and health data – Fitbit acquisition: privacy, GDPR and competition concerns in the activity-tracking wearable technology sector

EP Question, here. 

Defeating Tech Giants With Open Protocols, Interoperability, And Shared Stewardship

TechDirt, here. 

Cybersecurity: Hacking victims are uncovering cyberattacks faster - and GDPR is the reason why

ZDNet, here. 

Tech-over: Mergers and merger policy in digital markets

E. Argentesi et al., here.

...en anglais: The Autorité de la concurrence’s contribution to the debate on competition policy and digital challenges

Adlc, ici. 

The Search for (Artificial) Intelligence, in Capitalism

F. Engster, P. Moore, here. 

Réinventer la régulation pour le numérique : Regards croisés législateur-régulateur

P. Forteza, S. Soriano, ici. 

Why fairness cannot be automated: Bridging the gap between EU non-discrimination law and AI

S. Wachter et al., here. 

Case Studies on Principles for a Data Economy

 ALI-ELI Project, here. 

Programmable Infrastructures

TU Delft, here. 

Data Protection in the Time of Coronavirus: Business As Usual?

Iapp, here. 

Designing an EU Intervention Standard for Digital Platforms

P. Alexiadis, A. de Streel, here.

(With Vodafone's financial support).

Google/Fitbit review: Privacy IS a competition issue

C. Caffarrra, T. Valletti, here. 

Soft power with a hard edge: harnessing the benefits of fast-moving markets

A. Tyre, here. 

Antitrust Conference in the Time of Coronavirus

Keeping the EU competitive in a green and digital world

M. Vestager, here. 

The crystal ball: implications for future competition policy and practice

CMA, Live stream today at 3.00PM Trento Time,  here.

My crystal ball at Ascola NYU 2018

My notes on the run:

Big Tech Acquisitions: Competition & Innovation Effects and EU Merger Control

M. Bourreau, A. de Streel, here. 

Verlening vergunning onder voorschriften voor concentratie Sanoma Learning B.V. en Iddink Holding B.V.

ACM, hier.