France hailed as pioneer with landmark agreement

Musicweek, here.

Amazon sues 1,000 'fake reviewers'

TheGuardian, here. 

Google ordered to disclose personal data shared with 3rd parties in S. Korea

Koreatimesus.com, here. 

Ofgem investigates energy price comparison sites

Energylivenews.com, here. 

Why Internet Platforms Don’t Need Special Regulation

ITIF, here. 

Publishers Straddle the Apple-Google, App-Web Divide

NYTimes, here. 

Cartels involving intermediate goods

Background Paper by the OECD Secretariat, here.

Intellectual Property’s Digital Future

L. Osborn, here.

We have a platform for that

CIO, here.

Le droit européen de l’abus de position dominante en 2014

N. Petit, ici.

Nudges to Privacy Behaviour: Exploring an Alternative Approach to Privacy Notices

European Commission, here.

The good, the bad, and the Uber

Bradford-delong.com, here.

Uber wins UK high court case over taxi app

TheGuardian, here. 

The Competitive Effects of Parity Clauses on Online Commerce

A. Ezrachi, here. 

Price comparison websites: Ofgem investigation

Press release, here,
"...investigation to look at whether some price comparison websites have breached competition law in relation to paid online search advertising"

The Economic Impact of the European Reform of Data Protection

S. Ciriani (Orange), here. 

Data Protection Commissioner gets extra €1.2m funding

Irishtimes.com, here. 

Lyft Adds Ride History With Map Details, Price Breakdown, Tips, And Lost & Found

Androidpolice.com, here.

Amazon reaches deal with deaf rights group to caption all video

ArsTechnica, here. 

Applied Infonomics: Why and How to Value Your Information as an Asset

Blogs.gartner.com, here. 

Netflix’s excuse for its slow growth is a head-scratcher

Wired, here. 

The Role of Consumer Protection in a Fair Market Economy

W. Kovacic, Presentation here 

How Machines Learn (And You Win)

HBR, here. 

How to listen to (and delete) everything you've ever said to Google

Theguardian.com, here. 

European Commission signs best practices merger cooperation framework with China

Press Release, here. 

Consumers are no longer 'Googling' products, they're 'Amazoning' them

Bizjournals.com, here (research by BloomReach, co-founded by former Google scientist).

Europe’s big data protection opportunity

G. Buttarelli, here. 

Deterrence and macroeconomic impact of the work of competition authorities

Motivation and purpose of the conference explained here. Conference presentations, here..

Ordnungspolitik und Kartellrecht im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung

J. Haucap, hier. 

The When and What of Active Supervision

FTC Blog, here. 

Antitrust claim for “sham” patent enforcement

Shuffle Tech International v. Scientific Games Corporation, here.

Positionspapier zum Urteil des Gerichtshofs der Europäischen Union vom 6. Oktober 2015, C-362/14

Unabhängiges Landeszentrum für Datenschutz, hier. 

Bell Canada reaches agreement with Competition Bureau over online reviews

Competitionbureau.gc.ca, here. 

“The Continuing Relevance of Hayek’s The Constitution of Liberty”

R. Epstein, Video here. 

The Final Leaked TPP Text Is All That We Feared

EFF, here. 

Sunlight: Fine-grained Targeting Detection at Scale with Statistical Confidence

M. Lecuyer, R. Spahn, Y. Spiliopoulos, A. Chaintreau, R. Geambasu, and D. Hsu, here. 

Airbnb and eDreams give undertakings to ACCC for improved pricing practices

ACCC, here. 

China Proposes Stricter Laws Targeted At Ridesharing Apps Like Didi Kuaidi And Uber

TechCrunch, here. 

Uber : dans les coulisses d’une machine de guerre juridique

LesEchos, ici. 

Vertical agreements between suppliers and retailers that specify a relative price relationship between competing products or competing retailers

M. Hviid for the OECD, here .

Contributions to the October 2015 OECD hearing by Italy, France, Germany, Sweden, UK, US (to be updated). Two key contributions (still?) missing: Australia and the European Union...

Guru denied copyright protection for Bikram yoga sequence of postures

Arstechnica, here. 

Résoudre le casse-tête du financement de la numérisation patrimoniale ?

Scinfolex.com, ici.

New CJEU reference on linking and streaming of unlawful content

IFFRO, here. 

Trove Lets You Customize Gold and Silver Jewelry Using 3D Printing

TechCrunch, here. 

Jet, la start-up qui veut bousculer Amazon, change déjà de modèle

LeMonde, ici.

Data-Driven Innovation: Big Data for Growth and Well-Being

OECD, here (read only - no search, offline reading, etc.; PDF available, 73 EUR).

Amazon now wants to sell you yogurt soaps and handmade cat lamps, too

ArsTechnica, here. 

Google denies Android Auto car system sends it user's driving data

TheGuardian, here.

Volkswagen’s emissions cheating scandal has a long, complicated history

ArsTechnica, here. 

Competition Commission of Pakistan to probe fare raise by private airlines

Thenews.com.pk, here. 

Panels: WTO Could Play Crucial Role In Challenges Facing Global Digital Trade

IP-watch.org, here. 

The Brussels Court Judgement in Commission v Elevators Manufacturers, or the Story of How the Commission Lost an Action for Damages Based on its Own Infringement Decision

J. Marcos Ramos, D. Muheme, here. 

Expedia defends hotel contracts being scrutinised by ACCC

Theage.com.au, here. 

Get AMP’d: Here’s what publishers need to know about Google’s new plan to speed up your website

NiemanLab, here.

Position Paper Concerning the Implementation of the WIPO Marrakesh Treaty

Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, here, 

Amazon Shuts Down Its Music Importer Software, Points Users To Amazon Music App Instead

Techcrunch.com, here. 

Uber ou comment conquérir une position dominante mondiale en un temps record

F. Lévêque, ici. 

Sunken Safe Harbor: 5 Implications of Schrems and US-EU Data Transfer

D. Solove, here. 

Airbnb expands business travel focus with BridgeStreet deal

TNooz, here. 

University of Luxembourg professor makes internet waves

wwwen.uni.lu, here. 

Does your website have a leak?

Iconewsblog.wordpress.com, here. 

Non-disparagement clauses vs. your right to leave negative reviews online

VentureBeat, here.

Ddl concorrenza: sì all'emendamento sugli hotel (narrow MFN)

IlSole24Ore, qui.

Art. 32. 1.
(Nullità delle clausole contrattuali che vietano alle imprese ricettive di offrire prezzi e condizioni migliori rispetto a quelli praticati da piattaforme di distribuzione online).
  1. È nullo ogni patto con il quale l'impresa turistico-ricettiva si obbliga a non praticare alla clientela finale, con qualsiasi modalità e qualsiasi strumento, prezzi, termini e ogni altra condizione che siano migliorativi rispetto a quelli praticati dalla stessa impresa per il tramite di soggetti terzi, indipendentemente dalla legge regolatrice del contratto. 

ФАС России выдала Google предписание

Fas.gov.ru, Вот
Резолютивная часть решения, Вот.

Haunted By Data

M. Cegłowski, here. 

The Court of Justice of the European Union invalidates the EU Commission Safe Harbor Decision

WP29, here. 

Apple Approves An App That Blocks Ads In Native Apps, Including Apple News

TechCrunch, here. 

Amazon commands almost half of all product searches, and marketers are ignoring omnichannel

VentureBeat, here. 

The Arrival of Algorithmic Business

Gartner.com, here. 

Digitale Ökonomie – Internetplattformen zwischen Wettbewerbsrecht, Privatsphäre und Verbraucherschutz

Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

Investigation of the online travel agency Expedia closed

Konkurrensverket, here. 

Comment of the Global Antitrust Institute, George Mason University School of Law, on the Korea Fair Trade Commission's Revised Review Guidelines on Unfair Exercise of Intellectual Property Rights

Here.

IoT: Enterprises, not consumers, the likely beneficiaries

Deloitte, here. 

Functionality and Expression in Computer Programs: Refining the Tests for Software Copyright Infringement

P. Samuelson, here. 

"Prep document" ahead of the CJEU ruling on Safe Harbor

M. Schrems, here. 

The European Commission’s ISU antitrust investigation explained

Asser.nl, here. 

Schrems gegen Facebook: "Offline gehen ist keine Lösung"

Diepresse.com, hier. 

DMCA doesn't block reverse engineering of vehicle diagnosis software but TM might

Tushnet.blogspot.ch, here. 

Lufthansa stellt sich der Kritik an Buchungskosten

Heise.de, hier. 

Commission opens formal investigation into International Skating Union's eligibility rules

Press Release, here. 

Future reading

C. Mod, here.

Tracking not allowed (unless you’re Google)

A. Grunes, here. 

Huaweï v ZTE – Judicial Conservatism at the Antitrust and IP Intersection

N. Petit, here. 

Searching for harm or harming search? A look at the European Commission’s antitrust investigation against Google

A. Renda, here. 

Competition in telecom markets

M. Vestager, here. 

Protocole d'accord pour un développement équitable de la musique en ligne : Les Artistes disent oui

Lagam.org, ici. 

Macht das Kartellrecht deutsche Internetunternehmen kaputt?

Diskussionsrunde zum Kartellrecht, Video hier. 

The values of competition policy in Europe

M. Vestager, here. 

Des taxis robots testés dès aujourd'hui au Japon

Numerama.com, ici. 

Amazons alberne Argumente

Heise.de, hier.

Newsonomics: The Washington Post offers an Arc in the storm

Niemanlab.org, here.

The price of the Internet of Things will be a vague dread of a malicious world

Ieet.org, here. 

New US Senate Bill Protects Online Reviews

Project-disco, here.

Competition and economic growth

D. Currie, here. 

FTC Files Amicus Brief Explaining that Pharmaceutical “Product Hopping” Can Violate the Antitrust Laws

FTC, here. 

A Competition Law Assessment of Platform Most-Favoured-Customer Clauses

P. Akman, .here.

Un an après la première action de groupe à la française, les consommateurs ne font pas vraiment trembler les entreprises

Atlantico.fr, ici.. 

Achmea biedt premiekorting bij delen privédata

NOS.nl, hier. 

Competition Rebooted: Enforcement and personal data in digital markets

G. Buttarelli, here. 

US-style class actions introduced in UK

BBC.com, here.