Thursday, September 18, 2014

The Right to be Forgotten, or the Right Not to Be Gossiped About

Report, BBC Radio 4, Podcast here.

« La calunnia è un venticello , N.Ghiurov, here.

Right to be de-listed : European DPAs agreed on a common tool box to handle complaints

WP 29, here.

Apparently,  the rules won’t be finalized until November. 

Le secteur des autoroutes après la privatisation des sociétés concessionnaires

Autorité de la concurrence, ici.

Patent right exploitation under antitrust law scrutiny

K. Nejezchleb, T. Kubeša, here.

European Draft Directive on Damages Actions - How to protect leniency incentives without jeopardising the victim's right of compensation

P. Kirst, R. Van den Bergh, here.

The Hidden Costs of Free Goods: Implications for Antitrust Enforcement

M. Gal, D. Rubinfeld, here.

The Internet: Just Another Distribution Channel? EU and U.S. Competition Policy Approaches to E- Commerce


J. Wahl, S. Troost and C. Buts,  here.

Which Patent Systems are Better for Inventors?

J. Bessen, G. Thoma, here.

Analysis of consequences of different VAT scenarios for books

Oslo Economics, Study here. Summary and Conclusions in English here.

Alice is killing the trolls -- but expect patent lawyers to strike back

S. Phipps, here.

El Tribunal Supremo deja en el aire la tramitación de la Ley de Propriedad Intelectual

ABC. es, aquì.

Que faut-il retenir du 80ème congrès de l’IFLA à Lyon ?

Gazette.fr, ici

Bei Axel Springer liest man jetzt Karl Marx

Tagesspiegel.de, hier.

NewsCorp: Google is a 'platform for piracy'

BBC, here. Letter here.

"Google is commodifying the audience of specialist publishers and limiting their ability to generate advertising revenue. Data aggregators attempt to sell audiences at a steep discount to the original source, for example, access to 75 per cent of The Wall Street Journal demographic at 25 per cent of the price, thus undermining the business model of the content creator. This process is at a relatively early stage and needs constant monitoring to ensure that abuses are halted and that there is a fair return for newspapers, publishers and other investors in original content."

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

10 Comments on the ECJ’s Judgment in Case C-67/13 P, Groupement des Cartes Bancaire

ChillingCompetition, here.

Top EU Court Checks Expansive Approach to Prohibition on Anti - Competitive Agreements But Uncertainties Remain

Sidley.com, here.

Regulation and the sharing economy

Freakonomics, podcast here, transcript here.

South African Competition Commission non - refers Doctors Without Borders complaint

Press Release, here.

The Court of Justice of the EU Judgment on Data Protection and Internet Search Engines: Current Issues and Future Challenges

C. Kuner, here.

Le Conseil d’état veut encadrer l’usage des algorithmes prédictifs

Larevuedudigital.com, ici.

The "right to be forgotten"

UK Commons Library standard note, here.

Müssen wir Angst vor Google haben?

J. Haucap, here.

Smartwatches and Weak Privacy Rules

NYTimes, here.

German Official: Google Should Reveal Its Ranking Algorithm

SearchEngineLand, here.

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Judge overturns Uber ride-sharing ban in Germany

BBC, here.

"By Object” Restrictions of Competition Revisited: European Court of Justice Endorses Narrow Interpretation

LW.com, here.

The Commission Investigation into Pay TV Services: Open Questions

P. Ibáñez Colomo, here.

Groupement des Cartes Bancaires and the resilience of the case law on restrictions by object

Chillingcompetition.com, here.

IP Markets and Enabling Information Ecosystems

UK IPO, here.

'Mr. Confession' and his boss drive China's antitrust crusade

Reuters.com, here.

The Proof of the Pudding is in the Eating: Net Neutrality in Practice, the Dutch Example

N. Van Eijk, here.

Meet Datacoup - the company that wants to help you sell your data

TheGuardian.com, here.

Taking TV and film into the digital age

N. Kroes, here.

Dutch court refers questions to CJEU on e-lending and digital exhaustion, and another Dutch reference on digital resale may be just about to follow

The IPKat, here.

Defining Section 5 of the Ftc Act: The Failure of the Common Law Method and the Need for Formal Agency Guidelines

J. Rybnicek, J. Wright, here.

Apple Watch under scrutiny for privacy by Connecticut attorney general

Pcworld.com, here.

Fünf Theorien, warum Minecraft 2,5 Milliarden wert sein könnte

Blogs.wsj.de, hier.

Friday, September 05, 2014

L’Autorité de la concurrence s’inquiète de l’intégration verticale des géants du Web

Larevuedudigital.com, ici.

«...dans le cas de l’enquête sur Booking.com et Expedia qui imposent aux hôteliers de ne pas vendre moins cher que sur leurs plateformes, nous nous associons aux autres autorités, car c’est un frein à la concurrence»

Microsoft wades into the Google antitrust fray

Zdnet.com, here

Wettbewerb: Amazon ist kein Monopolist

J. Haucap, hier.

Wettbewerb im Internet: "Rechtlich muss etwas geschehen"

Interview mit D. Zimmer, hier.

Alice v. CLS Bank: United States Supreme Court Establishes General Patentability Test

J. Powles, here

Googlephobia

TheEconomist, here

Is There a George Mason School of Law and Economics?

T. Zywicki, here

Tuesday, September 02, 2014

Auditing Algorithms: Research Methods for Detecting Discrimination on Internet Platforms

C. Sandvig, K. Hamilton, K. Karahalios, C. Langbort, here

Value of a Platform to a Seller: Case of American Airlines and Online Travel Agencies

V. Bilotkach, N. Rupp, V. Pai, here

Hoteliers react to sharing-economy competition

HotelNewsNow.com, here

The Folklore of Informationalism: The Case of Search Engine Speech

O. Bracha, here

El cártel de los extintores (I): La CNMC apaga el fuego de la disuasión anti-cartel en España

F. Marcos, aquì

The Role of 'Big Data' in Online Platform Competition

A. Lerner, here

'Piracy sites don't love music - they love money'

MusicWeek.com, here

Taxi-Konkurrenz: Gericht verbietet Uber deutschlandweit

FAZ, hier.

Update: "Uber wird seine Tätigkeit in ganz Deutschland fortführen und wird weiterhin seine Dienste über die Uber App anbieten."

Zuletzt hatte sich auch die Monopolkommission zu den Wettbewerbsverhältnissen auf den Taximärkten  geäussert.

Friday, August 29, 2014

IFLA 2014 : Les bibliothèques et le piège de la stratégie des exceptions

Scinfolex.com, ici

It’s Over: The Rise & Fall Of Google Authorship For Search Results

SearchEngineLand.com, here

Un "principe d'innovation" réclamé à l'Europe par les industriels et FAI

Numerama.com, ici

The ALS Association wants to trademark ‘ice bucket challenge.’ An attorney says that’s ‘shameful.’

Washingtonpost.com, here.

Update here.

Japan publishers lash out at new Amazon rules

Channelnewsasia.com, here

Holidaycheck beschwert sich bei EU-Kommission über Google

Finanznachrichten.de, hier

Smart Watches: Ravishing, and Creepier than Google Glass

Blog.hbr.org, here

July 2014 Author Earnings Report

Authorearnings.com, here