OFT issues decision in mobility scooters sector

CMA's website (?), here.

Original OFT's press release, here. 

Competition Bureau sets out preliminary views on patent agreement settlement enforcement

Thecompetitor.ca, here.

If at first you don’t succeed – Booking.com and Expedia investigation re-opens

EU-Competitionlaw.com, here.

Dutch copyright law succumbs to aging as exhaustion extends to e-books

M. Olvedo Cuevas, here.

Der Streit ums E-Book und seine Erschöpfung

BuchReport.de, hier.

Mission sur l’exploration de données

J. Martin, ici.

Millions of 'orphan' artworks and historic documents to be seen under new copyright laws

Independent.co.uk, here. 

FCC moves to treat online video like cable, a boon for Aereo

ArsTechnica, here. 

YouTube Considering An Ad-Free, Subscription-Based Version

TechCrunch, here. 

Enjoining Injunctions: The Case Against Antitrust Liability for Standard Essential Patent Holders Who Seek Injunctions

D. Ginsburg, T. Owings, and J. Wright, here. 

US regulator drops BP, Statoil oil price-fixing probe

Reuters.com, here. 

Die Wut der Chinesen auf VW

FAZ.net, hier.

When is a Flavor/Taste Trademark Possible?

Jdsupra.com, here. 

Text mining : vers un nouvel accord avec Elsevier

Scoms.hypotheses.org, ici.. 

Cheaper oil: Winners and losers

TheEconomist, here. 

Der Platzhirsch im Hotelgeschäft verteidigt sein Revier

FAZ, hier.

Abuse Of Dominance By Patentees: A Pro-Innovation Perspective

A. Abbott, here.

Judge Shuts Door on Hotel Price-Fixing Class Action

LitigationDaily.com, here.

CMA to reopen the hotel online booking investigation

CMA, here.

An EU-wide Google tax in the making?

Juriareda.eu, here.

Handelsblatt here.

Who’s Really Winning The Search War?

SearchEngineLand, here.

Droht durch Google und Amazon eine Monopolisierung der digitalen Welt?

Netzpiloten.de, hier.

Is (teaching) Economics doing more harm than good?

B. Lucey, here.

Ebola and Big Data

TheEconomist, here.

Competition Matters: Enforcing the Antitrust Laws on Behalf of the American Consumer

B. Baer, here.

Connecting the Antitrust Dots: In Praise of Herb Hovenkamp

B. Baer, here.

The Ruling of the General Court in Intel: Towards the End of an Effect-based Approach in European Competition Law?

P. Nihoul, here

The Importance of Economic Analysis When Assessing Vertical Agreements

J. Davies, Presentation here. 

Competition Enforcement in the Internet-Based Trade – Current Practice of the BKartA

G. Kallfass, presentation here. 

El ejemplo de otros países muestra que la tasa Google será un fracaso

Adslzone.net, aquì.

Texto de la LPI aprobado por el Senado aquí

EuGH C 348/13 BestWater - "Framing": Framende Links keine Urheberrechtsverletzung

B. Knies, Video hier.

Beschluss hier.
Vorabentscheidungsersuchen hier. 

Digitisation and Democracy: The challenges of shaping the Digital Society

J. Hofmann, here. 

Amazon is doing the world a favor by crushing book publishers

Vox.com, here.

On the link between "dynamic pricing" and competition by innovation

www.dilbert.com/

Google's New Search Downranking Hits Torrent Sites Hard

TorrentFreak.com, here. 

¿Hay que desmantelar Amazon o Google?

J. Alfaro, aquì.

Antitrust Litigation- The Way Ahead

J. Almunia, here.

The War Against Airbnb

R. Epstein, here.

Opinion: The criterion “new public” as developed in the Svensson case

ALAI, here.

Etude des perceptions et usages du livre numérique

Hadopi/IFOP, ici. 

Eight years on from the OFT's CUPI study: Lessons learned and remaining hurdles

dot.econ, here. 

Intellectual property enforcement

L. Neville-Rolfe, here. 

Retail Energy Competition and Consumer Empowerment

CERRE, Discussion Paper, here. 

Alliances entre distributeurs: le gouvernement saisit l'Autorité de la concurrence

Boursorama, ici. 

Georgia State Academic Fair Use Decision Vacated by 11th Circuit: A (Relatively) Quick Read for the Busy Practitioner

Trademarkandcopyrightlawblog.com, here. 

Comcast - Time Warner Cable, MB Docket No. 14-57

Professors' Letter to the FCC, here. 

The Sky is Rising - 2014 Edition

Here.

Two Europes or One Europe?

N. Kroes, here. 

Verlage knicken beim Leistungsschutzrecht ein

Golem.de, hier.

From the antitrust mailbag: manufacturer-imposed requirements

FTC, here.

Q1: Are the wondering retailers generally satisfied with this type of explanation?
Q2: Does it apply to platforms as well?

The Fondue Conspiracy

Sepp Barmettler, the Cheese Rebel

NPR: Planet Money, Podcast here.

More about the Cheese Union (Käseunion) in A. Thier, Schweizerische Kartellrechtstradition und „more economic approach,“  621, at 640 ff., here.




Update: I tasted the Sbrinz cheese for the first time after listening to the NPR Podcast. Delicious indeed, and already a competition policy scholar's favourite.

BGH decision "Yellow dictionary" colour trade mark dispute

IPKat, here.

Big Data and the Future for Privacy

N. Richards, J. King, here. 

Oeuvres transformatives : faut-il faire de YouTube le « Seigneur des Mashups » ?

Scinfolex.com, ici. 

The Technology Transfer Block Exemption

Out-law.com, here. 

Case C-470/14, EGEDA – will a state-financed ‘private copy’ scheme deliver fair compensation?

Eulawradar, here. 

Inter Partes Review: An Early Look at the Numbers

B. Love, S. Ambwani, here. 

Agency 2.0: Competition Authorities Will Need to Think - Again

Agreements between Amazon and publishers are starting rolling out, see here and here. It is not very hard to predict that these agreements will come to be scrutinized quite closely by competition authorities on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond. While, it seems, conspiracy theories this time round could be safely ruled out, it would be high time to develop comprehensive assessment criteria with regard to vertical restraints triggered by, or in the context of, electronic platforms.  

Google Penguin 3.0: Worldwide Rollout Still In Process, Impacting 1% Of English Queries

SearchEngineLand, here.

Honeywell Gets EU Complaint With DuPont Over Car Coolant

Bloomberg.com, here.

E-Book-Preise: Amazon einigt sich mit Bonnier

Heise.de, hier. 

Big, bad Amazon

TheEconomist, here. 

"Why are you searching here for your lost keys? Because there is light here": Reflections on Competition Policy in Europe

J. Fingleton, Video here. Speech notes here. 

European Commission settles cartel on bid-ask spreads charged on Swiss Franc interest rate derivatives; fines four major banks € 32.3 million

Press Release, here. 

Competition Enforcement: A Practical Perspective

A. Mundt, Video here.

"The ECN is a unique success, and a model for other areas of law."

The role of competition authorities in fostering growth and consumer welfare

P. Roth, Presentation here; Video here. 

Banks: Too Big to Manage Ethically?

Dealbook.nytimes.com, here.

Amazon: it’s not the power, it’s the lost focus

J. Gans, here. 

European Commission proposes ratification of Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate access to books for visually impaired persons

Press Release, here. 

Uber Economics: There is no such thing as bad publicity

Bruegel.org, here. 

82 Things Publishers Do (2014 Edition)

The scholarly kitchen, here. 

Brussels Antitrust Seminar Demonstrates Shifting European Landscape For Competition Enforcement In Wake Of ECJ MasterCard Judgment

Antitrusttoday.com, here. 

Public libraries: the right to digitise and the right of reproduction

S. Yakovleva, here.

Amazon closes a contract with one major book publisher (not that one, though)

Mhpbooks.com, here.  For more speculations see here and here.

More on Android

Chillingcompetition.com, here. 

European Pharmaceutical Antitrust after Groupment des Cartes Bancaires – Time to Rethink the Approach to Pay For Delay Settlements?

S. Gallasch, here. 

Antitrust Analysis of Reverse Payment Settlements After Actavis: Three Questions and Proposed Answers

J. Wright, here. 

In Georgia State University E-Reserves Case, Eleventh Circuit Endorses Flexible Approach to Fair Use

ARL Policy Notes, here.

Why The Justice Department Won't Go After Amazon Even Though Paul Krugman Thinks It's Hurting America

BusinessInsider, here.

Simon & Schuster Strikes Amazon Deal Reviving Agency Ebook Pricing

DigitalBookWorld, here.

Apple’s quiet mobile revolution

J. Gans, here.

Amazon’s Monopsony Is Not O.K.

P. Krugman, here.

GSU E-Reserves case: Appeals court overturns finding of fair use

Copyright.org, here.

Thoughts on High-Priced Textbooks

ConversableEconomist, here.

Google's Anti-Competitive and Unfair Practices in Digital Leisure Markets

A. Chirita, here.

Different Views on Competition

TheWhyFactor, Podcast here.

Reforming economics: Try the business school

TheEconomist, here.

Google tweaks search engine to combat piracy

TheHill, here.

What everyone’s getting wrong about Amazon

Qz.com, here.

Alternatives to the Patent System that are used to support R&D efforts

J. Love for the WIPO Secretariat, here.

The Dark Market for Personal Data

F. Pasquale, here.

Sharing Economy: Deutsche teilen (noch) nicht

Spiegel.de, hier.

The Future of the Book: From Papyrus to Pixels

The Economist, here. 

Joshua Wright on the "Expertise Hypothesis"

Regblog.org, here. 

Googles Geldmaschine stottert leicht

Heise.de, hier.

Google’s Sundar Pichai Welcomes Antitrust Scrutiny on Android

WSJ.com, here. 

Belgium, Japan to 7th Circuit: Don’t interfere with our antitrust enforcement!

AntitrustUpdateBlog, here.

Uber wrangling regulations (and setting some hope on the FTC)

Interview with Brian Worth,  Uber Public Policy Lead, Harvard Kennedy School Policycast, here.

Report says illegal Airbnb apartments made up over a third of the company's NYC revenue

TheVerge, here.

Report from the NY State Attorney General's office here.

New WikiLeaks of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Intellectual Property Chapter — Analysis of Copyright Provision

Policynotes.arl.org, here.