Expedia Acquisitions Signal Tougher Times Ahead for Hotels

Hotel-online.com, here.

Copia privata, la conferma del Consiglio di Stato

Punto-informatico.it, here.

Google tax, si punta a un accordo. Ma non "alla francese"

Corrierecomunicazioni.it, here.

Does Patent Licensing Mean Innovation?

R. Feldman, M. Lemley, here.

American Express Violated Antitrust Laws, Judge Rules

NYT, here.

Interest group success in the European Union: When (and why) does business lose?

A. Dür, P. Bernhagen, D. Marshall, here.

Open Data als Treibstoff für die digitale Wirtschaft

BMWI.de, hier.

Uber se reinventa frente a su prohibición con un servicio de comida a domicilio

ElMundo.es, aquí.

Used eBook Marketplace Tom Kabinet Launches eBookstore

The-digital-reader.com, here. 

Global Regulation of Data Flows in a Post-Snowden World

J. Brill, here. 

Never trust a corporation to do a library’s job

Medium.com, here. 

Authors’ Rights Under the ‘Next Great Copyright Act’

J. Ginsburg, here. 

The Internet isn't broken. Obama doesn't need to 'fix' it.

A. Pai, J. Wright, here. 

La tong de la discorde entre Havaianas et des chefs tribaux

Courrierinternational.com, ici. 

Le livre numérique en illimité déclaré hors la loi

LesEchos.fr, ici.

The Challenges of Big Data for the Social Sciences

K. Benoit, Podcast here. 

“Ok al decreto legge sulle Banche popolari”

AGCM, Comunicato Stampa, qui.

Antitrust as a multidisciplinary field: Introduction and overview of the symposium

A. Gundlach, here. 

In Russia, Yandex Files Antitrust Complaint Against Google Over Search On Android Devices

TechCrunch, here.

Cмотрите также "Яндекс" попросил ФАС проверить Google, вот.

Copyright and Inequality

L. Shaver, here.

David gegen Goliath: Wie der lokale Handel gegen Amazon kämpft

Heise.de, hier.

Tobacco giant issues legal threat over plain packaging

IrishTimes, here.

Energy market investigation – updated issues statement

CMA, here.
BBC Radio4, Podcast here (from 03:52)

Swedish songwriters seek fair compensation from Spotify and others

VentureBeat, here.

Apple tested (and cut) more advanced fitness sensors from the Apple Watch

ArsTechnica, here

Beginnings of the "more technological approach"

1998: "To meet Microsoft’s arguments about the integration of the operating system and the browser, Justice Department lawyers needed to understand how software programs were written...They needed to appreciate the technical characteristics of software code and design, something that Microsoft and its software engineers already understood", in  A. Gavil, H. First, The Microsoft Antitrust Cases: Competition Policy for the Twenty-first Century, MIT Press, 2014. A terrific read, see here for a book review - with which I only partially agree, though. Contrary to the reviewer's opinion, I didn't miss the "drama" at all (read the footnotes!). Moreover, there are plenty of references to the economic underpinnings of the Microsoft cases (basically, network economics and the then nascent theory of two-sided markets). However, what I'd have liked to find in the book is also an in-depth discussion of the suitability of the economic theories that played a decisive role in the Microsoft cases for competition policy going forward (legal theories are already depicted by the authors as sufficiently flexible to cope with new challenges). For instance, how solid is the application barrier to entry argument  likely to be in other high-tech markets such as mobile?

Why Xiaomi Worries Google

TheInformant, here (only partially accessible without subscription, but already very interesting).

Capturing the Transplant: U.S. Antitrust Law in the EU

S. Beltrametti, here. 

Copyright and the Value of the Public Domain

K. Erickson, P. Heald, F. Homberg, M. Kretschmer and D. Mendis, here.

Die Welt braucht ein sicheres Betriebssystem

FAZ, hier.

John Oliver on plain-packaging

Video here. 

Competition Policy and Regulation in Credit Card Markets: Insights from Single-Sided Market Analysis

D. Carlton, R. Winter, here. 

Council of the European Union agrees draft on financial benchmark controls

Out-Law.com, here. 

Le statut d'hébergeur de YouTube encore conforté en justice

Nextinpact.com, ici.

Jugement TGI Paris, Kare et Delante / YouTube, 29 janvier 2015, ici. 

Cloud Computing: Microsoft integriert Standards zum Datenschutz für Unternehmen

Heise.de, hier. 

Fostering Freedom Online: the Role of Internet Intermediaries

UNESCO, here. 

Price-match guarantees prevent rather than provoke price wars

The Economist, here. 

Négociations fournisseurs-distributeurs : sans accord, les amendes vont pleuvoir

LaTribune.fr, ici. 

Consideration of Options for Open Data Licences

Irish Government Reform Unit, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, here (Word file).

IPO’s Comments on the Consultation to the European Commission Report on Patents and Standards

Here. 

"Être un laboratoire d'idées sur des sujets que demain structureront notre économie"

L'excellent B. Lasserre, Vidéo ici.

Traité de Marrakech : 3 à 6 ans supplémentaires pour l'Union européenne ?

ActuaLitté, ici. 

White House. Red Chair. Obama Meets Swisher

Recode.net, here.

The Obamization of Uber

Politico.com, here.

Promoting Economic Competitiveness While Safeguarding Privacy, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties in Domestic Use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems

US White House, here.

Industrie 4.0: Bosch will Standards vorantreiben

Heise.de, hier.

Expedia Will Pay Orbitz $115 Million if Antitrust Complications Scuttle Acquisition

Skift, here.

Stiftung Warentest: Reiseportale tricksen immer noch bei Onlinebuchungen

Spiegel.de, hier.

Fall Viagra und Co.: Bei Potenzmitteln spielt der Wettbewerb

NZZ, hier.

Google following Facebook down the zero-rate rabbit hole

GigaOm, here.

Konkurrenz für Tesla: Apple entwickelt offenbar eigenes Auto

FAZ.net, hier.

Google boss warns of 'forgotten century' with email and photos at risk

The Guardian, here.

Les bibliothécaires européens 'soutiennent le rapport Reda'

Actualitte.com, ici.

Why the high street is overdosing on caffeine

Tim Harford, here.

Data reveals a surge in the success rate of motions to dismiss after Alice

Iam-magazine.com/blog, here.

Competition, Consumer Protection, and The Right [Approach] to Privacy

M. Ohlhausen, A. Okuliar, here.

CMA appoints researchers to explore the commercial use of consumer data in three sectors

CMA, here.

Authorpreneurship

The Economist, here.

How 21 big tech companies got their names

TheNextWeb, here.

Droit d'auteur : rien n'empêche une loi d'être "inadaptée au contexte"

ActuaLitté, ici. 

La CNMC debate con expertos internacionales el diseño institucional de las autoridades de competencia y regulación

CNMC, Nota de Prensa, aquì. 

Antitrust, Privacy & Big Data: Setting the Scene

A. Burnside, here. 

La indemnización de los daños por el cártel de los rodamientos ferroviarios: ¿algunos millones de euros más para el Plan +Renfe?

F. Marcos, aquì. 

Regulation, antitrust and promotion of innovation? Challenges and experiences from communications to payment systems

Thursday 12 March 2015, 18:00 - 19:30 (registration from 17:30)
UCL Laws Graduate Wing, 1-2 Endsleigh Street, London WC1H 0EG


Speakers:
David Evans (Global Economics Group / UCL)
Steve Unger (Ofcom)
Andrea Coscelli (CMA)
Hannah Nixon (Payment Systems Regulator)
John Fingleton (Fingleton Associates)

Chair:
Antonio Bavasso (UCL / Allen & Overy LLP)

Website here.

EU Council backs European Commission proposal to fight against the manipulation of financial benchmarks

EC Press Release, here. 

New agency to sniff out threats in cyberspace

WashingtonPost, here.

Expedia's $1.6 Billion Purchase Of Orbitz Not Likely An Antitrust Concern

Forbes, here.

Sometimes one wonders...Is this still journalism or should we better find another name for it? Competition  policy propaganda campaign (CPPC) perhaps? It is worth $115 million, apparently, here.

Most Big Data is Social Data

Blogs.lse.ac.uk, here.

Now It’s Expedia Vs. Priceline As Orbtiz Swallowed For $1.6 Billion

SearchEngineLand, here.

Antitrust in China: NDRC v. Qualcomm – One All

AllenOvery, here.

Google Play Services v6.7 Is Rolling Out [APK Download]

AndroidPolice, here.

Text and Data Mining

J.-F. Dechamp, here.

YouTube Networks Sue Music Service For "Copyright Trolling"

HollywoodReporter, here.

TTIP negotiations: CEATL sounds the alarm on literature and publishing not being covered by the so-called ‘cultural exception’

Ceatl.eu, here.

CJEU: Mere Accessibility of Websites Enough for Jurisdiction

M. Husovec, here.

Inventors choose to reveal their secret sauce before patent approval

Science Daily, here.

International Comparison of Approaches to Online Copyright Infringement:

IPO, here.

Ökonomie des Teilens - nachhaltig und innovativ?

T. Theurl, J. Haucap, V.Demary, B. Priddat, N. Paech, hier.

After Android: Ubuntu, Xiaomi, Meizu or Tencent?

G. Moody, here.

Qualcomm to pay $975 million to resolve China antitrust dispute

Reuters, here.

Android and Antitrust: Attempts at a "More Technological Approach"

S. Vezzoso (this blog's author), here.

Google is serious about taking on telecom. Here’s why it’ll win

WashingtonPost, here.

Pro-competitive benefits of real net neutrality rules: The Dutch case

Dfmonitor.eu, here. 

The first Tizen smartphone isn't an "Android killer"—it's a bad Android clone

ArsTechnica, here. 

Copyright and the Music Marketplace

US Copyright Office, here. 

As Apple-Google Deal Expires, Who Will Win The Safari Default Search Business?

Searchengineland.com, here. 

Bilan 2014 du marché de la musique enregistrée

Syndicat National de l'édition Phonographique (SNEP), ici.

The Valuation of Unprotected Works: A Case Study of Public Domain Photographs on Wikipedia

P. Heald, M. Kretschmer, K. Erickson, here. 

Weiteres Bußgeld wegen vertikaler Preisbindung im Matratzenfall verhängt

Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

Learning from each other's experiences' - a review of the ICN Merger Workshop on cross-border cooperation

A.Baker, here.

The Advisory Council to Google on the Right To Be Forgotten

Here.

Google’s slippery slope: If search giant pays Twitter for content, should it pay all publishers?

VentureBeat, here.

Apple développe sa première application Android

Numerama, ici. 

EU taskforce to fight new Facebook privacy policy

ITpro.co.uk, here. 

Open Government Licenses Interoperability

LAPSI Report, here. 

Big Data and Differential Pricing

US White House, here.

(FTC "under pressure"?).

Dept. of Justice Blesses IEEE Rules on Injunctions and Reasonability

Consortiuminfo.org, here. 

Obama finds bipartisan support for first 'Big Data' privacy plan

Reuters, here.

How White House Thwarted FCC Chief on Internet Rules

WSJ, here.

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler: This Is How We Will Ensure Net Neutrality

Wired, here.