What did GOOGLE do SO WRONG to get a slapping from the EU?

TheRegister, here. 

Google apologises to newspapers over 'nonsense' traffic stats in EU response

Theguardian.com, here. 

Google’s Antitrust Defense: Trust Us, We Know What’s Best

Skift.com, here. 

The EU Reg Is Coming; What Will It Look Like?

Privacyassociation.org, here. 

The Search for Harm

GooglePolicyBlog, here.

Android has helped create more choice and innovation on mobile than ever before

Googlepolicyblog, here. 

EU Commission sends Statement of Objections to Google on comparison shopping service; opens separate formal investigation on Android

Press Release, here.
Commissioner Vestager's statement here.
Minutes of the meeting of the Commission here (on Android: "She pointed out that Google had led development of the Android mobile operating system since 2005, and the majority of smartphone and tablet manufacturers used this system, having concluded agreements with Google to obtain the right to install Google's applications on their devices. She explained that the Commission's in-depth investigation would focus on whether, by doing so, Google had breached EU antitrust rules by hindering the development and market access of rival mobile operating systems, applications and services to the detriment of consumers and developers of innovative services and products").

Europe to accuse Google of illegally abusing its dominance

FT.com, here.

"Ms Vestager on Wednesday will also launch a separate formal investigation into Google’s Android operating system for smartphones.
The Commission probe will examine whether Google imposes uncompetitive terms on handset makers that ultimately favour its own lucrative apps such as YouTube. Google rejects any allegations of wrongdoing and says Android is an open platform distributed free."

2nd Circ. Wary Of Anti-Competitive Intent In Namenda Plan

Law360.com, here. 

Eau de Fracking? Companies Try to Trademark Scents

WSJ.com, here. 

Debunking the Myth of a Data Barrier to Entry for Online Services

G. Manne, B. Sperry, here. 

Assicurazioni: due multe per 29 milioni di euro a Unipolsai e Generali per intesa anti-concorrenziale

AGCM, I744 here. 

Competition policy for the Digital Single Market: Focus on e-commerce

M. Vestager, here. 

Supreme Court Asked to Clarify the Reach of U.S. Antitrust Laws to Foreign Conduct

Natlawreview.com, here. 

Commissioner Vestager announces proposal for e-commerce sector inquiry

Press Release, here.
Only around 15% of European citizens "bought online from a seller based in another EU Member State. This indicates that significant cross-border barriers to e-commerce still exist within the EU. For example, technical barriers, such as geo-blocking, may prevent consumers from accessing certain websites on the basis of their residence or credit-card details".

Want Privacy? Then Dump Facebook Account, EU Court Told

BloombergBusiness, here.

Erstes Leistungsschutzrecht-Exempel: Verlag rächt sich mit Abmahnung an Medienagentur

t3n, hier.

The FCC’s Net Neutrality Order Protects Internet Freedom by Restoring the Law

S. Turner and M. Wood, here. 

What Is Original?

NPR, here. 

The FTC’s internal memo on Google teaches companies a terrible lesson

WashingtonPost, here. 

Independent review of the sharing economy

UK Government response, here. 

FTC Staff Report: Google Purposely Demoted Competing Shopping Sites

MarketingLand, here.

Inside the U.S. Antitrust Probe of Google

WSJ, here.
Excerpts from FTC Google Report, here.

Competition World: A global survey of recent competition and antitrust law developments with practical relevance

NortonRoseFulbright, here. 

E-Books: Bundesregierung tritt für gesenkte Mehrwertsteuer ein

Heise.de, hier. 

The Net Neutrality Order: It’s Worse Than We Thought

NERA, here

Textbook cartels versus the real deal: Should we be surprised if some cartels do not lead to damage?

F. Maier-Rigaud, C. Milde, M. Helm, here. 

"We know that plain packaging works"

WHO, here. 

Banana cartel: GC ruling confirmed

CJEU, case C-286/13 P, here. 

The Theory of Two-Sided Markets: An Economic Bubble?

D. Auer, N. Petit, here. 

Antitrust in Two-Sided Markets: The Pros and Cons

Konkurrensverket, Seminar Recap and Presentations here

A Legal and Empirical Study of 3D Printing Online Platforms and an Analysis of User Behaviour

D. Mendis and D. Secchi for the UK IPO, here. 

The Private Motor Insurance Market Investigation Order 2015

CMA, here. 

Survey on merchants' costs of processing cash and card payments

EC, here. 

Delivering Packages (on the Internet)

R. Picker, here. 

Microsoft Is Developing Software That Converts Android Phones To Windows 10

TechCrunch, here.

ResearchKit : Apple impose la transparence aux chercheurs

Numerama.com, ici.

German Startup Campaigns For Personal Data API Law

TechCrunch, here. 

Android taxonomies

B. Evans, here. 

Apple joins the Open Compute Project

Business Insider, here.

La CNMC recurre el Decreto de la Comunidad de Madrid que regula los apartamentos y viviendas de uso turístico

CNMC.es, aquí

Ed Miliband targets energy firms with proposed price-cut powers for Ofgem

TheGuardian, here.

Uber beschwert sich bei der EU-Kommission über Deutschland

Heise.de, hier.

ICANN, copyright infringement, and “the public interest”

WashingtonPost, here. 

Reforming data protection in Europe and beyond: a critical assessment of the second wave of global privacy laws

O. Tene, here. 

Prediction: Apple Will Not Renew Google As Safari Default Search Engine

SearchEngineLand, here. 

Internet of Things - Grand Challenge Workshop: Summary of key findings

Deloitte, here. 

All Your Marketing Data Belongs To Google & Facebook — Will You Keep It There?

MarketingLand, here. 

How Much For a Song?: The Antitrust Decrees that Govern the Market for Music

US Senate Hearing, Written Testimonies here. 

Google and the right to be forgotten

H. Kranenborg, here. 

Kulturpolitische Forderungen für das Urheberrecht im digitalen Umfeld

Bundesregierung.de, Positionspapier hier.

"Google sollte seine Nutzer bezahlen"

Sueddeutsche.de, hier. 

Why Congress Needs to Pass the Innovation Act This Time

Hbr.org, here. 

How Do You Google? New Eye Tracking Study Reveals Huge Changes

Forbes.com, here. 

Datenschlussverkauf in Brüssel

R. Gutjahr, hier. 

Why do we care about Xiaomi?

B. Evans, here.

Google's Grand Experiment: Like Uber for Wireless

K. Werbach, here. 

Takeaways From the FTC/DOJ Workshop on Health Care Competition

Foley & Lardner, here.

Google’s Android Investigated in Russia

FairSearch, here.

Google : les Etats s’inquiètent, Bruxelles enquête, les concurrents ripostent

LesEchos.fr, ici.

The smartphone is the defining technology of the age

TheEconomist, here.

350 years of the scientific journal: celebrating the anniversary of Philosophical Transactions

theGuardian, here.

Amazon Opens Store on Alibaba’s Tmall for Chinese Shoppers

Bloomberg, 

Bottlenecks, Modules and Dynamic Architectural Capabilities

C. Baldwin, here. 

Google Compare For Auto Insurance Launches in California

SearchEngineLand, here. 

Antitrust, Winter, 2015

R. Picker, Consolidated Slides here (a very large ppt file).

Comparison of the Parliament and Council text on the General Data Protection Regulation

EDRI, here.

Livre numérique : l'Europe siffle la fin de la TVA réduite, en France

ZDNet.fr, ici. 

The incredible consolidating travel industry

USA Today, here. 

Verletzungen der Netzneutralität sind in Deutschland schon jetzt die Regel

Netzpolitik.org, hier. 

How Game Historians Are Keeping Your Favorite Bits From Being Lost Forever

TechCrunch, here.

California Supreme Court Takes Up 'Pay for Delay' Settlements

TheRecorder, here. 

50 Legal Scholars to South African Government, re: Flexible Copyright Exceptions

Letter, here.

Co-operating to Compete: The New Agriculture Antitrust Guidelines

A. Italiener, here.

Penalty Fair?

Inngot for the UK IPO, here.

The Battle Is For The Customer Interface

TechCrunch, here. 

Twenty Years Down the Road: A Q&A With Paul Goldstein, Author of Copyright’s Highway

Sociallyawareblog, here. 

O2 parent Telefonica trials brand-sponsored data plans

MarketingMagazine.co.uk, here.. 

Bundeskartellamt untersagt Wettbewerbsverbote für Mieter in Factory Outlet Center

Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

Will Google someday rank web pages based on how accurate they are? A new paper suggests they might.

Searchengineland.com, here.

Agrar-Großhändler unter Kartellverdacht

FAZ.net, hier. 

Die Sektoruntersuchung des Bundeskartellamts zur Nachfragemacht im Lebensmitteleinzelhandel – Ein Kommentar aus ökonomischer Perspektive

J. Haucap, U. Heimeshoff, S. Thorwarth, C. Wey, hier. 

Leaked documents: European data protection reform is badly broken

EDRi, here. 

Waze can be preinstalled on your next Android phone: Why does Google need to stick two different mapping apps on your device?

TheNextWeb, here. See also here. 

Three Regulatory Principles to Promote Innovation

M. Ohlhausen, here.

Excellent: Android Ecosystem is Low-Margin, Fragmenting - Open source working exactly as it should

G. Moody, here.

Deutsche Bahn einigt sich im Kartellstreit mit drei Airlines

Finanzen.net, hier. 

Data Monopolists Like Google Are Threatening the Economy

K. Radinsky, here.

Microsoft exec: Android is vulnerable and Windows 10 will help us steal its users

VentureBeat, here. 

Abänderungsanträge sollen EU-Urheberrecht einbetonieren: Nächste Runde im Streit um Reda-Report

Netzpolitik, hier,

Time for Supreme Court to revisit baseball's antitrust exemption

MercuryNews, here.

Erneute Anhörung im Rechtsausschuss zum Leistungsschutzrecht

Internet-Law, hier.

Google, Our Patron Saint of the Closed Web

SealedAbstract, here.

White House Proposes Broad Consumer Data Privacy Bill

NYTimes, here.

Why the iPhone confounds disruption theorists

J. Gans, here.

Henderson, Rebecca, and Kim Clark (1990), “Architectural Innovation: The Reconfiguration of Existing Product Technologies and the Failure of Established Firms,” 35 (1), 81-112,  here.

Commissioner Wright Rightly Calls the Question on Section 5 Guidance

TruthOnTheMarket, here.

Android App Performance Report

AVG, here.

Pichai On Google's Vision, Mobile Revenue, Apple and China

Forbes, here.

UK government to improve protection for businesses against groundless IP threats

Press Release, here. UK government response here.

Antitrust, Capture, Federalism and the North Carolina Dental Case

H. Hovenkamp, here.