Retrial of Oracle copyright infringement case against Google begins Monday

SFGate, here.

Auslieferung wegen Kartellvergehens: EuGH prüft Staatshaftung der Bundesrepublik im Fall Pisciotti

Juve.de, hier.

Why AI development is going to get even faster. (Yes, really!)

MappingBabel, here.

One of the world's largest digital libraries opens doors to text mining scholars

HathiTrust, Here.

Challenging Anticompetitive Acquisitions and Enforcement of Patents

AAI, here. 

How Android gets to 100% market share

TechCrunch, here.

Facebook is building AI that builds AI

Wired, here. 

Italian Film Industry Condemns Paramount’s EU Antitrust Deal

HollywoodReporter, here. 

CMA publishes one stop guide to obtaining redress for competition law breaches

Out-law.com, here. 

New regulations for the grocery sector now in force in Ireland

CCPC, here. 

eBay acquires AI-powered big data processor Expertmaker

TechCrunch, here. 

An analytical review of text and data mining practices and approaches in Europe

OFE, here. 

Regulating Patent Hold-Up

LCII Policy Brief, here. 

3D printing companies request Supreme Court clarification over cheerleader uniform copyright case

3ders.org, here.
Petition here.
Amicus Brief here. 

Open Data, Privacy, and Fair Information Principles: Towards a Balancing Framework

F. Borgesius, J. Gray & M. van Eechoud, here. 

Sensay, a chatbot for getting help with any task, passes 1 million users

VentureBeat, here. 

Merger Remedies Guide

ICN Merger Working Group, here. 

Government Advocacy and Disruptive Innovations

ICN Special Project Report, here.

Google AI has access to huge haul of NHS patient data

NewScientist, here.

Liability for robots/AI generated harm

N. Petit, presentations here and here.

Disruptive innovation: Competition enforcement challenges and advocacy opportunities

OECD Forum, contributions here.

Anticipating Disruptive Strategies

Deloitte, here.

Australia should follow Europe against US digital giants

TheAustralian, here.

Los grandes fabricantes alertan: la marca blanca es 'invisible' para Competencia

ElEspanol, aquí

Google y el abuso de posición de dominio: una cronología

CNMC, here.

Online platforms: Commission wants to make the internet more like traditional media

Communia, here.

Google Is Feeding Romance Novels To Its Artificial Intelligence Engine To Make Its Products More Conversational

BuzzFeed, here.

Ever-Litigious Apple Loses Copyright Battle With China Over iPhone

Sputniknews, here.

Accountable Algorithms

J. Kroll, J. Huey, S. Barocas, E. Felten, J. Reidenberg, D. Robinson, and H. Yu, here.

Big Data: A Report on Algorithmic Systems, Opportunity, and Civil Rights

The White House, here.

"Meet"...me

OFE, here.

Blockchain and big data privacy in healthcare

IAPP, here. 

Google and Microsoft have made a pact to protect surveillance capitalism

TheGuardian, here. 

The business face of Big Data: do we have to care

CEPIC, here.

Antitrust regulators get tough on Google

KoreanTimes, Here.

As Social Shifts To Video, Content Creators Win Transient Power And A Few Dollars

BuzzFeed,  here.

Always On: Privacy Implications of Microphone-Enabled Devices

Future of Privacy Forum, here.

Big Data Does Not Shield Tech Companies From Competition

A. Lambrecht, C. Tucker, here.

What's at Stake in Algorithmic Accountability?

N. Couldry, here.

Now at an UBER rocky antitrust court bench: a follow up on the UBER price-fixing case

J. Nowag, here.

Is blocking ad blockers really illegal in Europe?

DigiDay, here.

Getty’s high-resolution competition law complaint against Google in the EU

M. Sag, here.

The boundaries of the “premium sports rights” category and its competition law implications

M. Montejo, here. 

Online Platforms and the EU Digital Single Market

O. Batura, N. van Gorp, P. Larouche (and L.Filistrucchi), here.
TNO/Ecorys/IViR Report here. 

Musicians: canaries in the coalmine

J. Lanier, here.
WIPO Magazine, Interview here. 

Who's downloading pirated papers?

ScienceMag.org, here.

What is the European Commission’s problem with Google and Android?

M. Martyniszyn, here. 

Will blockchains remove the need for an intermediary?

iDate, here. 

Airbnb dumps Berlin holiday flats before city crackdown

IrishTimes, here. 

Bathroom supplier fined £826,000 for restricting online prices

CMA, here.

"The CMA will issue its formal infringement decision shortly."

Google Shuts Out Competitors on Android? Hardly

NYTimes, here. 

Exploring the Boundaries of Big Data

WRR, here. 

Google Tests Feature That Lets Media Companies, Marketers Publish Directly to Search Results

WSJ, here. 

Competition Tribunal rules against TREB in dispute over home sales data

CBC.ca, here.
CB's press release, here. 

PayPal Says Federal Trade Commission Investigating Venmo

Bloomberg, here. 

Whoa, Amazon isn't just making money. It's making more money than ever.

Wired, here. 

TripAdvisor acquires HouseTrip as home-rental market consolidates

VentureBeat, here. 

Waze downplays exploit that let researchers track users

TechCrunch, here. 

Le Sénat adopte une disposition contre les abus de Google

Numerama.com, ici. 

Buchungsportal darf nicht mit eigenen Hotel-Sternen werben

FAZ, hier. 

Consumers not breaching copyright by circumventing with VPN, AU Government agency says

ABC.net.au, here.

Draft Report here. 

Colgate fined over price fixing

CPI, here.
ACCC's press release, here. 

The Force of Google

BBC Radio 4, Podcast here. 

Why the EU is going after Google and not Apple

R. Picker, here. 

La economía UBER

Focoeconomico.org, aquí.

BMW, Daimler Steer Clear of Apple Car Project

Technewsworld, here. 

Commission wants to regulate US-dominated online platform market ("leaked" draft communication)

EurActiv, here.
Draft communication here. 

Government Advocacy & Disruptive Innovations

ICN Special Project, Presentation here.

Unfortunately, I was so far unable to retrieve a copy of the report (conference materials available on the flash drive distributed to the participants in ICN 2016 Singapore, apparently).

The CMA has asked a number of supermarkets to review their promotions and agreed specific changes with Asda

Pree Release, here.
ASDA's commitments, here. 

Balancing the effects of online vertical restraints

M. Mandorff, Presentation here. 

How GDPR changes the rules for research

The Privacy Advisor, here. 

Data protection regulations and international data flows: Implications for trade and development

UNCTAD, here. 

Facebook considering a number of ways to let users earn money from posts

DigitalTrends, here. 

ICOMP on Statement of Objections against Google Android

Here.

7 Top Takeaways from EU’s Google-Android-Tying Charges

S. Cleland, here. 

Appropriability and the European Commission's Android Investigation

D. Auer, here. 

Google, Online Search and Consumer Confusion in Australia

A. Scardamaglia, A. Daly, here. 

EC Statement of Objections on Google's Tactics in Mobile

B. Edelman, here. 

Paranoid About Android

Bloomberg, here. 

Android’s Model of Open Innovation

Google, here. 

Commission sends Statement of Objections to Google on Android operating system and applications

EC, Press Release here.
Commissioner Vestager's Statement here.
Factsheet, here.
Press conference, recordings here (Statement) and here (Q&A)

Negative externality: my paper's massively outdated now.

Hankook Tire fined in China for resale price maintenance

Yonhapnews, here. 

Competencia y economía colaborativa

ElPeriodico, aquì.

Europe is targeting Google under antitrust laws but missing the bigger picture

J. Powles, here. 

Advancing the Internet of Things in Europe

EC, here. 

Fair Use and its politics, at home and abroad

J. Hughes, Presentation here. 

Statement Regarding Investigation into Alleged Anti-Competitive Conduct by Google

Competition Bureau (Canada), here. 

Online Platforms and the Digital Single Market

UK House of Lords, here.

Nice, informative read. The irony is, though, that given the actual pace of technological and other developments, some parts of it already feel a bit old.

Android App Distribution Agreements Do Not Foreclose Competition

Project-disco.org, here. 

EC to challenge French taxi law after Uber complaint

Reuters.com, here. 

Vorlagebeschluss im Berufungsverfahren um Zulässigkeit der Einstellung von Markenware auf Online-Plattformen

OLG Frankfurt am Main, hier. 

As search changes, Google changes

SearchEngineLand, here. 

L’autocar, BlaBlaCar et le chemin de fer

F. Lévêque, ici. 

Personal data in an uncertain world

Dataethnographies, here. 

Vergleichsportale sollen Suchkriterien und Provisionen offenlegen - freiwillig oder notfalls per Gesetz

Heise.de, hier. 

Disruptive innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Competition enforcement challenges and advocacy opportunities

OECD Secretariat, here. 

Parte l’esame su ddl sharing economy

Corriere.it, here.

Competition: the mother of invention

M. Vestager, here. 

How Will Facebook Make Money Off Live Video? Just Look at TV.

Recode, here. 

Judge Andrews permits Microsoft’s SEP-based antitrust claims against InterDigital to proceed (Microsoft v. InterDigital)

Kelley Drye & Warren, here.
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