Apple aims to up its AI smarts with iCloud user data in iOS 10.3

TechCrunch, here.

Drug Makers Accused of Fixing Prices on Insulin

NYTimes, here. 

Judge Gorsuch on Copyright and Technology

J. Grimmelmann, here. 

Global antitrust in 2017 - Big Data

Freshfields, here. 

Recap and Analysis: Responsible Art Market Initiative Launched in Geneva

Sullivan & Worcester, here. 

Hotels.com, Expedia face anti-trust probe in South Korea

Korea Times, here. 

We’re over the digital revolution. This is the age of experience

TheGuardian, here. 

Facebook Sales Top Estimates on Gains in Mobile Advertising

Bloomberg, here.

Google wins ‘right to be forgotten’ case in Japanese high court

SearchEngineLand, here. 

Big Data an Ongoing Concern for EU Competition Law

Skadden, here. 

A New Structured Rule of Reason Approach for High-Tech Markets

T. Schrepel, here. 

Metro-Tochter greift Kundendaten ab

Spiegel.de, hier. 

Coming Soon: New "Fly on the Wall" Episode based on Innovation Economics for Antitrust Lawyers

Event here.

How technology is designed to addict us

Recode.net, here. 

Tracking Protection Working Group Charter

W3C, here. 

Intellectual Property Backgrounds of President Trump’s Potential Supreme Court Nominees

Law Theories, here. 

Fair play in the digital arena: How Europe can set the right framework for platforms

Rolandberger.com, here. 

Algorithmic commerce platform Feedvisor gets $20 million from General Catalyst

TechCrunch, here. 

Quantifying Key Characteristics of 71 Data Protection Laws

B. Nieuwesteeg, here. 

Mastercard Wins UK Ruling On Interchange Fees

PYMNTS, here. 

A Study on Private Browsing: Consumer Usage, Knowledge, and Thoughts

DuckDuckGo, here.

Restoring trust in our economy

M. Vestager, here. 

Telekom startet Wettbewerb zu Privacy-Bots

Telekom.com, hier.

(10.000 Euro: Anreiz genug?)

Why the promise of big data hasn’t delivered yet

TechCrunch, here. 

vzbv verklagt WhatsApp: Verbraucher müssen Hoheit über Daten behalten

vzbv, hier. 

Supreme Court Blocks Further Probe into Uber's Abuse of Market Dominance

News18.com, here. 

Ohlhausen's Notable Antitrust Dissents As FTC Commish

Law360, here. 

Luckily, bots’ conquest of knowledge is not yet complete

D. Coyle, here.

Diritti TV, rigettate linee guida Lega Calcio assegnazioni 2018-2021

Provvedimento qui.

(Already on my next year's syllabus...)

Irish competition watchdog to investigate sale of tickets for live events

IrishTimes, here. 

How the Internet Got Donald Trump Elected

IICom, here. 

AAI urges the Supreme Court to reverse decision sharply restricting the patent exhaustion doctrine.

Press Release, here.
Amicus Brief here. 

Compliance Programs – The Italian Competition Authority Highlights the Importance of an Effective Implementation and Update

McDermott Will & Emery, here. 

Korean Ruling Places Qualcomm’s Business Model at Risk

Mintz Levin, here. 

It’s Official: TRIPS Health Amendment In Effect, First Ever To A WTO Agreement

IP-Watch, here. 

Experten im Bundestag: "Soziale Netzwerke verdienen sehr gut an Fake News"

Heise.de, hier. 

Hollywood Anti-Trust Probe in Europe Might Be Softened, Commissioner Vestager Hints

Variety, here. 

Google Privacy-Policy Change Faces New Scrutiny in EU

WSJ, here and here.

President Trump Told That Strong Copyright Laws Are in His Interest

TorrentFreak, here. 

Hinweise zum Preisbindungsverbot im Bereich des stationären Lebensmitteleinzelhandels

Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

Guidelines on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data in a world of Big Data

Council of Europe, here. 

Rise of the Digital Regulator

R. Van Loo, here. 

Competition Law Risk

CMA and IRM, here. 

Antitrust Policy for a New Administration

M. Ohlhausen, here. 

General Opinion on the EU Copyright Reform Package

European Copyright Society, here. 

Avoiding disqualification: advice for company directors

CMA, here. 

Kartellgesetz-Novelle stößt bei Experten auf ein geteiltes Echo

Deutscher Bundestag, hier. 

TransAlgo : une plate-forme scientifique pour juger de la transparence des algorithmes

Sciencesetavenir, ici. 

Portugal Asks European Court To Determine What Criteria Are Required For Discriminatory Pricing To Be An Abuse Under Article 102 TFEU

EU-competitionlaw.com, here. 

Google, Mobile And Competition: The Current State Of Play

B. Edelman, here. 

Competition Law and Big Data: Do Competition Authorities Know How To Do It?

A. Lamadrid, S. Villiers, here. 

EC seeks feedback on commitments offered by Amazon in e-book investigation

Press release, here. 

BMW changes policy on car comparison sites following CMA action

CMA, here. 

Distorsion des marchés : du risque de collusion entre machines

H. Guillaud, ici. 

Automated software testing company Tricentis raises $165 million

VentureBeat, here. 

Ethics — the next frontier for artificial intelligence

TechCrunch, here. 

Ethique et numérique : les algorithmes en débat

CNIL, ici. 

Apple v. Qualcomm

Apple's Complaint, here. 

Peut-on armer la « transparence » des algorithmes ?

LeMonde, ici.

Maurice Stucke discussing "Virtual Competition"

Wharton Business Radio, Podcast here.

3 Fascinating Things I Learned About AI From This Reddit AMA

Aplus, here.

Privacy in our Digital Lives: Protecting Individuals and Promoting Innovation

Former US President Barak Obama, here.

Re-using Open Data

European Data Portal, here.

AI Software Learns to Make AI Software

MIT Technology Review, here. 

Microsoft/LinkedIn: EC's Decision published

Case M.8124, here.
(Long read, 58:00).

How e-payments can prevent cartelization

LiveMint, here. 

CAT rejects Flynn Pharma's request for interim relief to suspend CMA's order to lower prices for epilepsy treatment

Judgment here. 

Google’s Sergey Brin ‘Surprised’ by Speed of AI Advancements

Bloomberg, here. 

Machine Learning with Personal Data

D. Kamarinou, C. Millard, J. Singh, here,

Google Uses Its Search Engine to Hawk Its Products

WSJ, here. 

The Silver Lining Of Anti-Globalism Might Be The Creation Of A True Digital Economy

D. Rushkoff, here. 

GDPR and accountability (for accountants)

E. Denham, here.

AI: Aufstieg der Computer-Gehirne

FAZ, hier. 

EC welcomes steps taken by Amazon/Audible and Apple to improve competition in audiobook distribution

Press Release, here.

(Investigation opened in Germany the 16 November 2015: that was quick!)

Economics in Antitrust Enforcement and the Private Benefit of Scholarly Commentators

J. Broulik, here.

This almost 6-year old post is still rather apropos, if I may.

MIT Media Lab to participate in $27 million initiative on AI ethics and governance

MIT News, here. 

Access to data and competition

Interview with A. Mundt, here. 

Artificial Intelligence at WEF17

Video here.


"the market is not the right way to make certain decisions"
"most engineers don't even know why governments exist"
"a corporation is a kind of AI, already "

Transparency and Trust in the Cognitive Era

IBM, here. 

The distributed future is personal

D. Searls, here. 

Mallinckrodt Will Pay $100 Million to Settle FTC, State Charges It Illegally Maintained its Monopoly of Specialty Drug Used to Treat Infants

FTC, here.

Artificial Intelligence: Balancing Opportunity and Responsibility

WEF17, Accenture, Video here.

WEF Davos: Who Will Own The Knowledge Produced From “Our” Data By Machines?

IP-Watch, here.

On technology and competition

Interview with W. Allan, here.

Why Is Everyone Talking About Algorithms?

DiscoverSociety, here. 

Une intelligence artificielle globale et agnostique peut-elle exister ?

Numerama, ici. 

App Store app prices to rise in the UK by >25% following Brexit exchange rate fluctuations

9to5mac, here. 

Qualcomm allegedly bribed Apple into not making a WiMAX iPhone

TheVerge, here. 

Trump, Corporatism, and the Dearth of Innovation

E. Phelps, here. 

VW Diesel Rigging Compared to Horse-Meat Lasagna by Court

Bloomberg, here. 

FTC Charges Qualcomm With Monopolizing Key Semiconductor Device Used in Cell Phones

FTC,  here. Qualcomm's response here.

Five things you should know about Charles Dickens and copyright law

Trademarkandcopyrightlawblog, here. 

Your research can help the FTC protect consumers

L. Cranor, here. 

Drugmakers Manipulate Orphan Drug Rules To Create Prized Monopolies

KHN.org, here. 

L'usine du futur

CIGREF, ici. 

Devices sprout ears

The Christian Science Monitor, here. 

New approach needed to tackle rising drug prices

OECD, here. 

Proposal for a Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications

EC, Presentation here. 

Kartellsünder zahlen Bahn 400 Millionen Euro

Rp-online.de, hier. 

Pokémon Go generated revenues of $950 million in 2016

VentureBeat, here.