As if the Last 30 Years Never Happened”: Towards a New Law and Economics

S. Naidu, E. Ash, here. 

Want to understand the future of Android in Europe? Look at China

The Verge, here. 

The urgent case for a new ePrivacy law

G. Buttarelli, here. 

The Amazon investigation and Europe’s “Big Tech” Crusade

D. Auer, here. 

Lawsuits Over Paparazzi Images on Instagram Raise Celebrity Questions Over Right of Publicity

The Fashion Law, here. 

Commission approves acquisition of GitHub by Microsoft

EC, here.

Europe’s Attacks on Google Are Backfiring

Bloomberg, here.

I’m an Amazon Employee. My Company Shouldn’t Sell Facial Recognition Tech to Police.

Medium, here.  Background hier. 

“Start Me Up”: Start-Up Nations, Innovation, and Antitrust Policy

M. Delrahim, here. 

Santé: ouverture d’une consultation publique

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

Évolution d’Android en Europe : vers des smartphones plus chers ?

Numérama, ici. 

Google Turns EU Regulatory Violations Into Fees

Bloomberg, here.

Philippine watchdog fines Grab, Uber for rushed merger, drop in service quality

Reuters, here.

Google will start charging Android device makers a fee for using its apps in Europe

The Verge, here. 

As Google splits Android in Europe, it risks losing control of its empire

Wired.co.uk, here. 

Next Generation Internet 2025

Study for the EC, here. 

Should We Regulate Digital Platforms? A New Framework for Evaluating Policy Options

P. Nooren et al., here, 

How Portable is Portable? Exercising the GDPR’s Right to Data Portability

J. Wong, T. Henderson, here. 

After $5 billion EU antitrust fine, Google will start charging for Android apps

ArsTechnica, here. 

Stroppy Google runs rings round Brussels with Android remedy

The Register, here. 

An opinion embedded in math

C. O'Neil, Video here. 

Android: more freedom to offer alternative services (not the original title, I know ;-))

NYTimes, here. 

Did Uber Steal Google’s Intellectual Property?

The New Yorker, here. 

Google-Chef: Tests für zensierte chinesische Suchmaschine vielversprechend

Heise.de, hier. 

Google to charge smartphone makers for Google Play in Europe

Reuters, here.
See also Google, Complying with the EC’s Android decision, here. Question: is it enough?
Deeper one: Dragonfly, privacy leaks, sidestepping, the demise of Google+, changes in app developers’ “access” to personal data, Android remedies...Is there a connection somewhere? Microsoft CEO Nadella has correctly pointed out that strategies in these "markets" are far more complex than just bundling...

Microsoft CEO: antitrust law doesn't really understand tech

Wired 25, Video here. 

Daimler, BMW offer concessions to ease EU concerns on car-sharing deal

Reuters, here. 

Radiotaxi Torino, aperta istruttoria per abuso di posizione dominante

AGCM, qui.
Provvedimenti precedenti sanzionano clausole di esclusiva come restrizioni verticali, qui (101 TFEU).

The EU Observatory on the Online Platform Economy: a talking shop or the beginnings of a new regulator?

Inline Policy, here.

BEREC Public Consultation on the data economy

Here. 

German court orders deletion of customer lists in Facebook Custom Audiences

Spirit Legal, here. 

Quality considerations in digital zero-price markets

OECD, Background Note, here. 

Personalised Pricing in the Digital Era

OECD, Background Note, here. 

Excessive Prices in Pharmaceutical Markets

OECD, Background Note, here. 

The value of data, big data, is only beginning to become apparent

R. Sims, here. 

eBay claims Amazon illegally poaches sellers for its marketplace

Engadget, here. 

Disney offers EU antitrust concessions over $71.3 billion Fox deal

Reuters, here. 

Butchers, bakers, and today’s digital marketplaces

R. Chopra, here. 

CNMC’s CONTRIBUTION ON THE “IMPLICATIONS OF DIGITISATION FOR COMPETITION POLICY”

Here..

Digital Competition Expert Panel: Open Consultation

UK Gov, here. 

Governing artificial intelligence: ethical, legal and technical opportunities and challenges

C. Cath, here. 

Epic Games Sues YouTuber ‘Golden Modz’ Over ‘Magical’ Fortnite Powers

TorrentFreak, here.
Complaint here. 

Governing artificial intelligence: ethical, legal, and technical opportunities and challenges

The Royal Society, Theme Issue, here. 

Apple acquires music analytics firm that claims it can ‘find the next Justin Bieber’

The Verge, here. 

Intellectual property and e-commerce: Alibaba’s perspective

WIPO Magazine, here. 

IP and Competition: Context, Test, and Balance

M. Carrier, here.

FTC agenda for the IP/competition hearing here. 

What's Monopsony? It May Be the Reason You Haven't Had a Raise

Bloomberg, here. 

The Myth of Capitalism – Introduction and Chapter One

J. Tepper, D. Hearn, here. Intro and Chapter 1, here. 

Modernising the law on abuse of market power

H. Schweitzer, here.

How Google’s China project undermines its claims to political neutrality

The Verge, here.
The Good Censor here.

A journey through the FCA regulatory sandbox

Deloitte, here.

Closing the Investigation on the Suspected Violation of the Antimonopoly Act by Airbnb Ireland UC and Airbnb Japan K.K.

Japan FTC, here.

The role of IP rights in the fashion business: a US perspective

WIPO Magazine, here.

Sidestepping Google Play: as simple as scanning a QR code

TechCrunch, here.

Alexa, Should We Trust You?

The Atlantic, here.

Twitter Under Formal Investigation for How It Tracks Users in the GDPR Era

Fortune, here.

DOJ giving cover to monopolizing firms that breach antitrust rules

M. Carrier, here.

Blockchain Competition

I. Lianos, here.

Debating Ethics in the digital age

G. Buttarelli, here.

When Your Boss Is an Algorithm

NYTimes, here.

Platform Giants and Venture-Backed Startups

IanHathaway.org, here.

Foreign Exchange Rigging ‘Cartel’ Started With Beers, Jury Told

Bloomberg, here.

Why Google Could Be in Trouble Over the Google Plus Bug

Slate, here.

Why GDPR is Kryptonite to Google & Facebook on Anti-Trust

Brave, here.

Woman who bought shredded Banksy artwork will go through with purchase

The Guardian, here.

Alibaba passes blame for Alipay thefts to Apple

Asia Times, here.

Werbeagenturen hinter Preisvergleichsseiten – Untergräbt Google das EU-Recht?

OnlineMarketing.de, hier.

A Future Where Everything Becomes a Computer Is as Creepy as You Feared

NYTimes, here. 

Amazon's new recruiting machine learning algo did not like women.

Reuters, here. 

Nos plaintes contres les GAFAM avancent !

La Quadrature Du Net, ici. 

Mastercard brings real-time bill payments to mobile banking apps

Finextra, here. 

Study: Google is the biggest beneficiary of the GDPR

Cliqz.com, here. 

KI und die ewige Suche nach der richtigen Frage

Heise.de, hier. 

Expediente sancionador contra Acciona Construcción, Corsán-Corviam, Dragados, FCC Construcción, Ferrovial Agromán, OHL y Sacyr Construcción

CNMC, aquì.

The Facebook breach – a GDPR test-case

EDRi, here. 

Investigation of the Atlantic Joint Business Agreement

CMA, here. 

In the EU Blockchain Resolution we Trust

Daily Fintech, here. 

Microsoft tritt Open Invention Network bei

Linux-Magazin.de, hier. 

Judicial Infringements at the Court of Justice – A brief comment on the phenomenal Commission/France (C-416/17)

Despiteourdifferencesblog, here. 

Amazon patents new Alexa feature that knows when you're ill and offers you medicine

Telegraph.co.uk, here. 

FÜR IMMER ANONYM: WIE KANN DE-ANONYMISIERUNG VERHINDERT WERDEN?

ABIDA, hier. 

Walmart Patented a Cart That Reads Your Pulse and Temperature

MotherBoard, here. 

Plateformes de commerce en ligne et abus de position dominante Réflexions sur les possibilités d’abus d’exploitation et de dépendance économique

F. Marty, ici. 

Intelligence Artificielle et Organisation Industrielle : quels enjeux pour l’économie numérique

F. Marty, ici. 

Alipay Says Hackers Used Stolen Apple IDs to Siphon Off Money

Bloomberg, here.

Consumer Data Right Rules Framework

ACCC, here. 

This Is How Amazon Loses

Shift.newco.co, here. 

Consumer Data Privacy: Examining Lessons From the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation and the California Consumer Privacy Act

Video and written statements here. 

The Social Credit System and Governmentality in China

Soziologieblog, here. 

Microsoft has signed up to the Open Innovation Network. We repeat. Microsoft has signed up to the OIN

The Register, here.

EU hijacking: self-driving car data will be copyrighted...by the manufacturer

BoingBoing, here. 

EP: DRAFT REPORT on the Annual Report on Competition Policy

Here. 

The Indian Supreme Court's Aadhaar judgment — A privacy analysis

iapp, here. 

Apple CEO Tim Cook on Privacy and Freedom of Speech

Vice, Video, here (if you can stand the annoying "music" in the background and the rather empty questions).

Google+ Flaw Sparks German Privacy Probe

Bloomberg, here. 

Bayer-Monsanto-Fusion in Anhörung zur Agrarmarkt­konzentration

Video hier. 

Competition Commissioner Vestager discusses with MEPs. "These are formative years when it comes to data"

Poof! 

Video, here (from 10:37:23).
- Car emissions technologies cartel at 10:43:22; 11:24:35;
- Android 10:48:52;
- Google Shopping remedies Q 10:55:30; A 10:57:30 (looking into allegations of cooked up PCWs); 11:08:52 "we have no position yet";
- Merger control and data 11:04:16;
- Competition and innovation 11:17:09
- Tying and Android 11:18:24
- Apple Pay NFC 11:43:21; Amazon Alexa 11:43:47: "follow this quite closely" but also restricting possible intervention to 102; no room for 101, here?
- Digitization of Competition Enforcement 11:46:30.

Approach to final Regulatory Technical Standards and EBA guidelines under the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2)

FCA, Consultation Paper, here. 

TicketOne: AGCM spiega (brevemente) l'indagine

Bollettino dell'Antitrust, Audio qui.
Buona Giornata dall'Autorità Antitrust...

Deroghe ai principi e alle regole in materia di concorrenza e crollo del ponte di Genova

AGCM, qui.