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.
Order here.

Trading start-ups are preparing major bank antitrust suits

Reuters, here. 

Automakers welcome new EU data protection rules

ACEA, here. 

Data brokers : le pétrole et l’iceberg

CNIL, ici. 

How to reboot the FTC

Politico.com, here. 

ABA Antitrust Section’s Spring Meeting—What You Need to Know

Perkins Cole, here. 

Watermarking and Blockchain Challenges

Copyrightandtechnology, here. 

Lyft Is Gaining on Uber as It Spends Big for Growth

Bloomberg, here. 

Das Leistungsschutzrecht für Presseverleger Hintergründe und wesentliche Fragen

T. Kreutzer, hier. 

Say Nay to the Neighbouring Right!

B. Hugenholtz, here. 

Benefits of Competition and Indicators of Market Power

CEA, here. 

Wettbewerbspolitik in digitalen Märkten: Sollte Datenschutz eine Rolle spielen?

N. Jentzsch, hier. 

Copyright Fight Club

Politico.eu, here. 

Ensure Hyperlinking Will Not Infringe Copyright Law: Advocate General Wathelet’s Opinion On Gs Media

Project-disco.org, here. 

Some Online Bargains May Only Look Like One

NYTimes, here. 

How Australian business views the sharing economy

NAB, here. 

Deterrence in EU merger policy

J. Clougherty , T. Duso, J. Seldeslachts, here. 

Perchas iguales, wifi o cafetera… así son las restricciones a la vivienda turística

CNMC, aquì. 

Argentine capital's gov't says Uber illegal, will be penalized

Latino.FoxNews, here. 

Personal Data Services Promise User Privacy

Networkcomputing, here. 

Opinion 01/2016 on the EU – U.S. Privacy Shield draft adequacy decision

WP29, here. 

Antworten auf die Fragen für das Fachgespräch „Kartellrecht und Plattformen“

Bundeskartellamt, hier.
J. Haucap, hier.

Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (vzbv),  Hier.
A.Baums, hier.

Google weiß, wo die Deutschen surfen

Brisant, Sendung hier. 

Former FTC Commissioner: UFC investigations, antitrust lawsuit ‘ultimately about consumers’

Bloodyelbow.com, here. 

Sorry, but Uber Isn’t Conspiring to Fix Ridesharing Prices

J. Meyer, R. Meyer, here. 

The era of AI-human hybrid intelligence

TechCrunch, here. 

Bloops and Blips Ahead for Bots

Recode.net, here. 

Not So Fast! Qualcomm Cannot Use “Curious Quirk” of U.S. Discovery Law In Korean Antitrust Proceeding

Proskauer, here.

FBI paid professional hackers one-time fee to crack San Bernardino iPhone

WashingtonPost, here. 

A global guide to antitrust/competition law—what, why, for whom?

D. Gerber, here. 

The Dynamic Structure or Regulatory Innovation Networks

M. Jennejohn, here. 

Sponge

A. Ezrachi, here. 

Energy market investigation: Consultation response

Centre for Competition Policy, here. 

Oxford professor calls for European ethical codes on patient data

TheGuardian, here. 

Uber pone techo al costo de su servicio en la Ciudad de México

Expansion, aquì.

Google.org ’s giving $20 million to engineer a better world for the disabled

Wired, here. 

Freigabe des Zusammenschlusses von Online-Dating-Plattformen

Bundeskartellamt, Fallbericht hier. 

Finland, the land of vertical search engines

InfoWorld, here. 

In Bots We Trust?

Slate.com, here. 

What Is Cognitive Economics? Understanding the World Through New Types of Data

Inverse, here. 

Using data from social networks to understand and improve systems

Phys.org, here. 

BMW Launches "Premium Airbnb For Cars"

TheDrive, here. 

Is Uber even part of the sharing economy?

Fastcoexist, here. 

Here's How Nike Became a Platform Business

M. Van Alstyne, G. Parker, S. Choudary, here. 

Why Platform Disruption Is So Much Bigger than Product Disruption

J. Vasquez Sampere, here. 

Keeping pace with a changing environment: What this means for enforcers

A. Chrisholm, here. 

Uber is the victim of Judge Rakoff’s curiosity in antitrust case

Reuters, here.
Opinion and Order here.
Original Complaint here.

Deep Learning for Chatbots, Part 1 – Introduction

WildML, here. 

Quo Vadis FTC? (Endo Complaint)

D. Goldstein, R. Reznick, here. 

A bunch of big US websites say they're likely to support legal action against ad blockers

Businessinsider, here.

Leading government's 'data revolution'

UKauthority, here. 

Big data and competition: Facebook faces antitrust probe over privacy terms

Taylor Wessing, here. 

How to Spot a Monopolistic Search Engine

M. Luca, here. 

Vermarktungsmodell für die Vergabe der Bundesligarechte ab der Saison 2017/18 gebilligt

Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

Points de rencontre entre régulation concurrentielle & protection des données

B. Lasserre, Vidéo ici.

Pourquoi l’Autorité française ne se saisit-elle pas aussi de Facebook ?

B. Lasserre, Vidéo ici.

Bots, explained

Recode.net, here. 

Here’s why the music labels are furious at YouTube. Again.

Recode.net, here. 

What would it take to disrupt Facebook?

J. Gans, here. 

How Google Plans to Solve Artificial Intelligence

T. Simonite, here. 

Why ad blocking, a form of digital self-defense, is not a net neutrality violation

Strand Consult, here. 

The Conspiracy of Algorithmic Price-Fixing

A. Rosenblat, here. 

New Decision in Georgia State University E-Reserves Case Released; 41 of 48 Claims of Infringement Found to Be Fair Uses

ARL Policy Notes, here. 

Tech Giants and Civic Power

M. Moore, here.

Updated Intellectual Property Enforcement Guidelines

Competition Bureau Canada, here. 

How Antitrust Law Could Reform College Football: Section 1 of the Sherman Act and the Hope for Tangible Change

M. Edelman, here. 

Uber CEO must face price-fixing lawsuit by passengers: U.S. judge

Reuters.com, here. 

Smart Homes and the Internet of Things

Atlantic Council, here. 

Shifting Perspectives: Redesigning Regulation For The Sharing Economy

MaRS Solution Lab, here. 

FTC Sues Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Others for Illegally Blocking Lower-Cost Generic Versions of the Branded Drugs Opana ER and Lidoderm

Press Release, here. 

The technology industry’s dirty secret: most products are frighteningly insecure

M. Kleppmann, here. 

Design of Search Engine Services: Channel Interdependence in Search Engine Results

B. Edelman, Z. Lai, here. 

Issues Paper On Foresight for Digital Development

UNCTAD, here. 

KLM now uses Facebook Messenger for boarding passes, flight info, and customer service

VentureBeat, here. 

Hollywood Deals in Spotlight as EU Builds Antitrust Film Case

Bloomberg, here. 

A Typology of Privacy

B.-J. Koops, B. Clayton Newell, T. Timan, I. Škorvánek, T. Chokrevski, M. Galič, here.

Patent licencing: CCI can look into cases if allegations of abuse of dominance are involved, says Delhi HC

Indianexpress.com, here.
Judgment here. 

EU Privacy Reg Data Portability May Affect Controllers

S. Gardner, here. 

LG Berlin: Amazon haftet für urheberrechtswidrige Bilder seiner Marketplace-Verkäufer

Dr-bahr.com, hier. 

Off-Topic: Scientists for EU Campaign – Written evidence

Data.parliament.uk, here. 

Why Microsoft just made a big bet on bots

The Verge, here.

(Interestingly, MS fought hard against the browser replacing the desktop OS as the new platform, as every antitrust scholar knows; now MS - not alone, though - is "on the other side" and pushing hard for the bot store to replace the app store. Reactions from the incumbents at risk of being displaced or general and rather peaceful transition towards the new largely AI-fueled paradigm?).

Microsoft is bringing bots to Skype — and everywhere else

TechCrunch, here. 

This student put 50 million research articles online. And they’re free.

WashingtonPost, here. 

Microsoft CEO: ‘Bots are the new apps'

Mashable, here.

Clippy’s Back: The Future of Microsoft Is Chatbots

Bloomberg, here. 

Consumer Protection in E-commerce - OECD Recommendation

Here.

Pipelines, Platforms, and the New Rules of Strategy

M. Van Alstyne, G. Parker, S. Choudary, here.

Monopolizing Water in a Tsunami: Finding Sensible Antitrust Rules for Big Data

D. Balto, M. Cameron Lane, here. 

How would Brexit affect EU patent protection?

TheGuardian, here. 

Vertical restraints: new evidence from a business survey

Accent and Oxera for the CMA, here.
See also the Summary note of the CMA roundtable on vertical restraints 16 January 2015, here.

"What vertical restraints are businesses using and what are their main motivations for doing so?"
Seriously, did they expect businesses to answer "for anti-competitive reasons"?

Blockchain: Spider or Starfish Effect?

R. French, here. 

Using Adblock Plus to block ads is legal, rules German court—for the fifth time

ArsTechnica, here. 

What is a Robot?

The Atlantic, here. 

Commitment Decisions in Antitrust Cases

OECD Secretariat, here. 

Fidelity Rebates

OECD Secretariat, here. 

In the wake of Apple v FBI, we need to address some uncomfortable truths

J. Powles, E. Chaparro, here. 

The Platform Revolution

Interview with G. Parker, Here.

Snapchat update targets rivals’ territory

FT, here. 

Facebook, Google, Amazon May Be Caught Up In Netflix Regulatory Flap

Investors.com, here. 

Whither Game Theory?

D. Fudenberg, D. Levine, here. 

Profits are too high. America needs a giant dose of competition

TheEconomist, here. 

“Search disruption is coming!” and 9 other expert insights From LSA16

Searchengineland, here. 

Spontaneous Deregulation

B. Edelman, D. Geradin, here. 

AI progress fails to convince all investors

FT, here.

Is the world moving towards more or less competition in capital-intensive industries?

J. Levin, here.

Droit au déréférencement : sanction de 100.000 € à l’encontre de Google

CNIL, ici.

Network Effects Aren't Enough

A. Hagiu, S. Rothman, here. 

Big Data is Watching: Growing Digital Data Surveillance of Consumers by ISPs and Other Leading Video Providers

Center for Digital Democracy, here. 

Data protection through the lens of competition law: will Germany lead the way?

I. Graef and B. Van Alsenoy, here. 

Plateforme Le.taxi - Avis rendu au gouvernement

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

Philadelphia Taxi Association files antitrust lawsuit versus Uber

PennRecord, here.