Algorithms Are Great and All, But They Can Also Ruin Lives

Wired.com, here. 

Payment card ruling could open new era for EU transparency

Euractiv.com, here. 

AG: SEP owner may be required, before seeking an injunction, to make a specific licensing offer

Press Release here; Opinion here. 

Senator Al Franken Asks Uber’s CEO Tough Questions On User Privacy

TechCrunch, here.

Which Mobile Apps Are Worst Privacy Offenders?

Spectrum.ieee.org, here.

Copyright Issues in Education and for the Visually-Impaired

A. Adler, here. 

Online Advertising Techniques for Counterfeit Goods and Illicit Sales

Stroppa et al., here.

Obama Scores on Net Neutrality

Foreignaffairs.com, here. 

In Europe, Slower Growth for e-Books

NYTimes, here.

Top Dutch speed skaters want EU to act on Ice Derby ban

DutchNews.nl, here.

Open Letter here. 

Understanding patents, competition and standardization in an interconnected world

ITU, here.

Die möglicherweise teuersten Taxis der Welt und der Uber Effekt: Gratis-WLAN in Schweizer Taxis

Heise.de, hier.

(BTW - Jemand sollte mal ein Paper über "The Swiss Paradox" schreiben: die angeblich innovationsreichste Nation der Welt mit einer der unproduktivsten Wettbewerbsbehörden. Oder hamma schon?)

Court: Google Can Arrange Search Results Any Way It Damn Pleases

Gizmodo.com, here. 

The Uncertain Scope of the Public Performance Right After American Broadcasting Companies v. Aereo, Inc.

M. Sag, here. 

Privatisation

UK House of Commons Library Research Paper, here. 

The Competitive Effects of Across-Platform Parity Agreements

Paolo Buccirossi
LEAR, Rome

Friday, 28th November, 2014 – 1.45 p.m.

Room 2B
Department of Economics and Management
Trento University, Italy

Airbnb and Hotels: What to Do About the Sharing Economy?

Wired.com, here.

Autorité de la concurrence saisie sur les relations contractuelles entre les hôteliers et les centrales de réservation sur internet

Reuters, ici.

Silicon Valley Antitrust: Syllabus

H. Kaiser, here.

Confessions of a price fixer

AutoNews.com, here.

The Ladies Vanish

Thenewinquiry.com, here. 

High-Cost Generic Drugs — Implications for Patients and Policymakers

J. Alpern, W. Stauffer, and A. Kesselheim, here. 

Au ministère de la Culture, inquiétudes autour du marché de l’occasion numérique

NextImpact, ici.

Est-ce que les juges européens seront moins frileux et plus imaginatifs que la plupart des politiciens nationaux? De toute façon, bon sujet à débattre dans le cadre de la Concertation nationale sur le numérique.

Internet of Things – Top 10 privacy and data protection concerns

JDSupra, here.

Federal Circuit: Novelty in Implementation of an Abstract Idea Insufficient to Overcome Alice

Patentlyo, here.

Prediction in Antitrust is Hard (But Some Predictions are Harder than Others)

J. Wright, presentation here.

For whom was Google really built?

I-comp.org, here. 

Study on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives (2014 Update)

K. Crews, here.

Why Did Google Decide To Split Inbox From Gmail?

TechCrunch.com, here.

In Search of a Competition Doctrine for Information Technology Markets: Recent Antitrust Developments in the Online Sector

J. Eisenach and I. Knable Gotts, here. 

Going all in on GSU

Blogs.library.duke.edu, here. 

La CNMC multa a la SGAE con 3,1 millones de euros por la gestión de los derechos en los conciertos

Nota de prensa, aquì. 

In A Big Shift, Google’s Latest Ad Test Drives Users To Google Shopping, Not Advertisers’ Sites

SearchEngineLand, here.

Uber launches carpooling service in Paris as competition with BlaBlaCar looms

VentureBeat, here.

Monetising Online Content

In The Balance, BBC, Podcast here. 

ABA sections release comments on Australian Competition Policy Review Issues Paper

AmericanBar.org, here. 

WIPO Committee On Development Solves Two Standing Issues, Breaks Cycle Of Disagreement

IP-watch.org, here.

Amazon and Hachette kiss and make up

C. Doctorow,  here.

Why mobile data to prevent Ebola has not yet been released

TheEconomist, here.

Perhaps a further explanation: Telecoms fiercely opposed to setting a financially unpalatable precedent in the time of big data?  

Why I left United Airlines after the merger

T. Wu, here.

In Amazon/Hachette deal, ebook agency pricing is a winner

GigaOm, here.

Multa a Consiglio nazionale forense per aver ristretto concorrenza sui compensi

AGCM, Provvedimento qui.

Amazon v Hachette - Frozen Conflict

TheEconomist, here.

Perception des décisions de justice (type fermeture) par les consommateurs illicites

Hadopi, ici. 

Ten years after, ou : les licences libres et le spatial européen

La vie est mal configurée, ici. 

Firefox Leans Towards the Vertical

G. Moody, here. 

Do Free Mobile Apps Harm Consumers?

G. Sidak, here. 

Amazon and Hachette have finally resolved their bitter dispute

TheVerge, here. 

The Economics of Internet Media

M. Peitz, M. Reisinger, here. 

Intellectual Property and Standard Setting

OECD, Background Note, here.

Beyond Market Failures: shaping and creating the digital market

M. Mazzucato, here. 

The Antitrust Analysis of Rules and Standards for Software Platforms

D. Evans, here.

We need open models, not just open data

Radar.oreilly.com, here. 

New gTLDs and the URS (Case Brief: Porsche.social)

Everythingtrademark, here.

NY Attorney General Comes Out Against Rules That Would Limit Uber And Lyft

BuzzFeed, here.

Schneiderman's letter here.

Limitations and exceptions as key elements of the legal framework for copyright in the European Union

European Copyright Society, here.

Retail Banking Market Investigation: Issues Statement

CMA,  here.

Five banks fined £2bn by financial regulators over forex failings

BBC, here.

Transcripts of dealers' conversations here.

Statement by Commissioner Vestager on Google antitrust investigations at the European Parliament (ECON committee meeting)

Here.

Google v. Oracle ~ Brief of Amici Curiae Intellectual Property Professors

Here. 

In Twist, Publishers Appeal Their ‘Win’ in GSU Copyright Case

Publishersweekly.com, here. 

Big Data and the Underground Railroad

Slate.com, here.

Re-Balancing Copyright: Insights from the EU Consultation

L. Dobusch, here.

Justice Department Probes Generic Companies After Price Hike Reports

Blogs.wsj.com, here. 

Competition Law Risk: A Short Guide

IRM and CMA, here.

Germany and Britain agree on closing 'patent box' loophole: officials

Reuters, here.
Statement here.

The 18 Companies Going After Airbnb Internationally

CBInsights, here. 

European Union Approves Directive on Antitrust Damages Actions

JonesDay, here. 

Rate Parity: Challenging the Authority of Competition Authorities

Dorian Harris, Skoosh.

4th December, 2014
10.30 a.m.

Trento University
DEM - Conference Room
Via Inama, 5
Trento, Italy

Australian Smokers Now Support Plain Packaging Of Tobacco

Businessinsider.com.au, here. 

Copyleft and the GNU General Public License: A Comprehensive Tutorial and Guide

Copyleft.org, here.

Sony Developing New DRM to Make Used eBooks Viable

GoodEReader, here.

Ban free bank accounts, say Tesco and Virgin: Watchdog urged to force Big Four to start charging monthly fees

Thisismoney.co.uk, here. 

Netzneutralität: Obama als Vorbild für Merkel?

Digitalegesellschaft.de, hier. 

Challenges ahead for CMA's competition enforcement

S. Branch, here.

Net Neutrality: President Obama's Plan for a Free and Open Internet

WhiteHouse.gov, here. 

Judge OKs Antitrust Suit Against Oracle Over OS Updates

TheRecorder, here.

Order here. 

CJEU asked to rule on copyright liability of operators of free and open Wi-Fi networks

Out-law.com, here. 

European Commission welcomes Council adoption of Directive on antitrust damages actions

Press Release, here. 

Logiciels, algorithmes, robots : journalisme sous influence

Méta-Media, ici. 

API copyrights a “threat” to tech sector, scientists tell Supreme Court

ArsTechnica, Here.

Andreas Mundt: "Das Tempo ist eine Herausforderung"

General Anzeiger, hier.

Kommerzielle digitale Überwachung im Alltag

W. Christl, hier.

Kurzfassung hier.

Indagine congiunta Antitrust-Agcom sulla banda larga

Risultati qui.

Financial Fair Play in Football

S. Szymansky, Video here.

Anreiz zum Netzausbau: Oettinger will Wechsel des Internetanbieters einschränken

Spiegel.de, hier.

The re­use of public sector information in cultural heritage institutions

Communia, Policy Paper, here. 

UK Competition Appeal Tribunal Overturns Online Hotel Booking Decision

EdwardsWildman.com, here.

Library archivists face contractual, technical challenges in preserving digital materials

Stanforddaily.com, here. 

Modularity and competition for bundles: is à la carte Android à la carte enough?

Chillingcompetition.com, here. 

Microsoft's next surprise is (almost) free Office for iPad, iPhone, and Android

TheVerge, here.

Retail banking: Current concern

TheEconomist, here.

Android Investigation

S. Ashall and T. Soames, Presentation here. 

BGH-Urteil: Die „kostenlose Zweitbrille“ ist jetzt verboten

Faz.net, hier. 

FTC Settlement Bars Patent Assertion Entity From Using Deceptive Tactics

FTC, here.

Statement by European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager on tax state aid investigations

European Commission, here.

(Pronunciation reminder here).

Google Search and the Law on Dominance in the EU. An Assessment of the Compatibility of Current Methodology with Multi-Sided Platforms in Online Search

M. Herz, here. 

How To Measure Success: Agency Design and the FTC at 100

M. Ohlhausen, here. 

Is Expedia playing hardball on hotel rate parity with Hyatt, Starwood?

Tnooz.com, here. 

Open Research Data

Epsiplatform.eu, here. 

Defining the internet of things - time to focus on the data

TheGuardian, here. 

Standards: Competition and Innovation?

J. Pierce, M. Medzmariashvili, ici.

Google, Amazon and Apple less transparent than Gazprom, says report

Euractiv.com, here. 

¿Qué opinas sobre la economía colaborativa? Consulta pública (I)

CNMCblog.es, aquì. 

PCAs and banking services to SMEs: final decision on market investigation reference

CMA, here, 

Invalid But Infringed? An Analysis of Germany's Bifurcated Patent Litigation System

K. Cremers, F. Gaessler, D. Harhoff, C. Helmers, here.

Qualcomm Discloses FTC Probe of Business Practices

Nasdaq.com, here.

Stellungnahme zum Fragenkatalog für das öffentliche Fachgespräch „Open Data“ des Ausschusses „Digitale Agenda"

J. Haucap, hier.

La politique de concurrence : un atout pour notre industrie

E. Combe, ici.

Patent Reform 2015: Republican Agenda

Patentlyo, here.

Retrial ordered in Interflora keyword advertising trade mark dispute with M&S

Out-law.com, here.

News of the death of rate parity greatly exaggerated?

HudsonCrossing, here.

Airbnb Competitor Sues San Francisco For Making New 'Legalize Airbnb' Law Too Restricted To Airbnb

TechDirt, here.

Innovation and Antitrust

J. Pecman, here.

CMA decides not to progress interchange fee investigations at the present time

CMA, here. 

Google's 'Right to be forgotten' roadshow is just a 'distraction' – EU digital rights group

TheRegister, here. 

Mobile is eating the world

B. Evans, Presentation here. 

MasterCard teste le rythme cardiaque pour identifier les acheteurs

Numerama, ici. 

Leniency (Amnesty) Plus: A Building Block or a Trojan Horse?

M. Martyniszyn, here. 

Bestwater: CJEU embeds decision on framed content in order

B. Schuetze, here. 

In praise of the economics of regulation

Oxera, here. 

Cyberlaw Clinic files Petition on Behalf of Medical Device Researchers at the Copyright Office

Cyberlawclinic.berkman.harvard.edu, here. 

Stay Tuned: Whether Cloud-Based Service Providers Can Have Their Copyrighted Cake and Eat It Too

A. Asaro, here. 

Tobacco firms win legal right to challenge EU rules

Bbc.com, here. 

Marrakesh Treaty Options for Implementation Discussion Paper

Australian Government, here. 

Nobel Winner Jean Tirole’s Faulty Views on Monopoly

Mises.org, here.

Data-driven cities

TheEconomist, here.

Is the NCAA an Illegal Cartel?

Planet Money, here.

F.C.C. Considering Hybrid Regulatory Approach to Net Neutrality

NYTimes.com, here.

The Three Breakthroughs That Have Finally Unleashed AI on the World

Wired.com, here.

What does BestWater decision mean for the future of embedding?

M. Husovec, here.

How copyright law gives Amazon too much power over the book industry

Vox.com, here.

Steelie Neelie: European Commissioner Neelie Kroes, In Her Own Words

Edited by Ryan Heath, here. 

Schumpeter: Vergesst mir die Banken nicht!

FAZ, hier. 

Research in the digital age

R. Dijkgraaf, here. 

El Congreso aprueba la 'tasa Google': los buscadores tendrán que pagar a los editores

Ecoteuve.es, aquì. 

The Remunerated Statutory Limitation for News Aggregation and Search Engines Proposed by the Spanish Government - Its Compliance with International and EU Law

R. Xalabarder, here. 

OFT issues decision in mobility scooters sector

CMA's website (?), here.

Original OFT's press release, here. 

Competition Bureau sets out preliminary views on patent agreement settlement enforcement

Thecompetitor.ca, here.

If at first you don’t succeed – Booking.com and Expedia investigation re-opens

EU-Competitionlaw.com, here.

Dutch copyright law succumbs to aging as exhaustion extends to e-books

M. Olvedo Cuevas, here.

Der Streit ums E-Book und seine Erschöpfung

BuchReport.de, hier.

Mission sur l’exploration de données

J. Martin, ici.

Millions of 'orphan' artworks and historic documents to be seen under new copyright laws

Independent.co.uk, here. 

FCC moves to treat online video like cable, a boon for Aereo

ArsTechnica, here. 

YouTube Considering An Ad-Free, Subscription-Based Version

TechCrunch, here. 

Enjoining Injunctions: The Case Against Antitrust Liability for Standard Essential Patent Holders Who Seek Injunctions

D. Ginsburg, T. Owings, and J. Wright, here. 

US regulator drops BP, Statoil oil price-fixing probe

Reuters.com, here. 

Die Wut der Chinesen auf VW

FAZ.net, hier.

When is a Flavor/Taste Trademark Possible?

Jdsupra.com, here. 

Text mining : vers un nouvel accord avec Elsevier

Scoms.hypotheses.org, ici.. 

Cheaper oil: Winners and losers

TheEconomist, here. 

Der Platzhirsch im Hotelgeschäft verteidigt sein Revier

FAZ, hier.

Abuse Of Dominance By Patentees: A Pro-Innovation Perspective

A. Abbott, here.

Judge Shuts Door on Hotel Price-Fixing Class Action

LitigationDaily.com, here.

CMA to reopen the hotel online booking investigation

CMA, here.

An EU-wide Google tax in the making?

Juriareda.eu, here.

Handelsblatt here.

Who’s Really Winning The Search War?

SearchEngineLand, here.

Droht durch Google und Amazon eine Monopolisierung der digitalen Welt?

Netzpiloten.de, hier.

Is (teaching) Economics doing more harm than good?

B. Lucey, here.

Ebola and Big Data

TheEconomist, here.

Competition Matters: Enforcing the Antitrust Laws on Behalf of the American Consumer

B. Baer, here.

Connecting the Antitrust Dots: In Praise of Herb Hovenkamp

B. Baer, here.

The Ruling of the General Court in Intel: Towards the End of an Effect-based Approach in European Competition Law?

P. Nihoul, here

The Importance of Economic Analysis When Assessing Vertical Agreements

J. Davies, Presentation here. 

Competition Enforcement in the Internet-Based Trade – Current Practice of the BKartA

G. Kallfass, presentation here. 

El ejemplo de otros países muestra que la tasa Google será un fracaso

Adslzone.net, aquì.

Texto de la LPI aprobado por el Senado aquí

EuGH C 348/13 BestWater - "Framing": Framende Links keine Urheberrechtsverletzung

B. Knies, Video hier.

Beschluss hier.
Vorabentscheidungsersuchen hier. 

Digitisation and Democracy: The challenges of shaping the Digital Society

J. Hofmann, here. 

Amazon is doing the world a favor by crushing book publishers

Vox.com, here.

On the link between "dynamic pricing" and competition by innovation

www.dilbert.com/

Google's New Search Downranking Hits Torrent Sites Hard

TorrentFreak.com, here. 

¿Hay que desmantelar Amazon o Google?

J. Alfaro, aquì.

Antitrust Litigation- The Way Ahead

J. Almunia, here.

The War Against Airbnb

R. Epstein, here.

Opinion: The criterion “new public” as developed in the Svensson case

ALAI, here.

Etude des perceptions et usages du livre numérique

Hadopi/IFOP, ici. 

Eight years on from the OFT's CUPI study: Lessons learned and remaining hurdles

dot.econ, here. 

Intellectual property enforcement

L. Neville-Rolfe, here. 

Retail Energy Competition and Consumer Empowerment

CERRE, Discussion Paper, here. 

Alliances entre distributeurs: le gouvernement saisit l'Autorité de la concurrence

Boursorama, ici. 

Georgia State Academic Fair Use Decision Vacated by 11th Circuit: A (Relatively) Quick Read for the Busy Practitioner

Trademarkandcopyrightlawblog.com, here. 

Comcast - Time Warner Cable, MB Docket No. 14-57

Professors' Letter to the FCC, here. 

The Sky is Rising - 2014 Edition

Here.

Two Europes or One Europe?

N. Kroes, here. 

Verlage knicken beim Leistungsschutzrecht ein

Golem.de, hier.

From the antitrust mailbag: manufacturer-imposed requirements

FTC, here.

Q1: Are the wondering retailers generally satisfied with this type of explanation?
Q2: Does it apply to platforms as well?

The Fondue Conspiracy

Sepp Barmettler, the Cheese Rebel

NPR: Planet Money, Podcast here.

More about the Cheese Union (Käseunion) in A. Thier, Schweizerische Kartellrechtstradition und „more economic approach,“  621, at 640 ff., here.




Update: I tasted the Sbrinz cheese for the first time after listening to the NPR Podcast. Delicious indeed, and already a competition policy scholar's favourite.

BGH decision "Yellow dictionary" colour trade mark dispute

IPKat, here.

Big Data and the Future for Privacy

N. Richards, J. King, here. 

Oeuvres transformatives : faut-il faire de YouTube le « Seigneur des Mashups » ?

Scinfolex.com, ici. 

The Technology Transfer Block Exemption

Out-law.com, here. 

Case C-470/14, EGEDA – will a state-financed ‘private copy’ scheme deliver fair compensation?

Eulawradar, here. 

Inter Partes Review: An Early Look at the Numbers

B. Love, S. Ambwani, here. 

Agency 2.0: Competition Authorities Will Need to Think - Again

Agreements between Amazon and publishers are starting rolling out, see here and here. It is not very hard to predict that these agreements will come to be scrutinized quite closely by competition authorities on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond. While, it seems, conspiracy theories this time round could be safely ruled out, it would be high time to develop comprehensive assessment criteria with regard to vertical restraints triggered by, or in the context of, electronic platforms.  

Google Penguin 3.0: Worldwide Rollout Still In Process, Impacting 1% Of English Queries

SearchEngineLand, here.

Honeywell Gets EU Complaint With DuPont Over Car Coolant

Bloomberg.com, here.

E-Book-Preise: Amazon einigt sich mit Bonnier

Heise.de, hier. 

Big, bad Amazon

TheEconomist, here. 

"Why are you searching here for your lost keys? Because there is light here": Reflections on Competition Policy in Europe

J. Fingleton, Video here. Speech notes here. 

European Commission settles cartel on bid-ask spreads charged on Swiss Franc interest rate derivatives; fines four major banks € 32.3 million

Press Release, here. 

Competition Enforcement: A Practical Perspective

A. Mundt, Video here.

"The ECN is a unique success, and a model for other areas of law."

The role of competition authorities in fostering growth and consumer welfare

P. Roth, Presentation here; Video here. 

Banks: Too Big to Manage Ethically?

Dealbook.nytimes.com, here.

Amazon: it’s not the power, it’s the lost focus

J. Gans, here. 

European Commission proposes ratification of Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate access to books for visually impaired persons

Press Release, here. 

Uber Economics: There is no such thing as bad publicity

Bruegel.org, here. 

82 Things Publishers Do (2014 Edition)

The scholarly kitchen, here. 

Brussels Antitrust Seminar Demonstrates Shifting European Landscape For Competition Enforcement In Wake Of ECJ MasterCard Judgment

Antitrusttoday.com, here. 

Public libraries: the right to digitise and the right of reproduction

S. Yakovleva, here.

Amazon closes a contract with one major book publisher (not that one, though)

Mhpbooks.com, here.  For more speculations see here and here.

More on Android

Chillingcompetition.com, here. 

European Pharmaceutical Antitrust after Groupment des Cartes Bancaires – Time to Rethink the Approach to Pay For Delay Settlements?

S. Gallasch, here. 

Antitrust Analysis of Reverse Payment Settlements After Actavis: Three Questions and Proposed Answers

J. Wright, here. 

In Georgia State University E-Reserves Case, Eleventh Circuit Endorses Flexible Approach to Fair Use

ARL Policy Notes, here.

Why The Justice Department Won't Go After Amazon Even Though Paul Krugman Thinks It's Hurting America

BusinessInsider, here.

Simon & Schuster Strikes Amazon Deal Reviving Agency Ebook Pricing

DigitalBookWorld, here.

Apple’s quiet mobile revolution

J. Gans, here.

Amazon’s Monopsony Is Not O.K.

P. Krugman, here.

GSU E-Reserves case: Appeals court overturns finding of fair use

Copyright.org, here.

Thoughts on High-Priced Textbooks

ConversableEconomist, here.

Google's Anti-Competitive and Unfair Practices in Digital Leisure Markets

A. Chirita, here.

Different Views on Competition

TheWhyFactor, Podcast here.

Reforming economics: Try the business school

TheEconomist, here.

Google tweaks search engine to combat piracy

TheHill, here.

What everyone’s getting wrong about Amazon

Qz.com, here.

Alternatives to the Patent System that are used to support R&D efforts

J. Love for the WIPO Secretariat, here.

The Dark Market for Personal Data

F. Pasquale, here.

Sharing Economy: Deutsche teilen (noch) nicht

Spiegel.de, hier.

The Future of the Book: From Papyrus to Pixels

The Economist, here. 

Joshua Wright on the "Expertise Hypothesis"

Regblog.org, here. 

Googles Geldmaschine stottert leicht

Heise.de, hier.

Google’s Sundar Pichai Welcomes Antitrust Scrutiny on Android

WSJ.com, here. 

Belgium, Japan to 7th Circuit: Don’t interfere with our antitrust enforcement!

AntitrustUpdateBlog, here.

Uber wrangling regulations (and setting some hope on the FTC)

Interview with Brian Worth,  Uber Public Policy Lead, Harvard Kennedy School Policycast, here.

Report says illegal Airbnb apartments made up over a third of the company's NYC revenue

TheVerge, here.

Report from the NY State Attorney General's office here.

New WikiLeaks of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Intellectual Property Chapter — Analysis of Copyright Provision

Policynotes.arl.org, here. 

Google defends flight search – it’s hard to do it well and industry doesn’t appreciate us

Tnooz.com, here. 

Resolution on enforcement cooperation among data protection authorities

Here.

Jean Tirole's (provisional) legacy

Bruegel.org, here. 

Are Google’s search results deceptive, or can consumers identify ads on their own?

Gigaom, here.

Business Benefit from Public Data

Blog.opengroup.org, here. 

Cartel members may argue that damage caused by cartel was passed on to customers

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, here. 

YouTube has paid $1 billion to rights holders via Content ID since 2007

ArsTechnica, here.

Q. and A. With Jean Tirole, Economics Nobel Winner

NYTimes, here

Whois-Daten werden schleichend zentralisiert

Heise.de, hier.

El Nobel de Economía a Jean Tirole: mucho más que regulación

Cnmcblog.es, aquì.

Überwachungskapitalisten unter sich

FAZ.net, hier.

ACCC cracks down on taxi company for blocking goCatch

CNET,  here.

Eric does it again

I-comp.org, here.

Regulatory Case in North Carolina Appears to Trouble Supreme Court

NYTimes, here.

How Jean Tirole’s Work Helps Explain the Internet Economy

NYT, Here.

Right to Be Forgotten: Google Sentenced to Pay Damages in Spain

M. Peguera, here.

Patents and Standards - A modern framework for IPR-based standardization

ECSIP Consortium for the European Commission, here.

J. Tirole cited once, at p. 30.

Google’s Schmidt Heads to Berlin Talks to Soothe Rattled Germans

Bloomberg.com, here.

The EU Commission’s “contempt” of national courts? - C-170/13 Huawei Technologies

Verfassungsblog.de, here.

Linux Foundation Does Open Source Drones

G. Moody, here.

Trends and milestones in competition policy since 2010

J. Almunia, here.

Challenges of international co-operation in competition law enforcement

OECD, Report here; Statistical Highlights here. 

Adobe’s Latest E-Book Misstep: This Time, It’s Not the DRM

Copyrightandtechnology.com, here. 

Wie Nobelpreisträger Jean Tirole auch Deutschland prägte

WSJ, hier.

Google's Chairman Says Amazon — Not Bing — Is Its Biggest Search Competitor

BusinessInsider.com, here. See also E. Schmidt, The New Gründergeist, here. 

Is There a Vatican School for Competition Policy?

T. T'óth, here.

EU Commission congratulates Economics Nobel winner

Press Release, here.

Mr Tirole's research has direct relevance to current policy issues.

TheEconomist, here.

Bozza di Dichiarazione dei Diritti in Internet

Camera dei deputati, Commissione per i diritti e doveri in Internet, qui.

Jean Tirole: Market Power and Regulation

Scientific Background on the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2014,  here.

Popular science background here.

Tirole's 2013 lecture on two-sided markets, part 1 here, and part 2 here.

In essence, a nobel prize to the "more economic approach"...

Google rivals get help with antitrust campaign -- from Google

CNEt, here.

Looking ahead: preparing for the digital economy – view from the new competition regulator

A. Chrisholm, here.

La machine Booking face à la gronde des hôteliers

Lesechos.fr, ici.

Paulo Coelho Tells Publishers 'Don't Be Greedy'

PublishersWeekly, here.

Amazon must be stopped

F. Foer, NewRepublic.com, here.

Japanese court orders Google to halt search harassment

The Japan Times, here.

Why Germans Are Afraid of Google

NYT.com, here.

Weaving Europe’s single competition enforcement area

J. Almunia, here. 

In Net Neutrality Discussion, Lawsuits Loom Large

Bits.blogs.nytimes.com, here. 

How Patents Provide the Foundation of the Market for Inventions

D. Spulber, here. 

Canada: New Copyright Exception for Political Advertising?

Here.

EU’s TTIP negotiation mandate

Here.

Alice decision a big reason for sharp fall in US patent litigation

Iam-magazine, here.

The Google Case: Where are we now?

I-comp.org, here. 

HarperCollins ups royalty for books sold through their website

Mhpbooks.com, here.

CMA sets out proposals to lower payday loan costs

CMA, here. 

Google asks Supreme Court to decide Oracle copyright fight

Reuters.com, here. Google's certiorari petition here.

Der Staat als Unternehmer

Arbeitskreis Kartellrecht, Hintergrundpapier, hier.

September 2014 New Patent Case Filings Down 40% From September 2013

Lex Machina, here.

Amazon führt E-Book-Flatrate in Deutschland ein

Heise.de, hier.

Vestager: Answers to EP Questionnaire

Here.

When the cookies crumbled, so did your web anonymity

TheGuardian.com, here.

Top 10 Lines Uttered by Economists At The FCC's Open Internet Roundtable (With English Translations)

Forbes.com, here.

MasterCard to mine Facebook user data

Smh.com.au, here.

Cash is not Always King in Pharma Pay-to-Delay Deals, a Judge Rules

WSJ.com, here.

Apple Facing Trial Over Whether Its Use Of DRM Violated Antitrust Laws

TechDirt, here.

Antitrust and the Patent System: A Reexamination

H. Hovenkamp, here.

Skyscanner: CAT quashes commitments in the online booking sector

Competition Bulletin, here.

Judge Posner orders Sherlock Holmes estate to pay attorneys’ fees for “form of extortion”

McDermott Will & Emery, here.

Microsoft likely to make more money from Android than from its own Windows phones

BBC News, here.

Rapport de la mission du CSPLA sur les « œuvres transformatives »

V. Benabou, ici.

Does UK copyright law have a sense of humour?

A. Rendle, here.

Ddl Concorrenza, dall’energia alle banche tutte le misure allo studio del governo

IlFattoQuotidiano.it, qui.

Iceland: Competition Authority Fines Dairy Company

IcelandReview.com, here.

Google Flight Search, four years in: Not the competition-killer critics feared

WashingtonPost, here.

Apple vs. Google: The Privacy Revolution Rumble

HuffPost, here.

Ecuador: Nuevas reglas para los supermercados

Pbplaw, aquí.

L'impression 3D, nouveau défi du droit de la propriété intellectuelle ?

M. Berguig, ici.

Understanding and Maximizing America's Evolutionary Economy

R. Atkinson, here.

Commission approves acquisition of WhatsApp by Facebook

Press Release, here.

"Although WhatsApp is not active in online advertising, the Commission examined whether the transaction could strengthen Facebook's position in that market and hamper competition. In particular, the Commission examined the possibility that Facebook could (i) introduce advertising on WhatsApp, and/or (ii) use WhatsApp as a potential source of user data for improving the targeting of Facebook's advertisements. The Commission concluded that, regardless of whether Facebook would introduce advertising on WhatsApp and/or start collecting WhatsApp user data, the transaction would not raise competition concerns. This is because after the merger, there will continue to be a sufficient number of alternative providers to Facebook for the supply of targeted advertising, and a large amount of internet user data that are valuable for advertising purposes are not within Facebook's exclusive control."

The Right to be Forgotten: Not an Easy Question

F. Pasquale, here.

Kartellamt greift vorerst nicht in Streit Google/Verlage ein

Reuters.com, hier. 

Antitrust Nominee in Europe Promises Eye on Big Tech Companies

Bits.blogs.nytimes.com, here

Regolamento Agcom a tutela del diritto d'autore online: il TAR Lazio conferma la legittimità dell'impianto regolamentare del provvedimento, ma rinvia alla Corte Costituzionale

Dirittodautore.it, qui.

Ordinanza qui.

Las demandas colectivas chocan con el sistema judicial español

Expansiòn, aquì.

Finally, a Big 5 publisher raises digital royalties (but there’s a catch)

GigaOm, here.

Exercising choice: some reflections on competition enforcement in online markets

P. Marsden, here.

How big data could help stop the Ebola outbreak

CNBC, here.

German publishers accuse Google of “blackmail” as search firm axes News snippets

GigaOm, here. 

Big US tech companies face major patent losses in the post-Alice world

Iam-magazine.com, here

The Devil is in the Retail

A. Italiener, here.

{Of course, with less concentration on both the supplier and retailer sides of the market we could've had, possibly, higher levels of innovation and better choice for consumers. How do you measure that?}

Russian Retailers Bet on E-Books Before Amazon Entry

Bloomberg.com, here. 

The ballad of Google Spain

Paul Bernal's Blog, here. 

The Horizon Report Europe: 2014 Schools Edition

Here.

The economic impact of modern retail on choice and innovation in the EU food sector

European Commission, Final Report, here. Press Release, here. 

How The Proposed Payments Legislation Will Restrain Competition Among Payment Card Schemes And Harm Consumers In The European Union

D. Evans, here. 

UK Treasury Plans to Criminalise All Benchmark Fixing LIBOR-Led by Example

ForexMagnates.com, here.

What an Economist Brings to a Business Strategy

Blogs.hbr.org, here. 

WIPO General Assembly Fails to Draw any Conclusions on Exceptions and Limitations

IFLA.org, here.



(For transparency's sake: this blog's author was part of the team representing IFLA at WIPO GA). 

Google : comment mettre en œuvre le droit à l’oubli ?

Méta-Media, ici.

Authors Guild Met With DoJ to Seek Investigation Into Amazon's Practices Guild Says Retailer Is Abusing Its Market Power in Hachette Dispute

WSJ, here.

To Avoid Liability, Google Limits German News Content To Headlines

SearchEngineLand, here.

Judge Cues Trial in iPod Antitrust Case

The Reporter, here.

The economics of Uber

Bruegel.org, here.

In defence of spontaneous order

TheEconomist, here.

State Regulation or Merely a “Gauzy Cloak”: A Preview of the North Carolina Board Oral Argument in the Supreme Court

AntitrustConnect Blog, here.

Audizione del Presidente Giovanni Pitruzzella in merito al decreto legge "Sblocca Italia"

AGCM.it, here.

Public version of EU cartel decision on producers of car and truck bearings elements

Here.

Merkel: "Digitale Welt" größte Herausforderung für die Schulen

Heise.de, here.

Skyscanner wins appeal, UK watchdog to rethink OTA hotel rate clubs

Tnooz.com, here.

CMA/OFT decision re hotel online booking quashed

CAT, here.

Digitalkommissar Oettinger will Googles Marktmacht beschränken

Horizon.net, hier.

IP "made in India"

Here. 

HRS von Google abgestraft!

Hotellerie.de, hier. 

The FTC was built 100 years ago to fight monopolists. Now, it’s Washington’s most powerful technology cop

WashingtonPost, here.

M. et Mme X et M. Y / Google France

Tribunal de grande instance de Paris, Ordonnance de référé du 16 septembre 2014, ici. 

Dear Rupert (Murdoch)

Yours, Google, here. 

EU-Ratspräsidentschaft: Italien schlägt Vorratsdatenspeicherung für Urheberrechtsverletzungen vor

Netzpolitik.org, hier. 

Enforcement of China’s Anti-Monopoly Law Continues to Intensify

Latham & Watkins, here.

Sektoruntersuchung Lebensmitteleinzelhandel

Bundeskartellamt, hier. Übersicht über die Ergebnisse und Schlussfolgerungen hier.

Tratamiento jurisprudencial de los sitios web que proporcionan enlaces a obras y prestaciones protegidas

M. Peguera Poch, aquì.

EU Antitrust Endgame Looking More Murky, Risky For Google

SearchEngineLand, here.

It Takes Two to Tango: Two-Sided Markets and the Appeals in Cartes Bancaires and MasterCard

EuropeanLawBlog.eu, here.

Müssen wir Google zerschlagen?

Heise.de, hier.

FOSS Governance And Collaboration: From A Good Idea To Coherent Market Approach

S. Coughlan,  here.

Opinion 8/2014 on the on Recent Developments on the Internet of Things

WP29, here.

CMA finalises changes for car insurance

Press Release, here.

288-page Final Report here.

Et voilà: "The measures include a ban on agreements between price comparison websites and insurers which stop insurers from making their products available more cheaply on other online platforms"

Rigged Markets?

BBC Radio 4, File on 4, here.

Intel and the fight for the soul of EU competition law

Chillingcompetition.com, here.

Translation and intellectual property rights

Bird&Bird for the European Commission (DG Translation), here.

Patent Litigation Settlement Agreements: A Canadian Perspective

Competition Bureau, here.

See also J. Pecman, Remarks here.

EU's Almunia says readying antitrust charges against Gazprom

Reuters.com, here.

Champion European innovation to challenge Google

E. Morozov, here.

Gli affitti brevi (ai turisti) che fanno litigare

Corriere.it, qui.

Market for commercial use of public information: CMA seeks views

Here.

Internet der Dinge: Die Zahnbürste als Gefahr

Heise.de, hier.

Google, Kayak, Hipmunk, Skyscanner, Travelzoo, and TripAdvisor attack DOT’s proposed rule

Tnooz.com, here.

The impact of the development of big data on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of their personal data in the EU

WP29, here.

Bill Introduced in Congress to Let You Actually Own Things, Even if They Contain Software

EFF.org,  here.

The judgment of the EU General Court in Intel and the so-called 'more economic approach' to abuse of dominance

W. Wils, here.

Embracing a new digital era in Europe

E. Schmidt, here.

{"Everything needs to change, so everything can stay the same"}

WIPO Director General Outlines Second Mandate Priorities

WIPO, here.

Innenminister will Persönlichkeitsprofile im Internet verbieten

Heise.de, hier.

[Kommt es auf die Definition von Nutzerprofilen an?]

Amazon kommt Buchverlagen entgegen

DerSpiegel, hier.

S. auch hier. 

Sharing Economy Faces Patchwork of Guidelines in European Countries

NYTimes, here.

EU's Gazprom antitrust probe suspended, but case not closed

Reuters.com, here.

New smartphone app gives sight to the blind

Reuters.com, here.

Harper Competition Review Draft Report

Here.

A few selected topics:

Taxi industry and disruptive innovation

P.30: "States and Territories should remove regulations that restrict competition in the taxi industry, including from services that compete with taxis, except where it would not be in the public interest.

If restrictions on numbers of taxi licences are to be retained, the number to be issued should be determined by independent regulators focused on the interests of consumers."

P.  139: "Mobile technologies are emerging that compete with traditional taxi booking services and support the emergence of innovative passenger transport services. Any regulation of such services should be consumer-focused and not inhibit innovation or protect existing business models."

IP and competition policy

P.31: "The Panel recommends that an overarching review of intellectual property be undertaken by an independent body, such as the Productivity Commission. The review should focus on competition policy issues in intellectual property arising from new developments in technology and markets.

The review should also assess the principles and processes followed by the Australian Government when establishing negotiating mandates to incorporate intellectual property provisions in international trade agreements.

Trade negotiations should be informed by an independent and transparent analysis of the costs and benefits to Australia of any proposed IP provisions. Such an analysis should be undertaken and published before negotiations are concluded."

{P. 80-87 are already on my students' mandatory reading list.}

RPM and Retail MFN

P. 46 f.: "The Panel considers that there is not a sufficient case at this time for changing the prohibition of  RPM from a per se prohibition to a competition based test. It would be appropriate, though, to allow business to seek exemption from the prohibition more easily. This could be achieved through allowing RPM to be assessed through the notification process, which is quicker and less expensive for businesses than  authorisation. This change would also have the advantage of allowing the ACCC to assess RPM trading strategies more frequently, and thereby provide better evidence as to the competitive effects of RPM in Australia."

P. 234 f.: "Historically, RPM has been considered in the context of ‘bricks and mortar’ retailers. RPM is now emerging as an issue for new models of digital-based retailing. eBay states, based on annual surveys of its sellers, that around a quarter of sellers are instructed by their suppliers to sell at recommended retail prices (...)
RPM in digital markets also recently received significant international legal attention when Apple was found to have breached EU and US competition laws
by fixing the prices of e-books in collaboration with five publishers."

Big Data, Personal Data Protection and Competition Policy

P.129: "Markets work best when consumers are engaged, empowering them to make informed decisions. There is capacity to enhance Australian consumers’access to data on their own usage of utility services in a usable format to assist consumers to make better informed decisions.

e

-

books

in collaboration with fivepublishers."

Apple and Amazon Take Baby Steps Toward Digital Sharing

Nytimes.com, here.

Le contenu généré par les utilisateurs demande -t-il des adaptations législatives ?

Y. Gendreau, ici.