OLG Düsseldorf erklärt Paritätsklauseln von HRS für klar wettbewerbswidrig

Hotellerie.de, hier.

Mitteilung des OLG Düsseldorf hier.

Bundeskartellamt dazu hier.

The Sharing Economy and Consumer Protection Regulation: The Case for Policy Change

Mercatus Research, here. 

End of the Authors Guild v. HathiTrust Saga

ARL Policy Notes, here. 

Marrakesh Treaty: Mali takes the plunge for Africa

Afro-ip.blogspot, here. 

Switzerland: The library’s document delivery service (scanning and sending journal articles by email to users) complies with copyright law

Kluwer Copyright Blog, here. 

PMI: Draft final order published for formal public consultation

CMA, draft order here; Draft Explanatory Note here.

(a whole two pages required to explain the prohibition on equivalent behaviour, 14-16)

Googles Dominanz in Amerika bröckelt

FAZ, hier. 

EU negotiating texts in TTIP

EC, here.

Troll fatigue: Earnest debate on patent abuse at CES

ArsTechnica, here.

Take note Republicans and Democrats, this is what a pro-innovation platform looks like

Washington Post, here. 

Privacy and the IoT: Navigating Policy Issues

E. Ramirez, here.

European Copyright Society calls for single EU copyright law

Out-law, here. 

Avis sur le décret encadrant l'activité des VTC et des taxis

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. Décret ici. 

A fully-functioning administrative competition authority: the French example

B. Lasserre, here. 

The Principle of Transparency and its Limits in the context of Competition Investigations

K. Lenaerts, here. 

Open standards and industry collaboration needed for 'internet of things' to succeed, says Samsung head

Out-law.com, here.

Bad News for Users – Google News withdrawn from Spain after newspapers forced to charge for traffic

Kluwercompetitionlawblog.com, here. 

Correcting copywrongs: European copyright reform is finally on the horizon

J. Reda, Video here. 

Letters from the War of Ecosystems

S. Hyrynsalmi, here. 

„Privatheit wird zu einer Ware“

Berliner-zeitung.de, hier. 

Nouvel accord sur l’exception pédagogique : quelques avancées, mais un dispositif toujours inadapté

Scinfolex.com, ici. 

Apple Watch Will Deliver ‘Hyper-Local’ Ads On Your Wrist

BusinessInsider, here. 

Building the Entrepreneurial State: A New Framework for Envisioning and Evaluating a Mission-oriented Public Sector

M. Mazzucato, here. 

The Enormous Implications Of Facebook Indexing 1 Trillion Of Our Posts

TechCrunch, here. 

Injunctive Relief in Disputes Related to Standard-Essential Patents: Time for the CJEU to Set Fair and Reasonable Presumptions

P. Larouche, N. Zingales, here. 

Abuso del diritto al brevetto e abuso di posizione dominante: il caso Pfizer

G. Ghidini, G. Cavani, P. F. Piserà, qui. 

Big Data, Machine Learning, and the Social Sciences: Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency

Medium.com, here. 

Les prix personnalisés, un défi pour l'autorité de la concurrence

LesEchos, ici. 

Study on the making available right and its relationship with the reproduction right in cross-border digital transmissions

Prepared by De Wolf & Partners for the European Commission, here. 

U.S. judge concerned Android antitrust lawsuit too vague

Reuters, here. 

The Future of Privacy: Digital Life in 2025

Pew Research Center, here. 

Prêt numérique en bibliothèque: à peine acté, déjà critiqué

Lexpress.fr, ici. 

After Intel: Effects-Based Approach, Price-Cost Test, and Administrability

M. Motta, Presentation, here. 

How much traffic did Facebook deliver to Bing? Very little

Insidefacebook, here. 

Apple 'failing to protect Chinese factory workers'

BBC.com, here.

Apple's reaction here (from The Verge)

IP and Standard Setting

OECD Competition Committee, Note by Germany, here. 

Opinion 2/13 on EU Accession to the ECHR: The CJEU as Humpty Dumpty

Eutopialaw.com, here. 

Google aiming to go straight into car with next Android

Reuters, here.

Monopolkommission: Die Zähmung der Internet-Giganten

FAZ.net, hier.

Microsoft stops offering alternative browsers to Windows users in Europe

PCWorld, here. 

ETH-Bibliothek document delivery service is admissible

Ethz.ch, here.

Federal Court's press release ici; Judgment 4A_295/2014 hier. 

Governments Should Make Markets, Not Just Fix Them

M. Mazzucato, here. 

Canada court to order Apple to turn over records in iPhone probe

Reuters.com, here. 

EU court ruling could make it easier to get patents for cell therapies

Out-law.com, here. 

How to crack the Booking.com algorithm

Tnooz, here. 

WIPO: Study On Copyright Exceptions Stimulates Broad Discussion With Author

IP-Watch, here. 

Deux ententes entre fabricants de produits d'hygiène et d'entretien sanctionnées

Autorité de la concurrence, magnifique Communiqué de presse ici, Décision ici. 

IP, Standard Setting, and Injunctions

M. Dolmans, OECD Competition Committee, here. 

Intellectual Property and Standard Setting

OECD Competition Committee, Note by the United States, here. 

Global internet authority ICANN has been hacked

TheVerge, here. 

Independent Library Report for England

Presented to Government by William Sieghart and an expert panel, here. 

Google looks to head off U.S. antitrust lawsuit over Android

Yahoo.finance, here.

An organism which is incapable of developing into a human being does not constitute a human embryo within the meaning of the Biotech Directive

CJEU Case C-364/13,  here.

The art – and science – of scaling in the two-sided marketplace

TheNextWeb, here. 

The Everything Book: reading in the age of Amazon

TheVerge, here. 

Leak shows: Trade treaty TiSA could undermine national data protection regulations

Netzpolitik.org, here. 

Apple Wins Decade-Old Suit Over iTunes Updates

NYTimes, here.

Consultation on proposed changes to proceedings in order to align with Directive on antitrust damages actions

EC, here.

Open Content – A practical guide to using Creative Commons Licences

T. Kreutzer for UNESCO, here. 

Jury finds Apple not guilty of harming consumers in iTunes DRM case

TheVerge, here. 

The economics of open and closed systems

Autorité de la concurrence and CMA, here (French version here).

The sharing economy: Will self-regulation by startups suffice to protect consumers?

TechRepublic, here.

Scrutinizing Patent Assertion Entities: What Competition Enforcers are Doing

AAI and CCIA, Video here.

Parity clauses from hotel distribution contracts to be banned once for all

HotRec.eu, here.

CBP onderzoekt nieuwe privacyvoorwaarden Facebook

CBPweb.nl, hier. 

Boycott Called Against Spanish Newspaper Publishers' Association Titles In Protest Of New Copyright Law

TechDirt, here. 

Uber responds to Sen. Al Franken: ‘We care deeply’ about privacy

VentureBeat, here. 

E-Book Legal Restrictions Are Screwing Over Blind People

Wired, here. 

Monday's e-book antitrust appeal hearing went well for Apple

Fortune.com, here. 

Mobilitics, saison 2 : Les smartphones et leurs apps sous le microscope de la CNIL et d'Inria

CNIL, ici. 

Datenschutz: Justizministerium drängt auf klaren Rechtsrahmen für Scoring

Heise.de, hier. 

CBP issues sanction to Google for infringements privacy policy

CBPweb.nl, here. 

ACCC authorises resale price maintenance for the first time

Clifford Chance, here. 

UberPop sera interdit dès le 1er janvier

LeMonde, ici.

Warum all die Pakete?

FAZ.net, hier. 

Commission announces the launch of market tests in investigations in the online hotel booking sector by the French, Swedish and Italian competition authorities

EC, here.

Italian Competition Authority, here.
Swedish Competition Authority, here.
French Competition Authority, here.

Text of the proposed commitments (in French), here. 

Che cosa indica e come si traduce la parola inglese whistleblower?

Accademia della Crusca, qui.

Facebook dumps Microsoft Web search results

Reuters.com, here. 

Glitch Causes Items To Be Sold On Amazon For 1p

News.Sky.com, here. 

The economics of P2P lending

Bruegel.org, here. 

The Rise of a New Smartphone Giant: China's Xiaomi

NYTimes.com, here. 

Former iTunes Engineer Tells Court He Worked to Block Competitors

WSJ, here.

Kenneth Crews Presenting the Update of His Report to WIPO SCCR

Archived Webcast here (Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights: Twenty-Ninth Session - December 8 to December 12, 2014, Wed 10, Afternoon, from 4:47). 

The Independence of National Competition Authorities

A. Italiener, here. 

Obama's DOJ is bringing its big guns to the Apple e-book appeal

Fortune.com, here. 

Efficiencies and Antitrust Reconsidered: An Evolutionary Perspective

T. Horton, here. 

Consolidation of Proposed Texts Contained In Document SCCR/26/3

Prepared by African Group, Brazil, Ecuador, India and Uruguay, here. 

COMESA's merger assessment guidelines: What you need to know

Werksmans.com, here.

Urheberrecht: Razzia bei Betreibern und Nutzern zweier E-Book-Plattformen

Heise.de, hier. 

Canada competition watchdog probing Apple over iPhone contracts

PcWorld, here.

Google Forced Amazon To Remove Its Main Shopping App From The Play Store Because Of Its Appstore Integration

Android Police, here.

Dear Günther, we need to talk about ancillary copyright

Some European Publishers, Letter here.

EU Quizzes Google Rivals on Search and Ads

Businessweek.com, here. 

Google's Schmidt: You have nothing to fear from AI

Cnet.com, here. 

Barclays and Deutsche Bank to be investigated over forex algorithm

EuropeanCeo.com, here

The Internet of Things

OECD Technology Foresight Forum 2014, here. 

Shaping Up to the Future

Raconteur.net, here. 

The Data Protection Directive applies to a video recording made with a surveillance camera installed by a person on his family home and directed towards the public footpath

Case C-212/13, František Ryneš v Úřad pro ochranu osobních údajů, here. 

Google News Shuttered in Spain Thanks to “Ancillary Copyright” Law

EFF.org, here.

See also  here (ElMundo) and here (FAZ). 

Dancing around data

M. Stucke and A. Grunes, here. 

Google Cultural Institute opens up as a platform for museums to build their own mobile apps

VentureBeat, here. 

Canada: Tories target cross-border price gap with Competition Bureau bill

Theglobeandmail.com, here. 

Giants of digital: separating the signal from the noise and the sound from the fury

A. Chisholm, here. 

Nokia's map app for Android is no longer a Samsung exclusive

Theverge.com, here. More background info here.

Android Wear gets Lollipop update, adds watch face API, new features

Arstechnica.com, here. 

Open Letter to App Marketplaces from 23 Privacy Authorities

Priv.gc.ca, here. 

The Object of Effects

A. Italiener, here.

The General Court confirms that the French Ordre national des pharmaciens restricted competition on the clinical biology analysis market

Case T-90/11, here.

La CNMC y la economía colaborativa

CNMCblog, aquí

Intel and Article 102 TFEU Case Law: Making Sense of a Perpetual Controversy

P. Ibáñez Colomo, here.

Android's winning mobile strategy: Sell to the poor

TechRepublic, here.

How much of your news site’s search traffic comes from Google News? Probably 5 to 25 percent

Nieman.lab, here.

Foreign Antitrust Defendants Feel Some Relief from the Reach of the Sherman Act in Civil Matters

Shearman.com, here.

The Sharing Economy and Consumer Protection Regulation: The Case for Policy Change

Mercatus Research, here. 

YouTube Now Tells You How Copyrighted Music Will Affect Your Video Before You Upload It

TechCrunch, here. 

A privacy policy for cars: What automakers know about you (and what they’re doing with it)

Washingtonpost, here. 

Amazon Debuts New 'Make an Offer' Feature for Price Negotiations

Streetinsider.com, here. 

Google Fights to Stop Lawsuit Over ‘Clandestine’ Cookies

Bloomberg.com, here. 

Uber’s “ruthless execution” and “swagger” are key to its success

VentureBeat, here. 

Exclusion and sources of technological competition in mobile networks

K. Stylianou, here. 

Oracle asks Supreme Court to reject Android copyright case

ComputerWorld, here. 

Future of AI and the Law

R. Susskind, Video here. 

Signé protocole sur la diffusion du livre numérique par les bibliothèques publiques

Livreshebdo.fr, ici.  

The rule of law on the Internet and in the wider digital world

 Council of Europe, Commissioner for Human Rights, here. 

Hachette will start selling books straight from Twitter

GigaOm, here.

Das sind Amazons wahre Probleme

FAZ.net, hier.

Per Se Versus Rule of Reason Analysis for Paid Priority on the Internet

ICLE, here.

AstraZeneca and Ranbaxy Win a Closely Watched Pay-to-Delay Case

Blogs.wsj.com, here. 

Herr Mundt bei der Studienvereinigung

KartellBlog, hier.

Les idées de Manuel Valls pour la protection des données personnelles

Numerama.com, ici.

We Can’t Trust Uber

NYTimes,here.

Standardised APIs to be used to facilitate data portability in banking

Out-law.com, here.

When G.M. was Google

NewYorker, here.

Google admits that advertisers wasted their money on more than half of internet ads

QZ.com, here.

Zuckerberg is on shaky ground criticizing Apple’s business model

VentureBeat, here.

Modifying devices - Wanted: a tinkerer’s charter

TheEconomist, here.

Apple on trial: company execs say DRM was forced on them by record labels

ArsTechnica, here.

5th Report on the Monitoring of Patent Settlements

EC, here.

How to regulate data protection across EU borders remains main sticking point to reform

Out-law.com, here. 

Jean Tirole: Ökonomie-Nobelpreisträger 2014

J. Haucap, H.-T. Normann, hier. 

Data sharing and open data for banks

Fingleton Associates and Open Data Institute, here.

Google faces antitrust allegations over its ad-buying network

Finance.yahoo.com, here.

The role of competition in banking markets

A. Chrisholm, here. 

In Google Books Appeal, judges focus on profit and security

Gigaom.com, here.

Intel v Commission: Keep Calm and Carry on!

R. Whish, here (via ChillingCompetition).

Strumenti di Better Regulation e test PMI

G. Pitruzzella, qui.

Sinking of South Stream gives Brussels a headache

Euractiv.com, here.

IP and Standard Setting

European Union, Note, OECD Competition Committee, here.

Hawking’s speech software goes online as open source

Iol.co.za, here.

Second Bite: Can Apple clear its name in the ebooks drama?

Fortune.com, here.

Flickr Plans To Sell Creative Commons Photos And That's Okay...

TechDirt, here. 

Technology is Culture

Ccianet.org, here. 

Why Eric Schmidt doesn’t know how Google works

Venturebeat.com, here. 

No abuse of a dominant position by AstraZeneca

ACM.nl, here. 

EU Asks Russia's Yandex for Evidence in Potential Google Antitrust Case

Sputniknews.com, here.

GigaOm's original news here.

Google's search deal with Apple expires in early 2015, could bring new default to Safari

AppleInsider, here.

3G standard essential patent valid and infringed: irrelevant whether Vringo is a troll

IPKat, here.

Nature makes all articles free to view

Nature, here. 

Mark Lemley and Intel’s Doug Melamed discuss patent law issues

Stanford Lawyer, here. 

Who pays for us to browse the web? Be wary of Google’s latest answer

E. Morozov, here. 

ACM’s strategy regarding enforcement of vertical restraints

C. Fonteijn, here.

Star Witness in Apple Lawsuit Is Steve Jobs

NYTimes, here.

Original Complaint (2005) here. Original Motion to Dismiss here. 

Priceline maintains focus on reducing friction for local experiences, no plans to become the next Oracle

Tnooz.com, here.

The Tempting Of Antitrust: Robert Bork and the Goals of Antitrust Policy

D. Crane, here. 

Out of control? Robert Bork’s portrayal of the U.S. Antitrust system in the 1970s

W. Kovacic, here. 

Robert Bork’s Forgotten Role in the Transaction Cost Revolution

A. Meese, here. 

Bork and Microsoft: Why Bork Was Right and What We Learn About Judging Exclusionary Behavior

H. First, here. 

Internet monopolies: Everybody wants to rule the world

TheEconomist, here.

Private Property in the Public Interest: The interplay of patents and standards

A. Dore, here.

Who Will Benefit From Digital Currency? Bitcoin Experiment Gives A Glimpse

Forbes, Interview with Susan Athey, here.

Apple's iOS Has Once Again Decimated Android When It Comes To Data That Matters

BusinessInsider, here.

Secteur de la vente événementielle en ligne et clause d’exclusivité

Autorité de la concurrence, Décision ici.

Ehestreit: Smartphone-Hersteller OnePlus contra Android-Alternative Cyanogen

Heise.de, hier.

Bahn fordert Milliarden von Lufthansa und anderen Airlines

FAZ.net, hier.

The double duality of two-sided markets

A. Lamadrid de Pablo, here.

Werke für Unterrichts- oder Forschungszwecke öffentlich zugänglich machen

Bundesrat, hier.

Albert Foer and the Revival of Antitrust

Corporate Crime Reporter, here. 

German position on key digital related issues

A Letter to Mr Ansip, Mr Oettinger Ms Jourová, Ms Vestager, here. 

AGCM: Avviata istruttoria sul rincaro dei farmaci tumorali di Aspen

Provvedimento qui.

OLG Köln: Öffentlicher Rundfunk ist "non-commercial"

A. Metzger, hier.

Right to be Forgotten: Article 29 Working Party Guidelines

Here.

Europese Commissie krijgt geen schadevergoeding van liftkartel

Nu.nl, hier.

Should digital monopolies be broken up?

TheEconomist, here. 

Damages Directive Adopted: Wave Of Antitrust Damages Actions Looms

DeBrauw.com, here. 

The right to privacy in the digital age

Third Committee on Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), here. 

U.S. court rejects Motorola Mobility price-fixing appeal

Reuters.com, here.

Court's Opinion here.

Near-automatic injunctions raise concerns at hearing on rules for European patent court

FOSSpatents.com, here.

In wake of Uber privacy scandal, Lyft announces data restrictions

ArsTechnica, here.

UK court orders CMA to pay £186,000 in legal costs to Skyscanner over hotel-pricing case

Here, 

Taylor Swift leaving Spotify was great news for YouTube

TheVerge, here.

Copyrightability of Java APIs revisited

P. Samuelson, here.

Copie Privée : le vrai préjudice... des consommateurs français !

UFC-QueChoisir, ici.

The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs Private Sector Myths

M. Mazzucato, Transcript of the presentation given to OECD Staff, here (p. 3 ff.).

Is the Head of Germany’s Bundeskartellamt Right to Suggest Criminal Law Sanctions are Too Severe for Cartels?

A. Stephan, here. 

Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin : « Ceux qui pensent être propriétaires de nos données se trompent »

LesEchos.fr, ici.

Wah-the-ley on Wah-way: a matter of Opinion

IPKat, here. 

83% of Global Internet Users Believe Affordable Access to the Internet Should be a Basic Human Right

Ipsos, on behalf of the Centre for International Governance Innovation (“CIGI”), here. 

A Nobel Laureate, Darth Vader© and Access to Health: Balancing IP and Competition in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Giovanni Napolitano

World Intellectual Property Organization 

4th December, 2014, 2 p.m.

DEM - Conference Room

Trento University 

How the UN is using open data to tackle Ebola

Futuregov.asia, here. 

Virgin Media sets the cat among the pigeons – Ofcom examines Premier League football

Brian Cave, here.

Google settles Internet trolling court case

TheGuardian.com, here. 

Suède : Les éditeurs lèvent les restrictions sur le prêt numérique

ActuaLitte.com, ici.

Structural Remedies in the Google Case?

I-Comp, here.

Why Textbooks Count: A Policy Paper

T. Oates, here. 

Brief of Amici Curiae Antitrust Law Professors in O'Bannon v. NCAA

Here.

Google launches 'Contributor' payment service

Independent.co.uk, here. 

Update on Trademark-Related Aspects of the Domain Name System

WIPO Secretariat, here. 

Europeans Have Authority To Seek Google Break Up Though Unlikely To Do So

SearchEngineLand, here. 

RBS apologises for 'incorrect' evidence to MPs' committee

BBC.com, here. 

Where Creativity Thrives: BitTorrent 2014 User Study

Blog.bittorrent.com, here.

Gates Foundation announces world’s strongest policy on open access research

Blogs.nature.com, here.

Rapport Sirinelli

Ici.

Uber veut faire annuler la loi Thévenoud sur les taxis et VTC

Numerama, ici.

Google Wrote An Equation For Deciding Which Engineers Should Get Promoted - Here's Why It Failed

BusinessInsider, here.

Summary of the Advocate General's Opinion in Huawei v. ZTE

Comparativepatentremedies, here.

How Not To Apply Actavis

M. Carrier,  here.

Google Should Face EU Web Law If Competition Probe Fails

Bloomberg.com, here.

How Google Inbox shares 70% of its code across Android, iOS, and the Web

ArsTechnica, here.

Monitor and the Competition and Markets Authority

A. Sánchez Graells, here. 

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.