Consumer privacy in network industries

CERRE, here. 

Consumer engagement in a digital world

A. Crisholm, here (pdf here). Book mentioned here.

The EU And The Digital Economy [What Think Tanks Are Thinking]

EPthinktank.eu, here. 

Internet Fragmentation: An Overview

W. Drake V. Cerf, W. Kleinwächter, here.

L'informatisation de la Société

S. Nora, A. Minc ici. Vidéo ici. 

Data Exchange website launch adds to personal data debate

FT, here.

Internet of Things: search engine for sleeping kids

ArsTechnica, here.

Off-Topic: Sending the Elevator Back Down

K. Spacey at Davos 2016, Video here.

Alphabet's Page: How to make a sizable business out of whatever problem this or that technology might solve

NYTimes, here.

Wende im Milliardenpoker um Fußballrechte

FAZ, hier.

TfL is quietly testing a system to track every single person on London Underground

TheMemo, here.

Big data : l’enjeu est moins la donnée personnelle que la disparition de la personne

LeMonde, ici.

Online Tracking: What's In It For Consumers?

J. Brill, here.

What is the impact of blockchains on privacy?

TheODI.org, here.

European Patent Office revokes Monsanto patent on melons

No-patents-on-seeds.org, here.

The Collaborative Economy

Scientific Foresight Unit (STOA), European Parliamentary Research Services, here and here and short video here.

An Emerging Competition Law for a New Economy?

K. Coates, here.

How blockchain tech could change the way we do business

BBC.com, here.

Android OS has generated revenue of $31 billion and $22 billion in profit, Oracle says

Bloomberg, here.

Economics and Ideology

The Economist, here.
"Meaningless number-crunching to give a veneer of academic credibility to near-useless theories".

One Click Away? Google Paid Apple $1 Billion to Keep Search Bar on IPhone

Bloomberg.com, here.

Digital DNA: The Nagoya Protocol, Intellectual Property Treaties, and Synthetic Biology

M. Bagley, here. 

Study hints at how e-Privacy Directive might be reformed – major changes on the way

Out-law.com, here.

Study mentioned here.

Sharing Economy, Blockchain Markets & Crowd-Based Capitalism

A. Sundararajan, Video here. 

Digitale Wirtschaft und Privatsphäre: Der Preis der Personalisierung

N. Jentzsch, hier. 

The FCO prohibits booking.com’s “narrow” best-price clause

S. Heinz, here. 

The fourth industrial revolution: what does WEF’s Klaus Schwab leave out?

A. Maynard, here. 

Apple Presses Supreme Court for Appeal Over eBooks Price Fixing

Fortune.com, here. 

The Final GDPR Text and What It Will Mean for Health Data

Hogan Lovells, here. 

Distributed Ledger Technology: beyond block chain

UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser, here.

Internet providers want to know more about you than Google does, privacy groups say

Washington Post, here.

Towards a material ecology

N.Oxman,  here.

Blockchain Technology: Principles and Applications

M. Pilkington, here.

Disrupting the Disruptors

Nesta, here.

Emerging Competition Issues: Keeping Pace in a Changing World

CA Competition Bureau, here.

Towards a Digital Single Market Act

EP, here.

How I peeked at the personal data a billion dollar company holds about me

P.-O. Dehaye, here.

As More Pay by Smartphone, Banks Scramble to Keep Up

NYTimes, here. 

Digital transformations: An introduction

F.-X. Olleros, M. Zhegu, here. 

WhatsApp as a business channel

Whatsapp.com, here. 

Competition Law for a Post-Scarcity World

S. Mehla, here.

Privacy and Drone Spying

NYTimes, here. 

Welcome to the Jungle: The Liability of Internet Intermediaries for Privacy Violations in Europe

B. van der Sloot, here. 

Information as Property

H. Zech, here. 

The law and economics of most-favoured nation clauses

F.Gonzalez-Diaz, M. Bennett, here. 

Which Future for Competition in the Global Trade System: Competition Chapters in FTAs

V. Demedts, here. 

Drug Wars:A New Generation of Generic Pharmaceutical Delay

R. Feldman, E. Frondorf, here. 

Antitrust Overhaul

R. Steiner, here. 

Competition Policy in a World of Big Data

S. Vezzoso, here (this blog's author).

Your comments are more than welcome!

Competition in a big data world

M. Vestager, here. 

Ad Blocking: A Primer

TechCrunch, here. 

Tarifs bancaires : Bercy va lancer un comparateur sur Internet

LeParisien, ici. 

A Note on the Ethics of Nudge

C. Schubert, here. 

Building the intention economy

ctrlio, here. 

European Antitrust Chief Takes Swipe at Privacy Issue

NYTimes, here.

Unilever CMO predicts that consumers will be using some sort of virtual assistant in the near future

Adage.com, here.

Stop Chug-a-Lug-a-Lugin 5 Miles an Hour on Your International Harvester: How Modern Economics Brings the FTC's Unfairness Analysis Up to Speed with Digital Platforms

J. Wright, J. Yun, here.

Capitalism’s Biggest Enemies: Elites Who Advocate Free-Market Competition

L. Lessig, here.

UK Government Response to EU public consultation on Digital Platforms

HMGovernment, here.

Un chauffeur de taxi peut aussi être sur Uber. L'article de loi l'interdisant censuré

Conseil constitutionnel, Décision n° 2015-516 QPC du 15 janvier 2016, ici. 

The Rise of the Platform Enterprise: A Global Survey

P. Evans, A. Gawer, here. 

IT giants debate on Big Data

Vodafone-institut.de, Video here

Some Reflections on ‘Switching Principles’ for key regulated sectors

The Centre for Competition Policy (CCP), here.  

Open Letter on Ethical Norms in Intellectual Property Scholarship

R. Feldman, M. Lemley, J. Masur, A. Rai, here. 

Fair Share: Reclaiming power in the sharing economy

B. Balaram, here. 

The economic impact of enforcement of competition policies on the functioning of EU energy markets

EC, here. 

Preisvergleichs- und Bewertungsportale als Verbraucherinformation

Deutsche Bundesregierung, hier. 

Do Consumers Care About Their Privacy In Practice? The FTC Digs Into The Debate

Adexchanger, here. 

Digital dividends

World Bank, here. 

This Rectal Thermometer Is the Logical Conclusion of the Internet of Things

Motherboard, here. 

Bundesgerichtshof: Facebooks "Freundefinder" ist unzulässiger Spam

Heise.de, hier. 

The Tradeoff Fallacy (Or the Privacy 'Paradox' Elucidated)

N. Draper M. Hennessy, J. Turow, here.

Privacy and Information Sharing

Pewinternet.org, here. 

In Letter To Google CEO, Sen. Franken Raises Questions Regarding Student Data Collection

TechCrunch, here. 

Google Maps will soon work out where you're going by itself

Wired.com, here. 

The Fourth Industrial Revolution: what it means, how to respond

WEForum, here. 

Recommendation on protecting and promoting the right to freedom of expression and the right to private life with regard to network neutrality

Council of Europe, here. 

Innovation de rupture, droit et concurrence

Microeconomix, Conférence vendredi 29 janvier 2016, ici. 

Shops could soon be targeting ads according to your feet

TheGuardian, here. 

America's top privacy regulator refuses to wear a Fitbit

Theguardian.com, here. 

How Hotels.com uses email to keep me as a loyal customer

Econsultancy, here.

"So what is it about the Hotels.com offers and vouchers that get me? They feel relevant. They feel timely. They’re just the right amount of pushy". Email are "personalised, and relevant to trips I have browsed and taken in the past".

Market Study Into the Supply of Legal Services in England and Wales

CMA, here. 

Unternehmenszusammenschlüsse im Lebensmitteleinzelhandel verringern die Produktvielfalt

E. Argentesi, P. Buccirossi, R. Cervone, T. Duso, A. Marrazzo, hier. 

The sorry legacy of Internet Explorer

Wired.com, here. 

In Pursuit of an Affordable Tablet for the Blind

Technologyreview, here. 

Meet the Company That Doesn't Want to Know Who You Are

Zdnet, here. 

A Few Keystrokes Could Solve the Crime. Would You Press Enter?

J. Zittrain, here. 

Apple’s Android switching plan

Telegraph, here. 

Skratch Bastid's David Bowie remix takes off on Facebook

CBC.ca, here. 

Italian consumer organizations seek EU antitrust probe into McDonald's franchise

Reuters, here. 

The College With Mandatory Fitness Tracking Devices

Thedailybeast, here. 

Intelligent Virtual Assistant Market Worth $3.07 Billion By 2020

iCrunchdatanews, here. 

The three stages of printed pizzas and other wonders

Deloitte, here. 

Travel Search Site Skyscanner Raises $192M For International Expansion

TechCrunch, here. 

Auswirkungen der Safe Harbor Entscheidung des Europäischen Gerichtshofs

Deutsche Bundesregierung, hier. 

General Data Protection Regulation: A Milestone Of The Digital Age

IAPP, here. 

What Mobile Ads Know About Mobile Users

S. Son, D.Kim V. Shmatikov, here.

Der erfasste Mensch

SZ.de, here.

Off-Topic: A Different Kind of Cartel

Rollingstone, here.

Capturing value in the evolving mobility ecosystem

Deloitte, here.

Unlocking the Value of IoT Through Big Data

GSMA, here. 

Richard Langlois to Lords and Baronesses re online platforms

here.

Digital platforms: an analytical framework for identifying and evaluating policy options

TNO Report, here.

VG Media reicht weitere Klage gegen Google ein

Leistungsschutzrecht.info, hier. 

Insurance companies prepare to insure Uber drivers

OttawaCitizen, here. 

Auto Distribution: Current Issues and Future Trends

FTC, here. 

Law & Order 2045: Here are 3 legal cases from the future

FusionNet, here.

3 Products That Turn Your Fitness Data Into Training Tips

.consumerreports.org, here.

Recht auf Nutzung der persönlichen Daten. Recht auf Kopie

Postulat (vom CH Bundesrat angenommen), hier. 

Misleading patent office as abuse of dominant position (Israel)

Internationallawoffice, here or here. 

OLG Frankfurt: Einsatz von Cookies für Werbezwecke erfordert kein Opt-in

Delegedata.de, hier. 

Google is Microsoft, after all

Politico.eu, here. 

San Francisco’s largest taxi company is edging toward filing for bankruptcy

SFExaminer, here.

Big Data: A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion? Understanding the Issues

FTC, here.
Read also the Separate Statement of Commissioner Ohlhausen, here. 

Supermarkt-Fusionen schaden der Produktvielfalt

Handelsblatt, hier.

Studie hier. 

Forbes, ad blocking, and the promise of an "ad-light experience"

Forbes, here. 

Artificial Intelligence: What Will the Next 20 Years Bring?

B. Hodjat, here. 

What We Can Do with Ad Blocking's Leverage

LinuxJournal, here. 

MLB Faces Antitrust Trial Over Telecasts: Are Small-Market Clubs Doomed By Cord-Cutters?

HollywoodReporter, here. 

vzbv mahnt Datenschutzerklärung von Google erneut ab

vzbv.de, hier.

Aptoide Lands $4M To Grow Its Alternative Android App Store In Emerging Markets

TechCrunch, here.

The Power of Data Network Effects

M. Turck, here. 

Facebook just gave us one more reason never to trust it

Theverge.com, here. 

GDPR: The hard way and the easy way

Ctrl-shift.co.uk, here. 

Can Robots Be Lawyers? Computers, Lawyers, and the Practice of Law

D. Remus, F. Levy, here. 

The Internal and External Constraints of Data Protection on Competition Law in the EU

F. Costa-Cabral, O. Lynskey, here. 

Looking Beyond the Internet of Things

NYTimes, here.

Beware: Silicon Valley’s cultists want to turn you into a disruptive deviant

E. Morozov, here.

In Silicon Valley Now, It’s Almost Always Winner Takes All

NewYorker, here.

Enigma, MIT Media Lab’s Blockchain-based Encrypted Data Marketplace, to Launch Beta

Bitcoinmagazine.com, here.
Enigma Whitepaper here. 

Everyone Hates Uber’s Surge Pricing – Here’s How to Fix It

U. Dholakia, here.

Online Services and the Analysis of Competitive Merger Effects in Privacy Protections and Other Quality Dimensions

K. Waehrer, here.

Differential pricing: Rarely anything free about our basic freedoms

E. Moglen & M. Choudhary, here.

Google confirms next Android version won’t implement Oracle’s proprietary Java APIs

VentureBeat, here.

The GAI on the EU Platform Consultation

Here.

More on data protection and economics here. 

Dutch court rules Anne Frank’s diary can be used for scientific research

Future of Copyright, here.

La lettre de l'avocat du fonds Anne Frank

Affordance.typepad.com, ici. 

Ignore the hype. ISP adblocking is a no-go in Europe

PageFair, here. 

The startup that’s ruffling the feathers of Booking.com

CNBS.com, here. 

First fast track, stand alone damages action and application for injunction brought before the CAT

NCRQ Ltd against the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, here. 

Auch „enge“ Bestpreisklauseln von Booking sind kartellrechtswidrig

Bundeskartellamt, hier.

OLG Frankfurt: Hersteller dürfen Händlern Vergleichsportale nicht verbieten, Amazon schon

Online-marketing-recht.de, hier. 

Disrupting the subscription journals’ business model for the necessary large-scale transformation to open access

R. Schimmer, K. Geschuhn, A. Vogler, here. 

Missteps in Europe’s Online Privacy Bill

NYTimes, here. 

Of Homo Economicus and Superintelligence

J. Gans, here. 

Big Data : quand l’Insee s’intéresse aux données des opérateurs de téléphonie mobile

Nextinpact.com, ici. 

Value Exchange from Data Exchange

acxiom, here. 

Online Platforms Consultation: Response by the EDPS

Here. 

In a first, East Texas judge hits patent troll with attorneys’ fees

ArsTechnica, here. 

American Express can enforce anti-steering rules

Reuters, here.

L'UFC-Que Choisir assigne la société Valve

QueChoisir, ici. 

Predicting someone’s risk of a heart attack based upon their Visa bill

StatNews, here. 

Australian government wins plain packaging case against Philip Morris Asia

Smh, here.

What Will It Take to Build a Virtuous AI?

TechnologyReview, here. 

Drawing Causal Inference from Big Data

Arthur M. Sackler Colloquia, Videos here. 

Smarte Neue Welt

Hier. 

Online privacy tools for the general public

ENISA, here. 

Competition law at the crossroads in the Digital Economy: is it all about Google?

G. Surblytė, here.

Avis de l'Autorité de la concurrence sur le projet de loi pour une République Numérique

Ici. 

Tesla hacked off by lone hacker’s claims that he made a self-driving car

Arstechnica.co.uk, here. 

Projet de loi République numérique : publication de l’avis de la CNIL

CNIL, ici.
Voir aussi l'avis du Conseil National du Numérique, ici.
Présentation du projet de loi à l'Assemblée Nationale, Vidéo ici.
Voir aussi le point de vue de Bruno Lasserre au sujet de la loyauté des plateformes (platform fairness) (juillet 2015) ici (depuis 25:21).

The UK Supreme Court makes clear its belief that competition law should be interpreted in terms of its economic substance

P. Davis, here.

EU Data-Privacy Law Raises Daunting Prospects for U.S. Companies

WSJ, here.

The next opportunity for app developers: Turning anonymous data into ad sales

VentureBeat, here. 

Purchase details leaked to PayPal

S. Preibusch, T. Peetz, G. Acar, B. Berendt, here. 

Computer learns like a human and (sort of) beat the Turing Test

Mashable.com, here. 

3D Printing: Looking Through the Hype

Deloitte, here. 

Why Ebooks Will Eventually Replace Print

Bookbusinessmag, here. 

Compensation and the Damages Directive

S. Peyer, here. 

Einsatz von Uber Black wettbewerbswidrig

Kammergericht, Urteil vom 11. Dezember 2015 - 5 U 31/15, hier.

Mobile Identity – The Fusion of Financial Services, Mobility and Identity

Telstra, here. 

Patterns of disruption

Deloitte, here. 

BBC Uses Artificial Intelligence to Track Down New Audiences for ‘Sherlock’

Recode.net, here. 

Online platforms and data protection

EDPS, here.

"Despite the essential role cloud services play for the deployment of online services, EU consumers still do not seem to fully trust cloud-based services...As a result, finding privacy-friendly solutions for cloud computing services represents one of the main challenges for online platforms... Boosting research and marketing of solutions increasing transparency and user's control over their data (such as “personal data management systems”) is essential to offer a higher level of protection and thus increasing users' trust.

After Spending A Day As The Internet's Punching Bag, Philips Walks Back Firmware Update That Locked Out Third-Party Products

TechDirt, here. 

General Court annuls airfreight cartel decision

Press release here.

The Human Condition and The Black Box Society

N. Dewandre, here.

Mergers in the Dutch grocery sector: an ex-post evaluation

Lear for the ACM, here. 

Agreement on Commission's EU data protection reform will boost Digital Single Market

EC, Press Release, here. 

Personal Data Management Systems

R. Oostrum, here. 

Auto Distribution: Current Issues and Future Trends

FTC, here. 

Internet of Things: Another Industry Patent War?

K. Ho, here. 

Einheitliche Glühweinpreise: Kartellamt ermittelt

MDR.de, hier. 

Web Privacy Census 2015

I. Altaweel, N. Good, and C. Hoofnagle, here. 

Software-Enabled Consumer Products Study: Notice and Request for Public Comment

U.S. Copyright Office, here. 

Competition Tribunal Gives Go Ahead for Price Maintenance Claim Against Music Industry Giants

M. Geist, here. 

Is Privacy The Future of Online Marketing?

 S. Milyaeva and D. Neyland, here. 

Your Algorithmic Self Meets Super-Intelligent AI

TechCrunch, here. 

Web Scraping: Applications and Tools

EPSI, here. 

The European hospitality industry launches a campaign: ‘Book Direct’

Hotrec.eu, here. 

'Internetstandards' sollen nicht für internetbasierte Vermittlungsportale gelten

Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

Le partenariat entre la SNCF et Airbnb ulcère les hôteliers

Numérama, ici. 

How to Explore Consumers’ Privacy Choices with Behavioral Economics

S. Preibusch, here. 

BCS Challenges: Personal data

BCS.org, here. 

Hotel pricing in a post-parity world

TNooz, Webinar Video here. 

Price signalling and information exchange

Allen & Overy, Video here. 

Bahn einigt sich in Kartellstreit mit drei Fluggesellschaften

FAZ, hier.

Google Continuing To Test 4 Text Ads In Search Results

SearchEngineLand, here.

Intellectual Property and Innovation in Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

EC Joint Research Centre, here.

Silicon Valley Kingpins Commit $1 Billion to Create Artificial Intelligence Without Profit Motive

WSJ, here.

Government Ministers give evidence on online platforms

House of Lords, Press Release here. Video here. 

A frenzy of deals is awakening America’s antitrust regulators

TheEconomist, here..

Netzneutralität: Europas lange Leitung

Das Netz, hier. 

Racial Discrimination in the Sharing Economy: Evidence from a Field Experiment

B. Edelman,  M. Luca, D. Svirsky, here.

Our Data, Our Rules?

F. Pasquale, Audio here. 

Big data ethics

UK Cross-Government Data Programme, here. 

Options to strengthen the misuse of market power law

AU Treasury, here. 

Italy's antitrust watchdog opens probe into Enel's smart meters

Reuters, here.

Disruptive innovation and competition

A. Tonazzi, Presentation here. 

Data protection will become the new antitrust

G. Buttarelli, here. 

Successful Technology Licensing

WIPO, here. 

What if we could demand something in return for our personal data?

Computing.co.uk, here. 

The Next Frontier For Wearables: Bendable Batteries, Healthy Tattoos And More

TechCrunch, here. 

When Your Boss Is an Uber Algorithm

Technologyreview.com, here. 

Der Bürger als Datenproduzent

Faz,  morgen:

"Warum soll Persönlichkeit, die in einem Lichtbild(werk) verkörpert ist, mit Blick auf die Verwertung auch schutzbedürftiger sein als reine persönliche Daten, wie der Pulsschlag ?"

Digital Content Next Research Indicates 33% of Consumers Likely to Try Ad Blocking Software in Next Three Months

DigitalContentNext, here.

“The more bits you use, the more you pay”: Comcast CEO justifies data caps

ArsTechnica, here. 

This is why Microsoft cuddled up to Cyanogen, the startup trying to take Android 'away from' Google

Uk.businessinsider.com, here. 

Le "cartel de l'endive" renvoyé devant la justice européenne

Ouest-france.fr, ici. 

Guarding and growing personal data value

Accenture, here. 

Uber, Airbnb and Amazon

House of Lords, Video here. 

The vision of a digital Europe: challenges and opportunities

M.Vestager, here.

Digital Regulation

B. Lasserre, Video here.

Growth Through Trust

The CMA, the slave trade and the commercial use of consumer data

MyDex, here.

"At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, let us draw an analogy. Imagine an 18th century Competition and Markets Authority calling for information about the slave trade. If this 18th century CMA accepted the status quo – that the ‘market’ in question is people being traded rather than people being able to trade in the market in their own right – it might have asked how slaves may generate benefit for their owners, how slaves are collected, bought and sold, what contractual arrangements apply to the trading of slaves (including pricing), what restrictions firms have in acquiring slaves, and so on. In other words, it might have asked the sorts of questions that the CMA is currently asking about personal data – assuming that individuals have no right or ability to use/trade their own data for their own purposes in their own right."

Watch also MyDex's testimony to the House of Lords' EU Internal Market Sub-Committee (Online Platforms and the EU Digital Single Market Inquiry), Video here (from 17:35:15).

Uitgeverijen willen verkoop tweedehands e-book tegengaan

NOS, hier. 

Uber is still blocked on WeChat in China — and the situation is getting worse

VentureBeat, here. 

The Internet of Me: An infographic

TheMedium, here. 

The Data Driven Economy: Toward Sustainable Growth

Ctrl-shift, here. 

EC sends two Statements of Objections on exclusivity payments and predatory pricing to Qualcomm

Press Release, here.

And Qualcomm's comment, here. 

Algorithms rule our lives, so who should rule them?

QZ.com, here. 

The Business Case For Augmented Reality

TechCrunch, here. 

Uber est condamné à 150 000 euros d’amende pour UberPop

Numerama, ici. 

Hotel support has been ‘overwhelming’, says TripTease ‘chief tease’

Eyefortravel.com, here. 

FTC Files Lawsuit Seeking to Block Staples-Office Depot Merger

WSJ, here. 

Give Us Back Our Data

Video, here. 

Beer Drinkers Are Suing to Stop the AB InBev-SABMiller Merger

Fortune.com, here. 

Data to become new profit centre for car makers

Telegraph.co.uk, here. 

Evans and Ezrachi answering questions on online platforms and competition

Video, here.

Data, data protection and online platforms

House of Lords, Audio (from 1:12) here.

(David Alexander is just amazing).

Skyscanner, Yelp, hotels and booksellers giving evidence on online platforms

House of Lords, Audio here.

E-Commerce Exec and Online Retailer Charged with Price Fixing Wall Posters

DoJ, here.

Yen Interest Rate Derivatives Decision

EC, Case AT.39861, here.

Meet the Russian Company That Got Its Antitrust Watchdog to Bite Google

Recode.net, here.

Standard Essential Patents: The End of IP Rights Enforcement? - Seminar

Disruptive Innovation and Competition - Seminar

Legal reviews for the ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty for persons with print disabilities in Asia and the Pacific

UN Development Programme, here. 

Privacy Bridges

CSAIL, Ivir, here. 

Intellectual Property and Competition Law

ACCC, here. 

Is Uber disruptive?

Bookforum.com, here. 

How behavioral factors influence us to sugarcoat or avoid negative messages

Deloitte, Podcast here. 

Are Paid & Organic Distinct Channels? Not So Fast.

Searchengineland.com, here. 

New standard for smart appliances in the smart home

EC, here. 

Facebook’s least favourite Austrian takes further action

TechCrunch,  here.

Authors side with Apple in e-book price-fixing Supreme Court appeal

ArsTechnica, here. 

Is Amazon The Next Google?

O. Budzinski & K. Köhler, here. 

Copyright Principles and Priorities to Foster a Creative Digital Marketplace

S. Aistars, D. Hartline, & M. Schultz, here. 

6th Report on the Monitoring of Patent Settlements

EC, here. 

Accusations Fly in Response to NX1 3D Printer Kickstarter

3printingindustry.com, here.

Qualcomm Inks Critical Licensing Deal with China's Xiaomi

Fortune.com, here. 

Facebook bows to Belgian privacy ruling over cookies

BBC, here.

Decision here. 

Google on Online Platforms and the EU Digital Single Market

House of Lords, transcript of evidence taken, here; Video, here. 

The mobile adblocking apocalypse hasn’t arrived (at least not yet)

NiemanLab, here. 

Patent Troll Sues Everyone For Infringing On Encryption-Related Patent By Encrypting Their Websites

Techdirt.com, here. 

New Proposal At WIPO SCCR To Explore Use Of Copyrighted Works In Digital Environment

IP-watch.org, here. 

Freedom to Innovate (and the Internet of Cranes)

J. Zittrain, Video here. 

ICLE and leading antitrust scholars urge Supreme Court to review 2nd Circuit ruling in Apple e-books case

Truthonthemarket.com, here. 

Qualcomm Said to Face EU Antitrust Complaint on Predatory Pricing

Gadgets.ndtv.com, here. 

Is it the end for ‘rate parity’ in hotels?

Buyingbusinesstravel.com, here. 

Heineken challenges EUR31.5m fine over unfair practices

Just-drinks, here. 

E-Commerce in Singapore - How it affects the nature of competition and what it means for competition policy

CCS, here. 

A comparison between US and EU data protection legislation for law enforcement purposes

EP study, here. 

Booking.com rate widget threat worked (a little bit)

TNooz, here. 

Patent trolls filed hundreds of lawsuits to beat Dec. 1 deadline

ArsTechnica, here. 

Why FRAND is bad for Free Software

FSFE, here.

CMA’s response to TfL’s private hire regulations proposals

Here.

Competition Advocacy and Disruptive Innovation: The CMA Writes to the FT

Here. 

"...the proposed rules would undo much of what is novel about these businesses.New taxi business models have the potential to increase choice and deliver what passengers want: shorter waiting times, lower prices and increased responsiveness...

Of course there is a role for regulation, especially where safety is an issue. But technologies, such as satellite navigation, cashless payment systems and user ratings platforms, have the potential to overtake the role of regulation, and safeguard consumers by empowering them with information.The guiding principle of a competitive market is that the consumer is in the driving seat. The job of a competition authority, therefore, is to consider the potential benefit to customers from innovations that enable them to exercise choice — and allow businesses, both new and established, to decide how best to meet demand.

...

Consumers, who often benefit from technological disruption, can struggle to make their voices heard. But watch what they do, and their actions speak loud and clear.

By March this year, 25,000 people in Liverpool had reportedly downloaded the Uber app. The fact that the service had to wait until August to gain the local authority approval that it needed to begin operating might lead you to question how closely consumers’ preferences had been listened to.

This is not just about one company, one technology or one sector of the economy. New companies in every market will stand or fall on their ability to meet consumer demand — and those that succeed will, in turn, eventually be challenged by new business models.

This is how innovation leads to progress. We do not serve the interests of the public or the wider economy if we slam on the brakes."

WhatsApp Is Blocking Links To Rival App Telegram On Android

Techcrunch.com, here.
See also here. 

Allergan and New York settle suit over Alzheimer’s drug switching

Statnews.com, here. 

Amazon shows new Prime Air drone design

FT, here. 

Using geolocated Twitter traces to infer residence and mobility

UK Office for National Statistics, here. 

Online Manipulation: Ways You’re Currently Being Deceived

Business2Community, here. 

Bring Back Antitrust

D. Dayen, here. 

Future patent wars

Out-law.com, here. 

The Court of Justice Judgment in Post Danmark II: Endgame for the Econ v Forms Controversy in Article 102 TFEU ?

BSC Morning Briefing, Presentations here. 

The Sharing Economy, Competition and Regulation

J. Gata, here. 

Google, Google Shopping and Amazon: The Importance of Competing Business Models and Two-Sided Intermediaries in Defining Relevant Markets.

S. Broos, J. Marcos Ramos, here. 

Google remporte une manche face au français Bottin

Lesechos.fr, ici.

Avis de l'Autorité de la concurrence ici. Décision par la Cour d'Appel de Paris ici.

It’s illegal to make private copies of music in the UK—again

G. Moody, here. 

Ad blockers as industry-wide wake-up call

WSJ.com, here. 

Modernizing Regulation in the Canadian Taxi Industry

Canada Competition Bureau, here.

Consumer Actions after the Adoption of the EU Directive on Damage Claims for Competition Law Infringements

J. Drexl, here. 

'Exhaustion' in the Digital Age

R. Hilty, here. 

What is your car saying about you?

Fiaregion1, here.
Video here, 

Uber and the Rule of Law: Should Spontaneous Liberalization be Applauded or Criticized?

D. Geradin, here. 

Green Light or No, Nest Cam Never Stops Running

Securityledger.com, here. 

Microsoft settles suit tied to compliance with EU antitrust case

Seattletimes.com, here. 

Mozilla: We’re not getting money from Google any more, but we’re doing fine

ArsTechnica, here. 

Bundesgerichtshof zur Haftung von Access-Providern für Urheberrechtsverletzungen Dritter

Urteile vom 26. November 2015 - I ZR 3/14 und I ZR 174/14, hier. 

Financial benchmarks: Commission welcomes agreement on new rules to prevent manipulation

Press Release, here.

BYD suit against Apple in Shenzhen shows why China is a business risk and a patent assertion opportunity

Iam-media.com, here. 

Vers des plateformes réellement coopératives

Internetactu.net, here. 

3 Google Patents You Need To Know About In 2016

SearchEngineLand, here. 

FCC Makes It Clear It Thinks Some Net Neutrality Abuses Are 'Innovative' And 'Pro Competition'

TechDirt, here. 

Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia Deutschland urge Reiss Engelhorn Museum to reconsider suit over public domain works of art

Wikipedia, here. 

Open Sourcing AI and the Triumph of Data

Wired, here.

On the IP/Antitrust Interface

A Conversation, Video here.

Whither Uber?: Competitive Dynamics in Transportation Networks

B. Edelman, here.

Google’s investments, acquisitions, and strategy

CB Insights, here. 

Call for Inputs: Big Data in retail general insurance

FCA, here. 

Algorithm Predicts Relationship Success Through Couples’ Tone Of Voice

TechCrunch, here. 

Regulating platforms? A competition law perspective

Chillingcompetition, here. 

A Car Dealers Won’t Sell: It’s Electric

NYTimes, here. 

Google Says Local Search Result That Buried Rivals Yelp, TripAdvisor Is Just a Bug

Recode.net, here. 

Reflections on the use of big data and its implications

Essex University, Submission to the 'Big Data Dilemma Inquiry', here.

Competition Law and the Pharmaceutical Sector in India

S. Mondal and V. Pingali, here. 

European Data Market

IDC and Open Evidence for the European Commission, DG CONNECT, here.

Consumer groups expose manufacturers for collecting data from connected cars

Euractiv.com, here. 

Government Response to the Harper Review

Treasury.gov.au, here. 

Developments in Antitrust Cases Against Sports Leagues

Panel, AAI, Audio  here.

Perspectives on Europe

M. Vestager, Text here. Podcast here.

Superintendência-Geral do Cade instaura processo administrativo contra taxistas no caso Uber

Rebecaslima.jusbrasil.com.br, aqui.

The Big Data Dilemma

UK Parliament, Science and Technology Committee, here.

ABA Head Rings Alarm About Amazon Books and Antitrust Laws

Publishersweekly.com, here. 

New international conventions are needed to govern the Internet

DW.com, here. 

FOIA'd lobby documents that Dutch Government received regarding Data Protection Regulation

BOF.nl, here. 

The open-data revolution is only getting started

TheEconomist, here. 

A third of the economy is at stake — and patent trolls are to blame

J. Bessen and M. Meurer, here.

Meeting the Challenges of Big Data

EDPS, here.

Happy 8th Birthday Kindle!

Ebookevangelist.com, here. 

A Step Toward Protecting Fair Use on YouTube

Google, here. 

New Industry Coalition To Promote Fair Standards In Licensing

IP-watch.org, here. 

The Potential of Geolocation for Revolutionizing Retail

R. Haslehurst, D. McKone, here. 

Rabattschlacht von myTaxi geht weiter – Stuttgarter Verfügung gekippt

Heise.de, hier.

Google Shopping Gets A Mobile Makeover With A Focus On Local Commerce

TechCrunch, here. 

Qualcomm Sinks as South Korea Accuses Company of Breaking Law

Bloomberg, here.  See also iam, here. 

Pardon the Interruption: Competition and Disruptive Business Models

S. Weissman, here. 

The Missing Role of Economics in Privacy Regulation at the FTC

J. Wright, Video here (from 08:15).

Experts compare Duke lawsuit to other antitrust cases

Dukechronicle.com, here. 

Bedingungen für Lieferanten: Kartellamt unterliegt im Streit mit Edeka

Spiegel.de, hier.

OLG Düsseldorf, VI – Kart 6/14 (V), hier.

'Autorité de la concurrence clôt une enquête à l'encontre d'Adidas

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

The Supreme Court Needs to Intervene and Bring Rationality to Tying Law – and It May Wish to Look at Loyalty Discounts as Well

TruthOnTheMarket, here. 

More Evidence Of How Copyright Makes Culture Disappear In A Giant Black Hole

TechDirt, here. 

Android: Почему мы не согласны с этим решением?

Googlerussiablog, здесь. 

Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception

R. Shiller, Book Talk, Video here.

Phishing ("an attempt to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details - and sometimes, indirectly, money- often for malicious reasons, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication").
Phools: not in the Indian sense (flowers in Urdu پھول) - just idiots.

Collusion and Cartels: Successes and Challenges

J. Harrington, here. 

Towards a Broader View of Competition Policy

J. Stiglitz, here. Video, here (from 11:30).

Anti-Monopoly Enforcement: Protection and Promotion of Technology Innovation

S. Ming, here. 

Perspectives on judging competition law cases: the role of economic evidence

F. Jenny, here. 

Chinese Anti-Monopoly Guide on Abuse of Intellectual Property Rights: A Comment

K. Wong-Ervin, J. Wright, D. Ginsburg, B. Kobayashi, here. 

Zwangslizenz: Patentverwerter Sisvel siegt mit Arnold Ruess und Eisenführ

Juve.de, hier. 

Professor's legal win will make MOOCs more dynamic

Thedp.com, here. 

Small telcos and consumer groups team up against former monopolies

Euractiv, here. 

Examen, au regard des règles de concurrence, des activités de normalisation et de certification

Autorité de la concurrence, Avis du 17 novembre 2015, ici. 

What Is Disruptive Innovation?

C. Christensen, M. Raynor, R. McDonald, here. 

Sprawling? Pssht—no one streamlines everything from books to bots like Amazon

ArsTechnica, here. 

Platform Cooperativism

Conference, Videos here. 

Growth in an increasingly intangible-intensive economy

J. Haskel, Video here. 

Bundeskartellamt leitet Verfahren gegen Audible/Amazon und Apple ein

Bundeskartellamt.de, hier.

ACX marketplace, FAQs, Distribution: "Exclusive to ACX means your finished audiobook will be sold only through Audible, Amazon, and iTunes. Any audiobook made using ACX will be distributed through these online retailers. Note that Audible has an exclusive relationship with iTunes (i.e. to get your product into iTunes' audiobook store, you have to go through Audible)."

Behavioral Economics and U.S. Antitrust Policy

E. Bailey, here.

La France veut soumettre quelques dizaines de plateformes numériques à des obligations spécifiques

NextImpact, ici.

Patent Assertion Entities in Europe

B. Love, C. Helmers, F. Gaessler, M. Ernicke, here.

Google Play Store Apps Permissions

PewResearchCenter, here.

Cross-Device Tracking: Letter to the FTC

Center for Democracy & Technology,  here.

The Influence Of Education On The 3D Printing Industry

TechCrunch, here.

Another awe-inspiring conversation with Justice Breyer

Video here (4:45).

Democracy: the film that gets behind the scenes of the European privacy debate

TheGuardian, here.

Leval On Fair Use And Google Books: A Sketch Of A Story

TechDirt, here. Video of the lecture here.

New focus on activities as Booking.com partners with buoyant GetYourGuide

TNooz, here.

Yandex Takes Google Antitrust Battle to EU After Russia

Bloomberg, here.

Qui contrôle les données des usagers des bibliothèques ?

BiblioNumericus, ici. 

EuGH-Urteil: VG Wort und Verlage erleiden schwere Schlappe

Spiegel.de, hier

How pharma keeps a trove of drug trials out of public view

Washingtonpost.com, here. 

Google Executive, Hollywood Producer Spar Over Piracy at Copyright Hearing

Variety.com, here. 

F.uxd: Apple Says Screen Brightness App Violates Developer Agreement

TechCrunch, here. 

The University of Nowhere: The False Promise of “Disruption

F. Pasquale, here. 

YouTube Launches Its Long-Awaited Music App

TechCrunch, here. 

Données personnelles, plateformes et concurrence. Quelle régulation par le droit de la concurrence ?

Déjeuner Procédure, Présentations ici.

EU Council approves trademark reform, despite UK and Dutch reservations

Worldipreview.com, here. 

Securing Private Communications

A. Arnbak, here. 

Proposed guidance for firms outsourcing to the ‘cloud’ and other third-party IT services

UK Financial Conduct Authority, here.

The UK government embraces open source via a government-centric fork of LibreOffice

Techrepublic, here. 

The UN launches an app to let you donate a meal to refugee children

VentureBeat, here. 

Yahoo Updates Search Experience For Firefox Users On Desktop

SearchEngineLand, here. 

Google’s New “About Me” Page Lets You Control What Personal Info Others Can See

TechCrunch, here. 

Has the search result ruling stopped the internet working?

ICO, here. 

Einwilligungslösungen von Google

HmbBfDI, hier. 

Google’s map display box could have boosted traffic to rivals, product manager says

MLex, here. 

European Ecommerce

Ccianet.org, here. 

Guidance on the approval of voluntary redress schemes for infringements of competition law

FCA, here. 

Processing personal data of people who do not have a Facebook account via cookies and social plug-ins

President of the Court of First Instance in Brussels, Belgium, 9th November 2015, English summary here; ruling in Dutch hier. 

World Intellectual Property Report 2015 - Breakthrough Innovation and Economic Growth

WIPO, here. 

Achats et emprunts de livres : quelles sont les habitudes des Français ?

Actualitte.com, ici. 

Netflix im Datenschutz-Check

basicthinking.de, hier. 

The ITC does not have authority over the internet, according to Federal Circuit

TheVerge, here. 

Critical Algorithm Studies: a Reading List

Socialmediacollective.org, here. 

Nike makes changes to running app following investigation by Dutch DPA

CBPweb, hier (Dutch). 

Disney’s smartwatch prototype can identify and track everything you touch

ArsTechnica, here.