Mergers: Commission opens in-depth investigation into proposed merger between Essilor and Luxottica

Press Release, here.

Google Splits Off Shopping Service to Meet EU Demands

Bloomberg, here.

Personal Data Economy

E. Hafen, Video here.

How the Russian search market looks now

SearchEngineLand, here.

Kontroverse um Piraterie-Studie der EU-Kommission

Heise.de, hier.

Trivago bought an AI startup that eased peoples’ fears about giving up data

FastCompany, here.

A Data Commons for Food Security

J. Baarbé, M. Blom, J. de Beer, here.

AI and Privacy

C. Tucker, Video here; slides here. Discussant's slides here.. 

Apple switches from Bing to Google for Siri web search results on iOS and Spotlight on Mac

TechCrunch, here. 

Digital comparison tools: Competitive landscape and effectiveness of competition

CMA, here. 

CMA steps in to give people a better deal on comparison sites

CMA, here. 

I asked Tinder for my data. It sent me 800 pages of my deepest, darkest secrets

TheGuardian, here. 

Pioneers of Artificial Intelligence

NBER Conference, Video here (from 06:08).

A patent on convolutional 

nets was filed in 1989, which then expired in 2007. 

 Clément Ader, you know?

EXPEDIA TARGETED ONCE AGAIN BY THE FRENCH

EU-competitionlaw, here. 

Deloitte hit by cyber-attack revealing clients’ secret emails

TheGuardian, here. 

Antitrust gets the John Oliver treatment

Axios, here.

Video here. 

Artificial Intelligence and Competition

H. Varian, C. Shapiro, Video here.
Interesting disagreement between Varian and Shapiro on how easy it is to "purchase data specific to the application" (16:38).

Book Review : What if we could reimagine copyright? Let's fix copyright.

IPKat, here. 

Première plainte contre « l’obsolescence programmée » : « La loi risque d’être difficile à mettre en œuvre »

Numérama, ici. 

Photo marketplace Picfair raises £1.5M, aims to ‘weaponise’ photographers

TechCrunch, here.

European Conference on Data Ethics

Here. 

Spain and Catalonia Wrestle Over .Cat Internet Domain

NYTimes, here.

Amazon at one time thought it could really compete with Alibaba. No longer

Recode, here.

WeChat confirms that it makes all private user data available to the Chinese government

MoneyControl, here.

When Machines Learn to Collude: Lessons from a Recent Research Study on Artificial Intelligence

A. Deng, here.

Women used this fertility app more after AI learned when best to ping them

FastCompany, here.

Hackers broke into SEC computer systems and may have traded on the stolen information

Quartz, here.

BGH: Googles Bildersuche verletzt Urheberrecht nicht

Heise.de, hier.

Search Engines and Data Retention: Implications for Privacy and Antitrust

L. Chiou, C. Tucker, here.

Industrie 4.0: Verfassungsschutzchef warnt vor Massendaten im "Hochrisikoraum"

Heise.de, here.

Why Google is spending $1.1 billion to acq-hire 2,000 HTC engineers

Recode, here.

Do Tech Companies Really Need All That User Data?

W.Frick, here.

iOS 11: toggling wifi and Bluetooth in Control Centre doesn't actually turn them off

The Guardian, here.

Mitfahrgelegenheiten: Google bindet BlaBlaCar in Maps ein

Onlinehaendler-news.de, here.

Data governance: Landscape Review

Royal Society, here.

Warum Google HTC will

FAZ, hier, 

Estimating displacement rates of copyrighted content in the EU

EU, here. 

Japan to certify big-data providers to drive innovation

Asia.nikkei, here. 

How competition can build trust in our societies

M. Vestager, here. 

Music Industry Recovery Continues, Powered by a Surge in Subscriptions

WSJ, here. 

Competition policy from a European perspective: A conversation with EU Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager

AEI, here. 

The ICO craze, explained

Recode, here. 

What’s affiliate marketing? Should I care?

FTC, here. 

Data management and use: Governance in the 21st century

 British Academy and Royal Society, here. 

The implications for Australian companies navigating the new section 46 misuse of market power test after the European court of justice decision in intel

Clifford Chance, here. 

Google confirms it will pay $1.1 billion to acquire HTC's Pixel team and license technology

AndroidPolice, here. 

"DISRUPTION" IS HOW SILICON VALLEY EATS ITS YOUNG

Wired, here. 

Netflix and Escobar Family in Bitter Trademark Dispute Over 'Narcos'

HollywoodReporter, here. 

Big Tech's power remains unchallenged

FT, Audio here.

Hal Singer on the Digital Show

Audio here. 

Waymo wants Uber to pay $2.6 billion in damages—just for starters

ArsTechnica, here. 

What Role for Economists in Policy-Making?

A. Bénassy-Quéréa , O. Blanchardb and J. Tirole, here. 

Amazon Reviewing Site After Algorithm Suggests Bomb Supplies

Bloomberg, here. 

Time for a Conservative Anti-Monopoly Movement

TheAmericanConservative, here.

Study: EU-US Privacy Shield Essential to Leading European Companies

FPF, here. 

National Data Opt-out Programme

NHS, here. 

US Cross-Border Data Deal Could Open Surveillance Floodgates

HRW, here. 

No university needed: A Stanford-born company is equipping India’s youth for well-paid tech jobs

Quartz, here, 

Founder of the information age

Enlightenmenteconomics, here. 

Drugmaker AbbVie Can’t Convince Judge on ‘Sham’ Lawsuits

Bloomberg BNA, here. 

Focus on Google DeepMind under the GDPR’s Lens

Hogan Lovells, here. 

On a testé les premiers pas de l’Open Data « par défaut »

NextImpact, here. 

Response to calls for automated takedowns of online extremist content

ORG, here.

Synthèse de la consultation publique sur la transmission de certains titres financiers au moyen de la technologie "blockchain

Trésor, ici. 

The State of the Data Protection Union

EDPS, here. 

The first autonomous drone delivery network will fly above Switzerland starting next month

TheVerge, here. 

Alt-Right Twitter App Developers Sue Google After Gab.Ai App Is Kicked Out Of The Play Store

TechDirt, here. 

Synopsis report of the public consultation on building a European data economy

EC, here. Annex here. Position papers here. 

Closer together: The Case for International Cooperation

J. Laitenberger, here.. 

Brexit and Competition Policy (and the Google Case)

House of Lords and CMA, watch here.
CMA Submission here. 

Me, my data and I: The future of the personal data economy

Decode Project, here.

Now Apple needs to reinvent the digital economy

FT, here.

Auswirkungen der Markttransparenzstelle für Kraftstoffe (MTS-K): Änderungen im Anbieterund Nachfragerverhalten

J. Haucap, U. Heimeshoff, C. Kehder, J. Odenkirchen, S. Thorwarth, hier.

Swiss Crypto Valley Association Calls for ‘Careful’ ICO Regulation

CryptoCoinsNews, here.

Artificial Intelligence's Fair Use Crisis

B. Sobel, here.

Automotive Data Treasure

Deloitte, hier.

Whole Foods Is Becoming Amazon’s Brick-and-Mortar Pricing Lab

H. Simon, here.

Apple is facing questions from the U.S. Senate on the privacy protections in iPhone X and Face ID

Recode, here.

The Amazon Monopoly Problem: Prime Time For Antitrust Action Vs. These Internet Giants?

Investors, here.

Big data and Innovation: Implications for Competition Policy in Canada

Competition Bureau, here. 

EFF Resigns From W3C After DRM In HTML Is Approved In Secret Vote

TechDirt, here. 

How competition can build a better market

M. Vestager, here. 

HOW ONE OF APPLE'S KEY PRIVACY SAFEGUARDS FALLS SHORT

Wired, here.

To control AI, we need to understand more about humans

TechCrunch, here.

Cambridge Analytica: 'Getting people to vote no different from marketing toothpaste'

Campaignlive, here.

The Impact of Machine Learning on Economics

S. Athey, here.

Tesla’s Damaged Goods Problem

A. Tabarrok, here.

Every Major Advertising Group Is Blasting Apple for Blocking Cookies in the Safari Browser

AdWeek, here.

Evaluating market consolidation in mobile communications

C. Genakos, T. Valletti and F. Verboven, here.

The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Innovation

I. Cockburn, R. Henderson, S. Stern, here.

Economics of Artificial Intelligence

NBER Conference, here. Videos here.

US: Trump blocks Lattice Semiconductor’s $1.3 billion sale to China

CPI, here. 

The robots are coming for Mozart

Qz, here. 

Facial recognition is here. The iPhone X is just the beginning

The Guardian, here.

Questions on Article 13 and Recital Art. 38 of the Proposal for a Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market

MPI, Contributions here.

Data will be oil for robot cars so these humans are hoarding it now

FastCompany, here.

Flux raises $1.5 million as Starling Bank opens fintech Marketplace

FinExtra, here.

On the Equifax Data Breach

Schneier.com, here.

U.S. agency demands endorsement info from Instagram 'influencers'

Reuters, here.

Autortiesību un komunicēšanās konsultāciju aģentūra / Latvijas Autoru apvienība v Konkurences padome,

CJEU, C-177/16, here.

Opinion Paper on Cryptocurrencies in the EU

ENISA, here.

The Amazon Monopoly Problem: Prime Time For Antitrust Action Vs. Internet Giants?

Investors.com, here.

Acxiom’s European Privacy Officer (Mostly) Demystifies GDPR

AdExchanger, here.

Equifax Isn’t A Data Problem. It’s A Political Problem

M. Stoller, here.

Apple is facing questions from the U.S. Senate on the privacy protections in iPhone X and Face ID

Recode, here.

Der Google-Staat

Zeit.de, here.

Fuel price data can benefit motorists and retailers

ACCC, here. 

Examining the Fintech Landscape

US COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN AFFAIRS, here. 

Book Review: We Are Data: Algorithms and the Making of Our Digital Selves by John Cheney-Lippold

LSE, here. 

Cyber security and data protection

E. Denham, here. 

Nine lines that changed history - at least on the internet

EU Observer, here. 

Reiseportale: Schweizer Preisüberwacher leitet Verfahren gegen Booking.com ein

Heise.de, here. 

Understanding Digital Consent

MEF, here. 

Data in the Digital Single Market: the next stage

A. Ansip, here.
Proposal for a Regulation on a framework for the free flow of non-personal data in the European Union here. 

Algorithms and Collusion: Competition policy in the digital age

OECD, here. 

What percentage will consent to tracking for advertising?

PageFair, here. 

Apple explains how it’s making Siri smart without endangering user privacy

FastCompany, here. 

The Dynamics Of Platform Business Value Creation

E. Garcés-Tolon, here.

Rights on Data: The EU Communication ‘Building a European Data Economy’ From an Economic Perspective

W. Kerber, here.

Chatbot lets you sue Equifax for up to $25,000 without a lawyer

The Verge, here.

An Exit Interview With Richard Posner, Judicial Provocateur

NYTimes, here.

Keeping It Real?

D. Gangjee, here. 

What does Google know about you? Its new privacy dashboard should reveal all

ZDNet, here. 

Leaked Draft Regulation on a framework for the free flow of data in the EU

Here. 

Competition Policy at the FTC in the New Administration

M. Ohlhausen, here. 

Equifax’s Maddening Unaccountability

NYTimes, here. 

Bridging Policy, Regulation, and Practice? A Techno-Legal Analysis of Three Types of Data in the GDPR

R. Hu, S. Stalla-Bourdillon, M. Yang, V. Schiavo, V. Sassone, here. 

How blockchain will finally convert you: Control over your own data

VentureBeat, here. 

A New Way to Learn Economics

Newyorker.com, here. 

Current Alliances in International Intellectual Property Lawmaking: The Emergence and Impact of Mega-Regionals

ICTSD, here. 

Should Amazon buy Nordstrom next?

Recode, here.

La AEPD sanciona a Facebook por vulnerar la normativa de protección de datos

AGPD.es, aquì.

Datenschutz-Grundverordnung: Datenschutzkonferenz veröffentlicht Kurzpapiere zum neuen Datenschutzrecht

BfDI, hier. 

Blockchain: Is the GDPR Already Outdated?

Scl.org, here. 

Eine Plattform für die Industrie 4.0

Heise.de, hier.

Network Effects: March to the Evidence, Not to the Slogans

D. Evans, R. Schmalensee, here.

YouTube und Google bei Urheberrechtsverstößen zur Herausgabe von Nutzerdaten verpflichtet

Heise.de, hier. 

How Facebook Changed the Spy Game

Politico.com, here. 

You Are the Product

J. Lanchester, here. 

Blockchain Regulation

M. Finck, here. 

Verizon will now trade you your personal data for ... concert tickets

Mashable, here. 

Our Response to the UK Government request for written evidence on A.I.

Robotenomics, here. 

Kann der Bitcoin die Notenbanken in Bedrängnis bringen?

NZZ, hier. 

Position paper transmitted to EU27 on Intellectual property rights (including geographical indications)

EC, here. 

VCAST Limited contro R.T.I. SpA

Conclusioni dell'AG, qui. 

La face cachée des algorithmes de Facebook et Google dévoilée

A. Laurent, ici. 

The ‘Internet Of Things’ Is Sending Us Back To The Middle Ages

DailyCaller, here. 

The Chips Are Down: Intel’s Victory in the European Court of Justice Has Implications on How Anticompetitive Conduct Is Analysed in EU Antitrust Cases

Orrick, here. 

Artificial Intelligence And Big Data: Good For Innovation?

Forbes, here. 

Access to “data” – the new competitive battlefield

Antitrust Law Source, here. 

Spotify: Don't Compare Us to Napster

HollywoodReporter, here. 

Tagungsprotokoll des Arbeitskreises Kartellrecht vom 6. Oktober 2016 in Bonn

Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

The GDPR will help or hurt publishers, depending on who you ask

DigiDay, here. 

Guidelines for Global Antitrust: The Three Cs – Cooperation, Comity, and Constraints

M. Ohlhausen, here. 

Why do big hacks happen? Blame Big Data

TheGuardian, here. 

Two sciences tie the knot

MIT News, here. 

True cost of Amazon pricing revealed

TheTimes, here. 

40 Techniques Used by Data Scientists

Data Science Central, here. 

New Software Helps Cars Recognize When You’re Texting and Driving

Futurism.com, here. 

How Silicon Valley is erasing your individuality

F. Foer, here. 

Uber Is Said to Face FBI Probe as Compliance Chief Exits

Bloomberg, here. 

Privacy and Platform Competition

P. Dimakopoulos, S. Sudaric, here. 

Amazon's 1-Click Patent Is About To Expire. What's The Big Deal?

NPR, here.

China bans initial coin offerings calling them 'illegal fundraising'

BBC, here.

AI’s rapid advance sparks call for a code for robots

FT, here.

America's Superstar Companies Are a Drag on Growth

Bloomberg, here.

A Serf on Google’s Farm

TPM, here.

Amazon Alexa vs. Google Assistant: The battle for connected future dominance is on

Cnbc, here.

UK needs to act urgently to secure NHS data for British public, report warns

TheGuardian, here. Report here.
" It will be important for any future regulatory system to regulate emergent and convergent technologies such as cell and gene therapies and algorithms, as well as digital medicines".

How the GDPR will disrupt Google and Facebook

J. Ryan, here.

Google Will Now Talk Through Speakers, Fridges and Vacuums

Bloomberg, here. 

Latin American endorsement of EU privacy model bolsters Brussels' leadership claim

MLex, here.

Online Markets and Offline Welfare Effects

Selected contributions from the CCLP conference hosted on 22 May 2017, here.

Data portability : Are the GAFAM ready ?

Y. Bruna, Presentation here.

DeepL schools other online translators with clever machine learning

TechCrunch, here.

What We Get Wrong About Technology

T. Harford, here. 

German publishers are joining forces against the duopoly

Digiday, here.

VIDANGEL, REDIGI, AND THE SALE OF DIGITAL CONTENT

J. Band, here.

Deputy Assistant Attorney General Roger Alford Delivers Remarks at China Competition Policy Forum

DOJ, here.

Amazon Alexa vs. Google Assistant: The battle for connected future dominance is on

CNBC, here.

WhatsApp’s Cofounder On How It Reached 1.3 Billion Users Without Losing Its Focus

FastCompany, here. 

Friedrich Hayek and the Market Algorithm

S. Bowles, A. Kirman, and R. Sethi, here. 

Amazon’s Alexa and Microsoft’s Cortana are going to work together

Recode, here. See also here. 

Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant

NYTimes, here. 

Internet providers could easily snoop on your smart home

TechCrunch, here. 

Kartellvorwürfe gegen den ADAC

SZ.de, hier. 

Der Mythos der schöpferischen Zerstörung

FAZ, hier. 

Data property in the system of intellectual property law: Welcome guest or misfit?

B. Hugenholtz, here.

Deutsche Datenplattform Verimi fordert Google & Co. heraus

Heise.de, hier.

Supreme Court asked to nullify the Google trademark

ArsTechnica, here.

Report of Study Group on Data and Competition Policy

Japan FTC, here.

The coming earthquake

Axios, here.

The exchange and protection of personal data

UK Government, here.

Merger Control and Online Platforms: The Relevance of Network Effects

A- Robles Martín-Laborda, here.

YouTube stars win fair use legal battle

BBC, here.

Managing Our Hub Economy

M.Iansiti, K. Lakhani, here.

Declaration of MyData Principles

Here.

CMA fines Ping £1.45m for online sales ban on golf clubs

CMA, here.

The Right To Privacy Is Now Public

Bloombergquint, here.

Researchers built an invisible backdoor to hack AI’s decisions

Quartz, here.

Google: Ad Blocking Chrome Extension Raises Antitrust Issues

Thecapitolforum, here.

Neue Diskriminierungsverbote für die digitale Welt?

Stiftung Marktwirtschaft, hier.

Algorithmic Regulation: A Critical Interrogation

K. Yeung, here.

Working Paper on E-Learning Platforms

International Working Group on Data Protection in Telecommunications, here.

Private Power, Public Values: Regulating Social Infrastructure in a Changing Economy

K. Rahman, here. See also here.

My Comment on Wright’s “Antitrust Provides a More Reasonable Framework for Net Neutrality Regulation”

H. Singer, here. 

OLG München: Adblocking ist legal

Heise.de, hier. 

Bußgelder gegen Automobilzulieferer

Bundeskartellamt, Fallbericht hier (3 S.).

Kartellamt kämpft für die Innenstädte

FAZ, hier.

Apple, Facebook, Google and other tech giants tell the Supreme Court to protect cellphone data in a key, upcoming case

Recode, here. 

HUK Coburg: "kein Datenmonopol für die Industrie"

Heise.de, hier. 

Digital platforms force a rethink in competition theory

FT, here. 

Who will own the data from your autonomous car?

NakedSecurity, here. 

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING: THE PRIVACY CHALLENGE

FPF, here. 

Common Ownership And The New Antitrust Movement

Peoplespolicyproject.org, here. 

If an AI creates a work of art, who owns the rights to it?

Quartz, here.

Automated decision making shows worrying signs of limitation

Computerweekly.com, here. 

Antitrust Provides a More Reasonable Framework for Net Neutrality Regulation

J. Wright, here. 

Judge Orders LinkedIn to Allow Startup Access to User Data

WSJ, here.

Bots, Babes and the Californication of Commerce

I. Kerr, here. 

Essential Data

Z. Abrahamson, here. 

Of, For, and By the People: The Legal Lacuna of Synthetic Persons

J. Bryson, M. Diamantis, T. Grant, here. 

Nachrichten von Algorithmen: Journalisten fordern Kennzeichnung

Heise.de, hier. 

Algorithmic Transparency for the Smart City

C. Moffett, here.

Exploring the Role of Algorithms in Online Harmful Speech

Berkman Klein Center, here.

Amazon Moving Into US Ticket Sales, Threatens Ticketmaster Dominance

IBtimes, here. Read also here. 

Booking.com as trademark

District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1:16-cv-425 (LMB/IDD), here. 

Artificial Intelligence Policy: A Roadmap

R. Calo, here. 

How people spend time on social platforms globally, in 5 charts

DigiDay, here. 

Tobacco giants threaten to 'undermine' Ireland's economy in an attempt to block plain-packaging laws

Independent.ie, here. 

Was KI leisten soll: Putzen und schwere Arbeiten übernehmen

Heise.de, hier. 

Edeka klagt gegen Behörde

Fleischwirtschaft.de, hier. 

Toyota, Intel and others form big data group for automotive tech

TechCrunch, here. 

Elsevier Continues To Build Its Monopoly Solution For All Aspects Of Scholarly Communication

TechDirt, here.

Pizza over privacy? Stanford economist examines a paradox of the digital age

Stanford News, here.

Trade Secrets and Algorithms as Barriers to Social Justice

CDT, here.

Google launches privacy website ahead of new European data protection rules

Google, here.

The Great Data Protection Rebranding Exercise

O. Lynskey, here.

The New Copycats: How Facebook Squashes Competition From Startups

Wsj, here.

Fairy Dust, Pandora’s Box… or a Hammer

C. Watney, here.

„Eigentumsordnung“ für Mobilitätsdaten?

Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur, hier.

Orrin Hatch turns on his own kind

TheIntercept, here.

The Amazing Ways Google Uses Deep Learning AI

Forbes, here.

FTC Asked to Investigate Google’s Matching of “Bricks to Clicks”

Jdsupra, here.

EBA’s approach to financial technology (FinTech)

Discussion Paper, here.

When Silicon Valley Took Over Journalism

theatlantic, here.

Summary of GDPR derogations in the UK Data Protection Bill

Here.

Why Facebook should pay us a basic income

FT, here.

Research and analysis to quantify the benefits arising from personal data rights under the GDPR

London Economics, here.

The Decentralized Search Engine

PreSearch, here.

Why the Dynamics of Competition for Online Platforms Leads to Sleepless Nights But Not Sleepy Monopolies

D. Evans, here. 

Recent trends in KFTC enforcement activities regarding IPRs

CPI, here.

Bad Code Is Already a Problem. Soon, Companies Will Be Liable.

ForeignPolicy, here.

China and the US are battling to become the world’s first AI superpower

TheVerge, here.

The quest for greater data availability and use in Australia

PCW, here.

'some of the world's smartest minds are working to undermine the agency we have over our minds'

Wired, here.

Your Robo-Adviser May Have a Conflict of Interest

Bloomberg, here.

Definitions of Big Data

Opentracker, here.

Brexit is distracting political parties from the real threat facing the UK – digital inequality

The Independent, here.

Good luck with that: Steve Bannon wants Facebook, Google 'regulated like utilities'

TheIntercept, here.

Marktmacht und Datenhoheit im Recht - Algorithmentransparenz bei Vertragsbeziehungen im Internet schaffen

Konferenz der Justizministerinnen und Justizminister am 21. und
22. Juni 2017 in Deidesheim,  hier.

Kranker Kapitalismus

Spiegel.de, hier.

How Will Deep Learning Algorithms Change In The Future?

Forbes, here.

The Internet of Changing Things

gsb.stanford.edu, hier.

Zuckerberg kauft Start-up für Künstliche Intelligenz

FAZ, hier.

The US Antitrust Counter-Revolution

Bruegel, here.

Unlocking the value of our data

Mydex, here.

Google’s new program to track shoppers sparks a federal privacy complaint

WashingtonPost, here. 

Google’s antitrust woes around the world

Wan-Ifra, here. 

Competition authorities need a digital upgrade

FT, here. 

Is Amazon getting too big?

WashingtonPost, here. 

Data is eating the software that is eating the world

InfoWorld, here. 

WHY DATA HAS BECOME BANKS MOST IMPORTANT COMMODITY

Globalbankingandfinance, here. 

Making Sense of Our Very Competitive, Super Monopolistic Economy

W. Frick, here.

What data does Facebook share with advertisers?

Quora, here. See also here.

Averting Robot Eyes

M. Kaminski, M. Reuben, C. Grimm, W. Smart, here.

Platform Monopolization by Narrow-PPC-BPG Combination: Booking et al.

F. Wals, M. Schinkel, here.

Das Problem der diskriminierenden Algorithmen

Technology Review, hier.

The Game of Thrones: librarians victorious in fight for the public in the Copyright Wars

M. Rimmer, here.

Your guide to the Google Shopping decision

P.Beneke, here.

Platformverbote: GA Wahl zur EuGH-Vorlage

S.Telle, hier.

MICROSOFT’S MONOPOLY HANGOVER

Stratechery, here.

Chemiekonzerne unter Kartellverdacht

FAZ, hier.

How Markets in Europe Opened Up as Guild Monopolies Declined in the Sixteenth Century

ProMarket, here.

The Case For Nations To Act On Medicines Access

IP-Watch, here. 

AG Wahl: A supplier of luxury goods may prohibit its authorised retailers from selling its products on third-party platforms such as Amazon or eBay

Press Release, here. Opinion here. 

Biased AI is a threat to civil liberties. The ACLU has a plan to fix it

Co.Design, here. 

Bundeskartellamt verhängt Bußgelder wegen Preisbindungen bei Bekleidung in Höhe von insgesamt rund 10,9 Mio. Euro

Bundeskartellamt, hier.

Roomba's Next Big Step Is Selling Maps of Your Home to the Highest Bidder

Gizmodo, here.

Open Data : les Archives Nationales optent pour un principe de gratuité

NextImpact, ici.

An assessment of the Commission’s Proposal on Privacy and Electronic Communications

IViR, here.

Roomba vacuum maker iRobot betting big on the 'smart' home

Reuters, here.

Netflix and Go: Expanding Access to Online Content Services when Travelling within the EU

Scl.org, here.

Madrid asks anti-trust watchdog to probe Uber's new airport service

Reuters, here.

Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age: 2017 - Chapters 1 and 2

P. Menell, M. Lemley, R. Merges, here. 

The European Data Economy

M. Gabriel, here. 

Google’s payments to partners are the highest in 8 years and Wall Street is not happy

UK.businessinsider, here. 

The CJEU Pirate Bay Judgment and its Impact on the Liability of Online Platforms

E. Rosati, here. 

A Better Deal: Cracking Down on Corporate Monopolies and the Abuse of Economic and Political Power

US Democrats, here. See also here. 

Artificial Intelligence and National Security

G. Allen and T. Chan, here. 

BMW Denies Diesel Cheating as EU, Germany Probe Auto Cartel

Bloomberg, here. 

Facebook Challenged by Activist Who Broke EU-U.S. Data Pact

Bloomberg, here.

U.S. House panel approves broad proposal on self-driving cars

Reuters, here.

POLICY CHOICES FOR A DIGITAL AGE

Friends of Europe, here.

FTC probing allegations of Amazon's deceptive discounting

Reuters, here.

How algorithms make important government decisions — and how that affects you

ABC, here.

Open markets must benefit consumers or distrust will grow

ACC, here.

WhatsApp is building out its business team to start bringing in revenue

Recode, here.

Algorithmen fallen nicht vom Himmel

FAZ, hier.

Amazon will pay full price to US retailers to boost its inventory

ArsTechnica, here.

Brexit: competition

House of  Lords, here. 

It’s time for our justice system to embrace artificial intelligence

Brookings, here. 

Report on innovative uses of consumer data by financial institutions

EBA, here. 

DONNÉES PERSONNELLES ET OBJETS CONNECTÉS EN EUROPE

B. Benhamou, ici. 

LIBE submits more than 800 amendments to ePrivacy Regulation

IAPP, here. 

Nondiscrimination and Neutrality

R. Picker, Slides (163!), here. 

Examination script and personal data

AG Kokott, Case C-434/16, here. 

Will Amazon Take Over the World?

F. Pasquale, here. 

China Artificial Intelligence Bid Seeks $59 Billion Industry

Bloomberg, here. 

Judge Rules Milwaukee Flouted U.S. Constitution in Response to 'Pokemon Go' Craze

HollywoodReporter, here. 

This famous roboticist doesn’t think Elon Musk understands AI

TechCrunch, here. 

Google Search and the Desktop Internet

R. Picker, Slides (200!) here. 

PROTECTING INNOVATION THROUGH TRADE SECRETS AND PATENTS: DETERMINANTS FOR EUROPEAN UNION FIRMS

EUIPO, here. 

Facebook Challenged by Activist Who Broke EU-U.S. Data Pact

Bloomberg, here. 

Data is not the new Oil

CCIA, here. 

Give robots an 'ethical black box' to track and explain decisions, say scientists

TheGuardian, here. 

Our personal data are precious — we must take back control

FT, here. 

A 'too-big' Amazon could be broken up by Federal government: Judge Napolitano

FoxBusiness, here. 

Portée territoriale du droit au déréférencement: question préjudicielle à la Cour de justice

Conseil d’État, ici.

Workshop on liability in the area of autonomous systems and advanced robots and Internet of Things systems

EC, 13/07/2017 Video here. Background Paper here.  

Expert Workshop on Access to Data and Technical Solutions (APIs)

EC, 8 June 2017, Video here. 

London Stock Exchange Group tests blockchain for private company shares

Reuters, here. 

An innovative leap into the theoretical abyss: Dow/DuPont and the Commission’s novel theory of harm

RBB, here. 

Mastercard Enhances Artificial Intelligence Capability with the Acquisition of Brighterion, Inc..

Stockhouse, here.

Digital Single Market conference on the free movement of data: Closing Speech

A Ansip, here. 

ELON MUSK'S FREAK-OUT OVER KILLER ROBOTS DISTRACTS FROM OUR REAL AI PROBLEMS

Wired, here. 

The Rise of The Attribute Economy

Meeco, here. 

CONSUMER NOTICE: INTERNET-CONNECTED TOYS COULD PRESENT PRIVACY AND CONTACT CONCERNS FOR CHILDREN

FBI, here.

Hunting Unicorns? Experimental Evidence on Predatory Pricing Policies

A. Edlin, C. Roux, A. Schmutzler and C. Thöni, here. 

An AI Pattern Language

M. Elish and T. Hwang, here. 

Intermediaries Could Be Made Liable In EU Copyright Legislation

IP-watch, here.

Germany introduces law permitting automated vehicles

Out-Law.com, here. 

AI AND ‘ENORMOUS DATA’ COULD MAKE TECH GIANTS HARDER TO TOPPLE

Wired, here. 

Digital single market conference on the free movement of data

Agenda here. Video here.

The AU "Productivity Commission Draft Report: Data Availability and Use" mentioned by Katryna (Meeco) is here.

Alex 'Sandy' Pentland (37:57).

Making Europe a Data Economy: A New Framework for Free Movement of Data in the Digital Age

The Lisbon Council, here. 

Uber Releases Open Source Project for Differential Privacy

Medium, here. 

Amazon Antitrust Concerns Emerge in Washington and Wall Street

Bloomberg, here. 

EC sends Statement of Objections to Teva on 'pay for delay' pharma agreement

EC, Press Release, here. 

Elon Musk: regulate AI to combat 'existential threat' before it's too late

TheGuardian, here. 

Competition Authorities: Towards More Independence and Prioritisation?

W. Wils, here. 

Presumptions in EU Competition Law

C. Ritter, here. 

Horizontal Mergers and Product Innovation: An Economic Framework

G. Federico, G. Langus, T. Valletti, here. 

The world's libraries tell the W3C that DRM is bad for the web

BoiungBoing, here. 

Call for tender: Study to raise awareness about algorithms

EC, here. 

Maas kündigt Urheberrechtsreförmchen zugunsten von Blinden an

Heise.de, hier.

FTC Staff Comment on Net Neutrality

Here. Commissioner McSweeny's dissent here.

Artificial Intelligence and Economic Theories

T. Marwala, E. Hurwitz, here. 

Amazon may give developers your private Alexa transcripts

Engadget, here. 

Amazons „Alexa“ womöglich ein Problem

WiWo, hier. 

Japan considering tough new rules on data in an effort to head off digital monopolies

FT, here.

Achieving Digital Maturity

Deloitte, here.

About the cartel screening tool

CMA, here.

The Economic Impact of Data: Why Data Is Not Like Oil

Progressive Policy, here.

Willkommen in der Numerokratie

FAZ, hier.

Private hire and hackney carriage licensing: open letter to local authorities

Gov.co.uk, here.

Droit d'auteur: la création est une chose trop importante pour être laissée à des algorithmes

EPPgroup, here.

Biased Algorithms Are Everywhere, and No One Seems to Care

MIT Technology Review, here.

Impact of OTA Bias and Consolidation on Consumers

B. Edelman, here.

The end of the internet startup

Vox, here.

How Google could win its fight with Brussels

Politico, here.

Groundbreaking study suggests trademark count, rather than patent count, is a better predictor of innovation

Worldtrademarkreview, here.

Nederlandse truckers eisen 250 miljoen euro van fabrikanten

NOS, hier. 

CORPORATE SURVEILLANCE IN EVERYDAY LIFE

W. Christl, here. 

Shooting-Star der künstlichen Intelligenz

FAZ, hier. 

Google Academics Inc.

Googletransparencyproject.org, here. 

Australians urged to 're-wire' brains for saving

FinExtra, here. 

Kraftstoffpreise in Ferienzeiten: Preisvergleich lohnt sich

Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

Publicité sur Internet: consultation publique

ADLC, ici, 

Guidance on the use of Legitimate Interests under the EU General Data Protection Regulation

DPN, here. 

Philip Morris ordered to pay Australia millions in costs for plain packaging case

Smh.com.au, here. 

Open Data in Cities 2

European Data Portal, here. 

THE ELUSIVE ROLE OF COMPETITION IN THE STANDARD-SETTING ANTITRUST DEBATE

M. Ohlhausen, here. 

Weapons of Math Destruction: how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy

C. O'Neil, LSE Podcast here. 

Brummis gegen Laster-Kartell

FAZ, hier. 

The news industry is worried Facebook and Google have far too much power

The Verge, here. 

Leguide.com porte plainte contre Google

BFM.tv, ici. 

Tim Berners-Lee Sells Out His Creation: Officially Supports DRM In HTML

TechDirt, here. 

Human-Centered Machine Learning

Google Design, here. 

Setting prices on online travel agents: advice for hotels

CMA, here. 

Exclusive: Senator wants administration to reckon with A.I.

axios, here.

Europa gegen Google: kein guter Tag für Innovation und Wettbewerb

J. Haucap, hier.

This Android malware steals data from 40 apps, spies on messages and location

Zdnet, here.

Der Wert persönlicher Daten: Ist Datenhandel der bessere Datenschutz?

Sachverständigenrat für Verbraucherfragen, hier.

Everybody lies: how Google search reveals our darkest secrets

The Guardian, here.

Google for Jobs Is Secretly Out to Kill Job Sites

Inc.com, here

Competition authority searches premises of Grupa Allegro

UOKiK, here.

Googeln für die Wissenschaft

Spiegel.de, hier.

The Next Battle in Antitrust Will Be About Whether One Company Knows Everything About You

Hbr, here.

Antitrust as Disruptive Innovation in Health Care: Can Limiting State Action Immunity Help Save a Trillion Dollars?

W. Sage & D. Hyman, here.

Nothing Comes Of Nothing -- The New Loyalty Reality

MediaPost, here. 

The European Union votes on the implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty

IFLA, here. 

Les hôtels contre les tarifs imposés par Booking.com

Rtbf.be, ici. 

Promoting privacy with innovation within the law

E. Denham, here. 

Facebook beats privacy lawsuit in U.S. over user tracking

Reuters, here. 

Io sono cultura - 2017

Fondazione Symbola, qui. 

EC alleges Merck and Sigma-Aldrich, General Electric, and Canon breached EU merger procedural rules

Press Release, here. 

Communication, expectations, innovation: maintaining public support for new technology

UK National Data Guardian (WT..), here. 

Agents' Mutual Ltd v Gascoigne Halman Ltd (t/a Gascoigne Halman)

CAT, 1262/5/7/16 (T) , here. 

EU Watchdogs Are Calling in a Second Opinion for Another Google Case

Fortune, here.

Proposed Italian consumer protection law unlikely to have any effect on Apple's iPhone sales

AppleInsider, here.

Google Shopping: Die Schweizer sind frohe Trittbrettfahrer

TagesAnzeiger, hier. 

Oversight of use of open source code crucial as GDPR approaches, says industry expert

Out-Law.com, here. 

Real reform must follow ruling on flawed NHS-DeepMind data deal

H. Hodson, here. 

New EU court blow for Uber over French taxi case

Reuters, here. 

BIG DATA AND ANTITRUST ENFORCEMENT

G. Pitruzzella, here. 

Dateneigentum der Bürger

K.-H. Fezer, hier. 

Kein Eigentumsrecht an Daten?

Identity-economy.de, hier. 

Produktlebensdauer: EU-Parlament gegen "Software-Obsoleszenz"

Heise.de, hier.

Exceptions and limitations to copyright

European Audiovisual Observatory, here.

To tackle Google’s power, regulators have to go after its ownership of data

E. Morozov, here. 

Will Amazon-Whole Foods Survive Antitrust Scrutiny Under Trump?

Forbes, here. 

Europe’s Geo-Blocking Debate: Booksellers on the Ropes

PublishingPerspectives, here. 

Off-Topic: Bill Clinton at the Helmut Kohl Memorial in Strasbourg

Video, here.
"He loved being an European"

Jetzt will Maas an die Algorithmen

Spiegel.de, hier.

Royal Free - Google DeepMind trial failed to comply with data protection law

ICO, here.

A Way to Own Your Social-Media Data

L. Zingales, G. Rolnik, here. 

Yelp’s Six-Year Grudge Against Google

NYTimes, here. 

The EU’s Google Decision: Algorithms Are Hard

M. Patterson, here. 

EU considers tough new competition powers

FT, here. 

UK urged to clarify data rules from connected cars

FT, here. 

Korea’s FTC may look at Google antitrust practices

Koreajoongangdaily.joins.com, here.

Big Tech is cut off from the real world

FT, here. 

Protecting IP in the Blockchain Sector

S. Jalfin, here.

Die höchste Strafe in der Geschichte des EU Kartellrechts: Was bedeutet der Fall...

T. Duso und H. Ullrich, hier. 

Urheberrecht für Wissenschaft und Bildung: Bundestag beschließt Reformen

iRightsInfo, hier. 

How we’re using behavioural insights to give better energy advice

Citizens Advice, here. 

Germany approves plans to fine social media firms up to €50m

TheGuardian, here. 

Internet of Humans - How we would like the internet of the future to be

R. Viola, here. 

Some reactions to the European Commission’s decision on Google Shopping

CEPIC, here. 

Was Sie über das Gesetz gegen Hass im Internet wissen müssen

FAZ, hier. 

Wer zahlt für das Schienenkartell?

FAZ, hier. 

Google v. Equustek: Unnecessarily Hard Cases Make Unnecessarily Bad Law

A. Katz, here. 

How AI will make smartphones much smarter

VentureBeat, here.