Analysis of consequences of different VAT scenarios for books

Oslo Economics, Study here. Summary and Conclusions in English here.

Alice is killing the trolls -- but expect patent lawyers to strike back

S. Phipps, here.

El Tribunal Supremo deja en el aire la tramitación de la Ley de Propriedad Intelectual

ABC. es, aquì.

Que faut-il retenir du 80ème congrès de l’IFLA à Lyon ?

Gazette.fr, ici

Bei Axel Springer liest man jetzt Karl Marx

Tagesspiegel.de, hier.

NewsCorp: Google is a 'platform for piracy'

BBC, here. Letter here.

"Google is commodifying the audience of specialist publishers and limiting their ability to generate advertising revenue. Data aggregators attempt to sell audiences at a steep discount to the original source, for example, access to 75 per cent of The Wall Street Journal demographic at 25 per cent of the price, thus undermining the business model of the content creator. This process is at a relatively early stage and needs constant monitoring to ensure that abuses are halted and that there is a fair return for newspapers, publishers and other investors in original content."

10 Comments on the ECJ’s Judgment in Case C-67/13 P, Groupement des Cartes Bancaire

ChillingCompetition, here.

Top EU Court Checks Expansive Approach to Prohibition on Anti - Competitive Agreements But Uncertainties Remain

Sidley.com, here.

Regulation and the sharing economy

Freakonomics, podcast here, transcript here.

South African Competition Commission non - refers Doctors Without Borders complaint

Press Release, here.

The Court of Justice of the EU Judgment on Data Protection and Internet Search Engines: Current Issues and Future Challenges

C. Kuner, here.

Le Conseil d’état veut encadrer l’usage des algorithmes prédictifs

Larevuedudigital.com, ici.

The "right to be forgotten"

UK Commons Library standard note, here.

Müssen wir Angst vor Google haben?

J. Haucap, here.

Smartwatches and Weak Privacy Rules

NYTimes, here.

German Official: Google Should Reveal Its Ranking Algorithm

SearchEngineLand, here.

Judge overturns Uber ride-sharing ban in Germany

BBC, here.

"By Object” Restrictions of Competition Revisited: European Court of Justice Endorses Narrow Interpretation

LW.com, here.

The Commission Investigation into Pay TV Services: Open Questions

P. Ibáñez Colomo, here.

Groupement des Cartes Bancaires and the resilience of the case law on restrictions by object

Chillingcompetition.com, here.

IP Markets and Enabling Information Ecosystems

UK IPO, here.

'Mr. Confession' and his boss drive China's antitrust crusade

Reuters.com, here.

The Proof of the Pudding is in the Eating: Net Neutrality in Practice, the Dutch Example

N. Van Eijk, here.

Meet Datacoup - the company that wants to help you sell your data

TheGuardian.com, here.

Taking TV and film into the digital age

N. Kroes, here.

Dutch court refers questions to CJEU on e-lending and digital exhaustion, and another Dutch reference on digital resale may be just about to follow

The IPKat, here.

Defining Section 5 of the Ftc Act: The Failure of the Common Law Method and the Need for Formal Agency Guidelines

J. Rybnicek, J. Wright, here.

Apple Watch under scrutiny for privacy by Connecticut attorney general

Pcworld.com, here.

Fünf Theorien, warum Minecraft 2,5 Milliarden wert sein könnte

Blogs.wsj.de, hier.

Authors United Sends Open Letter to Amazon Board, Filled With Bad Arguments and Factual Errors

The-digital-reader.com, here.

Why Libraries [Still] Matter

J. Zittrain, here.

Price Maintenance: Enforcement Guidelines

Competition Bureau Canada, here.

Big Data: A Tool for Inclusion or Exclusion?

J. Brill, here.

NHS healthcare providers: working with choice and competition

Gov.uk, here.

Competition Is for Losers

Online.wsj.com, here.

The Curious Case of Competition and Quality

A. Ezrachi, M. Stucke, here.

La CJUE conforte la numérisation en bibliothèque (et la Copy Party !)

Scinfolex, ici.

The Internet of Things & Wearable Technology: Addressing Privacy & Security Concerns Without Derailing Innovation

A. Thierer, here.

Study on Collective Negotiation of Rights and Collective Management of Rights in the Audiovisual Sector

WIPO, here.

Patentprozesse: Nach EuGH könnte Orange-Book-Position an Bedeutung verlieren

Juve.de, hier

Margrethe Vestager: pronunciation help

Here.

Russian antitrust files 1st claim on price hiking on sanctions

ITAR-Tass.com, here.

Circumventing OTA Rate-Parity (Retail Price MFN) via Google's Hotel Finder

Evercore, here.

MasterCard Wins Court Fight With EU Over Card-Fee Study

Bloomberg, here. Ruling here.

Le numérique et les droits fondamentaux

Conseil d'Etat, ici. 

If Expedia Was Too Powerful for Hotels, Consider Booking.com’s Plans

Skift.com, here.

MFNs Becoming A Battleground In FCC’s Review Of Comcast/Time Warner Deal

Antitrusttoday.com, here.

Cartel Damage Claims and the so-Called “Umbrella Pricing” Under EU Competition Law: The Kone Ruling of the CJEU

Eutopialaw.com, here.

What Is Big Data? 42 Attempts at a Definition

Datascience.berkeley.edu/what-is-big-data, here.

US Chamber of Commerce Says China Could Be Violating WTO Accords

NYtimes, here.

US Chamber of Commerce,
Competing Interests in China’s Competition Law Enforcement: China’s Anti-Monopoly Law Application and the Role of Industrial Policy, here.

The Ramifications of Alice: A Conversation with Mark Lemley

IPWatchDog, Part I and Part II

Does Sharing Mean Caring? Regulating Innovation in the Sharing Economy

S. Ranchordas, here.

Why Amazon Has No Profits (And Why It Works)

a16z.com, here.

We built Google for users, not websites

E. Schmidt, here.

The "e-books thing"

The Report, BBC Radio 4, Podcast here.

L’Autorité de la concurrence s’inquiète de l’intégration verticale des géants du Web

Larevuedudigital.com, ici.

«...dans le cas de l’enquête sur Booking.com et Expedia qui imposent aux hôteliers de ne pas vendre moins cher que sur leurs plateformes, nous nous associons aux autres autorités, car c’est un frein à la concurrence»

Microsoft wades into the Google antitrust fray

Zdnet.com, here. 

Wettbewerb: Amazon ist kein Monopolist

J. Haucap, hier.

Wettbewerb im Internet: "Rechtlich muss etwas geschehen"

Interview mit D. Zimmer, hier.

Alice v. CLS Bank: United States Supreme Court Establishes General Patentability Test

J. Powles, here. 

Googlephobia

TheEconomist, here. 

Is There a George Mason School of Law and Economics?

T. Zywicki, here. 

What You Need to Know About Standard Essential Patents

M. Carrier, here. 

Publishers Push For EC To Reject Almunia’s Google Antitrust Proposal

TechCrunch, here. 

Facebook Gets Unwanted Attention Over EU’s Google "Right To Be Forgotten" Ruling

Bloomberg.com, here. 

Dutch Court refers preliminary questions on the lending of e-books to ECJ

Futureofcopyright.com, here. 

CJEU defines works of parody and rules that rights holders' interests must be considered

Out-law.com, here. 

Nespresso: engagements définitifs

Décision n° 14-D-09 du 4 septembre 2014, ici; engagements ici; fiche d'explication ici. 

Amazon makes its case against Hachette

J. Gans, here.

The Behavioral Economics Guide 2014

Here.

Smooth Sailing: Why the Indian Film Industry Remains Extremely Successful in the Face of Massive Piracy

B. Hammer, here.

EU Commission fines smart card chips producers € 138 million for cartel

Press release, here.

Politisches Symbol unter der Lupe: Coca-Cola erfrischt die Kartelldebatte in der Schweiz

NZZ, hier.

Engineering a Market for Personal Data: The Hub-of-all-Things (HAT)

RCUK Digital Economy HAT Project, here. 

Auditing Algorithms: Research Methods for Detecting Discrimination on Internet Platforms

C. Sandvig, K. Hamilton, K. Karahalios, C. Langbort, here. 

Value of a Platform to a Seller: Case of American Airlines and Online Travel Agencies

V. Bilotkach, N. Rupp, V. Pai, here. 

Hoteliers react to sharing-economy competition

HotelNewsNow.com, here. 

The Folklore of Informationalism: The Case of Search Engine Speech

O. Bracha, here. 

El cártel de los extintores (I): La CNMC apaga el fuego de la disuasión anti-cartel en España

F. Marcos, aquì. 

The Role of 'Big Data' in Online Platform Competition

A. Lerner, here. 

'Piracy sites don't love music - they love money'

MusicWeek.com, here. 

Taxi-Konkurrenz: Gericht verbietet Uber deutschlandweit

FAZ, hier.

Update: "Uber wird seine Tätigkeit in ganz Deutschland fortführen und wird weiterhin seine Dienste über die Uber App anbieten."

Zuletzt hatte sich auch die Monopolkommission zu den Wettbewerbsverhältnissen auf den Taximärkten  geäussert.

Angriff aus der Urlaubswelt auf Google

FAZ, hier.

IFLA 2014 : Les bibliothèques et le piège de la stratégie des exceptions

Scinfolex.com, ici. 

It’s Over: The Rise & Fall Of Google Authorship For Search Results

SearchEngineLand.com, here. 

Un "principe d'innovation" réclamé à l'Europe par les industriels et FAI

Numerama.com, ici. 

The ALS Association wants to trademark ‘ice bucket challenge.’ An attorney says that’s ‘shameful.’

Washingtonpost.com, here.

Update here.

Japan publishers lash out at new Amazon rules

Channelnewsasia.com, here. 

Holidaycheck beschwert sich bei EU-Kommission über Google

Finanznachrichten.de, hier. 

Smart Watches: Ravishing, and Creepier than Google Glass

Blog.hbr.org, here. 

July 2014 Author Earnings Report

Authorearnings.com, here. 

Internet Law:Cases & Problems

J. Grimmelmann, here. 

Rechtskräftiges Urteil: E-Book-Anbieter dürfen Weiterverkauf der Dateien untersagen

Heise.de, hier. 

La concurrence: Quelques pistes pour sortir des idées reçues

E. Combe, ici (pp. 49-54).

British watchmaker launches movement against Swiss monopoly

TheTelegraph.co.uk, here. 

Meet The Publisher Who Ditched Amazon And Is Selling More Books Than Ever

BusinessInsider, here. 

Kobo unveils Aura H2O waterproof e-reader

Telegraph.co.uk, here.

Mastering the Game - Business and Legal Issues for Video Game Developers

WIPO, here. 

Intellectual Property: Law & the Information Society—Cases and Materials

J. Boyle, J. Jenkins, here.

E-book Pricing and Vertical Restraints

B. De Los Santos, M. Wildenbeest, here.