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

DutchNews.nl, here.

Open Letter here. 

Understanding patents, competition and standardization in an interconnected world

ITU, here.

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

Heise.de, hier.

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

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

Gizmodo.com, here. 

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

M. Sag, here. 

Privatisation

UK House of Commons Library Research Paper, here. 

The Competitive Effects of Across-Platform Parity Agreements

Paolo Buccirossi
LEAR, Rome

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

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

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

Wired.com, here.

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

Reuters, ici.

Silicon Valley Antitrust: Syllabus

H. Kaiser, here.

Confessions of a price fixer

AutoNews.com, here.

The Ladies Vanish

Thenewinquiry.com, here. 

High-Cost Generic Drugs — Implications for Patients and Policymakers

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

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

NextImpact, ici.

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

Internet of Things – Top 10 privacy and data protection concerns

JDSupra, here.

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

Patentlyo, here.

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

J. Wright, presentation here.

For whom was Google really built?

I-comp.org, here. 

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

K. Crews, here.

Why Did Google Decide To Split Inbox From Gmail?

TechCrunch.com, here.

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

J. Eisenach and I. Knable Gotts, here. 

Going all in on GSU

Blogs.library.duke.edu, here. 

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

Nota de prensa, aquì. 

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

SearchEngineLand, here.

Uber launches carpooling service in Paris as competition with BlaBlaCar looms

VentureBeat, here.

Monetising Online Content

In The Balance, BBC, Podcast here. 

ABA sections release comments on Australian Competition Policy Review Issues Paper

AmericanBar.org, here. 

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

IP-watch.org, here.

Amazon and Hachette kiss and make up

C. Doctorow,  here.

Why mobile data to prevent Ebola has not yet been released

TheEconomist, here.

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

Why I left United Airlines after the merger

T. Wu, here.

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

GigaOm, here.

Multa a Consiglio nazionale forense per aver ristretto concorrenza sui compensi

AGCM, Provvedimento qui.

Amazon v Hachette - Frozen Conflict

TheEconomist, here.

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

Hadopi, ici. 

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

La vie est mal configurée, ici. 

Firefox Leans Towards the Vertical

G. Moody, here. 

Do Free Mobile Apps Harm Consumers?

G. Sidak, here. 

Amazon and Hachette have finally resolved their bitter dispute

TheVerge, here. 

The Economics of Internet Media

M. Peitz, M. Reisinger, here. 

Intellectual Property and Standard Setting

OECD, Background Note, here.

Beyond Market Failures: shaping and creating the digital market

M. Mazzucato, here. 

The Antitrust Analysis of Rules and Standards for Software Platforms

D. Evans, here.

We need open models, not just open data

Radar.oreilly.com, here. 

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

Everythingtrademark, here.

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

BuzzFeed, here.

Schneiderman's letter here.

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

European Copyright Society, here.

Retail Banking Market Investigation: Issues Statement

CMA,  here.

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

BBC, here.

Transcripts of dealers' conversations here.

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

Here.

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

Here. 

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

Publishersweekly.com, here. 

Big Data and the Underground Railroad

Slate.com, here.

Re-Balancing Copyright: Insights from the EU Consultation

L. Dobusch, here.

Justice Department Probes Generic Companies After Price Hike Reports

Blogs.wsj.com, here. 

Competition Law Risk: A Short Guide

IRM and CMA, here.

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

Reuters, here.
Statement here.

The 18 Companies Going After Airbnb Internationally

CBInsights, here. 

European Union Approves Directive on Antitrust Damages Actions

JonesDay, here. 

Rate Parity: Challenging the Authority of Competition Authorities

Dorian Harris, Skoosh.

4th December, 2014
10.30 a.m.

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

Australian Smokers Now Support Plain Packaging Of Tobacco

Businessinsider.com.au, here. 

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

Copyleft.org, here.

Sony Developing New DRM to Make Used eBooks Viable

GoodEReader, here.

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

Thisismoney.co.uk, here. 

Netzneutralität: Obama als Vorbild für Merkel?

Digitalegesellschaft.de, hier. 

Challenges ahead for CMA's competition enforcement

S. Branch, here.

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

WhiteHouse.gov, here. 

Judge OKs Antitrust Suit Against Oracle Over OS Updates

TheRecorder, here.

Order here. 

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

Out-law.com, here. 

European Commission welcomes Council adoption of Directive on antitrust damages actions

Press Release, here. 

Logiciels, algorithmes, robots : journalisme sous influence

Méta-Media, ici. 

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

ArsTechnica, Here.

Andreas Mundt: "Das Tempo ist eine Herausforderung"

General Anzeiger, hier.

Kommerzielle digitale Überwachung im Alltag

W. Christl, hier.

Kurzfassung hier.

Indagine congiunta Antitrust-Agcom sulla banda larga

Risultati qui.

Financial Fair Play in Football

S. Szymansky, Video here.

Anreiz zum Netzausbau: Oettinger will Wechsel des Internetanbieters einschränken

Spiegel.de, hier.

The re­use of public sector information in cultural heritage institutions

Communia, Policy Paper, here. 

UK Competition Appeal Tribunal Overturns Online Hotel Booking Decision

EdwardsWildman.com, here.

Library archivists face contractual, technical challenges in preserving digital materials

Stanforddaily.com, here. 

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

Chillingcompetition.com, here. 

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

TheVerge, here.

Retail banking: Current concern

TheEconomist, here.

Android Investigation

S. Ashall and T. Soames, Presentation here. 

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

Faz.net, hier. 

FTC Settlement Bars Patent Assertion Entity From Using Deceptive Tactics

FTC, here.

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

European Commission, here.

(Pronunciation reminder here).

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

M. Herz, here. 

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

M. Ohlhausen, here. 

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

Tnooz.com, here. 

Open Research Data

Epsiplatform.eu, here. 

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

TheGuardian, here. 

Standards: Competition and Innovation?

J. Pierce, M. Medzmariashvili, ici.

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

Euractiv.com, here. 

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

CNMCblog.es, aquì. 

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

CMA, here, 

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

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

Qualcomm Discloses FTC Probe of Business Practices

Nasdaq.com, here.

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

J. Haucap, hier.

La politique de concurrence : un atout pour notre industrie

E. Combe, ici.

Patent Reform 2015: Republican Agenda

Patentlyo, here.

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

Out-law.com, here.

News of the death of rate parity greatly exaggerated?

HudsonCrossing, here.

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

TechDirt, here.

Innovation and Antitrust

J. Pecman, here.

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

CMA, here. 

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

TheRegister, here. 

Mobile is eating the world

B. Evans, Presentation here. 

MasterCard teste le rythme cardiaque pour identifier les acheteurs

Numerama, ici. 

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

M. Martyniszyn, here. 

Bestwater: CJEU embeds decision on framed content in order

B. Schuetze, here. 

In praise of the economics of regulation

Oxera, here. 

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

Cyberlawclinic.berkman.harvard.edu, here. 

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

A. Asaro, here. 

Tobacco firms win legal right to challenge EU rules

Bbc.com, here. 

Marrakesh Treaty Options for Implementation Discussion Paper

Australian Government, here. 

Nobel Winner Jean Tirole’s Faulty Views on Monopoly

Mises.org, here.

Data-driven cities

TheEconomist, here.

Is the NCAA an Illegal Cartel?

Planet Money, here.

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

NYTimes.com, here.

The Three Breakthroughs That Have Finally Unleashed AI on the World

Wired.com, here.

What does BestWater decision mean for the future of embedding?

M. Husovec, here.

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

Vox.com, here.

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

Edited by Ryan Heath, here. 

Schumpeter: Vergesst mir die Banken nicht!

FAZ, hier. 

Research in the digital age

R. Dijkgraaf, here. 

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

Ecoteuve.es, aquì. 

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

R. Xalabarder, here. 

OFT issues decision in mobility scooters sector

CMA's website (?), here.

Original OFT's press release, here. 

Competition Bureau sets out preliminary views on patent agreement settlement enforcement

Thecompetitor.ca, here.

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

EU-Competitionlaw.com, here.

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

M. Olvedo Cuevas, here.

Der Streit ums E-Book und seine Erschöpfung

BuchReport.de, hier.

Mission sur l’exploration de données

J. Martin, ici.

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

Independent.co.uk, here. 

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

ArsTechnica, here. 

YouTube Considering An Ad-Free, Subscription-Based Version

TechCrunch, here. 

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

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

US regulator drops BP, Statoil oil price-fixing probe

Reuters.com, here. 

Die Wut der Chinesen auf VW

FAZ.net, hier.

When is a Flavor/Taste Trademark Possible?

Jdsupra.com, here. 

Text mining : vers un nouvel accord avec Elsevier

Scoms.hypotheses.org, ici.. 

Cheaper oil: Winners and losers

TheEconomist, here. 

Der Platzhirsch im Hotelgeschäft verteidigt sein Revier

FAZ, hier.

Abuse Of Dominance By Patentees: A Pro-Innovation Perspective

A. Abbott, here.

Judge Shuts Door on Hotel Price-Fixing Class Action

LitigationDaily.com, here.

CMA to reopen the hotel online booking investigation

CMA, here.

An EU-wide Google tax in the making?

Juriareda.eu, here.

Handelsblatt here.

Who’s Really Winning The Search War?

SearchEngineLand, here.

Droht durch Google und Amazon eine Monopolisierung der digitalen Welt?

Netzpiloten.de, hier.

Is (teaching) Economics doing more harm than good?

B. Lucey, here.

Ebola and Big Data

TheEconomist, here.

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

B. Baer, here.

Connecting the Antitrust Dots: In Praise of Herb Hovenkamp

B. Baer, here.

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

P. Nihoul, here

The Importance of Economic Analysis When Assessing Vertical Agreements

J. Davies, Presentation here. 

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

G. Kallfass, presentation here. 

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

Adslzone.net, aquì.

Texto de la LPI aprobado por el Senado aquí

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

B. Knies, Video hier.

Beschluss hier.
Vorabentscheidungsersuchen hier. 

Digitisation and Democracy: The challenges of shaping the Digital Society

J. Hofmann, here. 

Amazon is doing the world a favor by crushing book publishers

Vox.com, here.

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

www.dilbert.com/

Google's New Search Downranking Hits Torrent Sites Hard

TorrentFreak.com, here. 

¿Hay que desmantelar Amazon o Google?

J. Alfaro, aquì.

Antitrust Litigation- The Way Ahead

J. Almunia, here.

The War Against Airbnb

R. Epstein, here.

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

ALAI, here.

Etude des perceptions et usages du livre numérique

Hadopi/IFOP, ici. 

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

dot.econ, here. 

Intellectual property enforcement

L. Neville-Rolfe, here. 

Retail Energy Competition and Consumer Empowerment

CERRE, Discussion Paper, here. 

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

Boursorama, ici. 

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

Trademarkandcopyrightlawblog.com, here. 

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

Professors' Letter to the FCC, here. 

The Sky is Rising - 2014 Edition

Here.

Two Europes or One Europe?

N. Kroes, here. 

Verlage knicken beim Leistungsschutzrecht ein

Golem.de, hier.

From the antitrust mailbag: manufacturer-imposed requirements

FTC, here.

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

The Fondue Conspiracy

Sepp Barmettler, the Cheese Rebel

NPR: Planet Money, Podcast here.

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




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

BGH decision "Yellow dictionary" colour trade mark dispute

IPKat, here.

Big Data and the Future for Privacy

N. Richards, J. King, here. 

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

Scinfolex.com, ici. 

The Technology Transfer Block Exemption

Out-law.com, here. 

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

Eulawradar, here. 

Inter Partes Review: An Early Look at the Numbers

B. Love, S. Ambwani, here. 

Agency 2.0: Competition Authorities Will Need to Think - Again

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

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

SearchEngineLand, here.

Honeywell Gets EU Complaint With DuPont Over Car Coolant

Bloomberg.com, here.

E-Book-Preise: Amazon einigt sich mit Bonnier

Heise.de, hier. 

Big, bad Amazon

TheEconomist, here. 

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

J. Fingleton, Video here. Speech notes here. 

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

Press Release, here. 

Competition Enforcement: A Practical Perspective

A. Mundt, Video here.

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

The role of competition authorities in fostering growth and consumer welfare

P. Roth, Presentation here; Video here. 

Banks: Too Big to Manage Ethically?

Dealbook.nytimes.com, here.

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

J. Gans, here. 

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

Press Release, here. 

Uber Economics: There is no such thing as bad publicity

Bruegel.org, here. 

82 Things Publishers Do (2014 Edition)

The scholarly kitchen, here. 

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

Antitrusttoday.com, here.