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

Blogs.nature.com, here.

Rapport Sirinelli

Ici.

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

Numerama, ici.

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

BusinessInsider, here.

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

Comparativepatentremedies, here.

How Not To Apply Actavis

M. Carrier,  here.

Google Should Face EU Web Law If Competition Probe Fails

Bloomberg.com, here.

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

ArsTechnica, here.

Monitor and the Competition and Markets Authority

A. Sánchez Graells, here. 

Algorithms Are Great and All, But They Can Also Ruin Lives

Wired.com, here. 

Payment card ruling could open new era for EU transparency

Euractiv.com, here. 

AG: SEP owner may be required, before seeking an injunction, to make a specific licensing offer

Press Release here; Opinion here. 

Senator Al Franken Asks Uber’s CEO Tough Questions On User Privacy

TechCrunch, here.

Which Mobile Apps Are Worst Privacy Offenders?

Spectrum.ieee.org, here.

Copyright Issues in Education and for the Visually-Impaired

A. Adler, here. 

Online Advertising Techniques for Counterfeit Goods and Illicit Sales

Stroppa et al., here.

Obama Scores on Net Neutrality

Foreignaffairs.com, here. 

In Europe, Slower Growth for e-Books

NYTimes, here.

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

DutchNews.nl, here.

Open Letter here. 

Understanding patents, competition and standardization in an interconnected world

ITU, here.

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

Heise.de, hier.

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

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

Gizmodo.com, here. 

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

M. Sag, here. 

Privatisation

UK House of Commons Library Research Paper, here. 

The Competitive Effects of Across-Platform Parity Agreements

Paolo Buccirossi
LEAR, Rome

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

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

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

Wired.com, here.

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

Reuters, ici.

Silicon Valley Antitrust: Syllabus

H. Kaiser, here.

Confessions of a price fixer

AutoNews.com, here.

The Ladies Vanish

Thenewinquiry.com, here. 

High-Cost Generic Drugs — Implications for Patients and Policymakers

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

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

NextImpact, ici.

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

Internet of Things – Top 10 privacy and data protection concerns

JDSupra, here.

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

Patentlyo, here.

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

J. Wright, presentation here.

For whom was Google really built?

I-comp.org, here. 

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

K. Crews, here.

Why Did Google Decide To Split Inbox From Gmail?

TechCrunch.com, here.

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

J. Eisenach and I. Knable Gotts, here. 

Going all in on GSU

Blogs.library.duke.edu, here. 

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

Nota de prensa, aquì. 

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

SearchEngineLand, here.

Uber launches carpooling service in Paris as competition with BlaBlaCar looms

VentureBeat, here.

Monetising Online Content

In The Balance, BBC, Podcast here. 

ABA sections release comments on Australian Competition Policy Review Issues Paper

AmericanBar.org, here. 

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

IP-watch.org, here.

Amazon and Hachette kiss and make up

C. Doctorow,  here.

Why mobile data to prevent Ebola has not yet been released

TheEconomist, here.

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

Why I left United Airlines after the merger

T. Wu, here.

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

GigaOm, here.

Multa a Consiglio nazionale forense per aver ristretto concorrenza sui compensi

AGCM, Provvedimento qui.

Amazon v Hachette - Frozen Conflict

TheEconomist, here.

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

Hadopi, ici. 

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

La vie est mal configurée, ici. 

Firefox Leans Towards the Vertical

G. Moody, here. 

Do Free Mobile Apps Harm Consumers?

G. Sidak, here. 

Amazon and Hachette have finally resolved their bitter dispute

TheVerge, here. 

The Economics of Internet Media

M. Peitz, M. Reisinger, here. 

Intellectual Property and Standard Setting

OECD, Background Note, here.

Beyond Market Failures: shaping and creating the digital market

M. Mazzucato, here. 

The Antitrust Analysis of Rules and Standards for Software Platforms

D. Evans, here.

We need open models, not just open data

Radar.oreilly.com, here. 

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

Everythingtrademark, here.

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

BuzzFeed, here.

Schneiderman's letter here.

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

European Copyright Society, here.

Retail Banking Market Investigation: Issues Statement

CMA,  here.

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

BBC, here.

Transcripts of dealers' conversations here.

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

Here.

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

Here. 

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

Publishersweekly.com, here. 

Big Data and the Underground Railroad

Slate.com, here.

Re-Balancing Copyright: Insights from the EU Consultation

L. Dobusch, here.

Justice Department Probes Generic Companies After Price Hike Reports

Blogs.wsj.com, here. 

Competition Law Risk: A Short Guide

IRM and CMA, here.

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

Reuters, here.
Statement here.

The 18 Companies Going After Airbnb Internationally

CBInsights, here. 

European Union Approves Directive on Antitrust Damages Actions

JonesDay, here. 

Rate Parity: Challenging the Authority of Competition Authorities

Dorian Harris, Skoosh.

4th December, 2014
10.30 a.m.

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

Australian Smokers Now Support Plain Packaging Of Tobacco

Businessinsider.com.au, here. 

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

Copyleft.org, here.

Sony Developing New DRM to Make Used eBooks Viable

GoodEReader, here.

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

Thisismoney.co.uk, here. 

Netzneutralität: Obama als Vorbild für Merkel?

Digitalegesellschaft.de, hier. 

Challenges ahead for CMA's competition enforcement

S. Branch, here.

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

WhiteHouse.gov, here. 

Judge OKs Antitrust Suit Against Oracle Over OS Updates

TheRecorder, here.

Order here. 

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

Out-law.com, here. 

European Commission welcomes Council adoption of Directive on antitrust damages actions

Press Release, here. 

Logiciels, algorithmes, robots : journalisme sous influence

Méta-Media, ici. 

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

ArsTechnica, Here.

Andreas Mundt: "Das Tempo ist eine Herausforderung"

General Anzeiger, hier.

Kommerzielle digitale Überwachung im Alltag

W. Christl, hier.

Kurzfassung hier.

Indagine congiunta Antitrust-Agcom sulla banda larga

Risultati qui.

Financial Fair Play in Football

S. Szymansky, Video here.

Anreiz zum Netzausbau: Oettinger will Wechsel des Internetanbieters einschränken

Spiegel.de, hier.

The re­use of public sector information in cultural heritage institutions

Communia, Policy Paper, here. 

UK Competition Appeal Tribunal Overturns Online Hotel Booking Decision

EdwardsWildman.com, here.

Library archivists face contractual, technical challenges in preserving digital materials

Stanforddaily.com, here. 

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

Chillingcompetition.com, here. 

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

TheVerge, here.