After Android: Ubuntu, Xiaomi, Meizu or Tencent?

G. Moody, here.

Qualcomm to pay $975 million to resolve China antitrust dispute

Reuters, here.

Android and Antitrust: Attempts at a "More Technological Approach"

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

Google is serious about taking on telecom. Here’s why it’ll win

WashingtonPost, here.

Pro-competitive benefits of real net neutrality rules: The Dutch case

Dfmonitor.eu, here. 

The first Tizen smartphone isn't an "Android killer"—it's a bad Android clone

ArsTechnica, here. 

Copyright and the Music Marketplace

US Copyright Office, here. 

As Apple-Google Deal Expires, Who Will Win The Safari Default Search Business?

Searchengineland.com, here. 

Bilan 2014 du marché de la musique enregistrée

Syndicat National de l'édition Phonographique (SNEP), ici.

The Valuation of Unprotected Works: A Case Study of Public Domain Photographs on Wikipedia

P. Heald, M. Kretschmer, K. Erickson, here. 

Weiteres Bußgeld wegen vertikaler Preisbindung im Matratzenfall verhängt

Bundeskartellamt, hier. 

Learning from each other's experiences' - a review of the ICN Merger Workshop on cross-border cooperation

A.Baker, here.

The Advisory Council to Google on the Right To Be Forgotten

Here.

Google’s slippery slope: If search giant pays Twitter for content, should it pay all publishers?

VentureBeat, here.

Apple développe sa première application Android

Numerama, ici. 

EU taskforce to fight new Facebook privacy policy

ITpro.co.uk, here. 

Open Government Licenses Interoperability

LAPSI Report, here. 

Big Data and Differential Pricing

US White House, here.

(FTC "under pressure"?).

Dept. of Justice Blesses IEEE Rules on Injunctions and Reasonability

Consortiuminfo.org, here. 

Obama finds bipartisan support for first 'Big Data' privacy plan

Reuters, here.

How White House Thwarted FCC Chief on Internet Rules

WSJ, here.

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler: This Is How We Will Ensure Net Neutrality

Wired, here.

Fürs Internet taugt das Kartellrecht nicht

FAZ.net, hier. 

Eurotunnel: when buying assets is a merger

Competition Bulletin, here. 

Antitrust, Privacy and Big Data

G.Buttarelli, here.

Microsoft to invest in Cyanogen, which hopes to take Android from Google

ArsTechnica, here. 

Wurstfabrikant Tönnies führt das Kartellamt vor

FAZ.net, hier.

Apple’s iOS tops Android to take first U.S. market share lead since 2012

Venturebeat.com, here. 

Warum Google und Uber sich gegenseitig Konkurrenz machen

FAZ.net, hier. 

Ansip:Copyright restricts Single Digital Market

Advanced-television.com, here. 

¿Qué nos han respondido a la consulta pública sobre Economía Colaborativa?

CNMC, aquí.

Projet Reda: une première analyse

Les autorités françaises, ici.

Facebook's got a new privacy policy, and it plans to share your data with partners

nakedsecurity.sophos, here.

Policy recommendations for open access to research data

Recodeproject.eu, here.

Patents Become A Literal 'Get Out Of Jail Early' Card For Chinese Prisoners

TechDirt, here.

Let the Right 'One' Win: Policy Lessons from the New Economics of Platforms

E. Weyl, A. White, here. 

Competition Policy and Intellectual Property: Insights from Developed Country Experience

F. M. Scherer, J. Watal, here. 

Evaluating Appropriability Defenses for the Exclusionary Conduct of Dominant Firms in Innovative Industries

J. Baker, here. 

Copyright policy and the right to science and culture

Human Rights Council, Report of the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, here (Word File).

UK IPO Copyright Notice: knitting and sewing patterns (seriously!)

Here. 

PSI Charging Policy: A Conceptual Framework For EU Guidance to the Member States

M. Ricolfi, here. 

Friedrich Hayek's Contribution to Antitrust Law and Its Modern Application

T. Schrepel, here. 

Google Now now SLURPS data from third party apps so YOU don't have to

The Register, here.

S. Korea's antitrust watchdog takes aim at global tech companies - again

koreaherald.com, here.

Booking.com: senza la rate parity per gli hotel sarebbero guai

Bookingblog.com, here. 

How, and Why, Apple overtook Microsoft

NYTimes, here. 

Google will change its privacy policy after signing an agreement with the UK’s data regulator

TheNextWeb, here.

One'd wish competition authorities were even half that proactive...

Empfehlung zum Internet der Dinge

Datenschutzstelle Liechtenstein, hier. 

Accolti gli impegni di iTunes, Google, Amazon e Gameloft in materia di diffusione di App apparentemente gratuite

AGCM, here. 

Google Revenue Falls Short as Competition on Mobile Intensifies

Finance.yahoo.com, here. 

US Scholars and Net Neutrality: Sometimes Antitrust Just Ain't Enough

Letter, here. 

Jeff Bezos: Raising the price of Amazon Prime was a great decision

GigaOm, here. 

Privacy and human behavior in the age of information

A. Acquisti, L. Brandimarte, G. Loewenstein, here. 

Frank Pasquale unravels the new machine age of algorithms and bots

Passcode.csmonitor.com/frankpasquale, here. 

Zoë Keating vs YouTube: The End of an Artist’s Right to Choose Where Their Music Appears on The Internet

Thetrichordist.com, here. 

Elektronische Etiketten: Preise werden beweglicher

Heise.de, hier.

Netflix’s Secret Special Algorithm Is a Human

T. Wu, here.

Internet of Things: Privacy and Security in a Connected World

FTC Staff Report, here. 

One bright day in the middle of the night…: Reactions to my copyright evaluation report

J. Reda, here. 

Permission to Link Making Available via Hyperlinks in the European Union after Svensson

M. Burri, here. 

A manifesto for an e-lending limitation in copyright

 S. Dusollier, here. 

"Google Play edition"-Smartphones und -Tablets sterben aus

Heise.de, hier. 

Privacy and Competition in the Digital Economy

G. Buttarelli, Speaking Points, here. 

Humanities Open Book: Unlocking Great Out-Of-Print Books

Neh.gov, here. 

Is the Shevill Doctrine Still Up to Date? Some Further Thoughts on CJEU’s Judgment in Hejduk (C-441/13)

Conflictoflaws.net, here. 

Google Updates Its Android Compatibility Definition Document For Lollipop

AndroidPolice, here.

Implikationen der Verhaltensökonomik für die Wettbewerbspolitik

J. Haucap, hier. 

It's Windows *10*, Because It's 10 Years Behind Open Source

G. Moody, here. 

Pinterest’s Problem: Getting Men on Board

WSJ, here.

Is Google Playing Fair with Android Developers?

Theinformation.com, here. 

Google Chairman Eric Schmidt: "The Internet Will Disappear"

Hollywood Reporter, here.

Google’s idiot-proof guide shows Firefox users how to dump Yahoo search

VentureBeat, here. 

FCC urges tech industry to reinvent textbooks, teaching

Eschoolnews.com, here. 

German parity ruling opens doors for hoteliers

Hotelnewsnow.com, here.

Samsung: Tizen-Apps bis 2016 provisionsfrei

Heise.de, hier.

Blackberry-Chef: Apples iMessage verstößt gegen Netzneutralität

Heise.de, hier. 

CJEU says exhaustion only applies to the tangible medium of a work (so no such thing as a digital exhaustion?)

IPKat, here. 

Why Apple just spent up to $50 million for a music data company

GigaOm, here.

Tencent’s long-awaited Android ROM enters beta

TechinAsia, here.

Will e-commerce make prices more flexible?

Voxeu.org, here. 

Google Invests In SpaceX To Further Its Goal Of Bringing Internet Access To Everyone

AndroidPolice.com, here.

Omega v. Costco Decision Makes Clear That Copyright Neither Condones Nor Protects Anticompetitive Actions

Project-disco.org, here.

Dutch Court of Appeal rules on second-hand sale of e-books

FutureofCopyright,com, here.

The Value of Hashtag Trade Marks - A Matter of Strategy?

PrimaryOpinion.com, here.

Draft Report on the implementation of Directive 2001/29/EC

Rapporteuse J. Reda, here. 

Google searches for a way to avoid Microsoft’s fate

TheGuardian.com, here. 

The Cathedral of Computation

The Atlantic, here. 

Mass Surveilance, Part 2: Technology foresight, options for longer term security and privacy improvements

European Parliamentary Research Service, Study here. 

Sportverband als Marktbeherrscher; ordre public

Kartellblog, hier.

Be My Eyes lets you lend your eyes to help the blind

TheNextWeb.com, here.

Patent reform advocates are launching a ‘super-coalition’ to whack patent trolls

WashingtonPost.com, here.

CJEU says that owner of an online database not protected by copyright or sui generis right may restrict its use by contract

IPKat, here. 

Mergers: EC opens in-depth investigation into a joint venture for online music licensing between collecting societies PRSfM, STIM and GEMA

Press Release, here. 

Google’s data supremacy: should we be worried?

Andrewwhitby.com, here. 

Amazon exec: Here’s why it pays to make your ebooks exclusive to us

GigaOm, here. 

Top 3 Tech Trends in 2015

Think with Google, here.

Avis relatif aux questions de concurrence concernant certaines professions juridiques réglementées

Autorité de la concurrence, Avis n° 15-A-02 du 9 janvier 2015, ici. 

Something is wrong with Apple’s international app pricing

J. Gans, here. 

The Damages Directive – Towards more effective enforcement of the EU competition rules

European Commission, here. 

Osservazioni sulla “Dichiarazione dei diritti in Internet”

G. Pitruzzella, qui. 

Supreme Court seek Obama administration views on Google-Oracle dispute

Reuters.com, here. 

Le TGI de Paris ordonne le déréférencement d’un lien à Google Inc.

Legalis.net, ici. 

Off-topic: la légèreté c'est très dur à faire

Cabu interviewé par Charles Sigel,  Podcast ici.

Digital vs. Print: Reading Comprehension and the Future of the Book

J. Tanner, here.

(missing from the analysis, though: tablets powered by great apps like GoodReader, used indoor and positioned at a convenient angle - moreover, not clearly stated that reading and taking notes with whatever medium are two distinct processes)

Google Results For “Car Insurance” Could Look Different Very Soon

SearchEngineLand, here.

Silicon Valley economists

TheEconomist, here.

Today: Supreme Court reviews Google v. Oracle Petition; Interoperability Ruling Under Scrutiny

J. Band, here. 

Google Compare auto insurance comparison shopping site to be launched soon?

Reuters.com, here. 

Le blocage administratif des sites terroristes est sur la rampe

Nextinpact.com, ici. 

CAT on the Eurotunnel/SeaFrance merger

Here.

The "very unusual difference in outcome between the application of the UK and French domestic merger regimes to the same transaction gave rise to some comment."

OLG Düsseldorf erklärt Paritätsklauseln von HRS für klar wettbewerbswidrig

Hotellerie.de, hier.

Mitteilung des OLG Düsseldorf hier.

Bundeskartellamt dazu hier.

The Sharing Economy and Consumer Protection Regulation: The Case for Policy Change

Mercatus Research, here. 

End of the Authors Guild v. HathiTrust Saga

ARL Policy Notes, here. 

Marrakesh Treaty: Mali takes the plunge for Africa

Afro-ip.blogspot, here. 

Switzerland: The library’s document delivery service (scanning and sending journal articles by email to users) complies with copyright law

Kluwer Copyright Blog, here. 

PMI: Draft final order published for formal public consultation

CMA, draft order here; Draft Explanatory Note here.

(a whole two pages required to explain the prohibition on equivalent behaviour, 14-16)

Googles Dominanz in Amerika bröckelt

FAZ, hier. 

EU negotiating texts in TTIP

EC, here.

Troll fatigue: Earnest debate on patent abuse at CES

ArsTechnica, here.

Take note Republicans and Democrats, this is what a pro-innovation platform looks like

Washington Post, here. 

Privacy and the IoT: Navigating Policy Issues

E. Ramirez, here.

European Copyright Society calls for single EU copyright law

Out-law, here. 

Avis sur le décret encadrant l'activité des VTC et des taxis

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. Décret ici. 

A fully-functioning administrative competition authority: the French example

B. Lasserre, here. 

The Principle of Transparency and its Limits in the context of Competition Investigations

K. Lenaerts, here. 

Open standards and industry collaboration needed for 'internet of things' to succeed, says Samsung head

Out-law.com, here.

Bad News for Users – Google News withdrawn from Spain after newspapers forced to charge for traffic

Kluwercompetitionlawblog.com, here. 

Correcting copywrongs: European copyright reform is finally on the horizon

J. Reda, Video here. 

Letters from the War of Ecosystems

S. Hyrynsalmi, here. 

„Privatheit wird zu einer Ware“

Berliner-zeitung.de, hier. 

Nouvel accord sur l’exception pédagogique : quelques avancées, mais un dispositif toujours inadapté

Scinfolex.com, ici. 

Apple Watch Will Deliver ‘Hyper-Local’ Ads On Your Wrist

BusinessInsider, here. 

Building the Entrepreneurial State: A New Framework for Envisioning and Evaluating a Mission-oriented Public Sector

M. Mazzucato, here. 

The Enormous Implications Of Facebook Indexing 1 Trillion Of Our Posts

TechCrunch, here. 

Injunctive Relief in Disputes Related to Standard-Essential Patents: Time for the CJEU to Set Fair and Reasonable Presumptions

P. Larouche, N. Zingales, here. 

Abuso del diritto al brevetto e abuso di posizione dominante: il caso Pfizer

G. Ghidini, G. Cavani, P. F. Piserà, qui. 

Big Data, Machine Learning, and the Social Sciences: Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency

Medium.com, here. 

Les prix personnalisés, un défi pour l'autorité de la concurrence

LesEchos, ici. 

Study on the making available right and its relationship with the reproduction right in cross-border digital transmissions

Prepared by De Wolf & Partners for the European Commission, here. 

U.S. judge concerned Android antitrust lawsuit too vague

Reuters, here. 

The Future of Privacy: Digital Life in 2025

Pew Research Center, here. 

Prêt numérique en bibliothèque: à peine acté, déjà critiqué

Lexpress.fr, ici. 

After Intel: Effects-Based Approach, Price-Cost Test, and Administrability

M. Motta, Presentation, here. 

How much traffic did Facebook deliver to Bing? Very little

Insidefacebook, here. 

Apple 'failing to protect Chinese factory workers'

BBC.com, here.

Apple's reaction here (from The Verge)

IP and Standard Setting

OECD Competition Committee, Note by Germany, here. 

Opinion 2/13 on EU Accession to the ECHR: The CJEU as Humpty Dumpty

Eutopialaw.com, here. 

Google aiming to go straight into car with next Android

Reuters, here.

Monopolkommission: Die Zähmung der Internet-Giganten

FAZ.net, hier.

Microsoft stops offering alternative browsers to Windows users in Europe

PCWorld, here. 

ETH-Bibliothek document delivery service is admissible

Ethz.ch, here.

Federal Court's press release ici; Judgment 4A_295/2014 hier. 

Governments Should Make Markets, Not Just Fix Them

M. Mazzucato, here. 

Canada court to order Apple to turn over records in iPhone probe

Reuters.com, here. 

EU court ruling could make it easier to get patents for cell therapies

Out-law.com, here. 

How to crack the Booking.com algorithm

Tnooz, here. 

WIPO: Study On Copyright Exceptions Stimulates Broad Discussion With Author

IP-Watch, here. 

Deux ententes entre fabricants de produits d'hygiène et d'entretien sanctionnées

Autorité de la concurrence, magnifique Communiqué de presse ici, Décision ici. 

IP, Standard Setting, and Injunctions

M. Dolmans, OECD Competition Committee, here. 

Intellectual Property and Standard Setting

OECD Competition Committee, Note by the United States, here. 

Global internet authority ICANN has been hacked

TheVerge, here. 

Independent Library Report for England

Presented to Government by William Sieghart and an expert panel, here. 

Google looks to head off U.S. antitrust lawsuit over Android

Yahoo.finance, here.

An organism which is incapable of developing into a human being does not constitute a human embryo within the meaning of the Biotech Directive

CJEU Case C-364/13,  here.

The art – and science – of scaling in the two-sided marketplace

TheNextWeb, here. 

The Everything Book: reading in the age of Amazon

TheVerge, here. 

Leak shows: Trade treaty TiSA could undermine national data protection regulations

Netzpolitik.org, here. 

Apple Wins Decade-Old Suit Over iTunes Updates

NYTimes, here.

Consultation on proposed changes to proceedings in order to align with Directive on antitrust damages actions

EC, here.

Open Content – A practical guide to using Creative Commons Licences

T. Kreutzer for UNESCO, here. 

Jury finds Apple not guilty of harming consumers in iTunes DRM case

TheVerge, here. 

The economics of open and closed systems

Autorité de la concurrence and CMA, here (French version here).

The sharing economy: Will self-regulation by startups suffice to protect consumers?

TechRepublic, here.

Scrutinizing Patent Assertion Entities: What Competition Enforcers are Doing

AAI and CCIA, Video here.

Parity clauses from hotel distribution contracts to be banned once for all

HotRec.eu, here.

CBP onderzoekt nieuwe privacyvoorwaarden Facebook

CBPweb.nl, hier. 

Boycott Called Against Spanish Newspaper Publishers' Association Titles In Protest Of New Copyright Law

TechDirt, here. 

Uber responds to Sen. Al Franken: ‘We care deeply’ about privacy

VentureBeat, here. 

E-Book Legal Restrictions Are Screwing Over Blind People

Wired, here. 

Monday's e-book antitrust appeal hearing went well for Apple

Fortune.com, here. 

Mobilitics, saison 2 : Les smartphones et leurs apps sous le microscope de la CNIL et d'Inria

CNIL, ici. 

Datenschutz: Justizministerium drängt auf klaren Rechtsrahmen für Scoring

Heise.de, hier. 

CBP issues sanction to Google for infringements privacy policy

CBPweb.nl, here. 

ACCC authorises resale price maintenance for the first time

Clifford Chance, here. 

UberPop sera interdit dès le 1er janvier

LeMonde, ici.

Warum all die Pakete?

FAZ.net, hier. 

Commission announces the launch of market tests in investigations in the online hotel booking sector by the French, Swedish and Italian competition authorities

EC, here.

Italian Competition Authority, here.
Swedish Competition Authority, here.
French Competition Authority, here.

Text of the proposed commitments (in French), here. 

Che cosa indica e come si traduce la parola inglese whistleblower?

Accademia della Crusca, qui.

Facebook dumps Microsoft Web search results

Reuters.com, here. 

Glitch Causes Items To Be Sold On Amazon For 1p

News.Sky.com, here. 

The economics of P2P lending

Bruegel.org, here. 

The Rise of a New Smartphone Giant: China's Xiaomi

NYTimes.com, here. 

Former iTunes Engineer Tells Court He Worked to Block Competitors

WSJ, here.

Kenneth Crews Presenting the Update of His Report to WIPO SCCR

Archived Webcast here (Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights: Twenty-Ninth Session - December 8 to December 12, 2014, Wed 10, Afternoon, from 4:47). 

The Independence of National Competition Authorities

A. Italiener, here. 

Obama's DOJ is bringing its big guns to the Apple e-book appeal

Fortune.com, here. 

Efficiencies and Antitrust Reconsidered: An Evolutionary Perspective

T. Horton, here. 

Consolidation of Proposed Texts Contained In Document SCCR/26/3

Prepared by African Group, Brazil, Ecuador, India and Uruguay, here. 

COMESA's merger assessment guidelines: What you need to know

Werksmans.com, here.

Urheberrecht: Razzia bei Betreibern und Nutzern zweier E-Book-Plattformen

Heise.de, hier. 

Canada competition watchdog probing Apple over iPhone contracts

PcWorld, here.