Invention as a combinatorial process: evidence from US patents

H.Youn, D. Strumsky, L. Bettencourt, J. Lobo, here. 

HOTREC General Assembly’s statement on the decisions taken on 21 April 2015 on the commitments of Booking.com

Hotrec, here. 

Google slams Australian piracy site-blocking legislation

ZDNet, here.

Intellectual Property and Competition in the Pharmaceutical Industry

AGCM, Conference presentations available here. 

Shaken, not stirred. Competition Law Enforcement and Standard Essential Patents.

A. Italiener, here. 

What's Next For Comcast? After Failed TWC Merger, Cable Giant Faces Regulated, Cord-Cutting Future

IBTimes, here.

See also AAI's statement here. 

Europe Looks to Tame Web’s Economic Risks

WSJ, here (via Google search).

Xiaomi is copying its China playbook to win over India’s smartphone market

QZ.com, here. 

The Basics Of Open Patent Licensing

TechCrunch, here. 

What Signals From Twitter Does Google Care About?

SearchEngineLand, here. 

Microsoft Office reaches 100 million downloads on iOS and Android

TheVerge, here. 

Allianz gegen Piraterie-Websites an kartellrechtlichen Bedenken gescheitert

Heise.de, hier.

Homo economicus and Homo sapiens: The CMA experience of behavioural economics

D. Currie, here.

(Terrific read - and compulsory for the students attending my upcoming Fall Antitrust Course)

It’s John Deere’s tractor, folks. You’re just driving it

Wired.com, here. 

EC sends Statement of Objections to Gazprom - Factsheet

Here.

Some further background here (almost 3-year-old paper, but still as fresh as a daisy). 

As rate parity falters, what OTAs and hotels may do next

Tnooz.com, here. 

MLE's Report from the 63rd ABA Antitrust Law Spring Meeting

Here. 

Booking.com: "engagements particulièrement étendus"

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. Décision ici.
Comunicato stampa AGCM qui. 

Competition policy in the EU: Outlook and recent developments in antitrust

M. Vestager, here.

Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Inequality

J. Baker, S. Salop, here. 

Theories of Self-Preferencing Under Article 102 TFEU: A Reply to Bo Vesterdorf

N. Petit, here. 

Zur Zulässigkeit elektronischer Leseplätze in Bibliotheken

Bundesgerichtshof, Nr. 64/2015, hier.

What did GOOGLE do SO WRONG to get a slapping from the EU?

TheRegister, here. 

Google apologises to newspapers over 'nonsense' traffic stats in EU response

Theguardian.com, here. 

Google’s Antitrust Defense: Trust Us, We Know What’s Best

Skift.com, here. 

The EU Reg Is Coming; What Will It Look Like?

Privacyassociation.org, here. 

The Search for Harm

GooglePolicyBlog, here.

Android has helped create more choice and innovation on mobile than ever before

Googlepolicyblog, here. 

EU Commission sends Statement of Objections to Google on comparison shopping service; opens separate formal investigation on Android

Press Release, here.
Commissioner Vestager's statement here.
Minutes of the meeting of the Commission here (on Android: "She pointed out that Google had led development of the Android mobile operating system since 2005, and the majority of smartphone and tablet manufacturers used this system, having concluded agreements with Google to obtain the right to install Google's applications on their devices. She explained that the Commission's in-depth investigation would focus on whether, by doing so, Google had breached EU antitrust rules by hindering the development and market access of rival mobile operating systems, applications and services to the detriment of consumers and developers of innovative services and products").

Europe to accuse Google of illegally abusing its dominance

FT.com, here.

"Ms Vestager on Wednesday will also launch a separate formal investigation into Google’s Android operating system for smartphones.
The Commission probe will examine whether Google imposes uncompetitive terms on handset makers that ultimately favour its own lucrative apps such as YouTube. Google rejects any allegations of wrongdoing and says Android is an open platform distributed free."

2nd Circ. Wary Of Anti-Competitive Intent In Namenda Plan

Law360.com, here. 

Eau de Fracking? Companies Try to Trademark Scents

WSJ.com, here. 

Debunking the Myth of a Data Barrier to Entry for Online Services

G. Manne, B. Sperry, here. 

Assicurazioni: due multe per 29 milioni di euro a Unipolsai e Generali per intesa anti-concorrenziale

AGCM, I744 here. 

Competition policy for the Digital Single Market: Focus on e-commerce

M. Vestager, here. 

Supreme Court Asked to Clarify the Reach of U.S. Antitrust Laws to Foreign Conduct

Natlawreview.com, here. 

Commissioner Vestager announces proposal for e-commerce sector inquiry

Press Release, here.
Only around 15% of European citizens "bought online from a seller based in another EU Member State. This indicates that significant cross-border barriers to e-commerce still exist within the EU. For example, technical barriers, such as geo-blocking, may prevent consumers from accessing certain websites on the basis of their residence or credit-card details".

Want Privacy? Then Dump Facebook Account, EU Court Told

BloombergBusiness, here.

Erstes Leistungsschutzrecht-Exempel: Verlag rächt sich mit Abmahnung an Medienagentur

t3n, hier.

The FCC’s Net Neutrality Order Protects Internet Freedom by Restoring the Law

S. Turner and M. Wood, here. 

What Is Original?

NPR, here. 

The FTC’s internal memo on Google teaches companies a terrible lesson

WashingtonPost, here. 

Independent review of the sharing economy

UK Government response, here. 

FTC Staff Report: Google Purposely Demoted Competing Shopping Sites

MarketingLand, here.

Inside the U.S. Antitrust Probe of Google

WSJ, here.
Excerpts from FTC Google Report, here.

Competition World: A global survey of recent competition and antitrust law developments with practical relevance

NortonRoseFulbright, here. 

E-Books: Bundesregierung tritt für gesenkte Mehrwertsteuer ein

Heise.de, hier. 

The Net Neutrality Order: It’s Worse Than We Thought

NERA, here

Textbook cartels versus the real deal: Should we be surprised if some cartels do not lead to damage?

F. Maier-Rigaud, C. Milde, M. Helm, here. 

"We know that plain packaging works"

WHO, here. 

Banana cartel: GC ruling confirmed

CJEU, case C-286/13 P, here. 

The Theory of Two-Sided Markets: An Economic Bubble?

D. Auer, N. Petit, here. 

Antitrust in Two-Sided Markets: The Pros and Cons

Konkurrensverket, Seminar Recap and Presentations here

A Legal and Empirical Study of 3D Printing Online Platforms and an Analysis of User Behaviour

D. Mendis and D. Secchi for the UK IPO, here. 

The Private Motor Insurance Market Investigation Order 2015

CMA, here. 

Survey on merchants' costs of processing cash and card payments

EC, here. 

Delivering Packages (on the Internet)

R. Picker, here. 

Microsoft Is Developing Software That Converts Android Phones To Windows 10

TechCrunch, here.

ResearchKit : Apple impose la transparence aux chercheurs

Numerama.com, ici.

German Startup Campaigns For Personal Data API Law

TechCrunch, here. 

Android taxonomies

B. Evans, here. 

Apple joins the Open Compute Project

Business Insider, here.

La CNMC recurre el Decreto de la Comunidad de Madrid que regula los apartamentos y viviendas de uso turístico

CNMC.es, aquí

Ed Miliband targets energy firms with proposed price-cut powers for Ofgem

TheGuardian, here.

Uber beschwert sich bei der EU-Kommission über Deutschland

Heise.de, hier.

ICANN, copyright infringement, and “the public interest”

WashingtonPost, here. 

Reforming data protection in Europe and beyond: a critical assessment of the second wave of global privacy laws

O. Tene, here. 

Prediction: Apple Will Not Renew Google As Safari Default Search Engine

SearchEngineLand, here. 

Internet of Things - Grand Challenge Workshop: Summary of key findings

Deloitte, here. 

All Your Marketing Data Belongs To Google & Facebook — Will You Keep It There?

MarketingLand, here. 

How Much For a Song?: The Antitrust Decrees that Govern the Market for Music

US Senate Hearing, Written Testimonies here. 

Google and the right to be forgotten

H. Kranenborg, here. 

Kulturpolitische Forderungen für das Urheberrecht im digitalen Umfeld

Bundesregierung.de, Positionspapier hier.

"Google sollte seine Nutzer bezahlen"

Sueddeutsche.de, hier. 

Why Congress Needs to Pass the Innovation Act This Time

Hbr.org, here. 

How Do You Google? New Eye Tracking Study Reveals Huge Changes

Forbes.com, here. 

Datenschlussverkauf in Brüssel

R. Gutjahr, hier. 

Why do we care about Xiaomi?

B. Evans, here.

Google's Grand Experiment: Like Uber for Wireless

K. Werbach, here. 

Takeaways From the FTC/DOJ Workshop on Health Care Competition

Foley & Lardner, here.

Google’s Android Investigated in Russia

FairSearch, here.

Google : les Etats s’inquiètent, Bruxelles enquête, les concurrents ripostent

LesEchos.fr, ici.

The smartphone is the defining technology of the age

TheEconomist, here.

350 years of the scientific journal: celebrating the anniversary of Philosophical Transactions

theGuardian, here.

Amazon Opens Store on Alibaba’s Tmall for Chinese Shoppers

Bloomberg, 

Bottlenecks, Modules and Dynamic Architectural Capabilities

C. Baldwin, here. 

Google Compare For Auto Insurance Launches in California

SearchEngineLand, here. 

Antitrust, Winter, 2015

R. Picker, Consolidated Slides here (a very large ppt file).

Comparison of the Parliament and Council text on the General Data Protection Regulation

EDRI, here.

Livre numérique : l'Europe siffle la fin de la TVA réduite, en France

ZDNet.fr, ici. 

The incredible consolidating travel industry

USA Today, here. 

Verletzungen der Netzneutralität sind in Deutschland schon jetzt die Regel

Netzpolitik.org, hier. 

How Game Historians Are Keeping Your Favorite Bits From Being Lost Forever

TechCrunch, here.

California Supreme Court Takes Up 'Pay for Delay' Settlements

TheRecorder, here. 

50 Legal Scholars to South African Government, re: Flexible Copyright Exceptions

Letter, here.

Co-operating to Compete: The New Agriculture Antitrust Guidelines

A. Italiener, here.

Penalty Fair?

Inngot for the UK IPO, here.

The Battle Is For The Customer Interface

TechCrunch, here. 

Twenty Years Down the Road: A Q&A With Paul Goldstein, Author of Copyright’s Highway

Sociallyawareblog, here. 

O2 parent Telefonica trials brand-sponsored data plans

MarketingMagazine.co.uk, here..