Meeting the Challenges of Big Data

EDPS, here.

Happy 8th Birthday Kindle!

Ebookevangelist.com, here. 

A Step Toward Protecting Fair Use on YouTube

Google, here. 

New Industry Coalition To Promote Fair Standards In Licensing

IP-watch.org, here. 

The Potential of Geolocation for Revolutionizing Retail

R. Haslehurst, D. McKone, here. 

Rabattschlacht von myTaxi geht weiter – Stuttgarter Verfügung gekippt

Heise.de, hier.

Google Shopping Gets A Mobile Makeover With A Focus On Local Commerce

TechCrunch, here. 

Qualcomm Sinks as South Korea Accuses Company of Breaking Law

Bloomberg, here.  See also iam, here. 

Pardon the Interruption: Competition and Disruptive Business Models

S. Weissman, here. 

The Missing Role of Economics in Privacy Regulation at the FTC

J. Wright, Video here (from 08:15).

Experts compare Duke lawsuit to other antitrust cases

Dukechronicle.com, here. 

Bedingungen für Lieferanten: Kartellamt unterliegt im Streit mit Edeka

Spiegel.de, hier.

OLG Düsseldorf, VI – Kart 6/14 (V), hier.

'Autorité de la concurrence clôt une enquête à l'encontre d'Adidas

Autorité de la concurrence, ici. 

The Supreme Court Needs to Intervene and Bring Rationality to Tying Law – and It May Wish to Look at Loyalty Discounts as Well

TruthOnTheMarket, here. 

More Evidence Of How Copyright Makes Culture Disappear In A Giant Black Hole

TechDirt, here. 

Android: Почему мы не согласны с этим решением?

Googlerussiablog, здесь. 

Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception

R. Shiller, Book Talk, Video here.

Phishing ("an attempt to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details - and sometimes, indirectly, money- often for malicious reasons, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication").
Phools: not in the Indian sense (flowers in Urdu پھول) - just idiots.

Collusion and Cartels: Successes and Challenges

J. Harrington, here. 

Towards a Broader View of Competition Policy

J. Stiglitz, here. Video, here (from 11:30).

Anti-Monopoly Enforcement: Protection and Promotion of Technology Innovation

S. Ming, here. 

Perspectives on judging competition law cases: the role of economic evidence

F. Jenny, here. 

Chinese Anti-Monopoly Guide on Abuse of Intellectual Property Rights: A Comment

K. Wong-Ervin, J. Wright, D. Ginsburg, B. Kobayashi, here. 

Zwangslizenz: Patentverwerter Sisvel siegt mit Arnold Ruess und Eisenführ

Juve.de, hier. 

Professor's legal win will make MOOCs more dynamic

Thedp.com, here. 

Small telcos and consumer groups team up against former monopolies

Euractiv, here. 

Examen, au regard des règles de concurrence, des activités de normalisation et de certification

Autorité de la concurrence, Avis du 17 novembre 2015, ici. 

What Is Disruptive Innovation?

C. Christensen, M. Raynor, R. McDonald, here. 

Sprawling? Pssht—no one streamlines everything from books to bots like Amazon

ArsTechnica, here. 

Platform Cooperativism

Conference, Videos here. 

Growth in an increasingly intangible-intensive economy

J. Haskel, Video here. 

Bundeskartellamt leitet Verfahren gegen Audible/Amazon und Apple ein

Bundeskartellamt.de, hier.

ACX marketplace, FAQs, Distribution: "Exclusive to ACX means your finished audiobook will be sold only through Audible, Amazon, and iTunes. Any audiobook made using ACX will be distributed through these online retailers. Note that Audible has an exclusive relationship with iTunes (i.e. to get your product into iTunes' audiobook store, you have to go through Audible)."

Behavioral Economics and U.S. Antitrust Policy

E. Bailey, here.

La France veut soumettre quelques dizaines de plateformes numériques à des obligations spécifiques

NextImpact, ici.

Patent Assertion Entities in Europe

B. Love, C. Helmers, F. Gaessler, M. Ernicke, here.

Google Play Store Apps Permissions

PewResearchCenter, here.

Cross-Device Tracking: Letter to the FTC

Center for Democracy & Technology,  here.

The Influence Of Education On The 3D Printing Industry

TechCrunch, here.

Another awe-inspiring conversation with Justice Breyer

Video here (4:45).

Democracy: the film that gets behind the scenes of the European privacy debate

TheGuardian, here.

Leval On Fair Use And Google Books: A Sketch Of A Story

TechDirt, here. Video of the lecture here.

New focus on activities as Booking.com partners with buoyant GetYourGuide

TNooz, here.

Yandex Takes Google Antitrust Battle to EU After Russia

Bloomberg, here.

Qui contrôle les données des usagers des bibliothèques ?

BiblioNumericus, ici. 

EuGH-Urteil: VG Wort und Verlage erleiden schwere Schlappe

Spiegel.de, hier

How pharma keeps a trove of drug trials out of public view

Washingtonpost.com, here. 

Google Executive, Hollywood Producer Spar Over Piracy at Copyright Hearing

Variety.com, here. 

F.uxd: Apple Says Screen Brightness App Violates Developer Agreement

TechCrunch, here. 

The University of Nowhere: The False Promise of “Disruption

F. Pasquale, here. 

YouTube Launches Its Long-Awaited Music App

TechCrunch, here. 

Données personnelles, plateformes et concurrence. Quelle régulation par le droit de la concurrence ?

Déjeuner Procédure, Présentations ici.

EU Council approves trademark reform, despite UK and Dutch reservations

Worldipreview.com, here. 

Securing Private Communications

A. Arnbak, here. 

Proposed guidance for firms outsourcing to the ‘cloud’ and other third-party IT services

UK Financial Conduct Authority, here.

The UK government embraces open source via a government-centric fork of LibreOffice

Techrepublic, here. 

The UN launches an app to let you donate a meal to refugee children

VentureBeat, here. 

Yahoo Updates Search Experience For Firefox Users On Desktop

SearchEngineLand, here. 

Google’s New “About Me” Page Lets You Control What Personal Info Others Can See

TechCrunch, here. 

Has the search result ruling stopped the internet working?

ICO, here. 

Einwilligungslösungen von Google

HmbBfDI, hier. 

Google’s map display box could have boosted traffic to rivals, product manager says

MLex, here. 

European Ecommerce

Ccianet.org, here. 

Guidance on the approval of voluntary redress schemes for infringements of competition law

FCA, here. 

Processing personal data of people who do not have a Facebook account via cookies and social plug-ins

President of the Court of First Instance in Brussels, Belgium, 9th November 2015, English summary here; ruling in Dutch hier. 

World Intellectual Property Report 2015 - Breakthrough Innovation and Economic Growth

WIPO, here. 

Achats et emprunts de livres : quelles sont les habitudes des Français ?

Actualitte.com, ici. 

Netflix im Datenschutz-Check

basicthinking.de, hier. 

The ITC does not have authority over the internet, according to Federal Circuit

TheVerge, here. 

Critical Algorithm Studies: a Reading List

Socialmediacollective.org, here. 

Nike makes changes to running app following investigation by Dutch DPA

CBPweb, hier (Dutch). 

Disney’s smartwatch prototype can identify and track everything you touch

ArsTechnica, here. 

TensorFlow, Google's open source AI, signals big changes in hardware too

Wired, here. 

Mergers and disruptive innovation

J. Gans, here. 

Facebook must stop tracking Belgian users within 48 hours, or be fined €250K per day

ArsTechnica, here. 

Google Faces New Round of EU Probing Over Android Mapping Apps

Bloomberg.com, here. 

Competition problems provisionally found in private healthcare

CMA, Report here. Notice of possible remedies here. 

SEPs & FRAND After the CJEU Huawei / ZTE Ruling

Shearman  & Sterling, here.
Presentations here. 

Ad Blockers and the Next Chapter of the Internet

D. Searls, here. 

La CNMC y las nuevas tarifas de propiedad intelectual

CNMCblog, aquì.

Sharing data to form alliances

Datasciencecentral.com, here. 

Competition Policy in International Agreements

EP, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, here. 

Apple Reaffirms Its Superpower Over Android

Forbes.com, here. 

Facebook is censoring links to competitor social network Tsu and deleting old mentions

Boingboing.net, here. 

The EU-U.S. Safe Harbor Agreement on Personal Data Privacy: In Brief

US Congressional Research Service, here. 

Who cares about extended collective licensing?

Authorsalliance.org, here. 

Section by Section Commentary on the TPP - Copyright

K. Weatherall, here. 

ACCC chair welcomes digital disrupters

Theaustralian.com.au, here. 

European Commission issues guidance on transatlantic data transfers

Here.

WEKO verbietet Hotelbuchungsplattformen wettbewerbsbeschränkende Klauseln

WeKo, hier.

Competition enforcement is outside politics

M. Vestager, here. 

The Amazon bookstore (hi, future!)

Marginalrevolution.com, here. 

A shift to a decluttered digital economy

D. Coyle, here. 

The impact of e-commerce on the consumer sector- view from a Bank of England Agent

Bankunderground.co.uk, here. 

Facebook Plans to Use Your Location to Lure New Advertisers

Recode.net, here. 

Former Rabobank traders convicted in U.S. trial over Libor rigging

Reuters, here. 

Academic Search Engine Grasps for Meaning

Technologyreview.com, here. 

Economía colaborativa

A. Lamadrid, aquì.

Google says EU antitrust charges don't take into account that search is free

TheVerge, here. 

Napster returns in Canada as music streaming service

FactMag, here. 

The Changing Economics of App Development

HBR.org, here. 

Not Just Academics Fed Up With Elsevier: Entire Editorial Staff Resigns En Masse To Start Open Access Journal

TechDirt, here.