Thursday, November 26, 2015

Ad blockers as industry-wide wake-up call

WSJ.com, here

Modernizing Regulation in the Canadian Taxi Industry

Canada Competition Bureau, here.

Consumer Actions after the Adoption of the EU Directive on Damage Claims for Competition Law Infringements

J. Drexl, here

'Exhaustion' in the Digital Age

R. Hilty, here

What is your car saying about you?

Fiaregion1, here.
Video here

Uber and the Rule of Law: Should Spontaneous Liberalization be Applauded or Criticized?

D. Geradin, here

Green Light or No, Nest Cam Never Stops Running

Securityledger.com, here

Microsoft settles suit tied to compliance with EU antitrust case

Seattletimes.com, here

Mozilla: We’re not getting money from Google any more, but we’re doing fine

ArsTechnica, here

Bundesgerichtshof zur Haftung von Access-Providern für Urheberrechtsverletzungen Dritter

Urteile vom 26. November 2015 - I ZR 3/14 und I ZR 174/14, hier

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

On the IP/Antitrust Interface

A Conversation, Video here.

Whither Uber?: Competitive Dynamics in Transportation Networks

B. Edelman, here.

Google’s investments, acquisitions, and strategy

CB Insights, here

Call for Inputs: Big Data in retail general insurance

FCA, here

Algorithm Predicts Relationship Success Through Couples’ Tone Of Voice

TechCrunch, here

Regulating platforms? A competition law perspective

Chillingcompetition, here

A Car Dealers Won’t Sell: It’s Electric

NYTimes, here

Google Says Local Search Result That Buried Rivals Yelp, TripAdvisor Is Just a Bug

Recode.net, here

Reflections on the use of big data and its implications

Essex University, Submission to the 'Big Data Dilemma Inquiry', here.

Competition Law and the Pharmaceutical Sector in India

S. Mondal and V. Pingali, here

European Data Market

IDC and Open Evidence for the European Commission, DG CONNECT, here.

Consumer groups expose manufacturers for collecting data from connected cars

Euractiv.com, here

Government Response to the Harper Review

Treasury.gov.au, here

Monday, November 23, 2015

Developments in Antitrust Cases Against Sports Leagues

Panel, AAI, Audio  here.

Perspectives on Europe

M. Vestager, Text here. Podcast here.

Superintendência-Geral do Cade instaura processo administrativo contra taxistas no caso Uber

Rebecaslima.jusbrasil.com.br, aqui.

The Big Data Dilemma

UK Parliament, Science and Technology Committee, here.

ABA Head Rings Alarm About Amazon Books and Antitrust Laws

Publishersweekly.com, here

New international conventions are needed to govern the Internet

DW.com, here

FOIA'd lobby documents that Dutch Government received regarding Data Protection Regulation

BOF.nl, here

The open-data revolution is only getting started

TheEconomist, here

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

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

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

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

Monday, November 16, 2015

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)."

Thursday, November 12, 2015

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

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

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

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

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

Monday, November 09, 2015

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

Thursday, November 05, 2015

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

Sharing Economy: Crowd-Based Capitalism and Platform as a "Neutral" Demand Funnel?

Salon.com, here.

Banning Uber like trying to stop the printing press, says Brussels

FT, here.

Unpaid crowd complementors: The platform network effect mirage

K. Boudreau, L. Jeppesen, here.

Promoting innovation through competition

R. Sims, here.

Copyright Captures APIs: A New Caution For Developers

TechCrunch, here.

Google is not doing enough to stop online piracy, JustWatch research suggests

Smh.com.au, here.

How Expedia will help HomeAway battle Airbnb

Tnooz, here.

Wednesday, November 04, 2015

Firefox Now Offers a More Private Browsing Experience

Blog.mozilla.org, here

People's Deepest, Darkest Google Searches Are Being Used Against Them

TheAtlantic, here

Creating a copyright exception for education — four principles to keep in mind

Communia, here

Verbraucher würden für mehr Datenschutz zahlen

Vzbv.de, hier. . 

Trunki v Kiddee: battle over children's luggage reaches supreme court

Theguardian, here

Filmrezension: „Democracy – Im Rausch der Daten“

Netzpolitik, hier

Lufthansa touts Google as big-name partner, direct-connects starting elsewhere

Tnooz.com, here

Axel Springer: Adblock-Sperre ist ein Erfolg

Heise.de, hier

A cartoonist transforms the iTunes Terms & Conditions into a graphic novel. It's amazing.

Boingboing.net, here

Google Sued by Rival Whose Maps Got Lost on the Internet

Bloomberg.com, here

Towards comprehensive public & private sector whistleblower protection

OECD, Presentation here

Commission consults on boosting enforcement powers of national competition authorities

EC, here

Tuesday, November 03, 2015

Roadmap to modernise copyright rules

European Commission, here

Who Owns the Patent on Nutmeg?

Newyorker.com, here

Das digitale Leben nach dem Tod wird zum Geschäft

Heise.de, hier

Who Knows What About Me? A Survey of Behind the Scenes Personal Data Sharing to Third Parties by Mobile Apps

J. Zang, K. Dummit, J. Graves, P. Lisker, and L. Sweeney, here

Competition and Antitrust in Internet Markets

J.Haucap, T.Stühmeier, here

Kartellrecht und Wettbewerbspolitik für Online-Plattformen

Lisa Hamelmann, Justus Haucap, hier

Amazon opens its first real-world bookshop in Seattle

ArsTechnica, here

UOKiK concludes proceedings in the hotel online booking case

Uokik.gov.pl, here

Vertical restraints

International Seminar, Programme here; Videos here.
L. Peeperkorn (38:27)
- intrabrand matters, s. softening of competition;
- advice: pick up newer economic literature;
- RPM: inefficient means to achieve efficiencies;


Open Data: Six Stories About Impact in the UK

Omidyar Network, here

Competition Authorities: Views on Disruptive Innovations

Australian Competition & Consumer Commission, here.
Competition Commission of Singapore, here.
European Commission, here
Canadian Competition Bureau, here

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

La Audiencia Nacional dictamina que Oracle cometió infracción por abuso de posición de dominio

Poderjudicial.es, aquì

High-Cost Short-Term Credit Price Comparison Websites

London Economics for the  for the UK Financial Conduct Authority, here

Developing a Franco-­German API: Action Plan for Innovation

«Junge Digitale Wirtschaft» beim Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie, Conseil national du numérique, hereici, hier

Federal Investigators Looking at Valeant’s Contact Lens Dealings

ProPublica, here

Chinese Taomike Monetization Library Steals SMS Messages

PaloAltoNetworks, here

As GDPR Looms, Industry Worries

Iapp.org, here

The rating game

TheVerge, here

Dutch ACM launches awareness campaign called ‘Each app has its price’

Acm.nl, here

Oracle now keeping European data within its EU-based centres

Irishtimes.com, here

Économie numérique

N. Colina , A. Landierb , P. Mohnenc et A. Perrot, ici

Google’s Court Victory Is Good for Scholarly Authors. Here’s Why.

P. Samuelson, here

Monday, October 26, 2015

‘Disruptive innovation’ theory comes under scrutiny

BostonGlobe, here.

Google Books and Fair Use: From Implausible to Inevitable?

J. Ginsburg, here

Why We Should Join the Movement to Save the Internet in Europe

L. Lessig and B. van Schewick, here

Macron Law: A Focus on Online Hotel Reservation Platforms

Eversheds, here

This is what YouTube is telling labels who haven’t agreed its new terms

Musicbusinessworldwide.com, here

ECJ Judgment in AC-Treuhand (C-194/14 P) – On the scope of Art. 101 (1) TFEU

A. Lamadrid and S. Villiers, here

Exposición de Motivos del Decreto Legislativo 1205, que modifica la Ley Peruana de Represión de Conductas Anticompetitivas

Indecopi, aquí

Serial offenders: Why some industries seem prone to endemic collusion

Background Note by the OECD Secretariat, here

The impact of disruptive innovations on competition law enforcement

A. de Streel and P. Larouche for the OECD, here

Participation In Multiple Cartels Through Time

C. Marshall and L. Marx for the OECD, here

Thursday, October 22, 2015

Follow the user - digital news in a digital world

Googlepolicyeurope, here

Users are the real winners of the Google books case

K. Brown, here

Switching Principles

CMA, Call for Evidence here.

Development of the Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement

Google, here

AC‑Treuhand AG v.European Commission

Case C‑194/14 P, here

Open Data Handbook

Opendatahandbook.org, here

Hotel chains disagree over open marketplace concept

TNooz, here

Net Neutrality in Europe: Now or Never!

LaQuadrature.Net, here

Appeals court reverses itself, gives Amazon a trademark win over watchmaker

ArsTechnica, here

How Walmart Can Start Competing Online

HBR.org, here

Retail banking market investigation

CMA, Summary of provisional findings report, here.

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Irish privacy regulator concedes must investigate Facebook data

Reuters.com, here

Gesellschaftliche Konfliktlinien im Kontext von Big Data am Beispiel von Smart Health und Smart Mobility

 H. Lahmann, hier

Pour les VTC, gérée par les VTC: Des chauffeurs Uber lancent une application "made in France"

Franceinfo.fr, ici

UK’s largest online pharmacy fined £130,000 for selling patients’ data to scammers

MedConfidential, here.

ICO's "Monetary Penalty Notice" here.

"35. Pharmacy2U has obtained personal data unfairly because its online registration form and privacy policy did not inform its customers that it intended to sell their details to third party organisations, in addition to sending out its own marketing material. It would not be within a customer’s reasonable expectation that this form of disclosure would occur, even if they were willing to agree to the receipt of marketing material from Pharmacy2U itself. If a customer wished to take up Pharmacy2U’s offer to opt out of “Selected company data sharing”, they also had to go to the trouble of logging into their account and changing the setting.
36. In addition, Pharmacy2U did not provide the further information that was necessary to enable the processing in respect of its customers to be fair.
37. In the circumstances, Pharmacy2U’s customers did not give their informed consent to the sale of their personal data to third party organisations. Therefore Pharmacy2U did not have a lawful basis for processing the data under Part I of Schedule 2 to the DPA.
73. The Commissioner has decided that it is appropriate to issue a monetary penalty in this case, in light of the nature and seriousness of the contravention, Pharmacy2U’s shortcomings in terms of its DPA duties and the risks posed to a number of individuals. He has also considered the importance of monetary penalties in dissuading future contraventions of the DPA and encouraging compliance, in accordance with his policy."

Researchers find 256 iOS apps that collect users’ personal info (in breach of platform's rules)

ArsTechnica, here

Monday, October 19, 2015

Le.TAXI platform launched: Open Data to foster innovation in French taxi services

EpsiPlatform, here

France hailed as pioneer with landmark agreement

Musicweek, here.

Amazon sues 1,000 'fake reviewers'

TheGuardian, here

Google ordered to disclose personal data shared with 3rd parties in S. Korea

Koreatimesus.com, here

Ofgem investigates energy price comparison sites

Energylivenews.com, here

Why Internet Platforms Don’t Need Special Regulation

ITIF, here

Publishers Straddle the Apple-Google, App-Web Divide

NYTimes, here

Cartels involving intermediate goods

Background Paper by the OECD Secretariat, here.

Thursday, October 15, 2015

Data Protection Commissioner gets extra €1.2m funding

Irishtimes.com, here

Lyft Adds Ride History With Map Details, Price Breakdown, Tips, And Lost & Found

Androidpolice.com, here.

Amazon reaches deal with deaf rights group to caption all video

ArsTechnica, here

Applied Infonomics: Why and How to Value Your Information as an Asset

Blogs.gartner.com, here

Netflix’s excuse for its slow growth is a head-scratcher

Wired, here

The Role of Consumer Protection in a Fair Market Economy

W. Kovacic, Presentation here 

How Machines Learn (And You Win)

HBR, here

How to listen to (and delete) everything you've ever said to Google

Theguardian.com, here

European Commission signs best practices merger cooperation framework with China

Press Release, here

Consumers are no longer 'Googling' products, they're 'Amazoning' them

Bizjournals.com, here (research by BloomReach, co-founded by former Google scientist).

Europe’s big data protection opportunity

G. Buttarelli, here

Deterrence and macroeconomic impact of the work of competition authorities

Motivation and purpose of the conference explained here. Conference presentations, here..

Ordnungspolitik und Kartellrecht im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung

J. Haucap, hier

Saturday, October 10, 2015

Vertical agreements between suppliers and retailers that specify a relative price relationship between competing products or competing retailers

M. Hviid for the OECD, here .

Contributions to the October 2015 OECD hearing by Italy, France, Germany, Sweden, UK, US (to be updated). Two key contributions (still?) missing: Australia and the European Union...

Thursday, October 08, 2015

Data-Driven Innovation: Big Data for Growth and Well-Being

OECD, here (read only - no search, offline reading, etc.; PDF available, 73 EUR).

Amazon now wants to sell you yogurt soaps and handmade cat lamps, too

ArsTechnica, here

Google denies Android Auto car system sends it user's driving data

TheGuardian, here.

Volkswagen’s emissions cheating scandal has a long, complicated history

ArsTechnica, here

Competition Commission of Pakistan to probe fare raise by private airlines

Thenews.com.pk, here

Panels: WTO Could Play Crucial Role In Challenges Facing Global Digital Trade

IP-watch.org, here

The Brussels Court Judgement in Commission v Elevators Manufacturers, or the Story of How the Commission Lost an Action for Damages Based on its Own Infringement Decision

J. Marcos Ramos, D. Muheme, here

Expedia defends hotel contracts being scrutinised by ACCC

Theage.com.au, here

Get AMP’d: Here’s what publishers need to know about Google’s new plan to speed up your website

NiemanLab, here.

Wednesday, October 07, 2015

Position Paper Concerning the Implementation of the WIPO Marrakesh Treaty

Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, here

Amazon Shuts Down Its Music Importer Software, Points Users To Amazon Music App Instead

Techcrunch.com, here

Uber ou comment conquérir une position dominante mondiale en un temps record

F. Lévêque, ici

Sunken Safe Harbor: 5 Implications of Schrems and US-EU Data Transfer

D. Solove, here

Airbnb expands business travel focus with BridgeStreet deal

TNooz, here

University of Luxembourg professor makes internet waves

wwwen.uni.lu, here

Does your website have a leak?

Iconewsblog.wordpress.com, here

Non-disparagement clauses vs. your right to leave negative reviews online

VentureBeat, here.

Tuesday, October 06, 2015

Ddl concorrenza: sì all'emendamento sugli hotel (narrow MFN)

IlSole24Ore, qui.

Art. 32. 1.
(Nullità delle clausole contrattuali che vietano alle imprese ricettive di offrire prezzi e condizioni migliori rispetto a quelli praticati da piattaforme di distribuzione online).
  1. È nullo ogni patto con il quale l'impresa turistico-ricettiva si obbliga a non praticare alla clientela finale, con qualsiasi modalità e qualsiasi strumento, prezzi, termini e ogni altra condizione che siano migliorativi rispetto a quelli praticati dalla stessa impresa per il tramite di soggetti terzi, indipendentemente dalla legge regolatrice del contratto. 

ФАС России выдала Google предписание

Fas.gov.ru, Вот
Резолютивная часть решения, Вот.

Haunted By Data

M. Cegłowski, here

The Court of Justice of the European Union invalidates the EU Commission Safe Harbor Decision

WP29, here

Apple Approves An App That Blocks Ads In Native Apps, Including Apple News

TechCrunch, here

Amazon commands almost half of all product searches, and marketers are ignoring omnichannel

VentureBeat, here

The Arrival of Algorithmic Business

Gartner.com, here

Digitale Ökonomie – Internetplattformen zwischen Wettbewerbsrecht, Privatsphäre und Verbraucherschutz

Bundeskartellamt, hier

Monday, October 05, 2015

Investigation of the online travel agency Expedia closed

Konkurrensverket, here

Comment of the Global Antitrust Institute, George Mason University School of Law, on the Korea Fair Trade Commission's Revised Review Guidelines on Unfair Exercise of Intellectual Property Rights

IoT: Enterprises, not consumers, the likely beneficiaries

Deloitte, here

Functionality and Expression in Computer Programs: Refining the Tests for Software Copyright Infringement

P. Samuelson, here

"Prep document" ahead of the CJEU ruling on Safe Harbor

M. Schrems, here

The European Commission’s ISU antitrust investigation explained

Asser.nl, here

Schrems gegen Facebook: "Offline gehen ist keine Lösung"

Diepresse.com, hier

DMCA doesn't block reverse engineering of vehicle diagnosis software but TM might

Tushnet.blogspot.ch, here

Lufthansa stellt sich der Kritik an Buchungskosten

Heise.de, hier

Commission opens formal investigation into International Skating Union's eligibility rules

Press Release, here

Friday, October 02, 2015

Tracking not allowed (unless you’re Google)

A. Grunes, here

Huaweï v ZTE – Judicial Conservatism at the Antitrust and IP Intersection

N. Petit, here

Searching for harm or harming search? A look at the European Commission’s antitrust investigation against Google

A. Renda, here

Competition in telecom markets

M. Vestager, here

Protocole d'accord pour un développement équitable de la musique en ligne : Les Artistes disent oui

Lagam.org, ici

Macht das Kartellrecht deutsche Internetunternehmen kaputt?

Diskussionsrunde zum Kartellrecht, Video hier

The values of competition policy in Europe

M. Vestager, here

Des taxis robots testés dès aujourd'hui au Japon

Numerama.com, ici

Amazons alberne Argumente

Heise.de, hier.

Newsonomics: The Washington Post offers an Arc in the storm

Niemanlab.org, here.

The price of the Internet of Things will be a vague dread of a malicious world

Ieet.org, here

Thursday, October 01, 2015

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Broadening the Lens on Investigating Potential Collusion in the U.S. Airline Industry

AAI, here

How big (and bad) adblocking could get – and why news sites should sell adblockers

TheOverspill, here

The Arrival of Artificial Intelligence and “The Death of Contract”

I. Kerr, here

European Court Adviser Calls Trans-Atlantic Data-Sharing Pact Insufficient

NYTimes, here

Stellungnahmen zur Sektoruntersuchung Nachfragemacht im Lebensmitteleinzelhandel

Bundeskartellamt.de, hier

The Web as Platform Data: Flows in Social Media

A. Helmond, here

If cars cheat, what else?

NYTimes, here

The Internet of Everything: Data, Networks & Opportunities

M. Ohlhausen, here.

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

VW scandal highlights irony of EPA opposition to vehicle software tinkering

ArsTechnica, here.

See also EFF, here

Who owns the road? The IoT-connected car of today—and tomorrow

Deloitte, here

Airlines' privacy policies do little to protect consumers' personal data

LATimes, here

Big Data and smart devices and their impact on privacy

European Parliament, Study for the LIBE Committee, here

The Macron Law: what it changes in Competition Law

Eversheds.com, here

Les chiffres qui expliquent pourquoi Uber cartonne

LeMonde, ici

The Digital Single Market, consumers and EU competition policy

J. Laitenberger, here

Upcoming OECD buoyant roundtable: Competition and across platform parity agreements!

OECD, here.


Facebook’s Restrictions on User Data Cast a Long Shadow

WSJ, here

Friday, September 18, 2015

Uber Files Antitrust Suit Against Taxi Commission; Defiantly Turns On UberX

Stlouis.cbslocal.com, here

Airlines not trying very hard to fight intermediaries in Google search

Tnooz, here

Uber accused of price-fixing in $150M lawsuit by Edmonton taxi companies

CBC.ca, here. Legal filing here (competition, §§ 348 ff.).

Transfer fees could go if Fifpro wins legal action against Fifa

TheGuardian, here

Huawei v ZTE – No More Need To Look At The Orange Book In SEP Disputes

White & Case, here

BlaBlaCar, Airbnb : le Sénat veut fiscaliser les revenus supérieurs à 5.000 euros

LesEchos.fr, ici

Herzensbrecher - Dating-Plattform Lovoo im Fake-Verdacht

Heise.de, hier

German and Spanish Competition Authorities Got It Right on the Ancillary Copyright for Press Publishers

Project-disco.org, here

Measuring The Offline Value Of Paid Search Clicks During The Holidays & Beyond

Searchengineland.com, here

Does the 'right to be forgotten' apply to company registers?

Case C-398/15 - Manni, Questions to the CJEU (not yet available on the Curia's website - ?), referring Corte di Cassazione qui.

Exploitative Prices in European Competition Law

A. Robles Martín-Laborda, here

Thursday, September 17, 2015

E-books: A Tale of Digital Disruption

R. Gilbert, here

Global Innovation Index 2015

WIPO, here

Online Platforms and the EU Digital Single Market: Call for Evidence

UK House of Lords, here

EU Directive on Antitrust Damages Actions: an economic analysis

P. van Wijck, J. Winter, here

Patent Settlements in the Pharmaceutical Industry: What Can We Learn From Economic Analysis?

W. Kerber, S. Frank, here

Searching a Rationale for Search Neutrality in the Age of Google

V. Falce, M. Granieri, here

Public and Private Antitrust Enforcement: Does the EU Directive Preserve Leniency Incentives?

M. Buiten, here

The valuation of unprotected works: A case study of public domain photopraphs on Wikipedia

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

Justice Department Will Not Challenge Expedia's Acquisition of Orbitz

Justice.gov, here

Apple will ask Supreme Court to hear its ebooks price-fixing case

Fortune.com, here

Refusal to license intellectual property under Chinese antitrust regime

Internationallawoffice.com, here

5 Ways Big Data is Making a Splash in the Insurance Industry

Bigdatanews.com, here

TV ad on abuse of dominance (India)

Video here.

Thank you CCI! Also a powerful introduction to a course on competition policy for managers.

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Should libraries start ditching books to bring in new tech?

Washingtonpost.com, here.


“Siempre imaginé que el Paraíso sería algún tipo de biblioteca”
Jorge Luis Borges