Friday, December 04, 2015

Standard Essential Patents: The End of IP Rights Enforcement? - Seminar


Disruptive Innovation and Competition - Seminar


Legal reviews for the ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty for persons with print disabilities in Asia and the Pacific

UN Development Programme, here

Privacy Bridges

CSAIL, Ivir, here

Intellectual Property and Competition Law

ACCC, here

Is Uber disruptive?

Bookforum.com, here

How behavioral factors influence us to sugarcoat or avoid negative messages

Deloitte, Podcast here

Are Paid & Organic Distinct Channels? Not So Fast.

Searchengineland.com, here

New standard for smart appliances in the smart home

EC, here

Thursday, December 03, 2015

Facebook’s least favourite Austrian takes further action

TechCrunch,  here.

Authors side with Apple in e-book price-fixing Supreme Court appeal

ArsTechnica, here

Is Amazon The Next Google?

O. Budzinski & K. Köhler, here

Copyright Principles and Priorities to Foster a Creative Digital Marketplace

S. Aistars, D. Hartline, & M. Schultz, here

6th Report on the Monitoring of Patent Settlements

EC, here

Accusations Fly in Response to NX1 3D Printer Kickstarter

3printingindustry.com, here.

Qualcomm Inks Critical Licensing Deal with China's Xiaomi

Fortune.com, here

Facebook bows to Belgian privacy ruling over cookies

BBC, here.

Decision here

Google on Online Platforms and the EU Digital Single Market

House of Lords, transcript of evidence taken, here; Video, here

The mobile adblocking apocalypse hasn’t arrived (at least not yet)

NiemanLab, here

Patent Troll Sues Everyone For Infringing On Encryption-Related Patent By Encrypting Their Websites

Techdirt.com, here

New Proposal At WIPO SCCR To Explore Use Of Copyrighted Works In Digital Environment

IP-watch.org, here

Freedom to Innovate (and the Internet of Cranes)

J. Zittrain, Video here

ICLE and leading antitrust scholars urge Supreme Court to review 2nd Circuit ruling in Apple e-books case

Truthonthemarket.com, here

Qualcomm Said to Face EU Antitrust Complaint on Predatory Pricing

Gadgets.ndtv.com, here

Tuesday, December 01, 2015

Competition Advocacy and Disruptive Innovation: The CMA Writes to the FT

Here

"...the proposed rules would undo much of what is novel about these businesses.New taxi business models have the potential to increase choice and deliver what passengers want: shorter waiting times, lower prices and increased responsiveness...

Of course there is a role for regulation, especially where safety is an issue. But technologies, such as satellite navigation, cashless payment systems and user ratings platforms, have the potential to overtake the role of regulation, and safeguard consumers by empowering them with information.The guiding principle of a competitive market is that the consumer is in the driving seat. The job of a competition authority, therefore, is to consider the potential benefit to customers from innovations that enable them to exercise choice — and allow businesses, both new and established, to decide how best to meet demand.
...
Consumers, who often benefit from technological disruption, can struggle to make their voices heard. But watch what they do, and their actions speak loud and clear.
By March this year, 25,000 people in Liverpool had reportedly downloaded the Uber app. The fact that the service had to wait until August to gain the local authority approval that it needed to begin operating might lead you to question how closely consumers’ preferences had been listened to.

This is not just about one company, one technology or one sector of the economy. New companies in every market will stand or fall on their ability to meet consumer demand — and those that succeed will, in turn, eventually be challenged by new business models.
This is how innovation leads to progress. We do not serve the interests of the public or the wider economy if we slam on the brakes."

WhatsApp Is Blocking Links To Rival App Telegram On Android

Techcrunch.com, here.
See also here

Allergan and New York settle suit over Alzheimer’s drug switching

Statnews.com, here

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