AIPPI Congress Report 5: Antitrust and Pharma - seeking a balance

IPKat, here.

ACCC proposes to deny authorisation for banks to collectively bargain with and boycott Apple on Apple Pay

ACCC, here.

How to regulate Internet giants

ARCEP, here. 

OECD Hearing on Big Data

BIAC, Note here. 

Eine „Charta der Digitalen Grundrechte der EU“

FAZ, hier. 

Geo-blocking: removing barriers to e-commerce

Competitiveness Council, Background Note, here. 

Wir Individualisten: Datenschutz als Egotrip

N. Härting, hier. 

The Advocate General's Opinion in Intel v Commission: Eight Points of Common Sense for Consideration by the CJEU

N. Petit, here. 

Blockchain: competition issues in nascent markets

Nortonrosefulbright.com, here (p. 23 ff.)

What are the competition implications of “digital disruption”?

Nortonrosefulbright.com, here (p.17 ff.)

Online retailers should tread carefully after Trod

Nortonrosefulbright.com, here (p.10 ff.)

Xiaomi says shrinking smartphone sales won't hit the company

Reuters, here. 

A Proposal to Limit the Anti-Competitive Power of Institutional Investors

E. Posner, F.Scott Morton, E. Glen Weyl, here. 

Barcelona hits Airbnb with a hefty fine

TheEconomist, here.

Economists are prone to fads, and the latest is machine learning

TheEconomist, here.

Skyscanner sells to Ctrip for $1.75 billion

Tnooz, here. 

Monsanto Sued Over Alleged CEO, Board Bayer Merger Conflicts

Bloomberg, here. 

The Interesting Case of the Vertical Merger

J. Sallet, here. 

Lutte contre les cartels et comportement des managers

E. Combe, ici, 

“I want my update!”

Consumentenbond, here. 

Competition in the GCC SME Lending Markets: An Initial Assessment

World Bank, here. 

Russia losing patience with Google over non-compliance with antitrust ruling

RT, here. 

Response to the Preliminary Report on the E-commerce Sector Inquiry

CMA, here. 

9. GWB-Novelle und Digitalisierung: Innovative oder innovationshemmende Gesetzgebung?

P. Pohlmann, hier. 

The challenges of measuring GDP in the digital, borderless world

D. Coyle, here. 

Facebook, Google and now Verizon are accelerating their tracking efforts despite consumers’ privacy concerns

Recode, here. 

Going with the flow: The global battle for your personal data

ArsTechnica, here. 

“The Big Data rich and the Big Data poor”: the new digital divide raises questions about future academic research

K. Metzler, here. 

Hub-Konferenz des Bitkom: Die "New new Economy" boomt

Heise.de, hier. 

Samsung receives antimonopoly watchdog's query on price coordination, prepares response

Tass, here. 

Neutrality in Distribution

B. Batchelor, Presentation here. 

Retailers look to artificial intelligence to bag sales

FT, here.

Uber: No, We’re Not Going To Sell User Information

Consumerist, here. 

Microsoft offers EU hardware, software LinkedIn concessions: sources

Reuters, here.

(See also here).

Schumpeter über Ökonomik und Ökonomen

FAZ, hier. 

Fears raised over Google company’s deal to use NHS medical data

FT, here.

Kartellamt soll Internetnutzer besser schützen

Morgenpost.de, hier. 

Otto verwirrt mit persönlicher Hotline-Ansprache

Golem.de, hier. 

Un label pour le matériel libre !

Pingbase, ici. 

Google, Facebook, and Microsoft Are Remaking Themselves Around AI

Wired, here. 

The ethics of big data as a public good: which public? Whose good?

L. Taylor, here. 

Accordo fra Amazon ed Fca: Fiat Panda e 500 «acquistabili» con un click

IlSole24Ore, qui.

Protecting consumers from exploitation

M. Vestager, here. Video here. 

Consultation publique sur le Règlement européen sur la protection des données: Synthèse des contributions

CNIL, ici. 

The EU’s Android Antitrust Complaints Are Contrived

Wired, here. 

Smartphones als Lernmittel

Heise.de, hier. 

Die Verbraucherschutzbehörde fürs Internet kommt

FAZ, hier.. 

One Hundred Year Study on Artificial Intelligence

AI100Stanford, here.

We are on the verge of a consumer M&A avalanche

TechCrunch, here.

Once again, Siri helps attackers bypass your iPhone’s passcode

Hotforsecurity.bitdefender.com, here. 

Facebook halts WhatsApp data sharing across Europe over privacy concerns

ArsTechnica, here. 

How to fight weapons of math destruction

EDRi, here. 

Le numérique sous l'angle du droit de la concurrence

I. De Silva, Vidéo ici.

(Assez bizarre...Complètement ignorées les décisions allemandes en matière de rate parity - parité tarifaire).

The “Sharing” Economy: Issues Facing Platforms, Participants & Regulators

FTC, here. 

Budget US Android smartphones found secretly sending personal data to China

TechCrunch, here. 

Microsoft offers concessions to EU regulators eyeing its $26.2BN LinkedIn bid

TechCrunch, here.

La CJUE décapite ReLire, le régime français des livres indisponibles

NextImpact, ici, 

Salesforce CEO says companies buy each other for the data, and the government isn’t doing anything about it

Recode, here. 

The ethics of data and of data science: an economist’s perspective

J. Cave, here. 

Ce n’est pas une blague : Microsoft vient de rejoindre la Linux Foundation

Numerama, ici. 

Facebook says it miscalculated more metrics, but it’s telling advertisers not to worry

Recode.net, here.

These Professors Make More Than a Thousand Bucks an Hour Peddling Mega-Mergers

ProPublica, here. 

Amazon Files Lawsuits to Keep Counterfeit Goods Off Website

Bloomberg, here. 

Auditing for Transparency in Content Personalization Systems

B. Mittelstadt, here. 

Google and Facebook's "fake news" ban is a welcome nail in the coffin of "software objectivity"

BoingBoing, here. 

Mark Zuckerberg Is in Denial

NYTimes, here. 

Antitrust in the digital age

M. Grenfell, here. 

(Most competition authorities waiting for Coty?) 

Notice on certain articles of Directive 98/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions

EC, here. 

Europe’s new privacy regime will disrupt the adtech Lumascape

Pagefair, here.

The Ripple Effects of Online Marketplace Bans

A. Ezrachi, here (research supported by the Computer and Communications Industry Association - CCIA).

I Think, Therefore I Invent: Creative Computers and the Future of Patent Law

R. Abbott, here. 

AI at Facebook

A. Bordes, Video here. 

The Trick Data Scientists Use To Know You’re Paying Attention To Beyoncé

FastCompany, here. 

Bundling

H. Singer, Presentation here. 

Privacy is an essentially contested concept: a multi-dimensional analytic for mapping privacy

D. Mulligan, C. Koopman, N. Doty, here. 

Les applications de messagerie sortent leurs « bots » pour séduire les marques

LesEchos, ici. 

Clicks and mortarboards: how can higher education make the most of digital technology?

Nesta, here. 

Google, Facebook Move to Punish Fake News Sites With Ad Rules

Bloomberg, here. 

‘I’m sorry, my friend, but you’re implicit in the algorithm…’ Privacy and internal access to #BigDataStream

An interview with Giovanni Buttarelli, European Data Protection Supervisor, here. 

Artificial Intelligence and Ethics – Who does the thinking?

IEEE AI & Ethics Summit 2016, here. 

Die Union will der Ministererlaubnis Zügel anlegen

FAZ, hier.

Man hacks Alexa into singing fish robot, terror ensues

TheVerge, here.

Work done: “Microsoft” rushed to the disadvantage of others

FAS, here.

Can Google Make Its Mark on the Cloud?

Bloomberg, here.

While Amazon Alexa quickly becomes part of the family, Google Home is like a stranger who knows too much about you

Recode, here.

Russia to Block Access to LinkedIn Over Alleged Legal Violations

Bloomberg, here.

Microsoft-LinkedIn deal gets approved in South Africa

Mybroadband.co.za, here.

FTC Seeks Comment on Proposed Changes to Contact Lens Rule

FTC, here.

Google sanctioned in Italy for abuse of economic dependence

Preiskel & Co, here.

Skating on Thin Ice: The European Commission challenges the governance rules of an international sports association as being incompatible with European antitrust rules

P. Alexiados, P. Figueroa, here.

Twitter and Facebook go soul-searching after Trump's win

Bloomberg, here.

CJEU annuls EUIPO decision on registration of Rubik’s Cube shape as EU trade mark

Judgment in Case C-30/15 P Simba Toys GmbH & Co. KG v EUIPO, here. 

The Data Said Clinton Would Win. Why You Shouldn’t Have Believed It.

NYTimes, here. 

Algorithmic accountability and transparency in the digital single market

European Parliament Hearing, Video here. 

Rapport de la mission de réflexion sur la création d’un droit voisin pour les éditeurs de presse

L. Franceschini, ici. 

Why we should worry about WhatsApp accessing our personal information

ICO for the Guardian, here. 

Siri can now send money via PayPal

TechCrunch, here. 

Ergebnisse der 92. Konferenz der unabhängigen Datenschutzbehörden

Pressemitteilung, hier. 

Parallels Between Europe’s Antitrust Cases Against Google and Microsoft

NYTimes, here.

Bradley Tusk points out the bright side of Trump presidency in memo to portfolio companies

TechCrunch, here.

Future of Big Mergers Under Trump? Like Much Else, It’s Unclear

NYTimes, here.

Robots and the Developing World

UNCTAD, here. 

Le prêt d'ebook assimilable au prêt d'un livre papier, sous conditions

Actualitte, ici.
Judgment in Case C-174/15, here.  

Looking beyond transatlantic data transfers

Brookings, here.

Facebook’s new ads let brands connect with you on Messenger

Recode, here. 

Trump on Antitrust

NatLawReview, here.

Guidelines on the protection of personal data processed by mobile applications provided by European Union institutions

EDPS, here.

Apple says Australian banks are ‘not interested’ in promoting mobile payments competition

Nfcworld.com, here. Apple's submission here. Other submissions here. 

U.S. Chief Data Scientist DJ Patil: Data can help everyone

Recode, Podcast here.

Commission to open probe into tech companies’ algorithms next year

EurActiv, here.

The Role of Demand-Side Remedies in Driving Effective Competition: A Review for Which?

A. Fletcher, here. 

The Brilliance of Spotify Internal APIs to Mitigate Payments

Nordicapis, here. 

FCC Releases Order Imposing New Privacy Rules on ISPs and Telcos

Paulhastings.com, here. 

Start-ups sollen Bahn helfen, sich zu digitalisieren

Heise.de, hier. 

Competition and Data Protection Policies in the Era of Big Data: Privacy Guarantees as Policy Tools

N. Jentzsch, here.

Guidelines on the protection of personal data processed through web services provided by EU institutions

EDPS, .here.

Evidence to the Royal Society and British Academy on Data Governance

The Royal Statistical Society, here.

Facebook agreed to pause using data from UK WhatsApp users for advertisements or product improvement purposes.

ICO, here.

If Facebook earns 1.2 dollars for every user, how come users of CitizenMe can earn more than Facebook profits pro capita?

CitizenMe, here. 

CMA warns online sellers about price-fixing

CMA, here. 

Twitter-as-platform-cooperative

Wired, here. 

The state of debate – what to expect from the EU e-commerce sector inquiry

Squire Patton Boggs, here.

SANCTIONS IN ANTITRUST CASES

OECD Background Paper, here.

Is hyperlinking copyright infringement? EU vs. US

M. Stanganelli, here.

M&S, Disney and the BBC on why data is key to loyalty

MarketingWeek, here.

The Facebook/Admiral Scandal Shows The Limits And Dangers Of Big Data Capitalism

HuffPost, here.

Regulating Rideshare: Uber & Lyft in Austin, TX

Federalist Society, video here.

Examination of differential pricing practices related to Internet data plans

CA Competition Bureau, here.

LinkedIn Deal Exposes Dominance In The CRM Market

Forbes, here.

Lost in the splinternet

TheEconomist, here.

Will Open Banking trigger the API of Me?

C. Wood, Video here. Read also here.
More about Figo here.

News of Charges in Price-Fixing Inquiry Sends Pharmaceuticals Tumbling

NYTimes, here.

Digital Exhaustion: North American Observations

A. Katz, here.

Les données personnelles: entre protection et exploitation

G. Buttarelli, ici.

China internet authority formalizes regulations for live-streaming industry

Reuters, here.

Tenth Circuit Rules That Invocation of IP Rights Is Presumptively Valid Defense to Antitrust Refusal to Deal Claims

Orrick, Here.

Sozial geschickte Chatbots

TechnologyReview, hier.

Consumers Need To Pay More Attention To Monetizing Their Personal Data

TheMerkle, here.

Sole and despotic dominion

C. Doctorow, here.

Sen. Al Franken asks Uber and Lyft about alleged racial discrimination against passengers

TechCrunch, here. 

Slapped wrists for “privacy law breakers” Fitbit, Jawbone, Garmin, and Mio

ArsTechnica, here. 

Abgegriffene Browserdaten: Mozilla entfernt "Web of Trust"

Heise.de, hier. 

Uber's redesigned app wants to mine personal information on your phone

LATimes, here. 

Microsoft/LinkedIn deal notified for EU merger control clearance: Will it be smooth sailing?

Lavoielegal.eu, here. 

The Competitive Landscape for Machine Intelligence

Bloomberg Beta, here. 

Google and Facebook are booming. Is the rest of the digital ad business sinking?

Recode, here. 

These Apps Let Anyone Build a (Dumb) Chatbot

Bloomberg, here. 

EU-U.S. Privacy Shield challenged

White & Case, here. 

Cloud: Datenschützer prüfen Speicherung von Unternehmensdaten im Ausland

Heise.de, hier. 

Reform des europäischen Urheberrechts: Viel Luft nach oben

VZBV, hier. 

Court challenge to Privacy Shield will have wide reverberations

The Irish Times, here. 

Carnegie Mellon to open research center focused on AI ethics

ZDNet, here. 

Review: ‘The Attention Merchants’ Dissects the Battle for Clicks and Eyeballs

NYTimes, here. 

Walmart joins antitrust suit alleging tuna collusion

Under Current News, here.

Improving Quality Isn’t Anti- Competitive, Part II

Google, here.

The German Bundesgerichtshof changes its concept of parody following CJEU Deckmyn v. Vrijheidsfonds/ Vandersteen

Kluwercopyrightblog, here. 

Europe rewrites the rules for Silicon Valley

FT, here.

Flywheel Taxi sues Uber for antitrust violations

SF Gate, here.

Managing the Machines

 A. Agrawal, J. Gans, and A. Goldfarb, here. 

It’s Finally Legal To Hack Your Own Devices (Even Your Car)

Wired, here.

Merger trends in innovation markets on the two sides of the Atlantic

F. Jenny, Presentation here. 

Ninth Annual Conference on Antitrust Economics and Competition Policy: Conference Summary

Techpolicy, here. 

Facebook clamps down on piracy as it wipes out several music-sharing groups

TheNextWeb, here. 

Justice Department Sues DIRECTV for Orchestrating Information Sharing Agreements with Three Competitors

DOJ, here. 

Competition watchdog criticised by MPs over bank reform

TheGuardian, here. 

How big will big data be under the GDPR ?

Iapp, here. 

Will The FCC’s Privacy Regs Actually Change The Status Quo On Consent?

AdExchanger, here. 

Facebook isn't looking out for your privacy. It wants your data for itself

TheGuardian, here.

Why Amazon Alexa is so dominant right now

VentureBeat, here.

Workers in gig economy need minimum wage, says ex-minister

TheTimes, here.

What is Blockchain Technology? A Step-by-Step Guide For Beginners

BlockGeeks, here.

Facebook is right to sink Admiral’s app

Openrightsgroup, here.

Proposed Update of Antitrust Guidelines for International Enforcement and Cooperation

FTC, DOJ, here. 

Loi Macron: les notaires opposés jusqu'au bout à l'ouverture à la concurrence

Challenges, ici.

Privacy group takes challenge on Irish Data Protection Commissioner’s independence

Irishtimes.com, here. 

Feature statt Bug: Facebook redet Diskriminierung als „multikulturelles Marketing“ schön

Netzpolitik, hier. 

Ennio Morricone Sues to Reclaim Rights to Film Scores

  HollywoodReporter, here.

  See also here.

How Zcash Tries to Balance Privacy, Transparency in Blockchain

Americanbanker.com, here. 

What could Facebook target next? Our mental health data

TheGuardian, here. 

The (curiously unhelpful) proposed update of the Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property

Fordham IPLJ, Video here (bootleg quality, sadly).

Antitrust Guidelines for the Licensing of Intellectual Property: Proposed Update, here. 

Missing: SEP, FRAND, pay-for-delay (Actavis), etc.

Overall impression: update  in the current form curiously non informative, better read speeches given by agency officials, apply for business review letters, etc., or get in touch (say agency officials themselves ;-)). Possibly, fear of being too influential abroad?

Youtube zahlt Gema

FAZ, hier. 

Varsity Brands

Oral argument before the Supreme Court, here.
See also here and here.
Audio of the oral argument here.

Copyright Office Gratuitously Kills the DMCA Safe Harbor For Thousands of Websites

E. Goldman, here.

Copyright Impacts Everything

M. Masnick, Video here. 

The e-Commerce Sector Inquiry

T. Kramler, R. Rende Granata, Presentation here.

Yandex v. Google: Unofficial English Translation of the September 2015 Decision

Here. 

The Ride-Share Startup That's Competing With Uber And Lyft By Charging $1

FastCompany, here. 

Toyota is testing a Smart Key Box that makes it easier to share your car with strangers

VentureBeat, here. 

Klagewelle gegen Lkw-Kartellanten rollt

Handelsblatt, hier. 

Uber drivers are company employees not self-employed contractors, UK court rules

Arstechnica.co.uk, here. 

Who oversees data brokers selling your personal info? No one

LATimes, here. 

La/The « Berkeley School of Antitrust »

Leconcurrentialiste, Ici/here.

Territorial restrictions in media content licensing – lessons from the Paramount commitments decision

FieldFischer, here.

Watch: 52,000 library books being shelved

Qz, here.

Complexity Theory and Evolutionary Economics

OECD, here.

(Coincidentally recalling that my PhD in economics was on vertical restraints from the perspective of evolutionary economics, here).

The Tragedy of the Commons: How Elinor Ostrom Solved One of Life’s Greatest Dilemmas

Evonomics, here.

Rochade in EU-Kommission: Günther Oettinger wechselt von Digitales zu Haushalt!

Netzpolitik, hier.

Agency Decision-Making In Merger Cases: From A Prohibition Decision To A Conditional Clearance

OECD Background Note, here.

Paying to Have and Not to Hold

Slate, here.

The Costs and Benefits of Antitrust Consents

J. Wright, D. Ginsburg, here.

Comparing Google Assistant on Pixel to Apple Siri on iPhone 7

SearchEngineLand, here.

The GDPR will set the benchmark for global privacy contracting – and here's why.

P. Lee, here.

How Economists View the Rise of Artificial Intelligence

Fortune, here.

Why chatbots are an important opportunity for retailers

Econconsultancy, here.

The Italian Competition Authority has launched two investigations into WhatsApp Inc. practices over alleged violations of the Consumer Code

AGCM, here.

Euribor 2013 Cartel Decision

Here.

WP29 to WhatsApp

Letter, here.

Des Républicains proposent une loi sur l’impression 3D qui ne changerait rien

Numerama, ici. 

Patent Assertion Entities in Europe

EC  Joint Research Centre (JRC), here. 

Google Android antitrust case: more competition means better conditions for App Developers

DIGITAL SME Alliance, here. 

Nudge Units Around the World

Statement of Objections to Brussels Airlines and TAP Portugal on code-sharing on Brussels-Lisbon route

EC, here, 

Uber’s newest API lets developers reach and reward drivers

VentureBeat, here. 

Handel mit Produktfälschungen: Neue Pflichten für Weihnachtsmarkt-Veranstalter

Spiritlegal.com, hier. 

Privacy group launches legal challenge against EU-U.S. data pact: sources

Reuters, here.

State Commercial Court of Moscow District confirmed legitimacy of FAS refusal to register excessive prices for medicinal drugs

FAS, here. 

Apple is launching its new TV guide tomorrow — but Netflix won’t be a part of it

Recode, here.

New Strategies for Securing Our Private Lives

J. Zittrain, here.

The Battle for Our Attention

T. Wu,  Video here.

Ryanair looking for data as passengers will have to 'sign in' to book flights

Newstalk, here. 

Warum Merkel an die Algorithmen will

Spiegel.de, hier. 

ChemChina ready for concessions to clinch delayed Syngenta deal in 2017: source

Bloomberg, here. 

10 Emerging Technologies That Will Drive The Next Economy

Game-changer.net, here. 

Juno Wants to Outperform Uber With Kindness

Bloomberg, here. 

The Reason The Copyright Office Misrepresented Copyright Law To The FCC: Hollywood Told It To

TechDirt, here. 

Press Publishers and Copyright

J. Diaz Noci, here. 

Netflix CEO Wary That AT&T's Latest Merger Could Hurt Streaming Competitors

TechDirt, here. 

Promises, Promises From AT&T

Nytimes.com, here. 

Getting a handle on Twitter

WIPO Magazine, here. 

Breyer decision and the concept of personal data

Datonomy, here. 

Fairness and flexibility: Citizens Advice Bureau go right to the source

MyDex, here. 

Warner Bros sues talent agency for copyright infringement

WIPR, here.
See here.

Microsoft launches the next version of its deep learning toolkit into beta

TechCrunch, here. 

Mastercard to launch personal finance bot and commerce API for payments

VentureBeat, here. 

Whitepaper on EU Data Protection

Amazon Web Services, here. 

WhatsApp fights back over criticism of new privacy policy

FT, here. 

Merkel fordert von Internetplattformen mehr Transparenz

Heise.de, hier.

Investigation into suspected breaches of competition law in the pharmaceutical sector.

CMA, here.

Competition and innovation in land transport

OECD, Background Note, here.

Mergers Raise Prices, Not Efficiency

BloombergView, here.

Forscher empfehlen Datenschutz, Urheber- und Wettbewerbsrecht zu verheiraten

Heise.de, hier.

Study on the Passing-on of Overcharges

EC, Final Report, here. 

A Chilly Reaction to AT&T-Time Warner Deal

NYTimes, here. 

AT&T Is Spying on Americans for Profit, New Documents Reveal

TheDailyBeast, here. 

A Survey of Worldwide Censorship Techniques

IETF, here.

Brexit and Competition: Issues Paper

Brexit Competition Law Working Group (BCLWG), here.

Ethics and Artificial Intelligence.

Enterpriseirregulars, here. 

Artificial Intelligence: Law and Policy

White House and UW’s Tech Policy Lab (24.04.2016), Video here.

The Rise of Big Data and the Loss of Privacy

A. Chirita, here. 

From Personality To Property: Data Protection Needs Competition, Consumer Protection Law, Conference Says

IP-watch, here.

Geoblocking in context

Bird&Bird, Presentation here.

Google, OpenAI create algorithms to use personal data, protect privacy

IAPP.org, here.

The Current State of Competition in the App Ecosystem

Appdevelopersalliance, here.

Ranking 11 technology companies on encryption and human rights

Amnesty International, here.

Pokémon Go-Entwickler Niantic lenkt ein

VZBV, hier.

Philips klagt gegen Android-Smartphones und -Tablets

Heise.de, Hier.

The Long Wait for Innovation: The Global Patent Pendency Problem

CPIP, here.

Resetting competition policy frameworks for the digital ecosystem

GSMA, here

“La mayoría de universidades del mundo van a desaparecer”

ElPais, aquí.

Gare à la datacratie galopante

Libération, ici.

The Behavioural Economics Revolution

Inno.bva.fr, here.

Der große Coup der Hacker

FAZ, hier.

Double-dip Internet-of-Things botnet attack felt across the Internet

ArsTechnica, here.

In-progress UN report on Big Data and Open Data - Defining issues and mitigating risks

OpenGovAsia, here.

Pokémon Go, AR and Privacy in Virtual Spaces

A. Guadamuz, Presentation here.

Pokémon Go is just the beginning of an absurd copyright struggle in AR

Gamesindustry.biz, here.

Opinion on Personal Information Management Systems

EDPS, here.

Bayer-Monsanto-Deal: Morgan Stanley kassiert Millionen für vier Monate Arbeit

FAZ, here.

AI-Ready or Not: Artificial Intelligence Here We Come!

Weber Shandwick, here.

The Sharing Economy - What It Is, Examples, And How Big Data, Platforms And Algorithms Fuel It

Forbes, here.
(Not much substance, but many cute examples of SE platforms)

WE Reading: Stuff and Money in the Time of the French Revolution

Google Has Quietly Dropped Ban on Personally Identifiable Web Tracking

ProPublica, here.

US Comments on AU Draft on Misuse of Market Power

Americanbar, here

Using behavioral design to overcome decision-making paralysis

Deloitte, here.

Airbnb is now banned from listing short-term rentals in New York

TheVerge, here.

The Power of Conditional Payments

A. Hope-Bailie, here.

The app market could be the next target for US antitrust regulators

BusinessInsider, here (not the most precise of all articles, but the news is there). 

Creative Destruction Kaputt?

TheEconomist, here.

Making the most of platforms: a policy research agenda

D. Coyle, here.

Technology Giants, the Moligopoly Hypothezis and Holistic Competition: A Primer

N. Petit, here. 

Fair Use As A Tool For Reining In Foreign Judges?

J. Band, here. 

Fantastic Opinion of Advocate General Wahl in Intel appeal case

D. Geradin, here. 

How the Blockchain Could Change Corporate Structure

WSJ, here. 

Du « projection mapping » impressionnant pour habiller les vêtements

Numerama, ici, 

Poverty and decision-making: How behavioural science can improve opportunity in the UK

K. Gandy, K. King, P. Streeter Hurle, C. Bustin and K. Glazebrook, here. 

The European Handbook for Teaching Privacy and Data Protection at Schools

G. González Fuster and D. Kloza (eds.), here.

'Content responsibility’: The looming cloud of uncertainty for internet intermediaries.

M. Horten, here.

Pizza, the unsung agent of the robot revolution

ArsTechnica.co.uk, here. 

Tesla bans customers from using autonomous cars to earn money ride-sharing

ArsTechnica, here. 

EU-US Data Privacy- Seminar with Max Schrems

Video here. 

Intel Gets Boost in EU Battle Over $1.16 Billion Antitrust Fine

Bloomberg, here.
Opinion here

Neue Chance für Kaiser’s Tengelmann?

FAZ, hier.

La CNMC tiene los días contados

ElEspanol, aquì.

Big Tobacco’s dirty tricks in opposing plain packaging

TheConversation, here. See also here. 

Google Pixel: Eine smarte Revolution

Blog-cj.de, hier.

The Nature, Scope, and Limits of Modern Trademark Protection: A Luxury Fashion Industry Perspective

D. Basma, here.

DOJ-AmEx Case Could Have Ramifications for Health Care Providers

Polsinelli, here. 

Finding bedrock: Prospecting for digital oil requires trust

M. Franklin, here. 

Australia: Apple is ‘closed and controlling’ say banks

Competitionpolicyinternational, here. 

Why the Knight Foundation president thinks we’re living through the biggest disruption since Gutenberg and the printing press

TheWashingtonPost, here. 

Resolution on Human Rights Defenders

The 38 th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners, here. 

Data-Driven Intelligence

M. Hildebrandt, Presentation here.

Pour dévoiler l’algorithme d’Admission Post-Bac, l’Éducation nationale opte pour le papier

NextImpact, ici. 

Facing legislation, Airbnb proposes new rules in New York

TechCrunch, here. 

AI might take jobs, but we can take steps to limit that, says U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker

Recode, Podcast here. 

Interfaces On Trial 3.0: Oracle America v. Google And Beyond

J. Band, here. 

Das bedeutet das Medikamenten-Urteil für die Verbraucher

FAZ, hier. 

Véhicule autonome : a-t-on tranché le dilemme ?

LINC, ici. 

We can't control what our intelligent machines are learning

Z. Tufekci, TedTalk here. 

Facebook wehrt sich gegen Datentransfer-Verbot aus Hamburg

Heise.de, hier.

Court Hands Preliminary Victory to Luxottica in Counterfeit Eyewear Case

FashionLaw, here.
Order here. 

BlaBlaCar denunciará a la Comunidad de Madrid ante Bruselas

CincoDìas, aquì

MakeMyTrip, ibibo announce merger in $1.8-billion deal

Scroll.in, here. 

AI, Robotics, Privacy and Data Protection

Marrakesh AI Paper, here.

Une amende de 40 millions d’euros contre Sanofi confirmée en cassation

LeMonde, ici. 

Behavioral Considerations for Effective Time-Varying Electricity Prices

I. Schneider, C. Sunstein, here. 

Vertical MFN’s and the Credit Card No-surcharge Rule

D. Carlton, R. Winter, here. 

Public Policy Forum on the Patent Assertion Entity Activity: An FTC Study

Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth, Video here. 

Downstream Consent: A Better Legal Framework for Big Data

A. Cormack, here. 

LSR "Chefredakteure kennen die Zahlen nur eingeschränkt"

Spiegel.de, hier.

Upgrading Justice

R. Susskind, Podcast here.  

Ownership and Deception in the Digital Marketplace

A. Perzanowski, here.

The Biggest Design Law Case Of The Century Is A Total Mess

Fastcodesign, here.

Allianz steigt in Gebrauchtwagenhandel ein

FAZ.net, hier. 

Investment and corporate banking market study: Final Report

FCA, here. 

Landmark judgements of Swiss Courts on the protection of business secrets and access to files in cartel cases

M. Meinhardt, F. Bremer, here. 

GDPR Overview

ICO, here. 

Netflix or Hulu won’t win the streaming wars. Your cable company will.

Vox, here. 

Greater competition in the “for‐hire auto transportation market”: Constitutional challenge

Richard Posner, here. 

Is there a competition law issue lurking on the horizon of cloud computing?

IPKat, here. 

Samsung acquires Viv, seeks to create smartest digital assistant

NewsDay, here.

Netflix semble avoir gagné sa bataille contre les VPN

Numerama, ici.

Online RPM and MFN Under Antitrust Law and Economics

P. Akman, D. Sokol, here. 

Qualcomm Files Actions Against Meizu in the United States, Germany and France

Qualcomm, here. 

Antitrust Enforcement Under A (Further) Clinton Administration: Status Quo Or Significant Change?

McDermott Will & Emery, here. 

Why artificial intelligence may be the next big privacy trend

Privacy Perspective, here. 

The airline industry is dominated by just four companies. And you’re paying for it.

ProPublica, here. 

Consumers matter: making the most of data and the digital world

A. Ansip, here.

Microsoft seeks EU approval for LinkedIn buy

Reuters, here.

IP Crime Report

UK IPO, here.

App Annie study shows U.S. retail leads the way in mobile disruption

VentureBeat, here.

Tim Cook Talks About Apple’s Augmented Reality Ambitions

BuzzFeed, here.

Protecting the Rights of American Innovators in Cuba

USPTO, here.

Privacy Laws Around the World

Bloomberg Law, here.

Japan Bets on Personal Data Stores

DataEthics, here,

The Cost of Free vs. The Price of Free

From the video Unsound, here.

When Machines Learn by Experimenting on Us

ProPublica, here.

Wie Albert Einstein jedes Jahr Millionen verdient

FAZ, hier.

Tracking the gig economy: New numbers

Brookings, here.

Data as a Digital Resource

G. Surblyte, here.

Competition and consumer protection regulators must up their game in the Big Data era

UNCTAD, here.

Trust and Predictive Technologies 2016

Cambridge, Edelman, here.

The Role of APIs in Firm Performance

S. Benzell, G. LaGarda, M. Van Alstyne, Here.

Universities have turned over hundreds of patents to patent trolls

Medium, here.

What makes you click

Vpro.nl, here/hier (Dutch/English).

The AI disruption wave

TechCrunch, here.

Advertisers: New FCC Privacy Proposal Threatens Web Ecosystem

Mediapost, here.

Your Facebook Workplace is about to be taken over by bots

VentureBeat, here. 

Dynamische Entwicklung bei mobiler Internetnutzung sowie Audios und Videos

ARD/ZDF, hier.

Amazon’s New Music-Streaming Service to Rival Spotify, Apple

Bloomberg, here. 

Compensation claim for ‘overcharged’ Pride Mobility customers

Which?, here. 

Ranks and Vasiļevičs

CJEU, Case C‑166/15, here.
Press Release, here.

Samsung v. Apple

Transcript of the Oral Argument, here.

Protecting Privacy Online: GDPR and e-Privacy Directive Revisited

A. Jablonowska, here.

ACLU exposes Facebook, Twitter for feeding surveillance company user data

ArsTechnica, here. 

Call for a multilateral competition regime

CUTS, here. 

Bildrechte: Wikipedianer unterliegt vor Gericht gegen Museum

Heise.de, hier. 

Robotics and artificial intelligence

UK Parliament, Science and Technology Committee, here. 

AI needs a watchdog and UK gov’t must do better on robotics, MPs warn

ArsTechnica.co.uk, here.

Netzagentur senkt Renditen für Netzbetreiber

FAZ, hier. 

National Artificial Intelligence R&D Strategic Plan

The White House, here.
Public responses here. 

Google’s Information is Power – Info-opoly Power

ICOMP, Video here. 

How Big is AI, Mr. President?

Wired, here.

Wettbewerb und Verbraucherverhalten – Konflikt oder Gleichlauf zwischen Verbraucherschutz und Kartellrecht?

Bundeskartellamt, hier.
Spannende Präsentationen abrufbar, hier.

Conference on the preliminary findings of the e-commerce inquiry - A few very selective and biased notes

EC, 6 October 2016.
Programme here.
Catch-up video here.

Contribution from academia (S2)

Some notes on my favourite Session (S3).
Bundeskartellamt (7:02:30)
- Asics Decision here.
-- prohibition to sale via marketplaces: no agreement on this specific issue with the EC, feu vert on the others
--- total ban not expressly prohibited in the decision (obiter dictum para. 40: "Des Weiteren sind den autorisierten Händlern im ASICS-Vertriebssystem 1.0 die Bewerbung und der Verkauf über Online-Marktplätze per se – d.h. unabhängig von der konkreten Ausgestaltung des jeweiligen Marktplatzes – verboten. Auch wenn darüber mit Blick auf die vorgenannten und hier festgestellten Kernbeschränkungen nicht mehr entschieden wird, könnten nach Auffassung des Bundeskartellamts auch durch dieses Verbot viele ASICS-Händler daran gehindert werden, mehr und andere Kunden auch außerhalb ihres engen geographischen Vertriebsgebiets schnell und effektiv über das Internet zu erreichen").
- Widespread pressure on retailers towards RPM: How do we deal with that?
- Lego, dual-pricing settlement
-- conditions shaping the quality of the distribution of Lego products both on- and offline
- Tasks based on the findings and NCAs' case law
-- find a balance between extreme views,
-- keen interest in fostering innovation at the retailers' level and the manufacturers' level (a whole book and a couple of articles written on this, SV, here and ici),
-- seek level playing field (and EU Courts are going to help)
--- CJEU Coty here.
---- Deuter here.

Discussion Round (NCAs and input from the audience)
- Geoblocking, territorial restrictions
-- P fragmented e-commerce sector; are restrictions/barriers always justified? Like restrictions on passive sales? Consumer associations complain. Geoblocking Reg might help to fill some possible gaps. EC better placed to deal with it, but NCAs dealing with ban on passive sales within national territory (Galp Energia - bottled gas decision here) - also online.
-- NL not so many complaints - differently from D (should the NL NCA somehow start worrying about it?). Geo-blocking Reg: many issues (applicable law, extension to b2b - territorial supply restraints, etc.)
-- D no complaints on geo-blocking from within D. Cooperation with other NCAs within the ECN (with LUX on car sales - info about this case not found)
--S territorial restrictions, complaints received, not acted upon (imports from lower priced countries banned), EC better placed (if banished within the ECN based on cooperation among some Members risk of consumers in high priced countries better off and in low priced countries worse off - balance necessary, ergo EC's task)
- Marketplace, selective distribution
-- NL tension between price comp by retailers and quality driven manufacturers; in general VR are efficient (protect manufacturers' investments, ok if interbrand competition),
-- S new knowledge: marketplaces' use by retailers much lower in S than in D, bans much less prevalent than in D (not sure)
-- P selective distribution cases not frequent (not even offline)
-- D selective distribution systems may go beyond what is necessary to generate efficiencies, for example imposing bans of third party platforms, quite a lot of litigation before D courts - NCA's intervention therefore necessary to influence the shaping  of competition policy (otherwise D courts will shape it totally on their own)
--- Adidas (here) and Asics both included bans of third party platforms: marketplaces are important sales channels for smaller retailers (pretty sure about this one) - 2/3 of their sales.

--- perhaps more a political than an economic question: marketplace shops by both manufacturer and retailer on the same platform - refusal to supply if the latter continues (I would add: see also CMA online posters case, here)
-- e-commerce a priority in D and ECN rather active, EU courts progressing as well (who is missing here?)
-- NL free-riding by manufacturers possibly also an issue (p.105) - "striking" to him "a little bit of an eye-opener"
-- D possible free-riding by manufacturers also to be considered, debate within the NCA itself very useful to decide borderline cases; in general, intervention by CAs can also reduce complexity (answering to Baker&McKenzie)
- Online price transparency, RPM
-- NL, S, no red line for intervention, interest in parallel systems (but which one do you decide to face, practically?)
-- P price transparency a problem in markets prone to collusion - algorithms possibly helping in this regard (US poster case mentioned but strangely not the parallel UK case...)
--- new instruments necessary to tackle collusion in online markets (e.g., data screening employed in the Libor cases)
--- dual pricing and minimum RPM to offset retailers' free-riding strategies, efficiency allegation not grounded (Royal Canin, here)
--- RPM: companies should consider alternative, less restrictive vertical restraints
-- D not stuck to one brand of assessment framework, and making available instruments fit for the online world; case by case inevitable: evolution by interpretion
--- VRBER setting the scene and not easy to circumvent
---- Courts might challenge provisions
-- NL digital content: premium content increasingly important, particularly in an oligopolistic market (merger commitment decision here)
--- market study into the online streaming video sector launched (looking at the issues from various angles; French study also just published, here)