Friday, October 27, 2017

Feasibility study on the microeconomic impact of enforcement of competition policies on innovation


P. Osmosi, A. Bennato, S. Davies and F. Mariuzzo, here.

Concorrência e Inovação (ICYRAAI)

06 de novembro de 2017
 Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
Rua da Consolação, 896, portão 7 ou
 Rua Itambé, 135, portão 1
 Auditório Mackgraphe
São Paulo
Programa aqui.

In case you are around and interested

Tuesday 31 October 9.30-11

Alberto Parrella (former Uni Trento/Pisa master student and much more)
Data Analyst, Twitter
"Data driven businesses: how social media empower products through data".
Contamination Lab
Piazza Fiera, 4
Trento

Google antitrust remedy falls short of EU demands

FT,  here.

Google outwits the European Commission once again

G. Reback, here.

Thursday, October 26, 2017

Dutch telco KPN wins appeal against cable rivals’ merger

FT, here.
GC's Ruling here

Top German court seeks comments on patent court challenge

Lawgazette.co.uk, here

RETOUR SUR LES INITIATIVES DE MAÎTRISE DES DONNÉES PERSONNELLES : SELF DATA, CLOUD PERSONNEL

Laboratoire.agencedunumerique, ici

FRANCE, SPAIN & PORTUGAL IMPOSE TROJAN © HORSE ON COUNCIL AGENDA

CopyBuzz, here

Facebook launches Marketplace for cars with dealers and Blue Book pricing

Techcrunch, here

Gesundheitsportal in Dänemark macht Patienten zu gleichberechtigten Partnern

Heise.de, hier

International data transfers – A recap

E. Ustaran, here

Großbritannien führt Data Protection Bill ein: Prepare for Brexit

Spirit Legal, hier

A smart city in China tracks every citizen and yours could too

New Scientist, here

Wie die Umkleidekabine der Zukunft aussieht

FAZ, hier

Lessons learned from WP29's letter to WhatsApp

iapp, here.

What competition can do – and what it can't

M. Vestager, here

The Future of Online Dating Is Unsexy and Brutally Effective

Gizmodo, here

IN SAS DECISION, APPELLATE COURT DODGES ADDRESSING ORACLE

J. Band, here

EDPS recommendations on specific aspects of the proposed ePrivacy Regulation

EDPS, here

Google Targeted Again as EU Is Said to Weigh Search-Result Rules

Bloomberg, here.

From the Commission's Agenda 2018, here:
Proposal on fairness in platform-to-business relations (legislative, incl. impact assessment, Art. 114 TFEU, Q1 2018); an initiative addressing online platform challenges as regards the spreading of fake information (non-legislative, Q1 2018); 

How behavioral economics is being used against you

MarketWatch, here

Current account switching at new low

BBC, here

Kartellamt durchleuchtet Internet-Vergleichsportale

FAZ, hier

Privacy Shield: EU-Datenschützer distanzieren sich von der Kommission

Heise.de, hier

Lufthansa muss wegen Air-Berlin-Übernahme wohl Strecken abgeben

FAZ, hier

Intellectual Property Rights in the Recreational Cannabis Market

Jeremydebeer, here

CJEU opens way to mounting data protection rules for Facebook

FT, here

A Computer Scientist Makes the Case for Speculative Fiction

LAreviewofbooks, here

Spotify’s Discover Weekly: How machine learning finds your new music

HackerMoon, here. 

Wer verlinkt, muss nicht immer prüfen: Neue Urteile zur Linkhaftung

Heise.de, hier

European General Court rules (again) on Mandatory Access and Interoperability in Software Industry (T-751/15)

Competitionlawblog.kluwercompetitionlaw, here

State aid: Commission opens in-depth investigation into UK tax scheme for multinationals

EC, here

Platforms: Guardians of the Digital Economy

J. Tirole, here

Thursday, October 19, 2017

Le Parlement européen échoue à protéger notre vie privée

La Quadrature du Net, ici.

Songkick To Shut Down, Continue Legal Battle With Ticketmaster/Live Nation

Liveformusic, here.

One simple chart shows why Facebook just bought an anonymous chat app for teens

BusinessInsider, here.

Compromise ePrivacy Regulation text as adopted today in EU Parliament LIBe committee.

ePrivacy – An Outlook on a New Framework

M. Lauristin, here

AI​ ​Now​ ​2017​ ​Report

Here

Kemira reached a settlement with CDC in the damage claim litigation in Dortmund related to hydrogen peroxide business in 1994-2000

Kemira, here

The Recommendation on Measures to Safeguard Fundamental Rights and the Open Internet in the Framework of the EU Copyright Reform

Martin Senftleben,a Christina Angelopoulos,b Gianfranco Frosio,c Valentina Moscon,d Miquel Peguera,e Ole-Andreas Rognstad, here

Why Surge Prices Make Us So Mad: What Springsteen, Home Depot and a Nobel Winner Know

NYTimes, here

EU-Copyright-Reform: Einschränkung von Text- und Data-Mining droht

Heise, hier

Enslaving the Algorithm: From a ‘Right to an Explanation’ to a ‘Right to Better Decisions’?

L. Edwards, M. Veale, here

ACCC welcomes new era in competition law

ACCC, here

Competition through interoperability

C. Riley, here

Hollywood Confronts a Copyright Argument With Potential for Mass Disruption

HollywoodReporter, here

EU-Urheberrechtsreform: Streit über Upload-Filter und Grundrechte

iRights, hier

Trump Picks Joseph Simons, Corporate Antitrust Lawyer, to Lead F.T.C

NYTimes, here

Intelligence artificielle : toujours plus puissant, AlphaGo apprend désormais sans données humaines

Le Monde, ici

Like Uber, for socialism: Chinese leader calls for more use of AI, big data and sharing economy

TheRegister, here

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Der Bundeskartellamt-Chef erklärt, wie er sich gegen Amazon, Facebook & Co. durchsetzen will

BusinessInsider, hier.

Tapetenkartell: Gericht erhöht Bußgelder für Mandanten von Hengeler und Gibson Dunn

Juve, hier.

Competition, Innovation, and Competition Law: Dissecting the Interplay

W. Kerber, here.

Véhicules connectés : un pack de conformité pour une utilisation responsable des données

CNIL, ici

Taiwan targets Google on Android

GCR, here

Qualcomm hit with $773 million fine in Taiwan for antitrust violations

AndroidAuthority, here

Growing the artificial intelligence industry in the UK

W. Hall and Jérôme Pesenti for the UK  Business Secretary and Culture Secretary, here

Guidelines on Personal data breach notification under Regulation 2016/679

WP29, here

Guidelines on automated individual decision-making and profiling for the purposes of Regulation 2016/679

WP29, here

How Can We Reveal Bias in Computer Algorithms?

Theregreview, here

Spotify launches an app for artists with real-time streaming data, audience demographics

TechCrunch, here

Big Data and Canadian Competition Policy

D. Sokol, here

IMPLEMENTING THE MARRAKESH TREATY IN EUROPEAN UNION MEMBER STATES: A GUIDE FOR LIBRARIES

IFLA, EBLIDA here.

Droits d'auteur, une directive contre productive?

France Culture, ici

Dow/Dupont

EU CASE M.7932, here

Major Studios, Streamers Declare Legal War on TickBox

Hollywood Reporter, here

German researchers resign from Elsevier journals in push for nationwide open access

ScienceMag, here

Vermeer was brilliant, but he was not without influences

The Economist, here (and here). 

Qualcomm Seeks China iPhone Ban, Expanding Apple Legal Fight

Bloomberg, here

American Express Fee Accusations Get U.S.Supreme Court Hearing

Bloomberg, here

Supreme Court entscheidet über die Zukunft der Cloud

Zeit.de, hier

Privacy is a competitive advantage

FT, here