The Reporter, here.
M. et Mme X et M. Y / Google France
Tribunal de grande instance de Paris, Ordonnance de référé du 16 septembre 2014, ici.
Translation and intellectual property rights
Bird&Bird for the European Commission (DG Translation), here.
Harper Competition Review Draft Report
Here.
A few selected topics:
Taxi industry and disruptive innovation
P.30: "States and Territories should remove regulations that restrict competition in the taxi industry, including from services that compete with taxis, except where it would not be in the public interest.
If restrictions on numbers of taxi licences are to be retained, the number to be issued should be determined by independent regulators focused on the interests of consumers."
P. 139: "Mobile technologies are emerging that compete with traditional taxi booking services and support the emergence of innovative passenger transport services. Any regulation of such services should be consumer-focused and not inhibit innovation or protect existing business models."
IP and competition policy
P.31: "The Panel recommends that an overarching review of intellectual property be undertaken by an independent body, such as the Productivity Commission. The review should focus on competition policy issues in intellectual property arising from new developments in technology and markets.
The review should also assess the principles and processes followed by the Australian Government when establishing negotiating mandates to incorporate intellectual property provisions in international trade agreements.
Trade negotiations should be informed by an independent and transparent analysis of the costs and benefits to Australia of any proposed IP provisions. Such an analysis should be undertaken and published before negotiations are concluded."
{P. 80-87 are already on my students' mandatory reading list.}
RPM and Retail MFN
P. 46 f.: "The Panel considers that there is not a sufficient case at this time for changing the prohibition of RPM from a per se prohibition to a competition based test. It would be appropriate, though, to allow business to seek exemption from the prohibition more easily. This could be achieved through allowing RPM to be assessed through the notification process, which is quicker and less expensive for businesses than authorisation. This change would also have the advantage of allowing the ACCC to assess RPM trading strategies more frequently, and thereby provide better evidence as to the competitive effects of RPM in Australia."
P. 234 f.: "Historically, RPM has been considered in the context of ‘bricks and mortar’ retailers. RPM is now emerging as an issue for new models of digital-based retailing. eBay states, based on annual surveys of its sellers, that around a quarter of sellers are instructed by their suppliers to sell at recommended retail prices (...)
RPM in digital markets also recently received significant international legal attention when Apple was found to have breached EU and US competition laws
by fixing the prices of e-books in collaboration with five publishers."
Big Data, Personal Data Protection and Competition Policy
P.129: "Markets work best when consumers are engaged, empowering them to make informed decisions. There is capacity to enhance Australian consumers’access to data on their own usage of utility services in a usable format to assist consumers to make better informed decisions.
A few selected topics:
Taxi industry and disruptive innovation
P.30: "States and Territories should remove regulations that restrict competition in the taxi industry, including from services that compete with taxis, except where it would not be in the public interest.
If restrictions on numbers of taxi licences are to be retained, the number to be issued should be determined by independent regulators focused on the interests of consumers."
P. 139: "Mobile technologies are emerging that compete with traditional taxi booking services and support the emergence of innovative passenger transport services. Any regulation of such services should be consumer-focused and not inhibit innovation or protect existing business models."
IP and competition policyP.31: "The Panel recommends that an overarching review of intellectual property be undertaken by an independent body, such as the Productivity Commission. The review should focus on competition policy issues in intellectual property arising from new developments in technology and markets.
The review should also assess the principles and processes followed by the Australian Government when establishing negotiating mandates to incorporate intellectual property provisions in international trade agreements.
Trade negotiations should be informed by an independent and transparent analysis of the costs and benefits to Australia of any proposed IP provisions. Such an analysis should be undertaken and published before negotiations are concluded."
{P. 80-87 are already on my students' mandatory reading list.}
RPM and Retail MFN
P. 46 f.: "The Panel considers that there is not a sufficient case at this time for changing the prohibition of RPM from a per se prohibition to a competition based test. It would be appropriate, though, to allow business to seek exemption from the prohibition more easily. This could be achieved through allowing RPM to be assessed through the notification process, which is quicker and less expensive for businesses than authorisation. This change would also have the advantage of allowing the ACCC to assess RPM trading strategies more frequently, and thereby provide better evidence as to the competitive effects of RPM in Australia."
P. 234 f.: "Historically, RPM has been considered in the context of ‘bricks and mortar’ retailers. RPM is now emerging as an issue for new models of digital-based retailing. eBay states, based on annual surveys of its sellers, that around a quarter of sellers are instructed by their suppliers to sell at recommended retail prices (...)
RPM in digital markets also recently received significant international legal attention when Apple was found to have breached EU and US competition laws
by fixing the prices of e-books in collaboration with five publishers."
Big Data, Personal Data Protection and Competition Policy
P.129: "Markets work best when consumers are engaged, empowering them to make informed decisions. There is capacity to enhance Australian consumers’access to data on their own usage of utility services in a usable format to assist consumers to make better informed decisions.
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books
in collaboration with fivepublishers."
Le secteur des autoroutes après la privatisation des sociétés concessionnaires
Autorité de la concurrence, ici.
The Internet: Just Another Distribution Channel? EU and U.S. Competition Policy Approaches to E- Commerce
J. Wahl, S. Troost and C. Buts, here.
NewsCorp: Google is a 'platform for piracy'
BBC, here. Letter here.
"Google is commodifying the audience of specialist publishers and limiting their ability to generate advertising revenue. Data aggregators attempt to sell audiences at a steep discount to the original source, for example, access to 75 per cent of The Wall Street Journal demographic at 25 per cent of the price, thus undermining the business model of the content creator. This process is at a relatively early stage and needs constant monitoring to ensure that abuses are halted and that there is a fair return for newspapers, publishers and other investors in original content."
"Google is commodifying the audience of specialist publishers and limiting their ability to generate advertising revenue. Data aggregators attempt to sell audiences at a steep discount to the original source, for example, access to 75 per cent of The Wall Street Journal demographic at 25 per cent of the price, thus undermining the business model of the content creator. This process is at a relatively early stage and needs constant monitoring to ensure that abuses are halted and that there is a fair return for newspapers, publishers and other investors in original content."
10 Comments on the ECJ’s Judgment in Case C-67/13 P, Groupement des Cartes Bancaire
ChillingCompetition, here.
Groupement des Cartes Bancaires and the resilience of the case law on restrictions by object
Chillingcompetition.com, here.
Authors United Sends Open Letter to Amazon Board, Filled With Bad Arguments and Factual Errors
The-digital-reader.com, here.
L’Autorité de la concurrence s’inquiète de l’intégration verticale des géants du Web
Larevuedudigital.com, ici.
«...dans le cas de l’enquête sur Booking.com et Expedia qui imposent aux hôteliers de ne pas vendre moins cher que sur leurs plateformes, nous nous associons aux autres autorités, car c’est un frein à la concurrence»
«...dans le cas de l’enquête sur Booking.com et Expedia qui imposent aux hôteliers de ne pas vendre moins cher que sur leurs plateformes, nous nous associons aux autres autorités, car c’est un frein à la concurrence»
Engineering a Market for Personal Data: The Hub-of-all-Things (HAT)
RCUK Digital Economy HAT Project, here.
Auditing Algorithms: Research Methods for Detecting Discrimination on Internet Platforms
C. Sandvig, K. Hamilton, K. Karahalios, C. Langbort, here.
Value of a Platform to a Seller: Case of American Airlines and Online Travel Agencies
V. Bilotkach, N. Rupp, V. Pai, here.
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