Thursday, October 30, 2014

Research in the digital age

R. Dijkgraaf, here

El Congreso aprueba la 'tasa Google': los buscadores tendrán que pagar a los editores

Ecoteuve.es, aquì

The Remunerated Statutory Limitation for News Aggregation and Search Engines Proposed by the Spanish Government - Its Compliance with International and EU Law

R. Xalabarder, here

OFT issues decision in mobility scooters sector

CMA's website (?), here.

Original OFT's press release, here

Competition Bureau sets out preliminary views on patent agreement settlement enforcement

Thecompetitor.ca, here.

If at first you don’t succeed – Booking.com and Expedia investigation re-opens

EU-Competitionlaw.com, here.


Dutch copyright law succumbs to aging as exhaustion extends to e-books

M. Olvedo Cuevas, here.

Der Streit ums E-Book und seine Erschöpfung

BuchReport.de, hier.

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Mission sur l’exploration de données

J. Martin, ici.

Millions of 'orphan' artworks and historic documents to be seen under new copyright laws

Independent.co.uk, here

FCC moves to treat online video like cable, a boon for Aereo

ArsTechnica, here

YouTube Considering An Ad-Free, Subscription-Based Version

TechCrunch, here

Enjoining Injunctions: The Case Against Antitrust Liability for Standard Essential Patent Holders Who Seek Injunctions

D. Ginsburg, T. Owings, and J. Wright, here

US regulator drops BP, Statoil oil price-fixing probe

Reuters.com, here

Die Wut der Chinesen auf VW

FAZ.net, hier.

When is a Flavor/Taste Trademark Possible?

Jdsupra.com, here

Text mining : vers un nouvel accord avec Elsevier

Scoms.hypotheses.org, ici.. 

Cheaper oil: Winners and losers

TheEconomist, here

Friday, October 24, 2014

The Importance of Economic Analysis When Assessing Vertical Agreements

J. Davies, Presentation here

Competition Enforcement in the Internet-Based Trade – Current Practice of the BKartA

G. Kallfass, presentation here

El ejemplo de otros países muestra que la tasa Google será un fracaso

Adslzone.net, aquì.

Texto de la LPI aprobado por el Senado aquí

EuGH C 348/13 BestWater - "Framing": Framende Links keine Urheberrechtsverletzung

B. Knies, Video hier.

Beschluss hier.
Vorabentscheidungsersuchen hier

Digitisation and Democracy: The challenges of shaping the Digital Society

J. Hofmann, here

Amazon is doing the world a favor by crushing book publishers

Vox.com, here.

On the link between "dynamic pricing" and competition by innovation

www.dilbert.com/

Google's New Search Downranking Hits Torrent Sites Hard

TorrentFreak.com, here

¿Hay que desmantelar Amazon o Google?

J. Alfaro, aquì.

Antitrust Litigation- The Way Ahead

J. Almunia, here.

Thursday, October 23, 2014

The War Against Airbnb

R. Epstein, here.

Opinion: The criterion “new public” as developed in the Svensson case

ALAI, here.

Etude des perceptions et usages du livre numérique

Hadopi/IFOP, ici

Eight years on from the OFT's CUPI study: Lessons learned and remaining hurdles

dot.econ, here

Intellectual property enforcement

L. Neville-Rolfe, here

Retail Energy Competition and Consumer Empowerment

CERRE, Discussion Paper, here

Alliances entre distributeurs: le gouvernement saisit l'Autorité de la concurrence

Boursorama, ici

Georgia State Academic Fair Use Decision Vacated by 11th Circuit: A (Relatively) Quick Read for the Busy Practitioner

Trademarkandcopyrightlawblog.com, here

Comcast - Time Warner Cable, MB Docket No. 14-57

Professors' Letter to the FCC, here

The Sky is Rising - 2014 Edition

Two Europes or One Europe?

N. Kroes, here

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Verlage knicken beim Leistungsschutzrecht ein

Golem.de, hier.

From the antitrust mailbag: manufacturer-imposed requirements

FTC, here.

Q1: Are the wondering retailers generally satisfied with this type of explanation?
Q2: Does it apply to platforms as well?

The Fondue Conspiracy

Sepp Barmettler, the Cheese Rebel
NPR: Planet Money, Podcast here.

More about the Cheese Union (Käseunion) in A. Thier, Schweizerische Kartellrechtstradition und „more economic approach,“  621, at 640 ff., here.




Update: I tasted the Sbrinz cheese for the first time after listening to the NPR Podcast. Delicious indeed, and already a competition policy scholar's favourite.


BGH decision "Yellow dictionary" colour trade mark dispute

IPKat, here.

Big Data and the Future for Privacy

N. Richards, J. King, here

Oeuvres transformatives : faut-il faire de YouTube le « Seigneur des Mashups » ?

Scinfolex.com, ici

The Technology Transfer Block Exemption

Out-law.com, here

Case C-470/14, EGEDA – will a state-financed ‘private copy’ scheme deliver fair compensation?

Eulawradar, here

Inter Partes Review: An Early Look at the Numbers

B. Love, S. Ambwani, here

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Agency 2.0: Competition Authorities Will Need to Think - Again

Agreements between Amazon and publishers are starting rolling out, see here and here. It is not very hard to predict that these agreements will come to be scrutinized quite closely by competition authorities on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond. While, it seems, conspiracy theories this time round could be safely ruled out, it would be high time to develop comprehensive assessment criteria with regard to vertical restraints triggered by, or in the context of, electronic platforms.  

Google Penguin 3.0: Worldwide Rollout Still In Process, Impacting 1% Of English Queries

SearchEngineLand, here.

Honeywell Gets EU Complaint With DuPont Over Car Coolant

Bloomberg.com, here.

E-Book-Preise: Amazon einigt sich mit Bonnier

Heise.de, hier

Big, bad Amazon

TheEconomist, here

"Why are you searching here for your lost keys? Because there is light here": Reflections on Competition Policy in Europe

J. Fingleton, Video here. Speech notes here

European Commission settles cartel on bid-ask spreads charged on Swiss Franc interest rate derivatives; fines four major banks € 32.3 million

Press Release, here

Competition Enforcement: A Practical Perspective

A. Mundt, Video here.

"The ECN is a unique success, and a model for other areas of law."

The role of competition authorities in fostering growth and consumer welfare

P. Roth, Presentation here; Video here

Banks: Too Big to Manage Ethically?

Dealbook.nytimes.com, here.

Amazon: it’s not the power, it’s the lost focus

J. Gans, here

European Commission proposes ratification of Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate access to books for visually impaired persons

Press Release, here

Uber Economics: There is no such thing as bad publicity

Bruegel.org, here

82 Things Publishers Do (2014 Edition)

The scholarly kitchen, here

Brussels Antitrust Seminar Demonstrates Shifting European Landscape For Competition Enforcement In Wake Of ECJ MasterCard Judgment

Antitrusttoday.com, here

Public libraries: the right to digitise and the right of reproduction

S. Yakovleva, here.

Amazon closes a contract with one major book publisher (not that one, though)

Mhpbooks.com, here.  For more speculations see here and here.

More on Android

Chillingcompetition.com, here

European Pharmaceutical Antitrust after Groupment des Cartes Bancaires – Time to Rethink the Approach to Pay For Delay Settlements?

S. Gallasch, here

Antitrust Analysis of Reverse Payment Settlements After Actavis: Three Questions and Proposed Answers

J. Wright, here

In Georgia State University E-Reserves Case, Eleventh Circuit Endorses Flexible Approach to Fair Use

ARL Policy Notes, here.

Why The Justice Department Won't Go After Amazon Even Though Paul Krugman Thinks It's Hurting America

BusinessInsider, here.

Simon & Schuster Strikes Amazon Deal Reviving Agency Ebook Pricing

DigitalBookWorld, here.

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Uber wrangling regulations (and setting some hope on the FTC)

Interview with Brian Worth,  Uber Public Policy Lead, Harvard Kennedy School Policycast, here.

Report says illegal Airbnb apartments made up over a third of the company's NYC revenue

TheVerge, here.

Report from the NY State Attorney General's office here.

New WikiLeaks of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Intellectual Property Chapter — Analysis of Copyright Provision

Policynotes.arl.org, here

Google defends flight search – it’s hard to do it well and industry doesn’t appreciate us

Tnooz.com, here

Resolution on enforcement cooperation among data protection authorities

Jean Tirole's (provisional) legacy

Bruegel.org, here

Are Google’s search results deceptive, or can consumers identify ads on their own?

Gigaom, here.

Business Benefit from Public Data

Blog.opengroup.org, here

Cartel members may argue that damage caused by cartel was passed on to customers

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, here

YouTube has paid $1 billion to rights holders via Content ID since 2007

ArsTechnica, here.

Q. and A. With Jean Tirole, Economics Nobel Winner

NYTimes, here

Whois-Daten werden schleichend zentralisiert

Heise.de, hier.

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Right to Be Forgotten: Google Sentenced to Pay Damages in Spain

M. Peguera, here.

Patents and Standards - A modern framework for IPR-based standardization

ECSIP Consortium for the European Commission, here.

J. Tirole cited once, at p. 30.

Google’s Schmidt Heads to Berlin Talks to Soothe Rattled Germans

Bloomberg.com, here.

The EU Commission’s “contempt” of national courts? - C-170/13 Huawei Technologies

Verfassungsblog.de, here.

Linux Foundation Does Open Source Drones

G. Moody, here.

Trends and milestones in competition policy since 2010

J. Almunia, here.

Challenges of international co-operation in competition law enforcement

OECD, Report here; Statistical Highlights here

Adobe’s Latest E-Book Misstep: This Time, It’s Not the DRM

Copyrightandtechnology.com, here

Monday, October 13, 2014

Wie Nobelpreisträger Jean Tirole auch Deutschland prägte

WSJ, hier.

Google's Chairman Says Amazon — Not Bing — Is Its Biggest Search Competitor

BusinessInsider.com, here. See also E. Schmidt, The New Gründergeist, here

Is There a Vatican School for Competition Policy?

T. T'óth, here.

EU Commission congratulates Economics Nobel winner

Press Release, here.

Mr Tirole's research has direct relevance to current policy issues.

TheEconomist, here.

Bozza di Dichiarazione dei Diritti in Internet

Camera dei deputati, Commissione per i diritti e doveri in Internet, qui.

Jean Tirole: Market Power and Regulation


Scientific Background on the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2014,  here.

Popular science background here.

Tirole's 2013 lecture on two-sided markets, part 1 here, and part 2 here.

In essence, a nobel prize to the "more economic approach"...

Google rivals get help with antitrust campaign -- from Google

CNEt, here.

Looking ahead: preparing for the digital economy – view from the new competition regulator

A. Chrisholm, here.

La machine Booking face à la gronde des hôteliers

Lesechos.fr, ici.

Friday, October 03, 2014

L'impression 3D, nouveau défi du droit de la propriété intellectuelle ?

M. Berguig, ici.

Understanding and Maximizing America's Evolutionary Economy

R. Atkinson, here.

Commission approves acquisition of WhatsApp by Facebook

Press Release, here.
"Although WhatsApp is not active in online advertising, the Commission examined whether the transaction could strengthen Facebook's position in that market and hamper competition. In particular, the Commission examined the possibility that Facebook could (i) introduce advertising on WhatsApp, and/or (ii) use WhatsApp as a potential source of user data for improving the targeting of Facebook's advertisements. The Commission concluded that, regardless of whether Facebook would introduce advertising on WhatsApp and/or start collecting WhatsApp user data, the transaction would not raise competition concerns. This is because after the merger, there will continue to be a sufficient number of alternative providers to Facebook for the supply of targeted advertising, and a large amount of internet user data that are valuable for advertising purposes are not within Facebook's exclusive control."

The Right to be Forgotten: Not an Easy Question

F. Pasquale, here.

Kartellamt greift vorerst nicht in Streit Google/Verlage ein

Reuters.com, hier

Antitrust Nominee in Europe Promises Eye on Big Tech Companies

Bits.blogs.nytimes.com, here

Regolamento Agcom a tutela del diritto d'autore online: il TAR Lazio conferma la legittimità dell'impianto regolamentare del provvedimento, ma rinvia alla Corte Costituzionale

Dirittodautore.it, qui.

Ordinanza qui.

Las demandas colectivas chocan con el sistema judicial español

Expansiòn, aquì.

Thursday, October 02, 2014

Finally, a Big 5 publisher raises digital royalties (but there’s a catch)

GigaOm, here.

Exercising choice: some reflections on competition enforcement in online markets

P. Marsden, here.

How big data could help stop the Ebola outbreak

CNBC, here.

German publishers accuse Google of “blackmail” as search firm axes News snippets

GigaOm, here

Big US tech companies face major patent losses in the post-Alice world

Iam-magazine.com, here

The Devil is in the Retail

A. Italiener, here.

{Of course, with less concentration on both the supplier and retailer sides of the market we could've had, possibly, higher levels of innovation and better choice for consumers. How do you measure that?}

Russian Retailers Bet on E-Books Before Amazon Entry

Bloomberg.com, here

The ballad of Google Spain

Paul Bernal's Blog, here

The Horizon Report Europe: 2014 Schools Edition

The economic impact of modern retail on choice and innovation in the EU food sector

European Commission, Final Report, here. Press Release, here

How The Proposed Payments Legislation Will Restrain Competition Among Payment Card Schemes And Harm Consumers In The European Union

D. Evans, here

UK Treasury Plans to Criminalise All Benchmark Fixing LIBOR-Led by Example

ForexMagnates.com, here.

What an Economist Brings to a Business Strategy

Blogs.hbr.org, here

WIPO General Assembly Fails to Draw any Conclusions on Exceptions and Limitations

IFLA.org, here.



(For transparency's sake: this blog's author was part of the team representing IFLA at WIPO GA). 

Google : comment mettre en œuvre le droit à l’oubli ?

Méta-Media, ici.

Authors Guild Met With DoJ to Seek Investigation Into Amazon's Practices Guild Says Retailer Is Abusing Its Market Power in Hachette Dispute

WSJ, here.

To Avoid Liability, Google Limits German News Content To Headlines

SearchEngineLand, here.