How do comparison shopping sites make a living? An update

Comparison shopping sites, also known as shopping robots or shopbots, have been around for about two decades. Sites such …

Business models for digital goods: video games (episodic games)

In a recent post on IPdigIT Paul Belleflamme raised the question of what might be appropriate business models for …

Business models for digital goods: video games (free-to-play games)

In a recent post on IPdigIT Paul Belleflamme raised the question of what might be appropriate business models for …

What can we expect from 2015 in the field of IP and ICT?

Starting from this post I will try to regularly update you, IPdigIT readers, on the latest legislative developments taking …

Banks’ reaction to entry threats

In this third post, we examine how banks can react to the entry threat on banking retail markets (the …

Entrants’ strategies to compete with incumbent banks

  In our previous post, we explained that non-banks (Google, Apple, start-up companies) compete with banks to offer retail …

Innovation and regulation in the retail banking industry

Over the recent years, several innovations have emerged on the retail banking market: mobile payments, Internet Banking, peer-to-peer lending …

Best wishes for 2015: a year for starting a forward looking reform of copyright in Europe?

The beginning of the year is always a good time for the best resolutions. 2015 should not be an …

Can Obama’s initiative ensure that ‘internet fast lanes’ do not develop to the detriment of standard access?

  On November 10, 2014, the US president called the agency in charge of regulating the media, the Federal …

When solving copyright cases requires to balance fundamental rights

Copyright cases until recently were mainly decided with reference to the rules contained in the statutes (the relevant Copyright …