Randal C. Picker

University of Chicago - Law School

Leffmann Professor of Commercial Law; Senior Fellow, The Computation Institute of the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory

1111 E. 60th St.

Chicago, IL 60637

United States

http://www.law.uchicago.edu/Picker/

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1.

The Razors-and-Blades Myth(s)

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 532
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 14 Sep 2010
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School
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Razors, blades, razor-blade market, aftermarkets, consumables, tying, platforms, platform-based competition

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Antitrust and Regulation

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Antitrust and Regulation

University of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 312
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 13 Oct 2006
Dennis W. Carlton and Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and University of Chicago - Law School
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Interstate Commerce Act, Sherman Act, federal regulation, restraint of trade, monopoly

Antitrust and Regulation

NBER Working Paper No. w12902
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 17 Feb 2007
Dennis W. Carlton and Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and University of Chicago - Law School
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The Google Book Search Settlement: A New Orphan-Works Monopoly?

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The Google Book Search Settlement: A New Orphan-Works Monopoly?

Journal of Competition Law & Economics, Forthcoming, U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 462
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 16 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2012
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School
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Google, Google Book Search, Google Settlement, Authors Guild, antitrust

The Google Book Search Settlement: A New Orphan-Works Monopoly?

Journal of Competition Law and Economics, Vol. 5, Issue 3, pp. 383-409, 2009
Posted: 13 Oct 2009
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School

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D4, K20, K21, K41, L4, L43, O34

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Competition and Privacy in Web 2.0 and the Cloud

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 414
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 27 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2012
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School
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Web 2.0, cloud computing, privacy, behavioral advertising, Google, antitrust

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Copyright as Entry Policy: The Case of Digital Distribution

The Antitrust Bulletin, forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 02 May 2002
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School
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antitrust, intellectual property, Internet, cyberspace

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Regulating Network Industries: A Look at Intel

University of Chicago Law School, John M. Olin Law & Economics Working Paper No. 84
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 14 Oct 1999
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School
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Online Advertising, Identity and Privacy

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 475
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 01 Jul 2009
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School
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Google, Facebook, Twitter, privacy, identity, targeted advertising, behavioral advertising

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The Scope and Implications of Stern v. Marshall, 131 S. Ct. (2011)

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 05 Jan 2012
Michael St. Patrick Baxter, Elizabeth Gibson, Randal C. Picker and R. Patrick Vance
Covington & Burling LLP, University of North Carolina School of Law, University of Chicago - Law School and Jones Walker
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'Twombly', 'Leegin' and the Reshaping of Antitrust

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 389
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 09 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2008
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School
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Supreme Court

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Of Pirates and Puffy Shirts: A Comment on the Piracy Paradox: Innovation and Intellectual Property in Fashion Design

Virginia Law Review, Forthcoming, University of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 328
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 28 Jan 2007
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School
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Kal Raustiala, Christopher Sprigman, intellectual property, copyright

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Copyright and the Dmca: Market Locks and Technological Contracts

ANTITRUST, PATENTS & COPYRIGHT, Francois Leveque & Howard Shelanski, eds., Edward Elgar, Autumn 2005
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 25 Mar 2005
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School
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copyright, DMCA, after-markets

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Fair Use v. Fair Access

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 392
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 16 Mar 2008
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School
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copyright, use rights, access rights, Digital Millennium Copyright Act

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Assessing Competition Issues in the Amended Google Book Search Settlement

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 499
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 16 Nov 2009
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School
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Google, Google Book Search, Google Settlement, Authors Guild, antitrust

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Cyber Security: Of Heterogeneity and Autarky

U Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 223
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 15 Sep 2004
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School
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cyber-security, monoculture, network externalities, computer software, product liability rules

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The Digital Video Recorder: Unbundling Advertising and Content

U Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 197
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 08 Oct 2003
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School
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digital video recorder, DVR, TiVo, copyright, cable, broadcast television

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From Edison to the Broadcast Flag: Mechanisms of Consent and Refusal and the Propertization of Copyright

U Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 159
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 24 Sep 2002
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School
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digital TV, copyright, encryption, mass entertainment

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Antitrust and Innovation: Framing Baselines in the Google Book Search Settlement

GCP: The Antitrust Chronicle, October 2009 , U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 493
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 04 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 27 Oct 2012
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School
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Google, Google Book Search, Google Settlement, Authors Guild, antitrust

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Pursuing a Remedy in Microsoft: The Declining Need for Centralized Coordination in a Networked World

A revised version is forthcoming in Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 08 Aug 2001
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School
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Microsoft, antitrust

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After Google Book Search: Rebooting the Digital Library

University of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 559
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 13 Jun 2011
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School
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Google, Google Book Search, Orphan Works, Libraries

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Pulling a Rabbi Out of His Hat: The Bankruptcy Magic of Dick Posner

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 74, 2007, University of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 330
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 26 Feb 2007
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School
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Richard A. Posner, Judge Posner

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Who Should Regulate Entry into Iptv and Municipal Wireless?

U Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 308
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Sep 2006
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School
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Internet protocol television, cable, satellite, DSL, broadband, regulation, 1996 Telecommunications Act

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Mistrust-Based Digital Rights Management

U Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 291
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 27 Apr 2006
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School
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DRM, digital rights management, sony, BMG, rootkit, iTunes, Google Video

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Rewinding Sony: The Evolving Product, Phoning Home and the Duty of Ongoing Design

U Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 241
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 30 Mar 2005
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School
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Napster, Aimster, Grokster, Supreme Court, Current Supreme Court cases,

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Take Two: Stare Decisis in Antitrust - The Per Se Rule Against Horizontal Price-Fixing

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 398
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 28 Mar 2008
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School
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Review of Hovenkamp: 'The Antitrust Enterprise: Principle and Execution'

Competition Policy International, Vol. 2, No. 2, Autumn 2006, U Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 311
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 18 Nov 2006
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School
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Herbert Hovenkamp, The Antitrust Enterprise

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The Mediated Book

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 463
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 08 May 2009 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2012
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School
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Amazon, Kindle, Google Book Search, advertising

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Entry Policy in Local Telecommunications: Iowa Utilities and Verizon

U Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 178
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 10 Jan 2003
Douglas Lichtman and Randal C. Picker
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - School of Law and University of Chicago - Law School
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telecommunications, Verizon, Iowa Utilities, natural monopoly

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Unbundling Scope-of-Permission Goods: When Should We Invest in Reducing Entry Barriers?

University of Chicago Law Review, 2005
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 17 Sep 2004
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School
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software, pay-TV, copyright, licensing, Windows

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Understanding Statutory Bundles: Does the Sherman Act Come with the 1996 Telecommunications Act?

U Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 177
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 29 Jan 2003
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School
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Goldwasser, Trinko, Covad, Illinois Brick, Aspen Skiing, Cournot duopoly

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Access and the Public Domain

University of Chicago Institute for Law & Economics Olin Research Paper No. 631
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 10 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 14 Feb 2013
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School
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copyright, DMCA, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, online public domain repositories, OPDR, digital libraries

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Easterbrook on Copyright

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 77, No. 4, 2010, U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 497
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 16 Nov 2009
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School
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copyright, derivative works, price discrimination

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The Bankruptcy Partition

University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 848
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 14 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2018
Douglas G. Baird, Anthony J. Casey and Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago Law School, University of Chicago Law School and University of Chicago - Law School
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bankruptcy

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Organizing Competition and Cooperation after American Needle

The CPI Antitrust Journal, June 2010 , U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 523
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 25 Jun 2010
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School
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Book Review: Evans, Hagiu & Schmalensee, Invisible Engines: How Software Platforms Drive Innovation and Transform Industries

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 18 Apr 2008
Randal C. Picker
University of Chicago - Law School
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