Monday, June 18, 2012

AAMS cancelled/merged with Customs Agency

As part of a strategy aimed at reducing the costs of the Ministry of Finance, the Italian government decided to ‘disband’ the Italian gaming authority AAMS transferring all its functionalities to the Customs Authority to be renamed as "Agency of Customs and Monopolies".

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Google NOT Obliged to Remove Search Results

The intellectual property court of Florence has issued an interesting decision on the liability of search engines and the circumstances when they are obliged to remove infringing material.

Friday, June 8, 2012

Online Slots in Italy!

With almost one year of delay and following lots of pressure from the industry, AAMS has now set the launch date for online slots in Italy.

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

E-Cookies Directive in Italy & Gaming

With considerable delays, the E-Cookies Directive 2009/136 has been finally implemented in Italy with some better news than expected.