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Giulio Coraggio

I am the location head of the Italian Intellectual Property & Technology department and the global co-head of the IoT and Gaming and Gambling groups at the world-leading law firm DLA Piper. IoT and artificial intelligence influencer and FinTech and blockchain expert, finding solutions to what's next for our client's success.

1,397 articles published

FinTech Gaming

Bitcoin and gaming – what legal issues?

Issues affecting Bitcoin and gaming are becoming a very frequent topic of discussion since a number of gaming websites decided to allow Bitcoin transactions. Even relevant gambling regulators decided to take actions to protect both operators and players in case of Bitcoin transactions to set a friendly environment where such virtual currency can be used. However, the usage of Bitcoin leads to potential gaming law issues as well as non-gaming related issues.

ByGiulio CoraggioJune 27, 20140Comments

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

Data protection rules for mobile payments

Mobile payments are now subject to more stringent privacy obligations as a consequence of the decision of the Italian Data Protection Authority subsequent to the consultation previously covered.

ByGiulio CoraggioJune 24, 20140Comments

Technology

Internet of Things – proprietary vs. open source system

Internet of Things (IoT) market is estimated to generate $ 7.1 trillion in sales by 2020, but its main issue is often considered to be the lack of interoperability between devices belonging to different systems.

ByGiulio CoraggioJune 16, 20140Comments

Technology

Medical device conference – come and join us!

Together with some colleagues, I will be speaking about eHealth and telemedicine on the 19th of June 2014 at the AboutPharma medical device conference named "Medical Devices: What's up?" (Dispositivi Medici: What's Up) where regulatory and economic matters relating to the medical devices sector will be tackled.

ByGiulio CoraggioJune 13, 20140Comments

Gaming

World Cup is coming & the Italian sportsbetting market?

With the football World Cup upcoming, it is time for the Italian sportsbetting market to look at what happened in the last 12 months in terms of gaming law changes and plan the next steps.

ByGiulio CoraggioJune 9, 20140Comments

Internet liability liability ISP

Web tax (or Google tax) – no thanks, maybe…

There is no need of a web tax dedicated to digital companies according the report from the Expert Group on Taxation of the Digital Economy established by the European Commission, but the current general rules should be applied also to digital companies. However, recent court decisions and delegation laws leave some risks open in relation to the Internet liability regime of web companies for tax purposes.

ByGiulio CoraggioJune 4, 20140Comments

Data Protection & Cybersecurity Gaming

Cookies in Italy…, finally with guidelines!

Cookies in Italy finally got more clear rules with the issue of the guidelines by the Italian Data Protection Authority on the matter. These followed a long consultation subsequent to the coming into force of the law setting the boundaries of one of the most relevant data protection issues of the last years.

ByGiulio CoraggioJune 4, 20140Comments

Data Protection & Cybersecurity Gaming liability ISP Technology

Online poker variants approved in Italy!

The Italian gambling regulator, AAMS, has just issued guidelines setting gaming law principles for poker tournaments with variable prizes and multiphase poker tournaments that might attract new interest to online poker in Italy.

ByGiulio CoraggioMay 30, 20140Comments

Internet liability

Brazil World Cup Guidelines – watch your advertisements!

World cup guidelines on the usage of its trademarks in connection with the upcoming Brazil Football World Cup have been issued by FIFA. These created some concerns on advertisers about to launch their marketing campaigns associated to the event. Indeed they might have planned to display world cup trademarks, images of football players and maybe had also considered to perform ambush marketing campaigns also relevant under a gaming law perspective.

ByGiulio CoraggioMay 28, 20140Comments