Gucci obtained a partial victory against Guess before the Milan Court of Appeal for unfair competition since the court held that Guess copied a number of products of the well-known fashion house of Florence.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) drafted a new page of copyright-related Internet liability rules holding that the embedding of a video from a videosharing platform on the different site without the consent from the right holder is not a copyright breach.
Internet liability principles are increasingly tested with the growth of social media. And we receive a large number of requests of advice from clients running a fan page, a group or a list on social networks dedicated to either their company trademark/brand or to one of their major products in relation to the liability for the contents published on such fan pages.
I am very glad to inform you that - also thanks to your support - I will be running a panel discussion at the Web Summit 2014 in Dublin.
Internet of Things technologies are already all around us and with a market that is expected to reach a value of more than $ 14.4 trillion over the next decade with 50 billion connected devices by 2020, the question is whether ad hoc regulations are necessary to govern the Internet of Things sector.
The Italian Data Protection Authority issued regulations introducing new relevant data protection obligations for banks in the processing of customers' personal data by their employees aimed at monitoring the transfer of personal data by banks and at tracking the activities performed by bank's employees on such data.
Gaming laws in Italy for sportsbetting are increasingly trying to accomodate operators' needs. The entrance of new major operators in the Italian sportsbetting market and the liberalization of gaming laws that for a decade had been very restrictive are now followed by further measures boosting the sportsbetting liberalization expected to increase the product offering in the market.
Like every year, myself Giulio Coraggio and my colleagues from different jurisdictions of our global gambling law team of DLA Piper will be next week in Berlin for the EiG, the European iGaming Conference.
Data protection breaches do not entitle per se to claim damages that damages have to be proven by the plaintiff according to the Italian Supreme Court.
