Here is my very personal top 5 of topics that I covered in 2013 on this blog, looking at their impact on the market and their potential implications in 2014.
The web tax previously covered has now become more and more a Google tax given that its final approved version relates only to online ads and sponsored links, but the main issue concerns the obligations deriving from this provision in terms of Internet liability principles.
For those of you who have not been able to attend the Webinar on wearable technologies in the healthcare sector - Remote patient monitoring eHealth system yesterday, I have posted here my presentation covering wearable technology issues, eHealth and the Internet of Things. Also, if you have questions or comments on the covered topics or want…
As a follow-up to the recent webinar on wearable technologies whose slides are available here, we are running a new webinar tomorrow 19 December 2013 at 6 pm CET (which is 5 pm UK time and 9 am PST) where we will focus on the privacy, medical devices and IP related legal issues connected…
The Italian Government has just approved a law decree that apparently will introduce copyright-related measures aimed at sorting disputes relating to the usage of news contents by search engines and news aggregators. The law decree has not been published yet and therefore its detailed contents are not known, but it appears that the…
After considerable delays, the Italian communications Authority (AGCOM) has finally published the regulations on the protection of copyright on the Internet and media also providing a notice and take down procedure for potential copyright breaches. The regulations make prescribe a proceeding to be initiated only upon request of the rights' holder to the AGCOM…
As mentioned, my law firm DLA Piper held yesterday an interesting seminar in Rome named "Sports betting crisis in Italy – how to reverse the decline?" which was very well attended by most of the sportsbetting operators within the Italian market and whose main presentations are available here.
I am delighted to inform you that my firm DLA Piper will be running a conference (totally free) named " Sports betting in Italy: how to reverse the decline? Countries in comparison for a possible solution" on the 10th of December 2013 in Rome at the Hotel Boscolo Exedra - Michelangelo meeting room, Piazza Della…
eHealth devices are the future of healthcare, how can they deal with legal issues raised by privacy and medical devices regulations?
For those of you who have not been able to attend the Webinar on wearable technologies, privacy and intellectual property rights today, I have posted here my presentation covering wearable technology issues and the Internet of Things. Also, if you have questions or comments on the covered topics or want to receive the recording…