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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

Data Protection & Cybersecurity liability ISP

Spamming Sanctioned with Criminal Penalties

The delivery of newsletters without the individuals' prior consent has been sanctioned with 9 months of imprisonment by the Italian Court of Cassation. Article 167 of the Italian Data Protection Code punishes with the imprisonment between 6 months and 24 months the processing of personal data without the consent of the data subject (and other privacy breaches) with either…

ByGiulio CoraggioJuly 15, 20120Comments

Gaming

StanleyBet: The Final Victory?

The Italian Criminal Court of Cassation has issued a final decision to the benefit of StanleyBet's so called "CTD - centri trasmissione dati" supporting the compliance of their business with Italian and EU laws. The court decision is not available yet, but - based on StanleyBet's statements - the Court of Cassation - which…

ByGiulio CoraggioJuly 12, 20120Comments

Gaming

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". Formally AAMS will not exist anymore, but the decree providing this…

ByGiulio CoraggioJune 18, 20120Comments

liability ISP

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. The dispute refers to a case concerning an entrepreneur that had identified on the Internet some non-authorized pictures reproducing him and some defamatory comments about his…

ByGiulio CoraggioJune 12, 20120Comments

Gaming

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. Indeed AAMS has just published new new guidelines on casino games (including online slots), poker games and skill games and a new decree setting out the…

ByGiulio CoraggioJune 7, 20120Comments

Data Protection & Cybersecurity Gaming

Rules on Cookies in Italy & Gaming

With considerable delays, the E-Cookies Directive 2009/136 has been finally implemented setting the rules on cookies in Italy with some better news than expected but also some gaming law concerns for operators.

ByGiulio CoraggioJune 4, 20120Comments

liability ISP

Lawyers Monday – Google, Yahoo!, what’s next?

ByGiulio CoraggioJune 4, 20120Comments

Gaming

Italian Gaming Market: March/April Data!

The Italian Gaming Authority, AAMS, published the data for March and April 2012 on the Italian online gaming market showing an increase in players' spending of 8.6% compared to 2011. The turnover of the Italian online gaming market reached in the first 4 months of 2012 € 5.5 billion with players' spending of €…

ByGiulio CoraggioMay 25, 20120Comments

Gaming

Betting Exchange Decree Approved by EU

The Italian betting exchange decree finally obtained the approval from the European Commission. As previously reported the approval of the decree had been postponed to the 18th of May because of the detailed opinion filed by Spain. However, it seems that the green light from the EC has now arrived. However, it…

ByGiulio CoraggioMay 22, 20120Comments

liability ISP

Freedom for Blogs in Italy

The Italian Supreme Court held yesterday that blogs cannot be qualified as newspapers and consequently shall not be subject to the relative registration and liability obligations. This decision terminates a never-ending saga that saw the Court of First Instance and the Court of Appeal holding that blogs have to be enrolled in the Court registry as requested…

ByGiulio CoraggioMay 11, 20120Comments