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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

Gaming

Betting Scandal = Stringent Checks on Websites?

The hottest topic in the Italian gaming market during this week is the scandal related to the fixed football matches. Indeed according to the information available on the press some football players, including famous ex players, were involved in a criminal organization fixing matches on which illegal bets were placed. This news was coupled…

ByGiulio CoraggioJune 6, 20110Comments

Gaming

Malta iGaming Seminar – I’ll See You There!

Here is a new opportunity to meet up to discuss about your future plans on the Italian gaming market! On the 9th and 10th of June I will be attending as a speaker the Malta iGaming Seminar. If you want me to have a chat during the conference or my stay in Malta, just drop…

ByGiulio CoraggioJune 2, 20110Comments

Intellectual Property liability ISP

Web 2.0: Liability for Fan Pages

I receive more and more requests of advice from clients having a Fan Page on Social Networks dedicated to their company trademark or one of their major products in relation to the liability for the contents published on the Fan Page. In most of the cases the question is “Who is the owner of our Fan…

ByGiulio CoraggioJune 2, 20110Comments

liability ISP

Your Blog is a Newspaper

The Court of Appeal of Catania (Sicily) has issued an Interesting decision against the blog "Accadeinsicilia.it" run by a famous Italian historian Carlo Ruta providing (not on a regular basis) information on Sicily. The Court of Catania challenged to Mr. Ruta that the blog was not enrolled in the Court registry as requested by Italian press…

ByGiulio CoraggioMay 30, 20110Comments

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

EU Cookies Directive: Deadline Expired!

It expires today the deadline for the implementation of the so called EU Cookies Directive 2009/136/EC amending, among others, the ePrivacy Directive 2002/58/EC setting out specific privacy-related regulations governing the electronic communications sector. The provision of the EU Cookies Directive that is leading to the most relevant discussions concerns the obligation to…

ByGiulio CoraggioMay 25, 20110Comments

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

Geo-location Services on Mobiles – What Privacy Issues?

The Article 29 Working Party (the "WP"), the EU privacy advisory board, has issued an interesting opinion on the data protection issues connected to the provision of geo-location services on smart mobile devices. The conclusions reached by the WP are: geo-location data : geo-location data are "personal data" for the purposes of…

ByGiulio CoraggioMay 21, 20110Comments

Gaming

Italian Gaming Market: Amazing 1st Quarter Data

The Italian Gambling Authority has now published the data relating to April and the first quarter 2011. The growth of the market went beyond any expectation and indeed the aggregate turnover (both online and offline) of the first quarter 2011 was of € 24 bn with an increase of 18.2% if compared to the same…

ByGiulio CoraggioMay 18, 20110Comments

Gaming

Gaming Licences and Casino Games – Need To Know!

After several articles on the decree governing new Italian remote gaming licenses and casino and cash poker games, I believe it is useful to have a summary of the above to avoid to get lost! After more than a year of delays, the Italian decree regulating online poker casino games and poker cash…

ByGiulio CoraggioMay 16, 20110Comments

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

Lighter Privacy Obligations for Italian Companies

The Italian Government has recently approved a decree amending some of relevant provisions of the Italian Privacy Code aimed at simplifying the privacy obligations for Italian businesses. In short, these are the main changes: COMPANIES' PERSONAL DATA: Italy was one of the very few EU countries…

ByGiulio CoraggioMay 11, 20110Comments

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

VLT’s Registry: What Tax Consequences?

The Italian Videolottery market is growing faster than initially expected. According to the data available on the press, 19,000 VLTs (out of the 57,000 that concessionaires can instal) have been installed so far generating a turnover during the first 3 months of 2011 of € 2.2 billions (i.e. € 1,280 per machine/day) with each VLT…

ByGiulio CoraggioMay 5, 20110Comments