The Italian Ministry of the Economic Development made operational the National Fund for the Innovation of € 40.9 million in order to ease the financing of innovative projects based on the industrial enhancement of intellectual property rights. Small and medium sized companies will be able to see their IP projects financed up to an…
Italian regulations on equity crowdfunding through online portals for innovative start-ups approved in October 2012 are closer to their enforcement. The CONSOB, the equivalent of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, has now launched a request for public commenting on the implementing regulations that will end on the 30th of April 2013 and therefore equity…
Google is not liable for suggest search results also named as "autocomplete" results according to the Court of Milan (Italy) that overturned the approach taken by the same court in 2011 where Google had been deemed contributory liable for search results. Following the removal in the previous case of the terms "crook"…
The Italian Gambling Authority, AAMS, awarded yesterday the 12 new AWP/VLT licenses that will last for 9 years from the date of execution.
It is interesting to see that the new license holders include not only the old licensees but also 3 new entrants which shows that the market is still not fully mature…
Smart TV (also known as " connected tv") is opening new opportunities for businesses and new services for consumers and in order to better understand the dynamics of this market and how to better exploit it, the Italian Communications Authority launched a consultation. The final goal of the consultation is to draft a…
The Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) has run an inspection on 11 telephony and Internet service providers as to the term and modalities of retention of traffic data. As a general principle, personal data cannot be retained for longer than the term necessary for the purpose for which they have been collected.…
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that the video streaming of television broadcasts by a third party triggers a copyright breach, but what are the consequences on recent Italian case laws?
In a case involving TV Catchup a service allowing the live streaming of TV broadcasts on computers, smartphones or games consoles only by the people located…
WhatsApp, the instant messaging application, has been requested by the Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA) to provide details on the processing of data concerning Italian users. Following the investigation by the Canadian and Dutch DPAs, the Italian authority requested the Californian company to clarify the types of data collected and used as part of…
