Skip to content Skip to sidebar Skip to footer

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.

1,511 articles published

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

2,000 Betting Shop Licenses Now Available

As anticipated , the Italian gambling authority (AAMS) has just launched a call for tenders for the award of 2,000 new betting shop licenses. The requirements for the award of the licenses provide a starting auction price of € 11,000 per license and the entities applying for the license shall…

ByGiulio CoraggioJuly 31, 20120Comments

liability ISP

Linkable contracts are NOT enough

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that in distance contracts the minimum information to be provided to consumers according to the EU Distance Selling Directive cannot be supplied through a mere link as this cannot be deemed to be a "durable medium".

ByGiulio CoraggioJuly 25, 20120Comments

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

Italian Fast-Fold Poker Regulations Approved

Here is a short post on the recent approval by the Italian gambling authority of fast-fold cash poker regulations. After the pressure from some licensed operators AAMS issued dedicated regulations on fast-fold poker that among others limit to 5,000 the number of players per gaming session and allow players to "enter" different tables at…

ByGiulio CoraggioJuly 20, 20120Comments

Gaming

Lawyers Monday – Italian gaming market update 1st half 2012

ByGiulio CoraggioJuly 16, 20120Comments

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