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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.

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Gaming

Cash Games Data Background for Live Poker?

The data relating to the turnover generated by Italian cash poker games during the month of August have been made public and they have been surprising also for the experts of the sector. Indeed, notoriously August is a holiday month for Italians and cities are almost completely empty. However despite of that the turnover of…

ByGiulio CoraggioSeptember 13, 20110Comments

liability ISP

Forum: Good News!

The court of Bologne (Italy) issued an interesting decision on the liability of managers of Forums. The decision was issued as part of an interim proceeding started by a company challenging the liability of Yahoo! for defamatory messages published by some users on Yahoo! Answers. In particular, the claimant required the removal of the…

ByGiulio CoraggioSeptember 11, 20110Comments

Gaming

EiG 2011 – Welcome to Milan!

From the 19th to the 22th of September 2011, Milan will become the capital of the gaming world with the EiG iGaming Conference & Expo . I am not from Milan (fortunately) and I do not support any of Milan football teams (fortunately again!), but (unfortunately) I live there and therefore m yself, Giulio Coraggio…

ByGiulio CoraggioSeptember 3, 20110Comments

Gaming

New VLT Licenses – Call for Tenders Launched

The long awaited call for tenders for the award of new Italian licenses on videolotteries and AWPs has finally been launched. Entities applying for a license shall submit their application by the 10th of October 2011. The requirements and obligations prescribed by the call for tenders are quite stringent. Applying entities shall: be gaming…

ByGiulio CoraggioAugust 15, 20110Comments

Gaming

Stanleybet causes Suspension for New Licenses

The topic of this summer in the Italian gaming market relates to the Stanleybet claims brought against the decrees regulating the issue of new Italian remote gaming licenses (the so called "Comunitaria decree"). No official statements have been issued but apparently Stanleybet brought two claims against the decree regulating the award of the new…

ByGiulio CoraggioAugust 12, 20110Comments

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

Italian Casino and Cash Game: Live Day!

After a delay of more than 2 years Italian online casino and cash poker games have been finally launched today! These new games are expected to lead to an hystorical change in a country where only 4 casinos are active and criminal laws prohibit the opening of new casinos. New entrants now applying for an…

ByGiulio CoraggioJuly 18, 20110Comments

Internet liability liability ISP

Yahoo! eventually won…

The Italian Court of Appeal overturned the recent decision of the Court of Rome reported in a previous post against Yahoo! on the Internet liability regime appliable to search engines relating to the alleged breach by Yahoo! of intellectual property rights through links to websites allowing the streaming view, the downloading or P2P transfer of the movie "About Elly".

ByGiulio CoraggioJuly 17, 20110Comments

Intellectual Property liability ISP

Italian Notice & Take Down: A Step Forward!

Following the completion of the highly debated consultation concerning Italian regulations governing the liability of Internet Service Providers for copyright breaches, the Italian Communications Authority (AGCOM) has issued a draft of the new regulations. Important changes have been implemented compared to the previous draft subject of the consultation including: the provisions allowing the…

ByGiulio CoraggioJuly 6, 20110Comments

Gaming

VLT Licences, Live Poker, Bingo Variations, Betting Shops, Illegal Players – Shall we get drunk?

The Italian Government is in the process of adopting, as part of the so called Budget law, a Law Decree containing a number of provisions that might lead to a revolution in the gaming sector. In brief the most relevant provisions are: New VLT Licences: a call for tenders for the award of new videolottery…

ByGiulio CoraggioJuly 5, 20110Comments

Gaming

AAMS/ARJEL Bilateral Agreement – Now Signed!

As anticipated the Italian Gambling Authority, AAMS, and the French Gambling Authority, ARJEL, have been negotiating a bilateral agreement that should enhance the cooperation between the two regulators. According to a press release issued by AAMS, the bilateral agreement has been now signed. This represents the first agreement between gambling regulators of…

ByGiulio CoraggioJune 29, 20110Comments