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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.

1,393 articles published

Gaming

Cash Games in Italy: The Greatest Gaming development of the Year?

As anticipated in a previous post ( Cash Games and Casino Games in Italy: the long wait is over ), the Italian Gaming Authority has issued the decree regulating online poker cash games and casino games. Following the successful performance of the required technical authorisation process, Italian licensed operators will be able shortly to…

ByGiulio CoraggioApril 6, 20100Comments

liability ISP

Google AdWords: Landmark Decision of the ECJ

The European Court of Justice has issued a landmark decision in a dispute between Google and Louis Vuitton concerning Google’s service AdWords. The dispute arised from a claim brought by Louis Vuitton before the French Court of Cassation as it found out in 2003 that: “the entry, by internet users, of terms constituting…

ByGiulio CoraggioMarch 27, 20100Comments

Gaming

Cash Games and Casino Games in Italy: the long wait is over!

The long awaited decree regulating online poker cash games and casino games in Italy has been finally published on the Official Gazette and Italian licensed operators will be able very shortly to offer such games. The decree prescribes that: operators need to go through an authorization process relating to their platform and each game they…

ByGiulio CoraggioMarch 25, 20100Comments

Gaming

Another Chance to Meet Up

I am delighted to inform you that I have been invited as a speaker at the World Gambling Briefing which will take place in Malta on 24-25 March 2010. In particular, I will be one of the panelists during the session “Innovations in iGaming: What Unique Regulatory Challenges Will They Pose?” on the…

ByGiulio CoraggioMarch 21, 20100Comments

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

Prize Promotions – Higher Sanctions!

We have already discussed about the regulatory issues relating to online prize promotions in Italy which sometimes are underestimated or simply ignored by promoters.

ByGiulio CoraggioMarch 18, 20100Comments

Gaming

New Licensing Regime: Possible Further Delays…

The 3 months consultation before the European Commission of the draft decree regulating the new Italian gaming license regime will expire on the 19th of March. However, there are already rumors on the potential outcome of the consultation. Indeed, it appears that the comments raised by some operators will oblige the Italian gaming authority…

ByGiulio CoraggioMarch 16, 20100Comments

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

Forum Comments Are Not Press Materials

The Italian Criminal Court of Cassation issued a very interesting decision on defamatory comments published in an online forum. To give you a bit of background information, Italian press law prescribes that directors of editorial products (e.g. a journal, magazines, newspapers) are objectively liable for any content published on them even if they…

ByGiulio CoraggioMarch 11, 20100Comments

Gaming

Bingo in Italy: Live Again!

As already discussed in a previous post " Online Bingo in Italy...Time for a Break ", the Administrative Court of the Lazio region had held that the decree governing online bingo was not compliant with the formalities required by Italian law and consequently cancelled such decree. The decision of the Administrative Court has been subsequently…

ByGiulio CoraggioMarch 5, 20100Comments

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

DPA vs Telecoms on Data Storage

The Italian Data Protection Authority has ordered to 3 telecom providers to delete telecom and Internet traffic data that they were storing for a period longer than that prescribed by the Italian Privacy Code as well as other data (e.g. the subject of emails and the IP address of destination) that the provider was not…

ByGiulio CoraggioMarch 1, 20100Comments

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

Pan-European Contract Law: Is It A Chimera?

OUT-LAW.COM reports that the EU Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Viviane Reding is planning to introduce a European Contract Law to govern cross-border distance selling. According to Ms. Reding, such laws “ would exist in parallel to the national contract laws and provide standard terms and conditions ”.…

ByGiulio CoraggioFebruary 26, 20100Comments