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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

Data Protection & Cybersecurity liability ISP

Piracy Cannot Be Fought With Self Protection Measures

Fapav , the Italian Federation Against Audiovideo Piracy, performed through a specialized agency, CoPeerRight Agency, an investigation through which it discovered hundreds of thousands of Telecom Italia (the Italian telephone incumbent) users that had performed 2.5 millions illegal downloads of nine films. However, unfortunately for Fapav, it had been able to identify only the IP…

ByGiulio CoraggioApril 17, 20100Comments

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

Online Shops Cannot Charge Delivery Cost if Customer Withdraws

The European Court of Justice has issued an interesting decision in the case between Handelsgesellschaft Heinrich Heine GmbH v Verbraucherzentrale. Heinrich Heine, a mail-order company, provides in its general conditions of sale that the consumer is to pay a flat rate charge of € 4.95 for delivery. That sum is not refunded by the supplier even…

ByGiulio CoraggioApril 16, 20100Comments

Gaming

What Will Be the Most Successful Online Casino Game?

As a consequence of the upcoming launch of online poker cash games and casino games in Italy , Italian players will finally have the possibility to play games that used to play so far only in the 4 Italian real casinos or in foreign casinos through their computers, in their flats seating on their…

ByGiulio CoraggioApril 13, 20100Comments

Gaming

Cash Games and Casino Games: Hard Work for the Engineers

After the approval of the decree on online casino games and poker cash games , it is time for hard work for gaming engineers. Indeed, the Italian decree on cash games and casino games has required that the gaming platform dedicated to the offer of such games shall comply with some technical specifications and…

ByGiulio CoraggioApril 6, 20100Comments

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