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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.

1,474 articles published

Gaming

Gaming Partnerships: the Right Time!

It is happening more and more during the last months that some of my gaming clients/contacts ask me for information in relation to potential partners interested in joint ventures or different partnership deals to enter into the Italian gaming market. Indeed, a joint venture or a partnership between a gaming operator and a media,…

ByGiulio CoraggioOctober 24, 20100Comments

Intellectual Property

No Private Copy Levy in B2B Transactions

The European Court of Justice has issued an interesting decision on the so called " private copy levy " i.e. the EU Copyright Directive allows EU Member States to introduce an excepction to the exclusive right of authors, performers and producers to reproduce sound, visual or audiovisual material in relation to…

ByGiulio CoraggioOctober 21, 20100Comments

Gaming

Casino Games & New Licenses: Green Light!

As anticipated in the previous posts the draft decrees regulating:the launch of poker cash games and casino games; and the award of new remote gaming licenses in Italy have been subject to the review of the European Commission for a 3 months period. The good news is that the so called “stand still” period…

ByGiulio CoraggioOctober 17, 20100Comments

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

VLTs in Italy – ENADA Conference

As most of the gaming operators know, the ENADA Rome 2010, the most important Italian gaming fair, is upcoming. However, what some of the operators maybe do not know is that on the 8th of October at the ENADA it will take place a very interesting conference in English named “VLTs in Italy”…

ByGiulio CoraggioSeptember 28, 20100Comments

Gaming

New Italian Online Gaming Licenses: Here Are the FAQs

After the success of the previous version of the FAQs, I thought that it might be useful publishing an updated version of the FAQs to help operators willing to apply for one of the Italian online gaming licenses that will be shortly available: Q. - Why do I need an Italian gaming license to…

ByGiulio CoraggioSeptember 22, 20100Comments

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

Spamming: Not a Criminal Offence!

The Italian Supreme Court held that the delivery of spams does not breach Section 660 (harassment) of the Italian criminal code that sanctions with the imprisonment up to six months or with a fine up to € 516.46 whoever, in a public place or in a place open to the public, or by means of the telephone,…

ByGiulio CoraggioSeptember 2, 20100Comments

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

Send To A Friend – what privacy and legal issues ?

Nowadays it is very common on most of the e-commerce and news websites to see an icon or a tool allowing users to forward the listing, a special offer or an article to a friend. But are we sure that such practice does not face privacy and prize promotions regulatory restrictions?

ByGiulio CoraggioAugust 26, 20100Comments

Gaming

French ISPs ordered to Block Gaming Website

OUT-LAW.COM reports that a French court ordered French ISPs to block the access for two months to a website offering games to French residents without holding a local gambling license. This decision reminds me that Italian gambling law obliges from 2007 ISPs to implement filters blocking the access to websites…

ByGiulio CoraggioAugust 18, 20100Comments

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

Prize Competitions: Important Changes

Most of the companies active in the Italian market are likely to have faced at least once the complex regime governing prize competitions (i.e. marketing initiatives awarding prizes in kind based on the chance or the ability of the participants) and prize operations (i.e. marketing initiatives awarding prizes to all the participants purchasing…

ByGiulio CoraggioAugust 3, 20100Comments

Gaming

Philippines Gaming Laws: An Overview

Thanks to Joanna Dizon, here we have a very interesting article on the Philippines Gaming laws, if you want to write an article for GamingTechLAW, just drop an email to me, Giulio Coraggio. Enjoy the article!

ByGiulio CoraggioJuly 28, 20100Comments