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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

Italy-Malta: The Gaming Deal?

As discussed in a previous post , the new Italian online gaming license regime will allow operators to locate their company and their servers in any country of the European Economic Area. This represents a considerable advantage for gaming operators that will be able to set up their company in countries with a tax…

ByGiulio CoraggioMay 17, 20100Comments

Gaming

Italy Bans Gaming Terminals

As anticipated in a previous post , the lawfulness of gaming terminals (the so called "totem") installed in public places (e.g. coffee and tabacco shops, department stores etc.) connecting to online gaming websites (including licensed websites) has been the topic of long debates during the last years. Indeed, some online gaming operators base most…

ByGiulio CoraggioMay 11, 20100Comments

Gaming

VLT Casinos: Time To Kick Off!

The Italian Gaming Authority has finally declared that the testing phase relating to videolotteries (V LTs) is now over. After the long wait, licensees will be shortly entitled to install up to 56,697 VLTs awarding maximum wins up to € 500,000 which is a massive change for a country where there are only 4 "real"…

ByGiulio CoraggioMay 7, 20100Comments

Gaming

Italian Online Gaming Regime: The Final Green Light from the EU

As it was foreseeable after the clearance from the European Commission on the decree setting the new licensing regime in Italy , the EC has now decided to close a number of cases relating to Italian gambling laws. The European Commission had challenged the compliance with the EU principle of freedom…

ByGiulio CoraggioMay 5, 20100Comments

Gaming

Italian Gaming Market: An Impressive Growth!

As anticipated in a previous post, I have attended the conference “ Gioco online: è boom. Tra innovazione e regolamentazione ” (Online Gaming: it is a boom. Between innovation and regulation) where the Politecnico di Milano (one of the main Italian Universities) has presented the results of a very detailed study of the Italian…

ByGiulio CoraggioApril 29, 20100Comments

Gaming

New Italian Online Gaming Licenses: Time to Get Ready!

Dislike what had arisen from the initial rumors , according to the Italian gaming authority the decree regulating the issue of the new Italian online gaming licenses will be passed at the beginning of May. Operators that intend to enter in the largest European online gaming market should start getting ready, developing a…

ByGiulio CoraggioApril 21, 20100Comments

Gaming

Italian Online Gaming Conference

On 21 April 2010, it will take place at the Politecnico of Milan, one of the main Italian Universities, the conference “ Gioco online: è boom. Tra innovazione e regolamentazione ” (Online Gaming: it is a boom. Between innovation and regulation). The conference will represent one of the main Italian events on online gaming,…

ByGiulio CoraggioApril 18, 20100Comments

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