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…

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!
As expected, the Italian Gaming Authority has notified to the European Commission the draft decree setting out the new Italian licensing regime. The draft decree will be subject to the review of the European Commission up to the 15th of October 2010 and, if no comments are raised by the other EU Member…
After the long awaited landmark Louis Vuitton v. Google decision , the European Court of Justice (the "ECJ ") has issued another interesting decision on the use keywords in search advertising systems (e.g. AdWords) that however reviews the issue on the advertisers' side. The ECJ held that a trademark holder can prohibit from advertising…

The launch of online slots in Italy led to a 63% growth of the online casino games sector in 2013 according to a report from the University of Milan. Online slots were launched in Italy at the end of 2012 and now represent 50% of € 240 million GGR generated in 2013 from…
The Article 29 Working Party , the European Union data protection advisory body, issued an interesting opinion on online behavioral advertising , i.e. the tracking of users when they surf the Internet and the building of profiles over time, which are later used to provide them with advertising matching their interests . Rules…
The Italian Criminal Court of Cassation has issued an interesting decision against two resellers of gaming consoles selling devices, the so called "modchips", aimed at removing the technological measures of protection embedded in gaming consoles by the relative manufacturers. Article 171-ter, letter f-bis, of Italian Copyright Law, implementing the Copyright Directive 2000/29/EC, sanctions with…
This is to inform you about a very interesting conference named “Virtualizzazione e Cloud Computing: rischi ed opportunitità” (Virtualization and Cloud Computing: risks and opportinuties) that will be held on the 23rd of June 2010 in Milan at Palazzo Turati. The conference will see the participation of world famous lecturers, managers and attorneys. I believe…

The Court of Milan issued an interesting decision on a topic that is very “hot” especially now during the Football World Cup. Sky Italia, the holder of the copyrights on the broadcasting of the matches of the Italian football championship, brought a claim against the website “tvgratis.net” that provided the links and software necessary to access to Chinese websites stream broadcasting such football matches in breach of Sky Italia’s copyrights and against Telecom Italia, the Italian telecom incumbent, providing access to such website.
The Administrative Court of Lazio Region has issued an interim suspension of the efficacy of the Italian decree on poker cash games and casino games following a claim from Microgame, one of the main Italian gaming operators (not to be confused with Microgaming) . Based on the information currently available…