The Italian competition authority sanctioned with a fine of EUR 150,000 the advertising over the Internet of a franchising network of travel agencies as the advertised affiliation price did not include the price for all the services and equipment required by the affiliation network and did not specify that value added tax had to be…
The criminal court of Rome seized 27 websites for copyright breach as through such websites it was possible to illegally download the movie A Monster in Paris.
Italian copyright law sanctions with criminal penalties the illegal broadcasting of copyright protected works and the blocking of the access to websites through the filtering of domain names…
AAMS has just published the draft version of the new protocol of communication PSQF introducing the possibility to offer sportsbetting markets not included in the AAMS' official schedule, the so called palinsesto.
We previously reported that the draft decree allowing operators to offer in addition to the type of bets and events included in the…
The Bank of Italy has issued indicators of suspicious money laundering conductsย with which both banks dealing with gaming operators and gaming operators themselves shall comply.ย
As previously reported, Italian anti-money laundering law provides specific provisions in relation to the gaming sector and operators are subject to very stringent requirements. In this respect, the new indicators…
The Italian Supreme Court issued a decision against a gaming CDT connected to a foreign licensed bookmaker that might lead to interesting developments in the Italian sportsbetting market.
The Italian communications authority has just approved the regulations on the bidding process for the allocation of DTT frequencies (multiplex). The regulations are the result of a consultation process that involved various stakeholders and the European Commission. According to the new regulations 3 multiplexes will be made available for 20 years.…
There will be No additional taxes on online gaming in Italy according to what declared by the director general of the Italian gambling authority, Mr. Luigi Magistro, at the online gaming conference organized by the European Social and Economic Committee.
Mr. Magistro took a very wise position stating that the taxation in the online gaming…
The Italian competition authority can declare unfair and therefore null and void clauses in consumer contracts and issue sanctions for the lack of compliance with its orders according to a procedure recently established. Not only can consumers and consumers' associations challenge clauses in consumers' contracts but also companies themselves will have the right to…
The Italian Ministry of the Economic Development made operational the National Fund for the Innovation of โฌ 40.9 million in order to ease the financing of innovative projects based on the industrial enhancement of intellectual property rights. Small and medium sized companies will be able to see their IP projects financed up to an…
Italian regulations on equity crowdfunding through online portals for innovative start-ups approved in October 2012 are closer to their enforcement. The CONSOB, the equivalent of the US Securities and Exchange Commission, has now launched a request for public commenting on the implementing regulations that will end on the 30th of April 2013 and therefore equity…