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…
As anticipated in a previous post, I have attended the conference โ Gioco online: รจ boom. Tra innovazione e regolamentazione โ (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…
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…
On 21 April 2010, it will take place at the Politecnico of Milan, one of the main Italian Universities, the conference โ Gioco online: รจ boom. Tra innovazione e regolamentazione โ (Online Gaming: it is a boom. Between innovation and regulation). The conference will represent one of the main Italian events on online gaming,…
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…
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 โฌ 4.95 for delivery. That sum is not refunded by the supplier even…
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…
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…
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…
The European Court of Justice has issued a landmark decision in a dispute between Google and Louis Vuitton concerning Googleโs 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: โthe entry, by internet users, of terms constituting…