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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.

1,438 articles published

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

VoIP: Something New in Italy

The Italian Communications Authority launched on 19 November 2009 an informative review concerning the "Guarantees for consumers and the protection of the competition with reference to VoIP voice services from mobile network and to peer to peer traffic" which will last 120 days. This review is aimed at ascertaining the technical, economic and legal aspects concerning the provision of…

ByGiulio CoraggioNovember 20, 20090Comments

Gaming

Still too early for mobile gaming?

The other day after having lost the tenth online auction because of the Internet connection speed of my smartphone, I started thinking about mobile gaming, mobile payments and how difficult is still to purchase an item on an e-commerce website using a smartphone. Despite the considerable increase of the number of smartphones in Italy (we…

ByGiulio CoraggioNovember 18, 20090Comments

Gaming

Big Figures for the Italian Gaming Market

eGaming Review has defined - in a recent report - the Italian market "huge". Indeed - according to the report - the Italian market is expected to become by the end of 2009 the largest European gaming market generating a turnover of € 18.7 bn. Also, these figures are likely to considerably increase in the next years taking into account that the percentage of…

ByGiulio CoraggioNovember 13, 20090Comments

Data Protection & Cybersecurity

Stricter Privacy Rules in the Communications Sector

Following a number of discussions on the topic, the revised version of the ePrivacy Directive governing the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector will be shortly adopted by the European Commission. The current proposal prescribes: Mandatory Notification of Personal Data Breaches: communications providers and…

ByGiulio CoraggioNovember 10, 20090Comments

Gaming

“Only” 8 New Casinos?

I had discussed in a previous post about the draft law decree filed by Ms. Brambilla, the Italian Ministry of the Tourism, allowing the opening of casinos in all the Italian five stars hotels. This law proposal have been highly criticized also because according to the press it would have led to very…

ByGiulio CoraggioNovember 7, 20090Comments

Gaming

Four Years of Imprisonment for Online Betting Founder

OUT-LAW.COM reports that Mr. Kaplan, the founder of BetOnSports.com, has been jailed for four years in the United States since Internet gambling is there illegal under local laws and Kaplan and his company were offering their games to US residents through the Internet, even if the company was based in Costa Rica. This news raises the interesting…

ByGiulio CoraggioNovember 4, 20090Comments

Gaming

Italian and Foreign Casinos fear VLT Casinos

Playbonuscasino.com reports that Italian casinos and foreign casinos located close to Italian borders fear the negative consequences that might potentially derive from the launch of Videolottery casinos. As already discussed , the setting up of gaming halls dedicated to Videlotteries (VLTs) (the so called "VLT casinos") is expected to lead to considerable changes in the…

ByGiulio CoraggioNovember 1, 20090Comments

Gaming

Will Spain become the next target for gaming operators?

Spanish gaming news.com reports that the privatization of State managed lotteries and betting in Spain is now closer. This means that the Spain might shortly become a new target for gaming operators that have seen in few years first the opening up of the Italian gaming market and will be shortly see the end of…

ByGiulio CoraggioOctober 31, 20090Comments

Gaming

Finally…., Class Action is about to come!

The coming into force of the rules governing class actions in Italy has been postponed several times, but finally such regulations - as amended by Law 23 July 2009 No. 99 - will come into force on 1 January 2010. This is a considerable change that however will have limited effects since it will be…

ByGiulio CoraggioOctober 28, 20090Comments

Gaming

New Bingo Rules!!!

After the issue of the new rules governing online bingo , the Italian gaming authority has also set new rules for offline bingo prescribing that: the applicable taxes will be equal to 11% (previously 20%) of the sale price of bingo cards; and that the amount due to the centralized gaming controller will be 1% (previously up…

ByGiulio CoraggioOctober 28, 20090Comments