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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

Gaming

Clearer rules, higher sanctions and new opportunities

The rules governing the gaming sector so far were an incredible amount of different rules which were never enough clear making the legal boundaries of the gaming sector sometimes uncertain. The recent coming into force of the so called Community Law 2008 made the playfield much more attractive for gaming operators. Through this law, the…

ByGiulio CoraggioAugust 14, 20090Comments

Gaming

Time to enter into the Italian Gaming Market

It seems that the Italian Government has understood the enormous potentialities of the gaming market. Following the recent earthquake in the centre of Italy, as part of plan aimed at collecting funds for the rebuilding of the destroyed areas, it has been issued a decree empowering the Italian gaming authority to regulate, among others,…

ByGiulio CoraggioAugust 14, 20090Comments

Gaming

Launch of online bingo

The Italian gaming authority (AAMS) has just issued the regulations governing the online bingo. The operators holding an offline bingo license will be merely required to go through an authorisation process which is subject to the fulfilment of some technical requirements and the provision of bank guarantees to obtain the right to offer online bingo…

ByGiulio CoraggioAugust 7, 20090Comments

Gaming

Ladbrokes puts up on sale its Italian betting shops

The Times Online reports that Ladbrokes, the English bookmaker, has decided to put on sale its 170 Italian betting shops for an estimated £ 50 million. According to the Times Online, the main reason of this decision is that "the continued presence of illegal shops, increased competition and the withdrawal of the…

ByGiulio CoraggioAugust 7, 20090Comments

Gaming

Action plan against unlawful gaming

Life is becoming more and more difficult for gaming and gambling providers in Italy. Indeed, the Parliament has recently approved a law prescribing the implementation of an action plan against unlawful gaming especially in the online sector. This measure follows the coming into force of a law introducing criminal sanctions up to 3 years…

ByGiulio CoraggioAugust 4, 20090Comments

Gaming

Videolottery: the finish line is closer!

The Italian Senate has just passed a new law that further regulates the always closer launch of the so called "Videolottery" (VLT) i.e. video terminals to be placed in gaming halls and that will randomly generate winning combinations. The new law prescribes that - up to the expire of the current network licenses concerning…

ByGiulio CoraggioAugust 4, 20090Comments

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Corporate Liability of ISPs in Italy

As part of a project aimed at fostering the development and internationalisation of the companies, the Italian Parliament has recently passed a law prescribing, among others, the corporate liability for copyright related crimes. Indeed, Italian copyright law already prescribed criminal sanctions for the provision to the public on communications networks of copyright protected…

ByGiulio CoraggioAugust 3, 20090Comments

Gaming

Gaming law developments in Italy

The Italian gaming market will see considerable gaming law changes within the next 6 to 12 months. The coming into force of laws introducing new types of games and the so called videolotteries (VLT) seems to have considerably increased the potentialities of the Italian online and offline gaming market.

ByGiulio CoraggioAugust 2, 20090Comments