The clearance by Italian competition authority of the merger between SNAI and Cogetech opens new scenarios for major gaming transactions that have been rumored for long time in Italy. ย
Giulio Coraggio
From relative anonymity less than a few years ago, eSports has seen an explosion in popularity, fuelled by our seemingly insatiable appetite to be entertained. From community-based amateur game-playing to competitive tournaments, eSports encompasses casual leisure users through to professional video game players.
Online penny auctions have been considered to hide misleading practices under unfair commercial practices legislation so opening to new questions on such auctions.
The launch of IoTItaly, the association on the Internet of Things (IoT) in Italy, has created a considerable interest among the companies operating in the sector. Companies need to gather together in order to avoid to miss the opportunity of the IoT and need to do it now.ย
A new package of gaming rules including new gaming taxes, betting licenses and regulations on mini-VLTs has been submitted by AAMS to the Italian Government.ย
The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice Yves Bot issued his opinion on the Facebook case raising concerns on the adequacy of the Safe Harbor privacy principles for the transfer of personal data to the United States leading to considerable issues for not only social media, but for any business. ย
The Internet of Things has massive potentials but Italy risks to miss out such opportunity. This is why IoTItaly was born. An association whose mission is to represent the industry of the IoT and maximize the achievement of its goals in Italy.
Bwin's gaming advertisement has been deemed compliant with Italian self-regulatory rules leading to a considerable change in the approach by authorities to gaming advertising.ย
As part of DLA Piper Internet of Things webinar, here is the webinar on legal issues of smart home technologies on 8 October 2015.ย