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Top 3 predictions on new tobacco products and e-cigs

By Francesca Romana Ferrucci / 18 January 2019 / General, Intellectual Property

Since their first placing on the market, electronic cigarettes – better known as “e-cigs” – and novel tobacco products (“NTPs“) have been a controversial topic of discussion.

Due to the proximity of e-cigs and NTPs with traditional smoking products, lawmakers have had to deal with great issues involving not only authorization requirements and procedures but also issues concerning boundaries in advertisement, taxation and how to address problems such as underage smoking.

Directive 2014/40/EU sets out the general legal framework for NTPs, e-cigs and e-liquids (nicotine and nicotine-free liquids meant to be vaped) in the European Union. In Italy, the latter has been implemented by means of Legislative Decree 6/2016, which has already seen a number of amendments in roughly three years of life.

Top 3 predictions on AI and IoT for 2019

By Giulio Coraggio / 17 January 2019 / General

There was massive growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in 2018, which followed the hype of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies during the previous years. But what is going to happen in 2019?

Here are our top 3 predictions for the year.

Top 3 fashion predictions

By Elena Varese / 16 January 2019 / Advertising, Consumers, Copyright, Fashion, General, Intellectual Property, IP, Trademarks

As “fashion fades and only style remains”, here you have our (hopefully stylish) guess on the top three fashion predictions for 2019.

Top 3 predictions on fintech for 2019

By Ludovica Mosci / 15 January 2019 / Fintech

Thanks to the implementation of the PSD2, we can say that 2018 has been the year of fintech in Europe, with new players finally hitting the market or old players proposing new services.

What to expect for 2019 then? Below our podium predictions on fintech for 2019.

Top 3 privacy predictions for 2019

By Giulia Zappaterra / 11 January 2019 / Data Protection, General, Internet & E-commerce, IT & Sourcing

2018 brought us considerable changes in the data protection world. The EU General Data Protection Regulation No. 679/2016 (GDPR) finally became applicable, introducing in the privacy law context its expected innovative principles and rules. But as soon as the GDPR entered into force, the EU Member States began to think about the adequacy of their national legislation. As a consequence, most of EU countries decided to adopt a new local legislation in order to review, amend and, therefore, adequate their local laws to the newcomer GDPR.

But what will happen in the next 12 months? Here our personal predictions on privacy legal issues for 2019.

The Italian competition authority fines Facebook EUR 10million for unfair commercial practices

By Fulvia Cosattini / 9 January 2019 / Consumers, Data Protection, General

With a decision published on December 7th 2018, following an investigation launched in April 2018, the Italian Competition Authority has fined Facebook Ireland Ltd., and its parent company Facebook Inc., for engaging in two unfair commercial practices in violation of the Italian Consumer Code.

Top 3 gambling law predictions for 2019

By Giulio Coraggio / 9 January 2019 / General

It was a very busy year for the gambling sector with operators and suppliers that might be forced to reinvent, or at least considerably adjust, their business model to suit new markets, following their opening up, and new market conditions, due to recent regulatory restrictions.

Below are our top 3 predictions for 2019.

Top 3 Predictions for copyright in 2019

By Tommaso Fia / 8 January 2019 / General

Copyright law is an evolving force. Indeed, its pivotal feature is human creativity – something hard for mankind to get rid of. So, what will happen in 2019 in copyright law in Italy and elsewhere? What are the main trends in copyright law for the next year?

Loot boxes reviewed by the US Federal Trade Commission and in Australia

By Vincenzo Giuffrè / 17 December 2018 / General

The Australian Senate Environment and Communications References Committee advised the Australian Government to undertake a comprehensive review of loot boxes within video games. The report published by Australian Authorities noted that loot boxes are “not a homogeneous entity” and there are many different iterations of the mechanic.However, a range of stakeholders, including regulatory agencies and academics, referred to the committee that loot boxes should be assessed on a case-by-case basis. In this respect, it should be considered that there are a number of types of loot boxes available in video games.

The Pros and Cons of the new EU Geo-Blocking Regulation

By Tommaso Fia / 3 December 2018 / Commercial, Consumers, Copyright, General, Internet & E-commerce, IP, IT & Sourcing

Everyone knows that State frontiers were a serious challenge to the exchange of products and services within the European Union. Then, after reaching the so-called Schengen acquis, Member States managed to tear down internal borders and ensure a well-functioning circulation of products over the Union. The new EU Geo-Blocking Regulation is a further step towards the freedom of services throughout the European Union.

Intervista a Francesco Bardelli di Generali Jeniot | DLA Piper Digital Ring

By Giulio Coraggio / 16 November 2018 / General

Francesco Bardelli è stato uno dei relatori del DLA Piper Digital Ring 2018 dove ha discusso di digital transformation nel settore assicurativo.

Il DLA Piper Digital Ring 2018 è stato un evento di alto livello con top manager da, tra gli altri, Intesa San Paolo, Generali, Microsoft, Airbnb, Alipay, Booking.com, Starhotels ecc. che si sono confrontati sulla digital transformation di fronte a oltre 180 persone.In questo articolo potete trovare la mia intervista a Francesco Bardelli di Generali Jeniot.

New AudioVisual Directive by the EU and AgCom report on the TELCO market in Italy

By Tommaso Ricci / 7 November 2018 / General

The EU legislative process has finally come to an end: the EU AudioVisual Directive has been approved and the recent AgCom report brings interesting insights relating to Telecommunications sector in Italy.