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Cheating in Esports tournaments – legal arguments for discouraging bad players

By Micaela Jerusalmi / 22 May 2020 22 May 2020 / Commercial, Copyright, eSports, Intellectual Property, IP, Sport

by Giulio Coraggio, Vincenzo Giuffrè and Micaela Jerusalmi The Esports market has been booming over the last years and the recent Covid-19 strict regulations impacting the sports sector and imposing social distancing have greatly increased the focus on Esports competitions so far. Even with this scenario, the legal challenges for global Esports online platforms and …

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The makeup of protection of a makeup store layout: a missed chance to apply the Cofemel decision?

By Andrea Michelangeli / 14 May 2020 14 May 2020 / Copyright, Fashion, Intellectual Property, IP, Trademarks

By Valentina Mazza and Andrea Michelangeli In our fashion law predictions for 2020 (available here), we anticipated Italian case-law following the trend set by the CJEU in the Cofemel decision (for the illustration of the case, see our previous post here) by making it easier to access copyright protection in Italy. No magic wand, but …

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How to prevent a Data Breach during remote working

By Tommaso Ricci / 13 May 2020 13 May 2020 / Data Protection

WHY TALKING ABOUT DATA BREACH IS RELEVANT DURING COVID-19? Data breaches happen every day. Companies failing to prevent , mitigate or notify a databreach may incur in GDPR sanctions. Therefore being able to handle a databreach, especially during covid-19 emergency, is crucial.

Il TAR Lombardia non ha sospeso l’E-commerce

By Giacomo Lusardi / 24 April 2020 24 April 2020 / Commercial, Consumers, General

by Giacomo Lusardi and Alessandro Ferrari In queste ore si legge su varie testate online, più o meno autorevoli, che il TAR della Lombardia avrebbe “bocciato” l’ordinanza della medesima regione dello scorso 11 aprile 2020, per aver esteso l’e-commerce anche ai beni che non rientrano tra quelli essenziali o strategici di cui all’Allegato 1 del …

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Podcast – Firme elettroniche e contratti a distanza all’epoca del Covid-19

By Giulio Coraggio / 20 April 2020 17 May 2020 / General

L’emergenza Covid-19 ha reso ancora più rilevanti i contratti a distanza e le diverse tipologie di firme elettroniche che sono necessarie alla loro stipula.

Top 3 legal predictions on Trade Secrets for 2020

By Micaela Jerusalmi / 24 March 2020 24 March 2020 / General

by Laura Gastaldi and Micaela Jerusalmi One year and a half after the implementation of EU Directive No. 934/2016 (the “Trade Secrets Directive”) in Italy, trade secrets are increasingly becoming one of the most valuable assets of companies’ businesses, and this trend is likely to increase. Let’s see what to expect from the upcoming year …

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Top 3 legal predictions on Copyright for 2020

By Alessandra Tozzi / 23 March 2020 23 March 2020 / Artificial Intelligence, Copyright, Intellectual Property, IP

By Roberto Valenti, Alessandra Tozzi and Lara Mastrangelo Copyright plays a paramount role in enhancing and protecting human creations, but, at the same time, it may clash with other fundamental rights and therefore needs to be balanced. During 2019 many events occurred in the copyright field. What will happen in the course of 2020? Art …

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Top 3 Legal Predictions for Trademarks for 2020

By Andrea Michelangeli / 20 March 2020 20 March 2020 / IP, Trademarks

By Roberto Valenti, Annamaria Algieri and Andrea Michelangeli Last year has brought some exciting new scenarios for trademarks! We look forward to assessing whether the trends emerged in 2019 will be followed or left behind. In the meanwhile, here are our predictions for 2020!

Top 3 legal predictions on Life Sciences for 2020

By Chiara Perotti / 18 March 2020 18 March 2020 / Life Science

By Marco de Morpurgo, Nicola Landolfi and Chiara Perotti Last year was a pivotal year for the Life Sciences industry. As we had foreseen, 2019 witnessed significant technological and regulatory progress. Digitalization of the medical sector has impacted the way pharmaceutical and medical device companies approach patients, with smoother communication means that bring to zero …

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Top 3 Legal Predictions on eSports for 2020

By Lara Mastrangelo / 16 March 2020 16 March 2020 / eSports, Gaming and Betting, Sport

By Vincenzo Giuffrè and Lara Mastrangelo The growth of revenues generated by the esports industry is leading to new legal issues that are likely to be addressed with different solutions in 2020. Esports monetization will be driven by pay-per-view streaming The esports sector has traditionally drawn its revenues from sponsorships, media rights, and advertising. However, …

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Top 3 Legal Predictions on Fashion Law for 2020

By Valentina Mazza / 13 March 2020 13 March 2020 / Copyright, Fashion, Intellectual Property, IP

By Elena Varese and Valentina Mazza As “fashion shades and only style remains“, here you have our (hopefully stylish) guess on the top three fashion trends for this year.

Top 3 Legal Predictions on Electronic Cigarettes and Novel Tobacco Products for 2020

By Alessandro Ferrari / 12 March 2020 12 March 2020 / Advertising, Consumers, Internet & E-commerce, Life Science

By Francesca Romana Ferrucci and Alessandro Ferrari 2019 was a very interesting year for tobacco, electronic cigarettes (“e-cigs”) and novel tobacco products (“NTPs”) all around the world. Going from new products in the process of accessing new markets, moving on with the mayhem concerning severe health issues allegedly connected to the use of e-cigs. The …

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Top 3 Legal Predictions on Advertising for 2020

By Andrea Michelangeli / 11 March 2020 11 March 2020 / Advertising, Consumers, Intellectual Property, IP

By Elena Varese, Andrea Michelangeli and Vanessa Krieg “One of the greatest dangers of advertising is not that of misleading people, but that of boring them to death”. Thus, in the hope not to be too boring, there you go with our predictions for 2020 on advertising law!

Top 3 predictions on gambling law matters for 2020

By Giulio Coraggio / 10 March 2020 10 March 2020 / General

Our gambling market predictions for 2020 deal with regulatory challenges that might reshape the sector for the coming years, analyzing whether the predictions for 2019 came true and what future we should expect for the market.