Following its April 2021 proposal for a European Artificial Intelligence Regulation, the Commission comes back to the topic of liability for damages in the digital age with a consultation open to the public until January 10, 2022. The purpose of the consultation Having launched the first part of the public consultation on October 18, 2021, […]
Liability in the digital and AI age: EU looks beyond the ‘AI act’ Read More »
By Elena Varese and Andrea Michelangeli The Istituto di Autodisciplina Pubblicitaria, i.e. the Italian advertising standards authority (“IAP“) has recently issued a new piece of regulation aimed at specifically providing guidance on the commercial communication of food and beverage products addressed to children, which entered into force on 9 February 2021 (“Regulation“), thus extending the
As technology and innovation are nowadays central to all economic activities, also the most ancient one, agriculture, is opening its doors to let the digital transformation come through. Some refer to this phenomenon as to Agriculture 4.0, while others prefer the definitions of Ag-tech or Digital Agriculture. What is sure, is that the big revolution
Agriculture 4.0 and data sharing: what’s up? Read More »
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
Cheating in Esports tournaments – legal arguments for discouraging bad players Read More »
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
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.
How to prevent a Data Breach during remote working Read More »
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
Top 3 legal predictions on Copyright for 2020 Read More »
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 for Trademarks for 2020 Read More »
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
Top 3 legal predictions on Life Sciences for 2020 Read More »
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,
Top 3 Legal Predictions on eSports for 2020 Read More »
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 Fashion Law for 2020 Read More »
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
Top 3 Legal Predictions on Electronic Cigarettes and Novel Tobacco Products for 2020 Read More »
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 Legal Predictions on Advertising for 2020 Read More »
by Giulia Zappaterra & Deborah Paracchini 2019 brought considerable changes in the data protection world. Some EU Member States finally integrated the rules of the EU General Data Protection Regulation No. 679/2016 (GDPR) with their national laws. At the same time, local data protection authorities started to fully apply – also issuing severe sanctions –
Top 3 Legal Predictions on Privacy and Data Protection for 2020 Read More »
By Tommaso Ricci and Giordana Babini 2019 was a thriving year for blockchain and distributed ledger technologies (DLT) more in general. Mainstream companies have demonstrated growing interest in both blockchain and DLT. Blockchain seems to have reached its turning point. What was only theoretical up to last year, is now finally becoming operational and integrated
TOP 3 Legal Predictions on Blockchain for 2020 Read More »
© 2019 DLA Piper. DLA Piper is a global law firm operating through various separate and distinct legal entities. For further information about these entities and DLA Piper's structure, please refer to the Legal Notices page. All rights reserved. Attorney advertising.