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.
The Brexit withdrawal agreement might have considerable privacy law related consequences on the flow personal data between the EU and the UK.
Here is an update after the publication of the Brexit withdrawal agreement. This article is based on the post published on Privacy Matters blog by my colleagues Andrew Dyson and James Clark.
Influencer marketing è uno degli argomenti più caldi del momento e ne discutiamo il 30 novembre 2018 da DLA Piper.
Abbiamo già analizzato gli aspetti legali dell’influencer marketing in un precedente articolo e questa è l’occasione giusta per approfondire l’argomento.
At the beginning of the year, in our fashion predictions we put artificial intelligence (“AI”) at the top of the fashion agenda and ‒ yes, no magic sphere needed! ‒ we were actually right.
Technology has had a huge impact on the fashion industry and in the last year all the retail giants took an algorithmic approach to fashion. After Amazon’s Echo Look app which gives feedback or recommendations on your outfits and Zara’s interactive fitting rooms, with mirrors recognizing the clothes that you are wearing and suggesting others to match them based on style, color and mood, also Yoox explored the potential of AI.
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.
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.
Blockchain compliance with GDPR requirements was tested by the French privacy authority and the European Commission, with uncertain outcomes.
Blockchain privacy compliance is a very hot topic that led to major discussions. The compliance of the impossibility to remove information from the distributed ledger with the GDPR’s right to be forgotten for instance has been challenged in several instances. But this is only one of the topics now covered by the French data protection authority, the CNIL, in its guidelines on the topic (which were covered here on DLA Piper Privacy Matters blog by my colleagues Denise Lebeau-Marianna and Caroline Chancé) and by the EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum of the European Commission in a workshop report recently issued.
We all know that artificial intelligence (AI) has limitless potential, that goes beyond the power of human imagination. But what if AI starts creating pieces of art?
This does not seem that new, since we’ve already got used to technologies making creative stuff. Today, 3D printers produce artifacts that in the past we used to do with our own hands. Recent applications of AI to visual art adds another piece (even broader) to this mosaic. Indeed, analytics and reuse of large amounts of data relating to old creative works, digitally copied and reproduced by way of complex systems of AI, can transform machines into creators of brand new artworks. How is this possible?
After revolutionizing the world of art, by transforming an act of vandalism − such as murals − in million dollars artworks, Banksy has recently hit the headlines with his latest provocation. In October, during a Sotheby’s auction, right after the awarding of one of his most famous creations entitled ‘Girl with balloon’ for more than £ 1.000.000, the painting literally destroyed itself. Immediately after, the artist declared to have intentionally placed a shredding machine within the frame. As a consequence, a new piece of artwork – ‘Love is in the bin’ – was created by destroying the first.
This episode definitely calls for some legal analysis also under Italian law of what went on in that occasion. “Can a destroyed artwork be considered as an artwork itself under the Italian Copyright Law? And, above all, what about the buyer’s position, who had purchased an expensive piece of artwork and then was left with some framed stripes of shredded paper?”
After revolutionizing the world of art, by transforming an act of vandalism − such as murals − in million dollars artworks, Banksy has recently hit the headlines with his latest provocation. In October, during a Sotheby’s auction, right after the awarding of one of his most famous creations entitled ‘Girl with balloon’ for more than £ 1.000.000, the painting literally destroyed itself. Immediately after, the artist declared to have intentionally placed a shredding machine within the frame. As a consequence, a new piece of artwork – ‘Love is in the bin’ – was created by destroying the first.
This episode definitely calls for some legal analysis also under Italian law of what went on in that occasion. “Can a destroyed artwork be considered as an artwork itself under the Italian Copyright Law? And, above all, what about the buyer’s position, who had purchased an expensive piece of artwork and then was left with some framed stripes of shredded paper?”
The French data protection authority (CNIL) has published a report on blockchain compliance with the GDPR and EU is tackling fake news with a new Code of Practice on disinformation.
This article brings news on new UK alternative dispute resolution procedure to handle disputes with players and the listing plans of the Czech lottery operator Sazka.
The DLA Piper Digital Ring event with 180+ attendees was a massive event on digital transformation and here are my to 5 takeaways.
As anticipated, my law firm, DLA Piper, ran a very interesting event together with the Corriere della Sera, the largest Italian newspaper, at the Italian stock exchange, Borsa Italiana, on digital transformation in the banking, insurance, hospitality and e-commerce sectors. I summarise below my main takeaways, but there is definitely no room to cover all the interesting insights arose during the discussion.
Digital ring will be an “arena” where well-established companies and new entrants will debate (and not fight) on how to succeed in the technological revolution.
As published in a previous blog post available HERE, DLA Piper arranged for the 15th of October 2018 an event named “Digital Ring” at the Milan Stock Exchange together with the largest Italian newspaper.
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