Advertising
Video games in Italy: things to consider.
Any time an issue stirs concern among the public, a new regulation is likely to pop up.
The booming increase of time people worldwide spend on the Internet has induced experts, academics and health specialist to research whether we are...
Lawmakers are easily in favor of advertising restrictions (and new taxes).
Especially when they allow them to become the main Champion of concerns of public interest.
Lawmakers often raise their voices about issues – though widely ignored in the past – when they, in a certain moment, are at the center of a genera...
Commercial communication touching on sensitive areas or relying on stereotypes. Upsetting potenti...
Despite Statute Law provisions, local regulations and industry self-regulation codes, companies continue to adhere to clichés, underestimating the ‘sensitiveness’ of their target public.
You can hardly read a magazine, watch TV or look at outdoor ads, without facing images of scantily clad (primarily female) individuals, which are c...
Intellectual property
Italy’s new approach to prevent ‘ambush marketing’.
Fighting the ‘free raiders’ trying to promote their brands without buying a sponsor ticket to major events with huge audiences.
Since the 80ies of the past Century, all major sports events (such as Continental or World Championships or Olympic Games), drawing broad media cov...
(Again) IP protection for design models.
Possible, all but easy to obtain in Court.
In two posts, uploaded on this blog in January 15th and September 15th, 2019, I have reported about different – and sometimes disappointing - outco...
Industrial design and copyright protection – An update.
The CJEU steps in and things are likely to get tougher.
In a mid-September post, I have reported about a recent interim injunction issued by a Fist Instance Court in Bologna. While the ink of such post ‘...
Privacy
European Privacy Regulations and territoriality issues.
European Data Protection Board (EDPB) releases finalized guidelines on the GDPR’s territorial scope.
The potential extra-territorial reach of the GDPR’s provisions has caused intense dispute among privacy experts and scholars as well as harsh confr...
European Privacy Regulations and Consent Issues.
A few things to bear in mind when promotional messages are sent on individuals’ consent.
The marketing industry will have to realize that we are far from having completely exploited the complexities of the GDPR.
Recent case-law on privacy issues and their surroundings.
Cherry-picking some of the most interesting decisions.
Courts both, on a national as well as on an international level, are increasingly approached to deal with problems related to the protection or to ...