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18OctOn-demand streaming raises compensation issuesScope There are two types of streaming: live and on-demand. Live streaming is the real-time broadcasting of live events over the Internet. On-demand streaming, which is the focus of this update, is the transmission of audiovisual content – previously stored on a server – at a time and place chosen by the user (ie, on…
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16OctCopyright protection of design: approach of italian courts and italian law after ecj’s decision in flos vs semeraroIntroduction The manufacture and marketing of products which slavishly imitate the stylistic and aesthetic features of pieces of Italian design has been the subject of recent Italian Courts’ decisions aimed at the protection and valorization of the Italian industrial design through the enforcement of copyright protection. Directive 98/71/EC on the legal protection of designs was…
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11Oct“Made in Italy”: something you need to know when managing commercial relationships with italian manufacturersIntroduction The Italian manufacturing industry is composed of many firms which are family businesses, are small/medium-sized and, generally speaking, are not assisted by attorneys or a law firm in their day to day activities. As a consequence, it is very common that parties entering into a commercial relationship do not sign a comprehensive supply agreement….
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9OctGuidelines from the italian data protection authority on personal data breaches in the electronic communications sectorIntroduction By virtue of the implementation in Italy of the e-Privacy Directive 2009/136/EC (which amended Directive 2002/58/EC) (“e-Privacy Directive”) on May 28, 2012,[i] providers of publicly available electronic communications services are now subject to strict requirements to deal with personal data breaches. In line with the e-Privacy Directive, the Italian Data Protection Code (Legislative Decree…Article filed under: Technologies
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8OctDigital terrestrial television: italian communications authority launches public consultation on channel line-up1. The Decisions of the Council of State Voiding the Existing LCN At the end of August the Council of State (the Italian highest administrative court), with four decisions, has voided the regulation on the digital terrestrial television channel line-up (so called LCN – logical channel numbering) issued in 2010 by the Italian Communications Authority…
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5OctIl ministero del lavoro e delle politiche sociali estende ai servizi di media audiovisivi l’utilizzo del contratto di lavoro intermittenteL’Interpello n. 28/2012 Con l’interpello n. 28/2012, il Ministero del Lavoro e delle Politiche Sociali ha risposto affermativamente al Consiglio Nazionale dell’Ordine dei Consulenti del Lavoro (il “Consiglio”), che aveva richiesto il parere ministeriale…
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5OctNuove restrizioni per la pubblicità di giochi con vincite in denaroIl 13 settembre scorso è stato approvato dal Consiglio dei Ministri il decreto legge n. 158/2012, recante “Disposizioni urgenti per promuovere lo sviluppo del Paese mediante un più alto livello di tutela della salute”. L’articolo 7 del Decreto ha introdotto nuove limitazioni per i messaggi pubblicitari concernenti il gioco con vincite in denaro. Le nuove…
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4OctNew Mandatory Fee for Corporations with Revenues over EUR50millions to Finance the Italian Antitrust Authority (AGCM)The Italian Government has recently amended* the Law no. 287 of October 10, 1990 (specifically, section 10, paragraph 7-ter and quarter) in relation to the modalities to fund the Italian Antitrust Authority (the “Authority”) by requiring Italian corporations (S.p.A.) and limited liability companies (S.r.l.), with annual revenues greater than 50 million Euro, to pay a…Article filed under: Regulatory
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24SepItaly: Recent Provisions on Job On-Call AgreementLegal Framework Law No. 92/2012 (the “Law”) – entered into force on July 18, 2012 – introduces significant changes to job on-call regulations, set forth in detail by the Ministry of Labor in order No. 20/2012 . Job on-call is a type of employment relationship in which an employee makes himself or herself available to…Article filed under: Labour and Employment
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17SepIs it lawful to remotely monitor employees’ work activities through the use of surveillance systems?Italian legal framework The acquisition and use of personal data from workplace surveillance systems is currently unregulated in Italy. Article 134 of Legislative Decree no. 196 (June 30, 2003), “Personal data protection Code” (hereinafter, “Privacy Code”) states only that the Data Protection Authority (hereinafter, “the Authority”) supports the introduction of a code of professional conduct…Article filed under: Labour and Employment
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