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TV format protection in Italy

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Italy
  • -
  • February 4 2009

Typically, the creation of an audiovisual work (e.g. film for TV, talk show, game show, reality show, soap opera) requires several steps

Commission endorses subsidies for digital equipment in Italy

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • European Union, Italy
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  • July 10 2007

The European Commission has decided that subsidies for equipment for the reception of digital television granted by Italy in 2007 are in compliance with EC Treaty state aid rules

Italy requested to comply with EU rules on electronic communications

  • McDermott Will & Emery
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  • European Union, Italy
  • -
  • July 20 2007

The European Commission has sent a formal request to Italy to bring its broadcasting legislation in line with the EU Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications

Unfair commercial practices and misleading advertising new powers granted to the Italian Antitrust Authority

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • Italy
  • -
  • February 19 2008

On September 21, 2007, the Italian Antitrust Authority (the "Authority" or "IAA") was given additional powers to curb unfair commercial practices and misleading advertising

Is user-generated content on trial? Google executives face criminal proceedings

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • Italy
  • -
  • March 3 2009

The Criminal Court of Milan has suspended proceedings against four Google executives to allow time to address relevant procedural considerations

U.S. executives face criminal charges for violating European privacy laws

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
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  • Italy
  • -
  • March 10 2009

Italian prosecutors have filed criminal charges against four Google executives for permitting a video to be posted on a Google web site which allegedly violates Italian data privacy law

Advertising & marketing to children

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • Italy
  • -
  • February 28 2007

Advertising targeted at children and minors has become the focus of legislators and watchdogs throughout the world

Italian Competition Authority concludes its investigation into the professional football sector

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Italy
  • -
  • March 26 2007

The Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) has concluded its investigation into the professional football sector and has recommended a number of changes in relation to the sharing of proceeds from the sale of TV rights, contractual relationships between players and the clubs, transfers of players and the relationship between the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) and the leagues

A setback in copyright owners’ fight against illegal file-sharing

  • Bird & Bird
  • -
  • Italy
  • -
  • November 22 2007

The Court of Rome recently rejected requests for injunctions bought by a German record company and a Polish computer game producer (the “Copyright Holders”) against two Italian Internet Service Providers (the “ISPs”

On-line defamation trial against Google’s executives delayed

  • Norton Rose LLP
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  • Italy
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  • July 6 2009

The recent postponement of the Milan criminal trial of four Google executives accused of defamation and privacy violations prolongs the uncertainty and concern among internet service providers (ISPs) and their executives of the potential extent of their liability for user generated content