Category Archives: Internet & domains

Google: the EU Court confirms the maxi-fine for abuse of dominant position  

abuse of dominant position

 With judgment of 14th September 2022 (T-604/18) the EU Court condemned Google to a maxi fine of 4,125 billion euro for having imposed limitations to manufacturers of Android devices in order to consolidate its own dominant position on the market. The judgment of the EU Court came after the appeal, by the American company, to […]

Music piracy: the Court of Milan accepts the appeal of Sony, Universal and Warner against Cloudflare  

music piracy

With judgment of July 11th 2022, the Court of Milan accepted the appeal presented by Sony, Universal and Warner against Cloudflare Inc., ordering to block the DNS resolution of any website allowing to unlawfully download torrent files. The DNS (Domain Name System) is a system which allows to convert the numeric strings composing the IP […]

The source codes of a graphic work can be transferred only with an express agreement

source files of a graphic work

The issue objected of the examination of the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation focuses on who is the owner of a work created on a commission basis. Even though this is a well-known topic, it does not find in the case-law of merit a peaceful agreeable solution. Before appealing to the Court of Cassation, the […]

The use of Google Analytics violates the GDPR: what now?

google analytics infringes GDPR

With the provision of June 9, 2022, the Italian DPA affirmed that the use of Google Analytics violates the GDPR because it implies the transfer of data in the United States of America, a country lacking of the adequate level of protection of the users’ data. The situation concerned the use of Google Analytics by […]