Category Archives: Internet & domains

The EDPB rejects “Consent or Pay” models

With the opinion issued on April 17, 2024 (Opinion 08/2024), the European Data Protection Board (EPDB) rejected the “consent or pay” models employed by large online platforms, stating that the consent to the processing of personal data given by the users with the “accept or pay” choice could hardly be considered valid. Consent or Pay […]

A Joint Study on Implications of NFTs

The U.S Copyright Office and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently published a joint study (“Non-Fungible Tokens and Intellectual Property – A Report to Congress”) to evaluate if the existing laws are adequate to address the infringement issues associated with Non-Fungible Token (NFT). The work of the U.S Copyright Office and the […]

Trump claims a domain name

Wipo – World Intellectual Property Organization – with decision of November 24th 2023, Case D2023-4147 rejected the request to transfer a domain name filed by DTTM Operations LLC, which manages the trademarks of The Trump Organization group, linked to the former president of the United States Donald J. Trump. The disputed domain name The domain name […]

Italian initiatives on AI: from the Legislative Decree on transparency measures to the Camera’s Call for ideas

While in Europe the approval process of the AI ACT has almost come to an end, in Italy the attention toward the potentials of Artificial Intelligence continues to grow. At national level, on the one hand the Italian legislator has begun to worry about the risks connected to the use of AI systems in the […]