Internet and ICTView PDF
FASANO is specialized to provide legal and technical assistance in the matters of information & communication technology (ICT) and Internet.
Services cover all necessary operations for the start up of on-line initiatives:
- Drafting ICT related contracts.
- Administrative procedures for domain names assignation requests to the International and domestic Registration Authorities for what concerns the country code and geografical Top Level Domain suffix.
- Requests for web based business licences.
- Administrative procedures to manage e-commerce business start up.
On-line and web-based business operations requires consideration for all domestic and International legal and technical bonds. The Italian law on ICT may be considered one of the most complete at the European level.
FASANO offers a variety of services covering legal and technical (thanks to experts listed before the Court) needs such as:
- Electronic Commerce business management according to the legal framework.
- Compliance with technical and normative requirements for secure money transfers and web based payments, including the new discipline relative to “electronic money”.
- Operational, technical and normative aspects for electronic documents, including the technical directives in the circulars of National Commission for Informatics in Public Administration (CNIPA).
- Intellectual Property protection on the web with special regard to web copyright protection and to contrast the abusive electronic diffusion of audio-visual material and to sustain cinema and entertainment’s activities.
- Domain names protection at domestic and International levels: FASANO has represented and defended before domestic Dispute Resolution Centers and before the World Intellectual Property Protection Organization (WIPO) of Geneva numerous domain names’ rights holders.
- Computer software programs and electronic database protection, especially concerning the normative bounds and including the administrative procedures at the Italian Copyright Registry (SIAE) for protecting software.
- Fiscal assistance in connection with internet based sale of goods and services involving national or EU and international legislations.
- Drafting ICT related contracts, including electronic contracts, on-line and distance contracts with customers (B2C) and with companies (B2B).
- Electronic communication services including assistance in Wi-Fi connection matters.
- Data Protection of the parties involved in transactions and safety of the personal information requested to complete negotiations, in compliance with the applicable rules for data processing and circulations and in particular with the Data Protection Code.
- Commercial and advertising activities for web products and services, with special reference to Internet sponsoring and advertising issues.
- Internet based broadcasting technologies, streaming, web-casting, digital platforms, satellite platforms; assistance on Internet services access matters.
- Publishing sector reform, with reference to new multimedia products on the web.
- Assistance in completing all activities in connection with Public Administration on line services.
- Internet banking, on-line trading and on web based financial brokerage, in compliance with Italian Stock Exchange Investigation Board (CONSOB) Communications and with banking rules and regulations.
- On-line auctions and E-procurement.
- On-line Gaming, Gambling and Betting.
- Technical and legal issues connected to piracy, viruses, abusive system access, hardware and software damaging.
- Use of Internet and ICT technologies by central and peripheral Public Administrations, including advice on E-Government and E-Democracy.
