Regulating Technological Innovation: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction....Pages 1-14
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Regulation for Innovation: A Comparative Inquiry into a Regulatory Pair of Twins....Pages 17-35
Regulation, Innovation and Competitiveness....Pages 36-51
Legal Design of Smart Rules and Regimes: Regulating Innovation....Pages 52-76
Regulating Technological Innovation through Informal International Law: The Exercise of International Public Authority by Transnational Actors....Pages 77-94
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
The Unlikely Emergence of Next Generation Networks in the Light of Prevailing Telecom Regulation: Instigating a decision supporting framework for stimulating network innovation (especially in telecommunications) based on first and second mover theory under network effects....Pages 97-114
Deutsche Telekom and Pacific Bell v. LinkLine: Does Competition Law have a Place in Regulated Industries?....Pages 115-130
Is Europe Turning into a ‘Technological Fortress’? Innovation and Technology for the Management of EU’s External Borders: Reflections on FRONTEX and EUROSUR....Pages 131-151
Regulating Public-Private Modalities of Legitimate Innovation: An Ex Ante Analysis Framework....Pages 152-167
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Transnational Regulation of Nanotechnology: Institutional Diversity in Agenda Setting and State Support....Pages 171-189
The European Patent System: Emerging Technologies, the Patent Quality Challenge and Mechanisms to Deal with it....Pages 190-211
Regulatory and Policy Impact on the Use of Existing Patents to Enhance Technological Innovation in the Single Market of the European Union....Pages 212-224
Conclusion....Pages 225-229
Back Matter....Pages 230-236