Regulating Technological Innovation -

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Résumé :
Examining the regulatory issues of fostering technological innovation and its applications this book combines legal, economic and administrative science perspectives. It answers important questions such as what type of regulatory framework would best fit the needs of technology and innovation developments?

Biographie:
MICHIEL A. HELDEWEG is Professor of Public Governance Law at the Department of Legal and Economic Governance Studies, University of Twente, the Netherlands. He is also an Honorary Judge for the District Court of Almelo, the Netherlands Administrative Law Bench. His research interests focus on regulation and innovation with special attention paid to hybrid regulation, legal design methodology and the field of Environmental and Energy Law.
EVISA KICA is currently studying for her PhD at the School of Management and Governance, the Department of Legal and Economic Governance Studies atthe University of Twente, the Netherlands. She is also involved in the project 'study on the quality of the patent system in Europe' commissioned by Poiltecnico di Torino.

Sommaire:
Introduction; M.A.Heldeweg & E.Kica PART I: GENERAL ANALYSIS OF THE REGULATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION RELATIONSHIP Regulation for Innovation: a Comparative Inquiry into a Regulatory Pair of Twins; A.Brack Regulation, Technological Innovation and the Roots of Comparative Advantage; S.Donnelly Legal Design of Smart Rules & Regimes: Regulating Innovation; M.Heldeweg Regulating Technological Innovation Through Informal International Law: the Exercise of International Public Authority by Transnational Actors; R.Wessel PART II: SPECIFIC EXEMPLARY AREAS AND CONNECTED ISSUES OF REGULATING TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION The Unlikely Emergence of Next Generation Networks in the Light of Prevailing Tele-com Regulation; L.Broos Deutsche Telekom and Pacific Bell v LinkLine: Does Competition Law Have a Place in Regulated Industries? M.Holterman Is Europe Turning into a 'Technological Fortress'? Innovation and Technology for the Management of EU's External Borders: Reflections on FRONTEX and EUROSUR; L.Marin Regulating Public-private Modalities for Organising Technological Innovations in the Energy Sector; M.Sanders PART III: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION: REGULATORY ISSUES, ACTORS AND PATENTS Transnational Regulation of Nanotechnology: Institutional Diversity in Agenda Setting and State Support; N.Chowdhury The European Patent System: Emerging Technologies, the Patent Quality Challenge and Mechanisms to Deal with it; E.Kica Regulatory and Policy Impact on the Use of Existing Patents to Enhance Technological Innovation in the Single Market of the European Union; V.Rodriguez Conclusion; M.Heldeweg & E.Kica