Regulating Technological Innovation

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