REGULATION for INNOVATION

Purpose of this contribution Some regulations aim to improve innovation or technological advancement, or at least remove possible obstacles. Competition law, both national and European, is a less known part of the law and is mostly handled by specialised lawyers. The purpose of this contribution is to make the part of competition law that aims to improve innovation more widely known. Two more or less corresponding European regulations will undergo a comparative analysis. An attempt will be made to explain the meaning of these regulations in terms of innovation improvement. An assessment will be made on whether these regulations should both remain in force individually or whether they can be combined into one regulation. The reader will not be expected to have an in-depth knowledge of competition law; an interest in the impact of regulation on the innovative capacity of trade and industry will suffice, or rather, an interest in the theme Innovation and Regulation.