Article Title

Innovation Policy in Telecommunications: Revisiting the Successes of Guglielmo Marconi

Authors

John M. Williamson, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunbar

Document Type

Book Review

Publication Date

3-2005

Publication Citation

57 Federal Communications Law Journal 345 (2005)

Abstract

Book Review: Signor Marconi's Magic Box: The Most Remarkable Invention of the 19th Century & the Amateur Inventor Whose Genius Sparked a Revolution, Gavin Weightman, Cambridge, Mass.: Da Capo Press, 2003, 312 pages.

A review of Gavin Weightman's Signor Marconi's Magic Box, Da Capo Press, 2003. An entertaining and informative biography of the inventor of applied wireless communications, this book also gives practical insight into the effect of patent policy on innovation. The Marconi story parallels the challenges faced by today's telecommunications innovators and offers a significant historical perspective relevant to present-day debates over the direction of innovation policy and its application to the telecommunications industry.

Recommended Citation

Williamson, John M. (2005) "Innovation Policy in Telecommunications: Revisiting the Successes of Guglielmo Marconi," Federal Communications Law Journal: Vol. 57: Iss. 2, Article 13.
Available at: https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/fclj/vol57/iss2/13