# kaal:claim:2808132-023

**Claim.** Because formal rulemaking takes months and often years, regulators are still processing the previous product launch while new products reach the market, and new regulations pertaining to an innovative product can be obsolete before they are finalized.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- multi-month or multi-year regulatory procedures
- fast product launch cycles

**Source quote.**

> rulemaking in the existing regulatory infrastructure, taking months and often years of regulatory procedure, is still dealing with the last product launch. New regulations pertaining to an innovative product could be obsolete before they are finalized.90

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, *How to Regulate Disruptive Innovation - From Facts to Data* (2016), III.3 Timing, page 20

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, How to Regulate Disruptive Innovation - From Facts to Data (2016). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2808132

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**Failure mode.** Rule obsolescence before enactment  (family: rule-obsolescence-and-ossification)

**Topics.** dynamic-regulation, innovation

**Keywords.** regulatory-obsolescence, regulatory-timing, rulemaking-lag, disruptive-innovation

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