The Role of Trade Secrets in Innovation Policy

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Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Resources, Science, and Industry Division

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Provides overview of trade secret law and policy, which protects secret, valuable business information and intellectual property from misappropriation by others. Reviews role of trade secrets in U....

Provides overview of trade secret law and policy, which protects secret, valuable business information and intellectual property from misappropriation by others. Reviews role of trade secrets in U.S. innovation policy as well as sources of trade secret law and the substantive rules they provide. Details trade secret provisions of the Economic Espionage Act, which criminalizes both "economic espionage" and the "theft of trade secrets." Discusses relationship between patent law and trade secret law, and identifies Congressional issues and options within this field.

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