implemented in secret, subverting the legitimate expectations of their employees. It is argued that strategic secrets, deployed to … also suggested that whatever the consequences of such secrets for the welfare of workers affected by corporate … restructuring, these kinds of secrets attack the integrity of vital social norms like trust and cooperation. …

We present a simple model wherein a patents regime is inferior to a trade secrets system, meaning that when private … invention defense in patent law, while such a defense currently exists in secrecy and copyright law. Thus, although secrecy is …