Trade secrets laws and technology spillovers
Journal
Research Policy
Journal Volume
52
Journal Issue
7
Date Issued
2023-09
Author(s)
Abstract
This article examines whether and to what extent the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA) affects technology spillovers between focal firms (i.e., receivers of spillovers) and peers (i.e., senders of spillovers). I find that technology spillovers from peers located in states adopting the UTSA are 27 % to 51 % lower than technology spillovers from peers located in states not adopting the UTSA. Focal firms whose peers come from the UTSA states have fewer migrant inventors than firms whose peers come from non-UTSA states.
Subjects
R&D spillovers | Technology spillovers | Trade secrets laws | UTSA
Type
journal article