Secrecy and Patents: Theory and Evidence from the Uniform Trade Secrets Act

This paper supersedes an earlier draft entitled, “Secrecy and Patents: Evidence from the Uniform Trade Secrets Act.” The author thanks the editor, Joanne Oxley, anonymous referees, Deepak Hegde, Stefan Wagner, Lasse Lien, Donald Hatfield, Pierre Azoulay, Tim Simcoe, Michael Risch, Mark Lemley, NUS colleagues, and participants at presentations at the University of Hong Kong, Cornell University, Carnegie Mellon University, and the APIC 2016 for advice and help, Joy Cheng for assistance with trade secrets law, Xi Xiong, Yige Duan, and Chun-beng Leow for superb research assistance.