A Law and Economics Analysis of Trade Secrets: Optimal Scope of Law, Misappropriation and Alternative Damages Regimes


Autoria(s): Kaushik, Arun Kumar <1987>
Contribuinte(s)

Franzoni, Luigi Alberto

Visscher, Louis

Data(s)

19/03/2015

31/12/1969

Resumo

This thesis is primarily based on three core chapters, focused on the fundamental issues of trade secrets law. The goal of this thesis is to come up with policy recommendations to improve legal structure governing trade secrets. The focal points of this research are the following. What is the optimal scope of trade secrets law? How does it depend on the market characteristics such as degree of product differentiation between competing products? What factors need to be considered to balance the contradicting objectives of promoting innovation and knowledge diffusion? The second strand of this research focuses on the desirability of lost profits or unjust enrichment damage regimes in case of misappropriation of a trade secret. A comparison between these regimes is made and simple policy implications are extracted from the analysis. The last part of this research is an empirical analysis of a possible relationship between trade secrets sharing and misappropriation instances faced by firms.

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/6831/1/Kaushik_Arun_Kumar_tesi.pdf

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Kaushik, Arun Kumar (2015) A Law and Economics Analysis of Trade Secrets: Optimal Scope of Law, Misappropriation and Alternative Damages Regimes, [Dissertation thesis], Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna. Dottorato di ricerca in European doctorate in law and economics <http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/view/dottorati/DOT525/>, 27 Ciclo. DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsdottorato/6831.

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Relação

http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/6831/

Direitos

info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

Palavras-Chave #SECS-P/02 Politica economica
Tipo

Doctoral Thesis

PeerReviewed