Stealing Trade Secrets and Economic Espionage: An Overview of 18 U.S.C. 1831 and 1832 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Stealing Trade Secrets and Economic Espionage: An Overview of 18 U.S.C. 1831 and 1832

Creator

  • Author: Doyle, Charles
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Senior Specialist in American Public Law

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2012-08-28

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Report that gives an overview of 18 U.S.C. 1832 (theft of trade secrets) and 18 U.S.C. 1831 (economic espionage). It also describes what constitutes as a stolen trade secret, and how such crimes are prosecuted.
  • Physical Description: 17 pages.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Trade secrets
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Business
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Business intelligence
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Business ethics
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Espionage
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Intelligence activities

Primary Source

  • Item is not a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: R42681
  • Accession or Local Control No: R42681_2012Aug28
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc227785
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