In the spring of 2010, the Hamline Law Review hosted a symposium to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the adoption of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act. This article was written for the symposium and provides an exhaustive and detailed account of the historical context and drafting history of the...

A lot of attention has been paid in recent years to the question whether intellectual property (patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets) and other forms of information are property. To many owners and creators of information, the characterization of information as property provides...