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Every society has resources that are free and resources that are controlled. A free resource is one that anyone equally can take; a controlled resource one can take only with [...]

The suppression of beneficial technologies from the public's use is permissible under American antitrust and intellectual property laws but is not permissible under the laws of the European Union. Both bodies of law, however, are meant to promote technological innovation for the welfare of consumers. The issue for this symposium was to consider why American antitrust and intellectual property laws allow technology suppression.

Protection of advanced US technology from unauthorized disclosure is one of the biggest challenges facing the security profession in the 1990s. The Defense Investigative Service (DIS) was established specifically to help private overseas contractors understand and fulfill their security obligations. The vulnerability of US technology to unauthorized disclosure in Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore and other Asian countries prompted the establishment of the DIS's Office of Industrial Security-Far East., The greatest challenge facing industry and government in the 1990s is the protection of advanced technology from unauthorized disclosure. The security profession will be challenged during this decade to preserve [...]