

<head> Tipster Topic Description


<num> Number: 149


<dom> Domain: Law and Government 


<title> Topic: Industrial Espionage


<desc> Description:

Document will report on industrial espionage.


<smry> Summary:

Document will report on specific instances of industrial espionage,
including insider trading, or the actions of governments to prevent
the theft of economic secrets through legislation, regulation, or law
enforcement.

<narr> Narrative:

A relevant document will provide information on alleged or demonstrated acts 
of industrial espionage committed by agencies of any nation, by any 
corporation seeking information on a competitor through apparently illegal 
acts, or by private individuals seeking to collect and sell propietary 
information. The espionage may be through any means -- electronic 
surveillance, bribery of employees, theft of documents, etc. -- whose 
purpose is to obtain technological or corporate secrets.  Also relevant are 
the actions of governments to prevent the theft of economic secrets through 
legislation, regulation, or law enforcement.  NOT relevant are such legally 
permissable actions as market research, hiring of consultants, and analysis 
of publicly available documents.  


<con> Concept(s):

1. industrial espionage, electronic surveillance, eavesdropping, electronic 
theft, inside information, market intelligence, industrial intelligence 
gathering, economic secrets, economic intelligence

2. industrial spy, disgruntled employee, electronic thief 


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