For a pretty length defense of this thesis (specifically comparing SV with Route 128), see Ronald Gilson's article, The Legal Infrastructure of High Technology

For a pretty length defense of this thesis (specifically comparing SV with Route 128), see Ronald Gilson's article, The Legal Infrastructure of High Technology Industrial Districts [1]. And for a more global perspective see Anupam Chander's How Law Made Silicon Valley [2]. [1]: https://www.nyulawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/NYULawReview-74-3-Gilson.pdf https://www.nyulawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/NYUL... [2]: https://law.emory.edu/elj/content/volume-63/issue-3/articles/how-law-made-silicon-valley.html https://law.emory.edu/elj/content/volume-63/issue-3/articles...