That's exactly my point! Musk almost certainly wouldn't be able to keep employees or visitors from spilling his secrets, if it wasn't for the laws that are in

That's exactly my point! Musk almost certainly wouldn't be able to keep employees or visitors from spilling his secrets, if it wasn't for the laws that are in place to protect trade secrets [1]. I'd contend that it only makes sense to argue for patents on an information dissemination basis in the absence of laws to protect trade secrets. [1] http://acuriousguy.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/protecting-space-technology-through.html http://acuriousguy.blogspot.com.au/2013/04/protecting-space-...