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Midha: US private tech is default protected from mandatory state sharing

Anjney Midha · AI Is Becoming a Regional Race · Jan 3, 2025 · at 11:08

Anjney Midha, General Partner at a16z, discusses legal protections for private sector technology firms in Western democracies relative to state AI demands.

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“By and large, the private sector in the United States, and most other allied countries, is by default protected from having to make its technology available to the government.”

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The claim, plainly

By default, private sector technology companies in the United States and allied nations are legally protected from being required to make their technology available to the government.

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Assessment

Under constitutional and statutory legal frameworks in the United States and allied nations, private sector technology companies are protected by default from blanket mandatory state appropriation or forced disclosure. In the US, intangible intellectual property and trade secrets are protected under the Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause (Ruckelshaus v. Monsanto Co.), requiring just compensation for any governmental taking. Emergency or specialized mechanisms such as the Defense Production Act, compulsory patent licensing (28 U.S.C. § 1498), or Bayh-Dole march-in rights are strictly bounded, requiring statutory authority, compensation, or prior federal funding. Similarly, in allied jurisdictions, property and IP rights protected under Article 17 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the ECHR prevent uncompensated state appropriation.

U.S. Fifth Amendment Takings Clause and Supreme Court precedent in Ruckelshaus v. Monsanto Co. establish trade secrets and proprietary technologies as protected property.
EU Charter of Fundamental Rights Article 17 and ECHR Protocol 1 Article 1 prohibit uncompensated expropriation of private intellectual property in allied nations.
Federal mechanisms like 28 U.S.C. § 1498 and the Defense Production Act function with compensation requirements or narrow scope, rather than establishing default government entitlement to private technologies.

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[1] youtube.com [2] constitutioncenter.org [3] cornell.edu [4] harvardlawreview.org [5] princeton.edu [6] eff.org [7] wolterskluwer.com [8] fr.com

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