Curiously, America has had trade secret laws for over 100 years that are very similar to the EEA in content. In addition, there are laws governing copyrights, trademarks and interstate trade theft that are constantly resulting in law suits.
令人好奇的是，美國早已有行之百年、內容和間諜法非常相近的「營業秘密法」，此外專利法、商標法、州際物品偷竊法等的侵權竊密訴訟更是無日無之。