IP Watchdog Nov. 4, 2013
With the passage of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), the market for voting machines and government election services has become highly concentrated with the voting machine and election services market being serviced by five private companies. Paul Holly, a JD candidate, says this this means a single, private company could potentially control a significant portion of the market. But he considers how trade secret policy is affected when it must be considered for public infrastructure use.