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confidentiality agreement

 

  1. On the understanding that both parties are interested in meeting to consider possible collaboration in developments arising from [your name]'s intellectual property it is agreed that all information, whether oral, written or otherwise, that is supplied in the course or as a result of so meeting shall be treated as confidential by the receiving party.

  2. The receiving party undertakes not to use the information for any purpose, other than for the purpose of considering the said collaboration, without obtaining the written agreement of the disclosing party.

  3. No Disclosure: Recipient agrees to use its best efforts to prevent and protect the Confidential Information, or any part thereof, from disclosure to any person other than Recipient's employees, having a need for disclosure in connection with Recipient's authorized use of the Confidential Information.

  4. Protection of Secrecy: Recipient agrees to take all steps reasonably necessary to protect the secrecy of the Confidential Information, and to prevent the Confidential Information from falling into the public domain or into the possession of unauthorized persons.

  5. Ownership of Confidential Information: Recipient agrees that all Confidential Information shall remain the property of Discloser, and that Discloser may use such Confidential Information for any purpose without obligation to Recipient. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as granting or implying any transfer of rights to Recipient in the Confidential Information, or any patents or other intellectual property protecting or relating to the Confidential Information.

  6. This Agreement applies to both technical and commercial information communicated by either party.

  7. This Agreement does not apply to any information in the public domain or which the receiving party can show was either already lawfully in their possession prior to its disclosure by the other party or acquired without the involvement, either directly or indirectly, of the disclosing party.

  8. Either party to this Agreement shall on request from the other return any documents or items connected with the disclosure and shall not retain any unauthorized copies or likenesses.

  9. This Agreement or the supply of information referred to in paragraph 1, does not create any license, title or interest in respect of any Intellectual Property Rights of the disclosing party.

After X [numerals] years from the date hereof each party shall be relieved of all obligations under this Agreement.

Signed [Your signature]
For [Your business/trading name if relevant]
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Signed [Company representative's signature] For 3d-Consultants
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