Learn how to properly draft a NDA agreement that's beneficial to you and the other party.
Here are 12 possible ways a nondisclosure agreement can be misused:
https://everynda.com/blog/12-ways-non-disclosures-misused/
7. A definition that's overly extensive or vague may result in you
being bound and limited to secrecy on Company A’s
behalf for information that's not really confidential.
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9. A bigger company could propose a NDA agreement with a clause
that states that the Disclosing Party would own any ideas,
inventions or information relating to confidential information
disclosed.
Then the bigger company:
Could intentionally disclose confidential information that's
related to your intended product/service
And claim ownership over that information
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11. Be very careful about any clauses in the NDA agreement that
require a certain procedure to be followed before information
can be considered confidential.
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17. If you allow an unlimited testing clause and don’t include a clause
that binds external parties to confidentiality and non-use of your
confidential information, then you could potentially give external
party the opportunity to reproduce a competing product/service.
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19. The "term" or "duration" clauses (1) of a NDA agreement
can be quite tricky.
Ensure that the term is reasonable for both your purposes.
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(1) Link to https://everynda.com/blog/typical-duration-non-disclosure/
21. A residuals clause (2) allows the Receiving Party of confidential
information to bypass the usual obligations of confidentiality and
non-use for general information and concepts that are
retained in one’s memory, including confidential information.
A residuals clause can be a too much of a risk
to allow into a NDA agreement.
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(2) Link to https://everynda.com/blog/beware-residuals-clauses-your-nda/
25. "Governing law" refers to the law that will apply to the NDA agreement
while "jurisdiction" refers to the court that you want to decide
your case in the event of a lawsuit.
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