Non-disclose agreement

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A non-disclosure agreement (NDA), also known as a confidentiality agreement, confidential disclosure agreement (CDA), proprietary information agreement (PIA), or secrecy agreement, is a legal contract between two parties that outlines confidential material, knowledge, or information that the parties wish to share with one another for certain purposes, but wish to restrict access to by third parties. This simple form (see below) is very useful when you need to discuss an unpatented invention with others, but want to protect yourself.

INSTRUCTIONS: Cut and paste this form below into MS word (you don't even need to format it correctly) and then change the underlined bits.

Non Disclosure Agreement Form

CONFIDENTIAL DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT

Between:

Other Person Name - Suburb, City, Australia
and
Inventor Name - Suburb, City, Australia

1. On the understanding that both parties are interested in meeting to consider possible collaboration in developments arising from Inventor 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. This Agreement applies to both technical and commercial information communicated by either party.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. After 2 years from the date hereof each party shall be relieved of all obligations under this Agreement.

Signed: _________________________ Date: __________

Signed: _________________________ Date: __________