As promised on my twitter feed a few weeks back, I had a Confidentiality NDA Agreement put together for some projects I have in the works… and had a version created that I can make available to anyone who wants it.
For those of us who outsource a tonne of work to developers, content creators, virtual assistants or designers, a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) [Confidentiality Agreement, Confidential Disclosure Agreement (CDA), Secrecy Agreement] is an essential contract between you and the providers, that protects your intellectual property.
Put simply, a non-disclosure agreement protects you by ensuring the other party (provider) will not disclose any of the information about your idea or project, except under terms as described in the contract, and will not market the idea or compete with you.
Even with an non-disclosure agreement, still only talk about your idea with people whose integrity you can trust. Even with a person you trust, it’s best to always sign an non-disclosure agreement before discussing your idea or project; and always draft agreements like you hate the other person. With that mindset, you will be sure to cover every little detail.
This ‘NDA Blueprint’ covers quite a few things, including;
- Definition of Confidential Information Clauses
- Ownership of Confidential Information Clauses
- Use of Information and Disclosure Clauses
- Ownership Rights to Work Product Clauses
- Non-Competition Clauses
- Acknowledgments And Disclaimers. Clauses
- No Publicity Clauses
- Severability Clauses
Preneur you are a legend. This is exactly what I have been looking for. Thank you.
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Thanks man. I’m not sure if this will do me any good in the future, but it’s good to hang on to
Hi Pete, Thanks! This is something I have been searching for quite a while now. I can surely use this for my projects.
This is what I had bbeen exactly lloking for my project.Great work….I have to take a lot of things from this….very good ne …..thanks for the consolidation
Simply awesome. So many legal documents are mostly boilerplate anyway. More people need to do something like this. I mean, sure large corporations would be better off with a dedicated legal team, but small operations should be able to have legal protections too.
I think that the NDA is a great resource. I am posting a link in my blog pointing to this post.
This is something companies may do when hiring employees. It prevents them from sharing company secrets with competetors.
Strange as it may seem, but I was just drafting my own NDA for freelancer I do work with when I came upon your site and this post. I’m sure your NDA will improve mine.
thank you. LEGEND!!!!
Thank you very much for letting me know about NDA document and i will really follow your suggestions by not letting every one know my confidential matter and i will use only a non disclosure documents for my projects to keep it secretly.
Thank you!!
Thank you!!
Can’t seem to open the document… I click download and nothing happens…. Please help.
How do you open the document? I click download and nothing happens….
Got it. Thanks HEAPS!!!
This is great. I like the idea that our documents can be safe. Thanks NDA.
Thanks for the copy of the Non Disclosure form on your website.
Thanks so much for this!
It contains a few spelling mistakes/typographical errors (e.g. “propriety” [sic] instead of “proprietary” – an egregious mistake) and some of the clauses are not really to the benefit of the Disclosing Party (I am a trainee lawyer, so I suppose I can give an informed opinion). I would be cautious in relying upon this document pro forma.
Please forward NDA, would be greatly appreciated
Regards
Gerry
Cannot find this download on the website – can you please send it over or let me know where it is available?
Thanks