This confidential information agreement template has 3 pages and is a MS Word file type listed under our software & technology documents.
Sample of our confidential information agreement template:
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AGREEMENT This Confidential Information Agreement (the "Agreement") is made and effective the [Date] BETWEEN: [YOUR COMPANY NAME] (the "Developer"), a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the [State/Province] of [STATE/PROVINCE], with its head office located at: [YOUR COMPLETE ADDRESS] AND: [CLIENT NAME] (the "Client"), an individual with his main address located at OR a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the [State/Province] of [STATE/PROVINCE], with its head office located at: [COMPLETE ADDRESS] WHEREAS, this Agreement shall be effective as of the first date of disclosure of any introduced third parties or proprietary or confidential information or the last date signed whichever is earlier; and WHEREAS, representatives of Developer and Client plan to participate in meetings and discussions concerning the possibility of Developer providing certain services to Client related to the development of a certain website and related services. WHEREAS, the Parties wish to establish terms governing the use and protections of certain information that either party may disclose to the other in the course of discussions and negotiations; and WHEREAS, the intent of the Parties hereto is to provide the highest care and protection of either Parties Confidential Information (defined below) not less than if such Confidential Information were their own. NOW, THEREFORE, Developer and Client, in consideration of the premises, the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the mutual benefit to be gained by the performance hereof and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, hereby agree as follows: DEFINITION For purposes of this Agreement, Confidential Information shall mean information, including a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, or process, marketing and promotion, computer software and hardware systems, computer network and communications integration or design, and information technology businesses or enterprise related, but not limited to the virtual, automated or interactive multimedia and content development, e-commerce development and application, advertising and promotion and marketing, investor and operator development, financial or technical information, data and techniques, computer programs or information in computer software or held in electronic storage medium, business contacts and resources, business plans, methods and strategies and other information that is proprietary and confidential to the disclosing party that (i) derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use, and (ii) is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy, disclosed by either party to the other in document or other tangible form, including but limited to graphic, photographic, recorded, diagramed, digital, electronic or any other form by one party to the other, as well as the content of this Agreement, and the content of any and all discussions between the parties, including any Confidential Information developed in the coarse of this Agreement, or which if initially disclosed orally or visually is identified as proprietary and, or confidential at the time of disclosure, or information provided under circumstances surrounding disclosure which ought to be treated as confidential, or which under accepted industry practices for that type of information is generally treated a confidential. Confidential Information shall not be deemed to be in the public domain merely because any part of the Confidential Information is included in the general disclosures or because individual features or components are now publicly known. Each party's obligations with respect to the Confidential Information shall terminate when the party seeking to avoid its obligation can document that: (i) it was in the public domain at or subsequent to the time it was communicated to the receiving party by the disclosing party through no fault of the receiving party; (ii) it was rightfully in receiving party's possession free of any obligation of confidence; (iii) it was developed by employees or agents of the receiving party independently of and without reference to any information communicated to receiving party by disclosing party; or (iv) the communication was in response to a valid order by a court or other governmental body, or was otherwise required by law.
