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Nondisclosure Agreement Mutual Neutral
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Mutual neutral nondisclosure agreement template. Covers definitions, exclusions, permitted use, and duration.
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Mutual NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT
This Mutual Nondisclosure Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made as of _____________, by and between [Company Name], a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and ______________________________ (“Counterparty”). Each party has disclosed and/or may further disclose its Confidential Information (as defined below) to the other in connection with the Relationship (as defined below) pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. As used herein, the term “Discloser” shall refer to the Company whenever the context refers to the Company’s Confidential Information being disclosed to Counterparty, which is referred to as “Recipient” in that context. Conversely, the term “Discloser” shall refer to Counterparty whenever the context refers to Counterparty’s Confidential Information being disclosed to the Company, which is referred to as “Recipient” in that context.
Recitals
The parties wish to explore a possible business opportunity of mutual interest [Describe: regarding ________________________________________] (the “Relationship”) in connection with which Discloser has disclosed and/or may further disclose its Confidential Information (as defined below) to Recipient. This Agreement is intended to allow the parties to continue to discuss and evaluate the Relationship while protecting Discloser’s Confidential Information (including Confidential Information previously disclosed to Recipient) against unauthorized use or disclosure.
Agreement
In consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein, the parties hereby agree as follows:
Definition of Confidential Information. “Confidential Information” means information and physical material not generally known or available outside Discloser and information and physical material entrusted to Discloser in confidence by third parties. Confidential Information includes, without limitation: technical data, trade secrets, know-how, research, product or service ideas or plans, software codes and designs, algorithms, developments, inventions, patent applications, laboratory notebooks, processes, formulas, techniques, mask works, engineering designs and drawings, hardware configuration information, [Include for biotech:regulatory information, medical reports, clinical data and analysis, reagents, cell lines, biological materials, chemical formulas,End of insert for biotech] agreements with third parties, lists of, or information relating to, employees and consultants of the Discloser (including, but not limited to, the names, contact information, jobs, compensation, and expertise of such employees and consultants), lists of, or information relating to, suppliers and customers, price lists, pricing methodologies, cost data, market share data, marketing plans, licenses, contract information, business plans, financial forecasts, historical financial data, budgets or other business information disclosed by Discloser (whether by oral, written, graphic or machine-readable format), which Confidential Information is designated in writing to be confidential or proprietary, or if given orally, is confirmed in writing as having been disclosed as confidential or proprietary within a reasonable time (not to exceed thirty (30) days) after the oral disclosure, or which information would, under the circumstances, appear to a reasonable person to be confidential or proprietary. [Notwithstanding any failure to so identify it, however, all of the Company’s ____________________ shall be Confidential Information of the Company and all of Counterparty’s ____________________ shall be Confidential Information of Counterparty.]
Nondisclosure Agreement Mutual Neutral
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