Nondisclosure Agreements : Protect Your Trade Secrets and More

by Stim, Richard; Fishman, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9780873376464
• ISBN10: 0873376463
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Nolo

Table of Contents

Introduction
What NDAs Can--and Can't--Protect
What Is a Trade Secret?	2	(3)
Examples of Information Protected by NDAs	5	(3)
When Trade Secrets Cannot Be Protected By an NDA	8	(2)
Using NDAs to Protect Inventions, Creative Works and Trademarks	10
Using NDAs as Part of a Trade Secret Protection Program
Can You Keep a Secret?	2	(1)
Identifying Your Trade Secrets	2	(1)
Basic Trade Secret Protection Program	3	(4)
Advanced Trade Secret Protection	7
Nondisclosure Agreements: The Basics
Essential Provisions of an NDA	2	(12)
Additional Contract Provisions	14	(7)
One NDA or Many?	21	(1)
Adding Nondisclosure Provisions to an Existing Agreement	22
Nondisclosure Agreements for Specific Situations
Employee Nondisclosure Agreement	2	(6)
Nondisclosure Agreement for Business Negotiations	8	(7)
Visitor Nondisclosure Agreement	15	(3)
Interview Nondisclosure Agreement	18	(3)
Software Beta Tester Nondisclosure Agreement	21	(6)
Prospective Licensee Nondisclosure Agreement for Software Company	27	(4)
Student Nondisclosure Agreement	31	(6)
Customer list/Mailing List Nondisclosure Agreement	37
Who Owns a Trade Secret?
Trade Secrets Created by Employees	2	(4)
If You Don't Have a Written Ownership Agreement With Your Employee	6	(3)
Trade Secrets Created by Independent Contractors	9	(6)
Transferring Trade Secret Ownership to (or From) Your Business	15
If Someone Violates an NDA
Four Steps to Take If an NDA Is Violated	3	(6)
The Cease-and-Desist Letter	9	(1)
Resolving the Dispute	10	(2)
What the Defendant Will Try to Prove	12	(1)
Trade Secret Litigation: How It Works	13	(2)
Working With an Attorney	15
Noncompetition Agreements
When to Use a Noncompete	2	(5)
How to Create an Enforceable Noncompetition Agreement	7
Other Ways to Protect Ideas
How to Protect an Idea	2	(4)
How to Create an Idea-Submission Agreement	6
Appendix A
A. States That Have Adopted the UTSA	2	(2)
B. Uniform Trade Secrets Act	4
Appendix B
How to Use the CD-ROM
Appendix C
Forms and Agreements on CD-ROM