Non Disclosure Agreement is a legal contract between at least two parties that outlines confidential materials that the parties wish to share.
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software / digital signage start-up early stages
In the early stages of a start-up, my key market is digital signage, a hardware development kit I use requires signing an NDA to receive the SDK, as stated in the early stages of the start-up.
Do I ...
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Question regarding contracts for unpaid work
we're starting a website that caters to a certain demography - and need some illustrations done. We have a few folks interested in contributing the illustrations for free - but we want to be safe in ...
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Is it okay to ask potential hires about previous NDAs?
I'm in the midst of conducting research on starting up a small consulting/services business. Some of the services provided would involve developing proprietary algorithms. I would like to avoid ...
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What invalidates an NDA agreement?
I signed an NDA agreement with a company (an on campus entity in Canada) that is very vague, contains errors and there is a multitude of issues surrounding it.
Its from legal zoom.
1: After my name ...
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Is a company required to return a signed copy of an NDA?
I saw a similar question but it doesn't quite cover what I am asking:
Signed an NDA but the company never returned their copy to me
The NDA in my case was signed in the context of discussing a ...
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As an app developer, should I have an NDA?
I am in the process of launching an LLC for app development. I already have a potential customer who has inquired about an app which I am currently creating mock-up designs for. Before I present the ...
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Terms of agreement with a co-founder after split-up
I recently quit working with my co-founder. We had started a software business together and had agreed on a certain profit share. But shortly after the launch of the apps, we had to split because he ...
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Should I get investors to sign an NDA before sharing my idea?
I have an idea for a company and I want to share it with potential investors. I'm a bit concerned about my ability to protect the idea. Should I get them to sign an NDA? Would that scare investors ...
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Non-compete clause for a early employee
Is it common to ask early employee of a startup to sign a contract containing non-compete clauses?
I am against our employee, but I have a little concern on our competitor as they have money to lure ...
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Consultants offers
We are a small marketing consulting company. Usually we are invited to solve some kind of problem or task. But we face a large problem. Our offer needs to have an idea of how to solve a particular ...
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Meeting with potential partners: should I make them sign a NDA?
I'm a Web developper and have a dating website idea.
I'll meet in the next few weeks some webmarketers that could be my potential partners.
I'll talk about the idea of course and make them an ...
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Is a lawyer needed to draft an NDA?
Do I need a lawyer to write up a non-disclosure agreement? If so how much should this cost on average?
It is a small company and it would be beneficial for them if I did not bring this to other ...
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Expiry date for NDA
I am in talk with another company for developing a software for them. They require a Non-Disclosure agreement.
Should I ask to specify an expiry date for the NDA? Or does it apply to my entire life ...
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Signed an NDA but the company never returned their copy to me
I signed an NDA with a company, sent it back to them, but they haven't returned their signature (executed copy) back to me. This has been laying out their for 7 weeks. If I can't get them to send me ...
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I need a document that both parties will sign agreeing not to sue each other
What kind of document would this be called?
A little background:
Party#1 is the programmer contracted to help build my website. He has signed an NDA/work for hire. Over the last couple months he ...
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Do I really need a NDA when talking to potential lawyers?
I've seen quite a few discussions on non-disclosure agreements, but not really for when you are approaching a potential lawyer to work with. Yet, I was advised by a friend to bring a NDA, the first ...
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Is there an alternative to a non-compete in California?
I have a new business idea and am talking to consultants and potential employees. I would like to get these people under non-disclosure / non-competes. However, both the other company and I reside in ...
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Approaching big corps for partnerships
I've created a series of mobile games that could be effectively re-branded with products of large corporations. I'm an independent developer and already have a generic one being sold and can use it as ...
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Should I use my company's IP?
I've been working for a company as a contractor for several months. While working for this company, I created some seriously sensitive IP. This is IP that is nigh on patentable.
My employment with ...
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How to find a technical co-founder without compromising our company's plans?
We are a team of 2 and we hit an idea about a social media startup some time back.
Everything said and done we know that we don't have a tech cofounder.
while we look for one we don't want to discuss ...
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Are US NDAs enforceable in other countries?
Are NDAs a safe thing to do when hiring out of the country? I'm hiring freelancers to do some mobile programming work, and they reside in France. They have, very kindly, signed the NDA I provided for ...
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Confidentiality Agreements for innovative uses of commercial software
I have a startup music business where I can produce, but am not limited to, an entire 18-piece big-band ala Hoyt Curtin ("The Jetsons", "Flintstones" etc.) overnight without any recording expenses to ...
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Should I pursue someone who stole my idea?
I consult to companies. I specialize in problem resolution, project management, research and occasionally, if there's a call for it, development.
Recently, I was contacted by a development manager at ...
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Identifying failing and bad start-up companies (for sofware developers)
I recently caught up with a former colleague, a mid-level software developer. For the last year, he has been at a failing (badly), self-funded, single-owner software startup.
According to him, the ...
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Company officer and NDA
Is it typical for a company to ask its CTO/COO/CXO's (non-founder) to sign an NDA? Seems odd since they're the creating much of the strategy information they're designed to protect.
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How much do I have to share with VCs?
After a phone call, I had my first meeting with a VC 2 weeks ago. He sounded very, very positive, wanted to send me a contract w/ a term sheet etc; and since he has been pretty unresponsive and ...
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What counts as the “really secret stuff” which shouldn't be shared with potential investors?
After reading significant opinions on NDAs and how they might apply (see this article for example), I'm wondering, what counts as the "really secret stuff"? What's reasonable to keep a secret from ...
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When is an NDA valid? OR How generic is is too generic?
There are a lot of questions up here about NDAs but I didn't see anything for more generic forms. Here's my issue:
I'm a software engineer and have written some iOS (iPhone/iPad) software. A friend ...
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Non Discolure Agreement Terms in years?
Hope you all are well,
I started a game production company to outsource development of iphone games, we are signing NDAs with many companies and submitting our concept, however there was recent ...
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What mutual non-disclosure agreement do you use?
What non-disclosure agreement do you use? Did you get it online? Would you be willing to share it for the world to use?
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Building an “A-Team” — How to Retain Ownership of the Idea?
[Multi-part question with similar introduction because I thought the questions would be more useful separately.]
Hi all,
I'm currently a one-man dev team with what I believe is a killer idea. I've ...
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How do I get funding without “spilling the beans” on my idea?
I've got an idea for a product and I want to get funding. How do I go about looking for funding without telling too many people, or the wrong person, about my idea?
I don't want it to be stolen.
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When should a startup ask employees to sign NDA?
There are lots of contradictory opinions on signing (or not signing) an NDA. The position on this mostly depends on the point of view: is it an employee's point of view or an employer's one.
I think ...
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I signed an NDA as an individual, but now I want my company to take on this liability … is that possible and how?
A potential client wanted to test my SaaS service which would be storing and analysing some of their confidential data. They asked me to sign a 5 year term NDA. I did not have my company set up at ...
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Signing an NDA as an individual, not a company
I feel my question is silly, mainly because I am unaware of the English legal terms.
I am in the process of (legally) forming a small company for videogame development. I have created a game which I ...
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Do I need an NDA for initial meetings with marketing agencies?
We are a new start-up currently building a CRM/Sales team management package that we plan to bring to market in a couple of months (we are based in UK). We already have our launch customers in place ...
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Legal document checklist (NDA, …) when hiring part-time developers abroad?
I'm currently hiring some part-time developer abroad and wanted to make sure that I made them sign all the needed legal documents.
So, normally in those cases, what would you make those future ...
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NDA, should I sign it?
I have this open-source project I run (http://www.mediabrowser.tv) a few months ago I posted on the business of software forum and my blog that I need to find a way to monetize it.
Since, I have ...
