Confidential and Non-Disclosure Agreement: BACKGROUND The Disclosing Party and Receiving Party Wish To Discuss and

CONFIDENTIAL AND NON-
DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT, made this ____ day of ____________ (month), _____ (year),
between _______________________, (hereinafter “Disclosing Party”), and
__________________________ (hereinafter “Receiving Party”).
BACKGROUND The Disclosing Party and Receiving Party wish to discuss and
exchange certain items and information related to business programs, products,
applications, systems, components, technologies and business topics (the
“Invention”) which the parties hereto consider highly confidential and proprietary.
NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound in

consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, hereby
agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS
1.1. “Invention” shall mean all information relating to business programs,

products, applications, systems, components, technologies and business
topics.
1.2. “Confidential Information” shall mean all information provided by

Disclosing Party with respect to the Invention regardless of whether it is
written, oral, audio tapes, video tapes, computer discs, machines,
prototypes, designs, specifications, articles of manufacture, drawings,
human or machine readable documents. Confidential Information shall also
include all information related to the Invention provided by Disclosing Party
to Receiving Party prior to the signing of this agreement. Confidential
Information shall not include any of the following:
(a) such information in the public domain at the time of the disclosure, or
subsequently comes within the public domain without fault of the
Receiving Party;
(b) such information which was in the possession of Receiving Party at the
time of disclosure that may be demonstrated by business records of
Receiving Party and was not acquired, directly or indirectly, from
Disclosing Party; or
© such information which Receiving Party acquired after the time of

disclosure from a third party who did not require Receiving Party to
hold the same in confidence and who did not acquire such technical
information from Disclosing Party.
1.3. “Disclosing Party” shall mean the party disclosing information to the other
relating to the Invention.
1.4 “Receiving Party” shall mean the party receiving information from the
other relating to the Invention.
2. USE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
The Receiving Party agrees to:
(a) receive and maintain the Confidential Information in confidence;
(b) examine the Confidential Information at its own expense;
© not reproduce the Confidential Information or any part thereof without

the express written consent of Disclosing Party;
(d) not, directly or indirectly, make known, divulge, publish or

communicate the Confidential Information to any person, firm or
corporation without the express written consent of Disclosing Party;
(e) limit the internal dissemination of the Confidential Information and

the internal disclosure of the Confidential Information received from
the Disclosing Party to those officers and employees, if any, of the
Receiving Party who have a need to know and an obligation to protect
it;
(f) not use or utilize the Confidential Information without the express
written consent of Disclosing Party;
(g) not use the Confidential Information or any part thereof as a basis for
the design or creation of any method, system, apparatus or device
similar to any method, system, apparatus or device embodied in the
Confidential Information unless expressly authorized in writing by
Disclosing Party; and
(h) utilize the best efforts possible to protect and safeguard the
Confidential Information from loss, theft, destruction, or the like.
3. RETURN OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
All information provided by the Disclosing Party shall remain the property of the
Disclosing Party. Receiving Party agrees to return all Confidential Information to
Disclosing Party within 15 days of written demand by Disclosing Party. When the
Receiving Party has finished reviewing the information provided by the Disclosing
Party and has made a decision as to whether or not to work with the Disclosing
Party, Receiving Party shall return all information to the Disclosing Party without
retaining any copies.
4. NON-ASSIGNABLE
This agreement shall be non-assignable by the Receiving Party unless prior

written consent of the Disclosing Party is received. If this Agreement is assigned
or otherwise transferred, it shall be binding on all successors and assigns.
5. GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement and all questions relating to its validity, interpretation,

performance and enforcement (including, without limitation, provisions
concerning limitations of actions), shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of _______________ (State),
notwithstanding any conflict-of-laws doctrines of such state or other jurisdiction
to the contrary, and without the aid of any canon, custom or rule of law requiring
construction against the draftsman.
6. No License
Neither party does, by virtue of disclosure of the Confidential Information, grant,

either expressly or by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any right or license to
any patent, trade secret, invention, trademark, copyright, or other intellectual
property right.
7. Binding Nature of Agreement
This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties
hereto and their respective heirs, personal representatives, successors and
assigns.
8. Provisions Separable
The provisions of this Agreement are independent of and separable from each
other, and no provision shall be affected or rendered invalid or unenforceable by
virtue of the fact that for any reason any other or others of them may be invalid
or unenforceable in whole or in part.
9. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Agreement sets forth all of the covenants, promises, agreements, conditions
and understandings between the parties and there are no covenants, promises,
agreements or conditions, either oral or written, between them other than herein
set forth. No subsequent alteration, amendment, change or addition to this
Agreement shall be binding upon either party unless reduced in writing and
signed by them.
10. Arbitration
Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the

breach thereof, shall be resolved by arbitration conducted by the Commercial
Division of the American Arbitration Association and in accordance with the rules
thereof, conducted in Fargo, North Dakota, or in any other convenient forum
agreed to in writing by the parties. Any arbitration award shall be final and
binding, and judgment upon the award rendered pursuant to such arbitration may
be entered in any court of proper jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
either party may seek and obtain temporary injunctive relief from any court of
competent jurisdiction against any improper disclosure of the Confidential
Information.
IN WITNESS OF THEIR AGREEMENT, the parties have set their hands to it below
effective the day and year first written above.
Disclosing Party Receiving Party
By: __________________________ By: __________________________

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CONFIDENTIAL AND NON-

NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound in

1.1. “Invention” shall mean all information relating to business programs,

1.2. “Confidential Information” shall mean all information provided by

© such information which Receiving Party acquired after the time of

2. USE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

The Receiving Party agrees to:

(a) receive and maintain the Confidential Information in confidence;

(b) examine the Confidential Information at its own expense;

© not reproduce the Confidential Information or any part thereof without

(d) not, directly or indirectly, make known, divulge, publish or

(e) limit the internal dissemination of the Confidential Information and

3. RETURN OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

This agreement shall be non-assignable by the Receiving Party unless prior

This Agreement and all questions relating to its validity, interpretation,

Neither party does, by virtue of disclosure of the Confidential Information, grant,

7. Binding Nature of Agreement

Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or the

Disclosing Party Receiving Party

By: __________________________ By: __________________________

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