CHOOSE YOUR LEGAL AGREEMENT

Whether you're an inventor getting ready to pitch a licensee, an attorney in need of a reliable software beta agreement, or a business person seeking to protect your trade secrets, you'll find the NDA you need, below.

• Basic Nondisclosure -- Here's a simple legal nondisclosure agreement to use when disclosing secrets to a contractor, a potential investor, or a prospective business partner.
• Employee Nondisclosure -- This legal agreement makes clear to an employee that he or she may not disclose your trade secrets without permission
• Nondisclosure Agreement for Business Negotiations --  Use this nondisclosure agreement when you're engaged in business negotiations -- for example, merger or investment discussions, negotiations about joint ventures or talks with consultants or potential licensees.
• Visitor Nondisclosure Agreement --  If visitors to your company might have access to company trade secrets, ask them to sign a nondisclosure agreement. We've removed many of the provisions from other NDAs in order to make this a short, easy-to-understand agreement; one that visitors shouldn't object to signing. Give visitors a signed copy.
• Job Interview Nondisclosure Agreement -- You may end up divulging trade secrets when interviewing prospective employees, especially for sensitive jobs. Any person you hire should be required to sign an employee NDA (or an employment agreement containing a nondisclosure provision). But, of course, the interviewees you don't hire won't be signing an employment NDA or employment agreement. For this reason, have applicants for sensitive positions sign a simple nondisclosure agreement at the beginning of a job interview.
• Software Beta Tester Nondisclosure Agreement -- If you develop software (including Web applications) and give beta versions to outside testers, here is a nondisclosure agreement for you to use.
• Student Nondisclosure Agreement -- Universities, colleges, research labs and similar institutions often engage the services of students as researchers or assistants and want to make sure they don't reveal trade secrets without permission. This agreement accomplishes just that.
• Customer List/Mailing List Nondisclosure Agreement -- Many companies sell or license their customer lists to other businesses. For example, a magazine publisher may sell its subscriber lists to an advertiser who wants to target readers by direct mail. You can use this NDA whenever your company provides a customer list or mailing list to another company. Note there are limitations on customer list protection.