Keep commercial discussions confidential

Keep commercial discussions confidential You cannot unshare information, so the agreement has to come first. There is a conversation you need to have, and it involves telling someone outside your business something you would not want repeated. A confidentiality agreement is what makes that conversation safe to have: what is protected, what they may use […]

Is “Private and Confidential” legally enforceable?

So you want send a message to someone, but you don’t want anyone else to read it, and you also don’t want the recipient to tell anyone else what you have said. Is writing ‘Private and Confidential’ on the correspondence, enough?

Protect your confidential information with a mutual NDA

The first step in starting a successful enterprise is developing an idea, business concept, process, prototype or invention that sets you apart from other businesses. After you have your idea, the next step is to engage with other people who can help you bring it to life. Unfortunately, it’s almost impossible to enter meaningful discussions […]

When your employee walks out the door, do they take ‘IP’ with them?

In today’s modern economy all businesses rely heavily on their intellectual property (or ‘IP’). Whether you realise it or not, your employees are using or generating some form of IP each and every day they are at work. But what happens when your employee walks out the door (or is pushed)? Have you taken the necessary steps to ensure your IP remains behind?