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See the top of the actual agreement before you buy. A one-way confidentiality agreement between employer and employee: trade secrets defined across technical and business information, a no-use and no-disclosure covenant that runs during employment and after it ends, a full return-of-materials duty at termination, the company’s right to notify future employers that the agreement exists, and injunctive relief for breach. Word for editing; PDF for printing.
This download includes the agreement in both Word and PDF. Use the Word version to complete the company and employee names and the date; the PDF is formatted for printing and reference.
See the top of the actual one-page agreement below — the trade-secret definition. Your complete editable download (Word and PDF) — the no-use and no-disclosure covenant, the return-of-materials and notice obligations, and the signature blocks — is delivered after checkout.
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A one-way confidentiality agreement between employer and employee: trade secrets are defined across technical information — methods, processes, formulae, inventions, computer programs, research projects — and business information — customer lists, pricing, sources of supply, financial data, marketing and production plans. The employee covenants not to use or disclose them during employment or at any time after it ends, returns every document and copy at termination, and agrees the company may notify a future or prospective employer that the agreement exists. The top of the actual one-page agreement is previewed above before purchase.
The covenant has no sunset — for genuine trade secrets that mirrors trade-secret law itself, which protects information for as long as it stays secret. Two clauses deserve a read before you buy. The return-of-materials clause is total: at termination the employee gives back all documents and property — drawings, blueprints, reports, manuals, correspondence, customer lists, programs — and keeps no copies, notes, or abstracts. And the notice clause lets the company tell a future or prospective employer that this agreement exists — a real deterrent against carrying secrets to a competitor, and a clause to administer carefully, without defamation or interference. What this instrument deliberately does not do: it assigns no inventions and imposes no post-employment work restriction — that is non-compete territory, which is a separate instrument and a state-by-state question.
The trade-secret definition — technical information and business information, expressly "not necessarily limited to" the listed examples; the covenant against use or disclosure during employment or at any time after termination; the termination obligations — return of all company documents, property, and copies, with nothing retained; the company's right to notify future or prospective employers of the agreement and to full injunctive relief for breach; the clause binding the employee's personal representatives and successors and benefiting the company's successors and assigns; and the company and employee signature blocks.
The agreement in editable Word and print-ready PDF — one page with the company and employee names and date to complete. A completed sample PDF is available as an add-on at checkout.
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Two defined lists, expressly not limited to their examples: technical information — methods, processes, formulae, compositions, systems, techniques, inventions, machines, computer programs, and research projects; and business information — customer lists, pricing data, sources of supply, financial data, and marketing, production, or merchandising systems or plans.
During employment and at any time after it ends — there is no sunset. For genuine trade secrets that tracks trade-secret law itself, which protects information for as long as it remains secret.
The employee returns everything — all company documents and property, including drawings, blueprints, reports, manuals, correspondence, customer lists, and computer programs, with every copy — and keeps no copies, notes, or abstracts. The return duty is absolute, not limited to originals.
Yes — the agreement says the company may notify any future or prospective employer or third party that it exists, and it claims full injunctive relief for breach. The notice right is a deterrent against carrying secrets to a competitor; administer it factually, without defamation or interference with the new job.
No — it is a confidentiality instrument only. It assigns no inventions and imposes no post-employment work restriction. Our Employee Non-Compete Agreement carries both a non-compete and a parallel confidentiality section where a broader restraint is lawful and intended.
No — the agreement closes with signature lines for the company and the employee, which is the normal execution for an NDA.