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NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT
Concerning the disclosure of certain information and dealing with___________________
____________________________________________(Hereinafter Confidential Information),
BAYES Information Technology Ltd. (trade register number 741.979), a company
incorporated under the laws of Finland and having its registered office in Helsinki
(hereinafter BAYES),
and,
_________________________________________ (Trade register number _________________), a
company incorporated under the laws of ____________ and having its registered office in
__________________ (hereinafter Supplier), (together Parties)
have today, in order to protect their rights and competitive positions, concluded this
non-disclosure agreement with the following clauses:
- The Parties shall hold in confidence all Confidential Information acquired from the
other party and shall not to any extent disclose it to any third parties without a written
permission from the other party. The obligation of non-disclosure shall cover the
disclosure of information in any form including but not limited to oral, written and
electronic forms. Furthermore, the obligation of non-disclosure shall also apply to the
disclosure of Confidential Information to the parent companies and affiliated companies of
the Parties.
- The Parties may use the disclosed Confidential Information only for the purposes of
evaluation and ascertaining their interest in exploiting Confidential Information on a
mutually agreeable commercial basis. The Parties shall not make any other use of disclosed
Confidential Information without the written approval of the other party.
- The Parties shall not make any copies or otherwise reproduce any material that contains
Confidential Information. Both Parties shall at the request of the other party without any
unnecessary delay destroy or return to the other party all material that contains
disclosed Confidential Information.
- Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as granting the Parties any rights in or
license under the Confidential Information disclosed hereunder, or in and under any
patents that may issue upon such information.
- Each Party shall limit the access to the other Partys Confidential Information to
those of its personnel for whom such access is necessary for the proper performance of
this agreement and obtain written undertakings of confidentiality from them.
- Without prejudice to the generality of the aforesaid, the Parties shall protect the
disclosed Confidential Information at least with the same degree of care as they exercise
in respect of their own confidential information and business secrets.
- The obligations of non-disclosure shall not apply to information (1) that has become a
part of public domain through no fault of the receiving party, or (2) that at the time of
its disclosure was known to or in the possession of the receiving party, as evidenced by
written documents which existed before the acquisition of the information, or (3) that
after its disclosure has been disclosed to the receiving party by a third party who
obtained such information without any obligation of confidence.
- If either party violates the obligations of non-disclosure stated in this agreement the
other party shall be entitled to liquidated damages in the amount of 300.000 FIM
regardless of the amount of its loss. In addition, the violated party shall be entitled to
compensatory damages for the part of its loss that exceeds payable liquidated damages if
the violation is a result of willful conduct or gross negligence of the violating party.
Otherwise the violated party shall have no right for compensatory damages in addition to
liquidated damages.
- This agreement shall not obligate the Parties to conclude any mutual agreements or to
take any other measures besides those stated in this agreement.
- This agreement is construed and governed under the laws of Finland and any disputes
arising out of it shall be settled in arbitration in accordance with the Rules of the
Arbitration Committee of the Finnish Central Chamber of Commerce pursuant to the
regulations in force. The arbitration shall be conducted in Helsinki, Finland, in the
English language.
- This agreement shall come into force after both Parties have signed it. The agreement
shall stay in force for an indefinite period of time and it may be terminated by either
party by giving the other party a written notice of termination thirty (30) days in
advance. Upon termination the Parties shall without any unnecessary delay destroy or
return to the other party all material that contains disclosed Confidential Information.
The obligations of non-disclosure stated in this agreement shall apply for a period of
five (5) years as of the date of the disclosure of the information in question, regardless
of an earlier termination of this agreement.
Dated ................. day of ............................, 200_ in
__________________.
Supplier
BAYES
Information Technology Ltd.
_______________________________ ______________________________
_______________________________ ______________________________
_______________________________ ______________________________
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