Confidentiality and Intellectual Property (IP) Agreement (Portugal) by Seedsummit

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This Confidentiality and Intellectual Property Agreement outlines an Employee's obligations regarding a Company's confidential information and assigns all intellectual property developed during their business relationship to the Company. It includes provisions for non-disclosure, assignment of developments, enforcement of IP rights, and clauses on survival, severability, and governing law. The agreement aims to protect the Company's proprietary information and innovations.

Other names:NDAConfidentiality AgreementNon-Disclosure AgreementSecrecy AgreementProprietary Information Agreement

CONFIDENTIALITY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AGREEMENT

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CONFIDENTIALITY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AGREEMENT

In [●], on [month] [day], [year].

PARTIES

Between,

[●], incorporated under the [●] law, with registered office at [●], registered with the Tax Authorities and the Commercial Registry Office of [●] under the number [●], herein represented by [●], in his/her capacity as [●]¹, hereinafter referred to as the “Company”.

and

[●], bearer of the citizen card/passport number [●] valid until [●] issued by [●], taxpayer number [●], with address at [●], hereinafter referred to as the “Employee”.

The members of this Agreement are collectively referred to as the “Parties” and/or each of them individually as the “Party”.

¹ Manager, legal representative.

In consideration and as a condition of the business relationship between the Parties (“Business Relationship”), the Employee hereby agrees to the terms and provisions of this Confidentiality and Intellectual Property Agreement (the “Agreement”) as follows:

CLAUSES

Confidential Information

1.1 The Employee agrees that all information, whether in writing or not, concerning the Company’s business, technology, business relationships or financial affairs which the Company has not released to the general public (collectively, “Confidential Information”) is and will be the exclusive property of the Company.

1.2 Confidential Information includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers or suppliers or other third parties. Confidential Information may include, without limitation, information on finance, structure, business plans, contractor performance, staffing, compensation of others, research and development, operations, manufacturing and marketing, strategies, customers, files, keys, certificates, passwords and other computer information, as well as information that the Company receives from others under an obligation of confidentiality.

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