IMPORTANCE OF NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT (NDA)

Non-disclosure agreement, NDA, Confidentiality agreement, Agreement, Contract, Contract vetting, Contract drafting

In business, there are numerous instances in which you may want to share confidential information with another party. One common way to protect the secrecy of confidential information given to another party is through the use of a Non-Disclosure Agreement, which is sometimes also referred to as a “Confidentiality Agreement” or “NDA.”

When to execute a NDA:

  • Presenting an invention or business idea to a
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WHAT IS PRIOR ART SEARCH OR PATENT SEARCH?

Patent search or Prior art search

Prior art search is an essential step to ensure that an invention is new and has not been reported or known to the public in any form. An inventor may wish to perform a thorough prior art search before or during the development of his/her idea. A thorough prior art search ensures that amount of time and money being invested in development of the idea … Read More

WHAT IS PRIOR ART?

Prior art is any evidence that an invention is already known. Prior Art includes any public document, for example published patents, technical publications such as journal articles, conference papers, newspaper articles, websites, available products, marketing information, traditional knowledge (oral or written) and the like. Any evidence that the invention in some format has been described or made something that contains a use of technology that … Read More

Gene Patent : Expressing the Truth

WHAT DOES A PATENT OVER A GENE MEAN?

A patent for a gene or gene patent means ownership and exclusive rights for a specific DNA/RNA sequence by an individual, organization, or corporation, who claims to have originally isolated a natural gene sequence and altered through gene engineering technologies to obtain a known function. This means ownership of the specific nucleotide composition of the gene, its … Read More