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Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) Standard
form
for Applications for a New Energy Foundation R&D Grant
(NOT required! Use only if you need or
desire this legal protection.)
Effective Date: Date of Last Signature
Below
In order to protect certain confidential information
relating to research and development and other technology which
may be disclosed by _______________________________________________,
herein after called the Disclosing Party, to New Energy Foundation,
Inc., herein after called the Recipient Party, both the Disclosing
and the Recipient Parties, intending to be legally bound, agree
as follows:
1. In this Agreement, "Information" includes
scientific and financial data, patents or patent applications, business
plans, personal information, drawings, samples, devices, demonstrations,
tangible products or materials, trade secrets, scientific and technical
information, computer software, results of research, and other data
relating to _________________________.
2. The Disclosing Party undertakes at its discretion
to provide Information to the Recipient Party for purposes of allowing
the Recipient Party to evaluate the technology subject to the terms,
conditions, and understandings herein set forth. Nothing herein
obligates the Disclosing Party to disclose any particular data or
information whether or not it is part of the Information.
3. The Information, and all rights to the Information,
which has been or will be disclosed to the Recipient Party shall
remain the exclusive worldwide property of the Disclosing Party
or its designee, and shall be held in trust by the Recipient Party
for the benefit of the Disclosing Party. The Recipient Party will
not, directly or indirectly, deal with, use, exploit, or disclose
such Information to any person or entity for any purpose except
as described herein or unless and until expressly authorized in
writing to do so by the Disclosing Party.
4. The Recipient Party shall use the Information of
the Disclosing Party solely for purposes of discussion and evaluation
for the purpose of evaluating the merits of a research and development
grant application. The Recipient Party will not disclose the Information
of the Disclosing Party to any person.
5. The Recipient Party's duties under this Agreement
shall apply to any Information not orally disclosed, which is or
shall be transmitted to the Recipient Party by the Disclosing Party
or any of its representatives with an accompanying written Memorandum
which is clearly marked "Confidential." All written Information
shall be clearly marked "Confidential" for it to be considered
confidential Information. The Recipient Party's duties under this
Agreement shall equally apply to: orally disclosed Information which
has been reduced to writing, clearly marked "Confidential"
and forwarded within fourteen (14) days after disclosure to the
Recipient Party; and to any notes taken by the Recipient Party of
Information orally disclosed to it by the Disclosing Party, in the
process of that oral disclosure, and immediately afterwards clearly
marked "Confidential."
6. The Information shall not be mechanically copied
or otherwise reproduced by the Recipient Party without the express
written permission of the Disclosing Party. All copies shall, on
the event of reproduction by the Recipient Party, contain the same
proprietary and confidential notices and legends which appear on
the original Information.
7. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement,
Information shall not include any item of information, data, or
idea which a) is within the public domain prior to the time of the
disclosure by the Disclosing Party to the Recipient Party or thereafter
becomes within the public domain other than as a result of disclosure
by the Recipient Party or any of its representatives in violation
of this Agreement; b) was, before the date of disclosure, in the
possession of the Recipient Party; c) is acquired by the Recipient
Party from a third party not under an obligation of confidentiality;
or d) is hereafter independently developed by the Recipient Party
without reference to the information received from the Disclosing
Party.
8. No license under any patent and no copyright of
the Disclosing Party, or any right respecting the Information other
than expressly set out herein, is granted to the Recipient Party
under this Agreement by implication or otherwise. This Agreement
shall not constitute any representation, warranty, or guarantee
to the Recipient Party by the Disclosing Party with respect to the
infringement of patents or other rights of third parties. The Disclosing
Party shall not, to the extent that it disclosed the Information,
be held liable for any errors or omissions in the Information and
for the use and the results of the use of the Information.
9. The Recipient Party shall, upon request of the
Disclosing Party, return all Information and copies thereof under
the Recipient Party's power or control capable of being so returned
to the Disclosing Party or shall destroy such Information and copies
as directed by the Disclosing Party and furnish proof of their destruction.
Subject to written consent by the Disclosing Party, the Recipient
Party may retain in its confidential files one copy of written information
for record purposes only.
10. The Recipient Party represents that it is not
now a party to, and shall not enter into, any agreement or assignment
in conflict with this Agreement unless requested to do so by the
Disclosing Party. In the event that the Recipient Party or anyone
to whom it transmits the Information pursuant to this Agreement
becomes legally required to disclose any such Information, the Recipient
Party shall provide the Disclosing Party with prompt written notice
so that the Disclosing Party may seek a protective order or other
appropriate remedy and/or waive compliance with the provisions of
this Agreement. In the event that such protective order or other
remedy is not obtained, the Recipient Party shall furnish only that
portion of the Proprietary Information which is legally required
in the opinion of the Disclosing Party's counsel.
11. The Recipient Party shall advise the Disclosing Party promptly
in writing of any Information known prior to its receipt from the
Disclosing Party and any other Information which the Recipient Party
considers ought to be excluded from the provisions of this Agreement.
12. In the absence of further agreement between the
parties, the Recipient Party shall not use nor attempt to use information
disclosed to it by the Disclosing Party under the terms of this
agreement in any manner such as to provide it with an actual or
potential economic advantage which it would not have had in the
absence of such disclosure.
13. This Agreement is to be made under and shall be
construed in accordance with the laws of the United States of America,
excluding those relating to conflict of laws, and constitutes the
entire understanding between the parties hereto with respect to
the subject matter hereof and merges any and all prior agreements,
understandings, and representations. This Agreement may not be superseded,
amended, or modified except by written agreement between the parties
hereto.
14. In the event that any provisions contained herein
shall be declared invalid, illegal or unenforceable, this Agreement,
with respect to enforceable provisions, shall continue in force
and all rights and remedies accrued under the enforceable provisions
shall survive any such declaration, and any non-enforceable provision
shall be replaced by a provision which, being valid, comes closest
to the intention underlying the invalid provision.
15. The parties hereto have caused this Agreement
to be executed on its behalf in duplicate (each of which duplicates
shall be deemed to be an original) to be effective on the Effective
Date indicated below.
16. The Disclosing Party represents that it has the
right to disclose the Information to the Recipient Party pursuant
to the terms hereof.
17. This Agreement shall enure to the benefit of and
be binding upon the Parties hereto and their respective successors,
assigns, subsidiaries and affiliates.
Disclosing Party
Name:_________________________________________________________
Title: _________________________________________________________
Signature: _____________________________________________________
Address:_______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
Date: _________________________________________________________
Recipient Party
New Energy Foundation, Inc.
PO Box 2816, Concord, NH 03302-2816
Represented by : Ms. Christy Frazier
Signature: _____________________________________________________
Date: ________________________________________________________
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