Non-Disclosure Agreement - Mutual (Delaware)

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DELAWARE MUTUAL-CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT DEVELOPMENT PACKET

DO NOT SIGN THIS PACKET AS AN AGREEMENT. It records facts and drafting
decisions for counsel. Blank fields and unchecked boxes create no duty.

1. Matter control

Item Party A Party B
Legal name and entity type [________________________________] [________________________________]
Address and formation location [________________________________] [________________________________]
Authorized contact [________________________________] [________________________________]
Delaware counsel [________________________________] [________________________________]
Other counsel or adviser [________________________________] [________________________________]
Proposed purpose [________________________________] [________________________________]
Expected first disclosure [__/__/____] [__/__/____]
Proposed execution date [__/__/____] [__/__/____]

2. Relationship and use classification

Question Facts Current authority or agreement Counsel conclusion
Transaction, evaluation, services, employment, financing, dispute, or other purpose [________] [________] [________]
Existing contract, duty, license, policy, or court order [________] [________] [________]
Consumer, employee, health, education, finance, government, or regulated context [________] [________] [________]
Competition, antitrust, securities, export, sanctions, or public-procurement issue [________] [________] [________]
Personal data, security, privilege, or sector-specific information [________] [________] [________]
Cross-border or other-state location [________] [________] [________]
Affiliate, adviser, contractor, investor, lender, or representative access [________] [________] [________]

Permitted purpose proposed for drafting: [____________________________________________________________]

3. Information inventory

Information Owner or source Form Sensitivity Existing restriction Proposed recipient and use
[________] [________] [________] [________] [________] [________]

Review business, technical, financial, customer, workforce, product, source
code, model, prompt, dataset, security, legal, transaction, and physical
materials separately.

4. Ownership and authority to disclose

Information Discloser authority Third-party restriction Consent or license Counsel result
[________] [________] [________] [________] [________]

No party should promise confidentiality for information it cannot lawfully
disclose or control.

5. Definition and exclusion decisions

Topic Party instructions Evidence Counsel-approved design
Written, oral, visual, electronic, and observed information [________] [________] [________]
Marking or identification [________] [________] [________]
Information already known [________] [________] [________]
Independent development [________] [________] [________]
Lawful third-party receipt [________] [________] [________]
Public information [________] [________] [________]
Combination, compilation, and inference [________] [________] [________]
Feedback, residual knowledge, and general skill [________] [________] [________]

6. Recipient and representative controls

Recipient group Need to know Existing duty Access control Responsibility allocation
Employees [________] [________] [________] [________]
Affiliates [________] [________] [________] [________]
Counsel and advisers [________] [________] [________] [________]
Contractors and vendors [________] [________] [________] [________]
Financing or transaction sources [________] [________] [________] [________]
Other [________] [________] [________] [________]

7. Security and handling schedule

Control Party A Party B Drafting instruction
Storage and access [________] [________] [________]
Transmission [________] [________] [________]
Copying and extraction [________] [________] [________]
Artificial-intelligence or model use [________] [________] [________]
Personal devices and remote work [________] [________] [________]
Incident reporting [________] [________] [________]
Audit or evidence [________] [________] [________]
Return, deletion, backup, and archive [________] [________] [________]

8. Compelled and permitted disclosure plan

Event Notice route Challenge or cooperation Minimum disclosure Record and protective step
Legal demand [________] [________] [________] [________]
Regulatory or government request [________] [________] [________] [________]
Professional adviser disclosure [________] [________] [________] [________]
Safety, reporting, whistleblower, or other protected communication [________] [________] [________] [________]
Other [________] [________] [________] [________]

9. Duration and termination decisions

Topic Party objective Operational fact Current authority Counsel-approved term
Disclosure window [________] [________] [________] [________]
Agreement term [________] [________] [________] [________]
Confidentiality duration by category [________] [________] [________] [________]
Return or deletion [________] [________] [________] [________]
Backup and legal archive [________] [________] [________] [________]
Continuing rights and duties [________] [________] [________] [________]

10. Intellectual-property and transaction boundaries

Issue Existing owner or agreement Intended result Separate document needed
No license or limited evaluation license [________] [________] [________]
Feedback and improvements [________] [________] [________]
Joint work or invention [________] [________] [________]
Reverse engineering or benchmarking [________] [________] [________]
Publicity and name use [________] [________] [________]
No commitment or transaction obligation [________] [________] [________]
Standstill, exclusivity, non-solicit, or non-compete [________] [________] [________]

11. Risk and remedy register

Topic Party instructions Current authority Counsel-approved language
Direct loss [________] [________] [________]
Indemnity or third-party claims [________] [________] [________]
Liability limit or excluded damages [________] [________] [________]
Equitable or emergency relief [________] [________] [________]
Bond or security [________] [________] [________]
Fees and costs [________] [________] [________]
Governing law and forum [________] [________] [________]
Arbitration, court, or escalation process [________] [________] [________]

12. Drafting outline

  1. Parties, date, and purpose
  2. Defined information and exclusions
  3. Permitted use and recipient controls
  4. Security and handling
  5. Compelled and permitted disclosures
  6. Return, deletion, and archive
  7. Ownership and no-license boundaries
  8. Term and continuing duties
  9. Risk, remedies, law, and forum
  10. Notices, amendments, assignment, and signatures
  11. Information and security schedules

Draft location: [________________________________]

13. Execution gate

☐ Parties, authority, purpose, and information are identified.

☐ Existing contracts, court orders, licenses, and third-party restrictions were reviewed.

☐ Privacy, security, employment, competition, export, and regulated-data issues are resolved.

☐ Definitions, exclusions, recipients, security, duration, and deletion match actual operations.

☐ No automatic injunction, bond waiver, damages, indemnity, liability cap, fee award, forum, or signature method was inserted without counsel approval.

☐ Delaware counsel approved the final agreement and schedules.

END OF NONSIGNABLE DELAWARE CONFIDENTIALITY DEVELOPMENT PACKET

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