Confidentiality Agreement
You understand and agree that SullivanBizTech.com may provide certain information that is and must be kept confidential.
To ensure the protection of such information, and to preserve any confidentiality
necessary under patent and/or trade secret laws, you agree that
1. The Confidential Information to be disclosed can be described as and includes:
Invention description(s), technical and business information relating to proprietary
ideas and inventions, ideas, patentable ideas, trade secrets, drawings and/or illustrations,
patent searches, existing and/or contemplated products and services, research and
development, production, costs, profit and margin information, finances and financial
projections, customers, clients, marketing, and current or future business plans
and models, regardless of whether such information is designated as “Confidential
Information” at the time of its disclosure.
2. You shall limit disclosure of Confidential Information within your own
organization to its directors, officers, partners, members, employees and/or independent
contractors (collectively referred to as “affiliates”) having a need to know. You, your organization, and its affiliates will not disclose the confidential information obtained
from SullivanBizTech.com unless required to do so by law.
3. This Agreement imposes no obligation upon you with respect to any Confidential
Information (a) that was in your possession before receipt from SullivanBizTech.com;
(b) is or becomes a matter of public knowledge through no fault of your own; (c)
is rightfully received by you from a third party not owing a duty of confidentiality
to SullivanBizTech.com; (d) is disclosed without a duty of confidentiality to a third
party by, or with the authorization of, SullivanBizTech.com; or (e) is independently derived
by you.
4. This agreement is supplementary to the
SullivanBizTech.com Terms of Use (TOU). Any violation of this agreement constitutes a violation of the TOU. You can view the current version of the TOU at
http://sullivanbiztech.com/legal/termsofuse/
5. This Agreement states the entire agreement between the parties concerning the
disclosure of Confidential Information. SullivanBizTech.com reserves the right, at its sole discretion,
to change, modify or otherwise alter this agreement at any time. Such
modifications shall become effective immediately upon the posting thereof. You must
review this agreement on a regular basis to keep yourself apprised of any changes.
6. If any of the provisions of this Agreement are found to be unenforceable, the
remainder shall be enforced as fully as possible and the unenforceable provision(s)
shall be deemed modified to the limited extent required to permit enforcement of
the Agreement as a whole.