Seeking NDA Examples: How Do Software Companies Protect Their Code?

Dear Seniors, I require a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) specifically used by software companies. I have gone through the ones available on CiteHR, but I am specifically looking for the ones used by software companies to protect new codes written by developers, which they could sell or misuse. I would be very grateful for an early response.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Garima

May I request you to frame the clause and verify it with a lawyer? You have viewed the format and identified the areas where the NDA would be different. Software products can always be further developed. Once the developer leaves your firm, they can build in features and sell the upgraded version. Even before that, they can easily take up a freelancing project on Elance or other sites with a parallel skill set while working for you. Where would you draw a line?

What about the employees who are developing products for multiple clients? Information security is crucial for them. Product information and development acumen need to be clarified.

You may further need to add a clause for the software sales and business analytics teams too. The duration and payoff would depend on the business risk. Once the lawyer seals the language and the pattern, it would then remain unchallenged.

Please connect with Octavious; he can help you frame the agreement and mitigate the risks.

Wish you all the best!

As (Cite Contribution) mentioned: "Where would you draw a line?"

Please find attached the format that we have suggested to many software companies, who are using it with adaptations/modifications as per their needs. This format has been downloaded from CiteHR previously.

If you are looking for a ready-to-use format, you won't find it due to the simple reason that each software company has its own set of priorities/issues to be included in the Non-Disclosure Agreement.

All the best.

Regards,
TS

The format provided here by TS will work well, but only if you get it customized and ratified through a lawyer. Since there will be a certain amount of information about the work your company is involved in and also the details of the job profile of the employee in question, please remember each employee category NDA will differ by at least 20-30%. It can be done through communication via email if required.

Regards,
Z N HANSI
Advocate

Please find the confidentiality agreement for employees that we use in our organization. I am sure it will help you too for your company.

Thanks and Regards,
Sonal.

While appreciating your efforts to support another CiteHR member's query/situation, please also bear in mind not to upload any company-related documents directly. For all you know, you could be accused of deviating from the confidentiality agreement norms within the company at a later date - hope you get the point. Maybe you can copy and paste the appropriate content that's relevant.

If you wish, you can edit your response to this thread using the Edit option at the bottom right corner of your post.

Regards,
TS

I require a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) for a vendor who has developed ERP software for the production and purchase teams.

Thank you.