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Nondisclosure Agreements: Protect Your Trade Secrets and More: The plain-English legal information & forms you need to safeguard your business interests

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This book is applicable to all businesses and industries, but my review is from the perspective of an IT consultant. In my profession we've all signed a nondosclosure agreement at one time or another, and we frequently make presentations or provide information that discloses trade secrets, or business-sensitive information to clients and potential clients.

This book contains a clear explanation about what you should be protecting with a nondisclosure agreement and does so in detail. The author clearly explains how to protect youself from both employees and competitors, as well as from potential business alliances (contractor/subcontractor, suitors in a merger or acquisition to whom you expose sensitive information, and clients to whom you make presentations and reveal processes and other sensitive information).

Key topics of importance that this book covers include:

* How much protection an NDA affords you.
* Remedies available to you in the NDA is violated.
* Alternatives to NDAs.

It also covers non-compete agreements and their limitations, especially in certain states, and gives example NDAs for specific situations such as beta testing, customer data, etc. The accompanying CD ROM provides fifteen sample forms that can be used with little or no modification (although I recommend that all be checked by an attorney who specializes in intellectual property law and is familiar with nuances of the law in your state).

This is a useful starting book, especially if you want to use the forms and templates provided in and with the book. However for understanding of the contractual agreements, I felt this book was lacking for its completeness.

The CD was broken and the mailer woud not send me a new one. Amazon customer service was useless as well. I will never buy via Amazon.com again.