The Function Of The Civil Confidentiality Agreement On Protecting The Trade Secrets

Due to the material value of the trade secret in the modern company, many counties take all kinds of measures to protect it. In this paper, the author analyzes the definition, the scope, the characteristics, the protecting methods of the trade secret in the first two chapter. In third chapter, the author analyzes the special role which the confidentiality agreement plays in the protecting trade secret and set forth the specific suggestions and methods by some sampe.Confidentiality agreements are agreements or contracts that govern the confidential information by one party to another party, which plays a key role in protecting trade secrets. The disclosure may be unilateral, bilateral or multilateral.The confidential information has value and confidence precisely, due to the fact that is known to only a few, open disclosure will be injurious to the value, competition advantage and economic status of the owner or holder. Confidentility agreements are entered into by friendly negotiations and represent an appropriate balance between the disclosing parties and receiving parties.A confidentiality agreement can either stand alone or be included as part of a broader agreement. A cofidentility agreement contains the standard clauses and special exception clauses, which the author analyses the key clauses in detail.The parties to the confidentiality agreement should make all the clauses as perfect as possible according to the related laws and regulations, the spirit of the protection to the trade secret and specific situations and circumstances, with the purpose of confidentility agreement being important effect on the protecting trade secret.