Proprietary Information Agreements

For a molder to control secrecy concerning proprietary information, the first approach is to keep it as a personal secret. If people have to be exposed to it, such as present or new employees, visitors, and customers since there exists a need to know, those people should sign a nondisclosure agreement. This agreement could set up problems since a person could already be familiar with the so-called secret. 

Proprietary information is often transferred between companies after both sign a secrecy or confidentiality agreement. Generally, the agreement defines what information is to be exchanged, limits how long it is to be held confidential (2-10 years is common), prohibits third-party disclosures, and provides exceptions. Common exceptions are if the information transferred is already known or if the information becomes public at a later time. 

At this stage the pharmaceutical or healthcare company may wish to consider asking the inspector to sign a confidentiality agreement. During the inspection proprietary information must be respected. 

The number and amount of additives incorporated in a resin vary with resin type and application. A polyethylene resin, for instance, may have only an antioxidant incorporated, or a colorant may also be added. A PVC resin may require several plasticizers, a filler, a heat stabilizer, and a colorant. There are many variations, and in most cases, the final resin formulation is considered by the manufacturer to be proprietary information. A confidentiality agreement may be necessary to make certain that the material meets regulatory compliance, unless the supplier can give the end-user sufficient information to make the determination. 

The intent was to evaluate different established routes using different technologies of plastics recycling from an environmental point of view using life-cycle analysis (LCA) (Fig. 13.16). Approximately 20 companies participated. This means they were prepared to describe their process in detail and to inform on input of resources such as energy, feedstock, and the like and on output such as airborne and waterborne emissions, solid waste, heavy metals, and other environmentally important products. A secrecy agreement assured the companies protection of any proprietary information. 

This document Is the property of and contains Proprietary Information owned by Westinghouse Electric Company LLC and/or its subcontractors and suppliers. It is transmitted to you in confidence and trust, and you agree to treat this document in strict accordance with the terms and conditions of the agreement under which it was provided to you. ... 

A toller may need to use resources outside their company to measure physical properties, conduct safety or other testing, engineer changes to piping or other facilities and equipment. This need frequently occurs for products in the initial development or commercialization stage. The toller should maintain confidentiality agreements with their suppliers and subcontractors commensurate with the proprietary nature of their client companies processes. Provision to allow disclosure of information to third parties should be addressed in the contract between the toller and the client. It may be structured so that the client must approve the toller s release of information to third parties. 

Confidentiality disclosure agreement An agreement that allows a toller to release information to a third party that would ordinarily be considered proprietary. 

As with most of a company s information where proprietary, trade secrets, or a facilities security may be involved, process hazard analysis reports may be considered confidential information. Release outside the company should be discussed with the legal staff or by the contractor agreements made with outside personnel participating in the study. A suitable distinction should be applied to the cover of any review produced documents whenever the confidentiality requirement is required. 

In the course of discharging your functions as an expert adviser to WHO under the attached agreement for performance of work (APW), you will gain access to certain information, which is proprietary to WHO or entities collaborating with WHO, including the manufacturers of the product(s) which need to be assessed as part of the quality assessment procedure by WHO. You undertake to treat such information (hereinafter referred to as the Information ) as confidential and proprietary to WHO or the aforesaid parties collaborating with WHO. In this connection, you agree ... 

Ken initially works for Superbouncy Rubber Co. He has signed a secrecy agreement not to divulge information that Superbouncy considers proprietary. While there, he makes an important improvement on a heat exchanger for a highly viscous elastomeric solution. The company decides to keep the new equipment as a trade secret. 

Plants are built around hundreds of items of proprietary processing equipment. The plant design must interface exactly with the operational characteristics and dimensions of these individual items. The interface information can only be finalized when the commercial agreements with equipment suppliers have been concluded. ... 

Open architecture is a type of computer hardware or software architecture that allows users access to all or parts of the architecture without any proprietary constraints. Open architecture allows adding, upgrading, modifying, and swapping components. Typically, an open architecture publishes aU or parts of its architecture that the developer or integrator wants to share. The business process involved with an open architecture may require some license agreements between entities sharing the architecture information. 

Ensuring Repayment of Borrowed Funds Based on conditions laid out in the loan agreement, internal experts in sales, credit and credit administration control and monitor the project loan. They use proprietary data and processes as well as external sources of information such as trade and press reports for adverse or positive information. This can also serve as a source of further deal prospecting. The main capabilities used are investment, Unkage, product and process engineering capabilities. 

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