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NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT PENCILMATION

dated ​(INSERT DATE)

between

PARTIES

1.ROSS BOLLINGER ANIMATION, a limited liability company incorporated


in Pennsylvania with entity number 4233016 having its registered
office at 18 Campus Blvd, Suite 100, Newtown Square, PA 19073

(the ​“Discloser”)

AND

2. ​(NAME OF STUDIO HEAD) ​of ​(NAME OF STUDIO)​, having its


registered office in ​(STUDIO ADDRESS)

(the ​“Recipient”)

AGREEMENT

1. Definitions

Except to the extent expressly provided otherwise, in this Agreement the


following terms shall have the following meaning:

Confidential Information: ​any information in whatever form (whether in


writing, electronic or digital form or verbally) which is confidential in
nature, designated orally or in writing by the Discloser as confidential
or which may reasonably be considered by a business person to be
commercially sensitive provided by the Discloser (directly or
indirectly) by any means to the Recipient before or after the date of
this Agreement in connection with or in anticipation of the Purpose
including:

(a) data, ideas and information (whether technical, commercial,


financial or of any other type) in any form acquired under, pursuant
to or in connection with this Agreement and any information utilized
in or relating to the Discloser’s business, services, operations,
processes, methods, plans, strategy, product information, know-how,
design rights, trade secrets, market opportunities, customer lists,
commercial relationships, marketing, sales materials and general
business affairs;

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(b) information relating to the customers (including prospective
customers), suppliers, methods, products, plans, finances, trade
secrets or otherwise to the business or affairs of the Discloser;

(c) the contemplation and implementation of the Purpose, and the


existence and content of this Agreement;

Intellectual Property Rights: ​intellectual and industrial property


rights, including copyright (including moral rights), patents,
know-how, trade secrets, trademarks, service marks, trade names,
design rights, registered designs, get-up, database rights, chip
topography rights, mask works, utility models, domain names, rights
in trade and business names and all similar rights and, in each case:

(a) whether registered or not;

(b) including any applications to protect or register such rights;

(c) including all renewals and extensions of such rights or


applications;

(d) whether vested, contingent or future;

(e) wherever existing;

Purpose:​ performing, in the capacity of hired assistant to the


Discloser, all sorts of business-related administrative and secretarial
tasks as requested from time to time by the Discloser, ranging from
sorting documents and communicating with prospective and existing
contacts to making payments on behalf of the Discloser;

Use: ​receive, store, transmit, access, read, analyze, disclose, share,


print, copy, reproduce, extract, modify, adapt, incorporate, exploit or
use Confidential Information in whole or in part in any manner
whatsoever.

2. Provision and use of Confidential Information

2.1. The Discloser may during the term of this Agreement disclose
Confidential Information only for the Purpose and, in
consideration of the Discloser disclosing any Confidential
Information to the Recipient, the Recipient undertakes to the
Discloser that it shall:
2.1.I. keep all Confidential Information secret and confidential,
and not disclose any of it to any person other than in
accordance with clause 3;

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2.1.II. not Use the Confidential Information in any way except to
the extent reasonably necessary for the Purpose, and not
Use or benefit from any Confidential Information to
procure any commercial advantage over the Discloser;
2.1.III. create and maintain the best industry standards of
security in order to ensure that the Confidential
Information is secure from unauthorized access.
2.2. The confidentiality obligations of the Recipient shall survive and
subsist in relation to any Confidential Information for a period
of at least five years from the date of the last disclosure under
this Agreement.

3. Authorized Disclosures

The Recipient may disclose the Confidential Information to any of its


directors, officers, employees, consultants, professional advisers or
any other person who has been previously approved in writing by the
Discloser, provided that it ensures that such persons undertake to
comply with the same duties of confidence and the same
confidentiality obligations as the Recipient and gives, upon request by
the Discloser, evidence of compliance with this clause.

4. Excluded Information

4.1. The Recipient’s obligations under this Agreement do not apply


to, and Confidential Information does not include, any
information to the extent to which the Recipient can prove to
the Discloser’s reasonable satisfaction:
4.1.I. was already known to the Recipient, otherwise than under
any obligation of confidentiality, prior to its disclosure by
the Discloser;
4.1.II. was disclosed to the Recipient without any obligation of
confidence to the Discloser by a third party who has not
derived it directly or indirectly in breach of an obligation of
confidentiality owed to the Discloser
4.1.III. was at the time of disclosure or subsequently becomes,
published, accessible to the public or otherwise in the
public domain, other than through a breach by the
Recipient of this Agreement.
4.2. The Recipient is not in breach of its obligations under this
Agreement to the extent that any Confidential Information is

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required to be disclosed by any law or regulation or by any
judicial or governmental order or request, provided that the
Recipient immediately notifies the Discloser of such requests to
the extent permitted by the request.

5. Intellectual Property Rights

The Recipient acknowledges that ownership of the Confidential


Information including all Intellectual Property Rights in such
information remains vested in and shall vest in the Discloser and that
no license or right is granted other than to the extent expressly set
out in this Agreement.

6. Indemnity

The Recipient shall indemnify the Discloser from and against all and any
losses, damages (including any consequential damages), liability,
costs (including reasonable legal fees), expenses, claims (including
any settlements of claims before or after issue of proceedings),
actions, proceedings, fines and penalties, however arising out of, or
in connection with, the breach of this Agreement or the
unauthorized disclosure or Use of any of the Confidential
Information by the Recipient or by any of its Authorized Persons.

7. Equitable Relief

The Recipient recognizes that any breach or threatened breach of this


Agreement may cause the Discloser irreparable harm for which
damages may not be an adequate remedy. Accordingly, in addition
to any other remedies and damages available to the Discloser, the
Recipient acknowledges and agrees that the Discloser is entitled to
the remedies of specific performance, injunction and other equitable
relief without proof of special damages.

8. Termination

8.1. This Agreement shall terminate on the earliest to occur of the


following dates or events:
8.1.I. the date on which the parties have agreed that the
Purpose has been fulfilled;

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8.1.II. the date specified in a written notice of termination served
by one party to the other, being a date not less than one
month following the date of service of such notice;
8.1.III. immediately upon service of a written notice served by the
Discloser on the Recipient following a material breach of
this Agreement by the Recipient.
8.2. Upon termination of this Agreement or upon receipt by the
Recipient of an earlier written demand from the Discloser:
8.2.I. the Recipient must immediately stop Using any
Confidential Information;
8.2.II. the Recipient must return, or as the Discloser so requests,
destroy any and all materials and (electronic and hard)
copies of those materials containing Confidential
Information;
8.2.III. the Recipient must provide the Discloser, if the Discloser
so requests, with evidence or a written signed statement
confirming that the Recipient has complied with all of its
obligations under this Agreement.

9. General Provisions

9.1. No breach of any provision of this Agreement shall be waived


except with the express written consent of the party not in
breach.
9.2. If any provision of this Agreement is determined by any court
or other competent authority to be unlawful and/or
unenforceable, the other provisions of this Agreement will
continue in effect. If any unlawful and/or unenforceable
provision would be lawful or enforceable if part of it were
deleted, that part will be deemed to be deleted, and the rest of
the provision will continue in effect (unless that would
contradict the clear intention of the parties, in which case the
entirety of the relevant provision will be deemed to be deleted).
9.3. This Agreement may not be varied except by a written
document signed by or on behalf of each of the parties.
9.4. Neither party may without the prior written consent of the
other party assign, transfer, charge, license or otherwise deal
in or dispose of any contractual rights or obligations under this
Agreement.
9.5. This Agreement shall constitute the entire agreement between
the parties in relation to the subject matter of this Agreement,
and shall supersede all previous agreements, arrangements

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and understandings between the parties in respect of that
subject matter.

10. Governing Law

This Agreement is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws


of the State of Pennsylvania, without reference to its conflict of law
provisions. The Federal and State courts located in Philadelphia shall
have sole and exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes arising out of
or in connection with this Agreement.

EXECUTION

The parties have indicated their acceptance of this Agreement by


executing it below.

SIGNED BY Ross Bollinger on ​(DATE),​ duly authorised for and on behalf


of the Discloser:

SIGNED BY ​(NAME OF STUDIO HEAD​) on ​(DATE)​:

........................................

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