Content and form of secrecy agreement

Post time:09-07 2007 Source:IPR in China Author:
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According to the principle of justice, equity and negotiation, secrecy agreement should include the following contents such as scope and content of secret, rights and obligations of each party, period for guarding secret and liabilities for breach of contracts.

Form of agreement is shown as follows:

The agreement between employer and employee is to keep business secret.
1) Due to the working requirements, employee is permitted to obtain business secrets relating to job, including…. Meanwhile, employer is responsible for professional and technical training. Employer should give an honor if employee makes a contribution to keep business secret.

2) Employee should safeguard the interest of enterprises and consciously and strictly abide the secrecy regulation.

3) Employee is not allowed to divulge business secret to any units and individuals.

4)Employee is not allowed to use business secret for personal interest.

5) Employee is not allowed to occupy the business secrets obtained from work or R&D, and related documents, blueprints and samples should be archived instead of keeping privately.

6) The permission of employer is necessary if employee is going to stop the employment contract. All the business secret documents should be transferred to employer. Meanwhile, employee has the obligation to keep business secret and will not engage in any job relating to the business secret of former employer within three years.

7) Both employer and employee should follow the agreement, and if one breaches the agreement, the other is entitled to investigate the responsibility of breach agreement and require compensation for economic losses.

8) The agreement will come into force from the date of signing.

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