The protection that the law of confidential information offers is often the only or main form of protection for commercially sensitive materials and information, which very often are business critical and cannot be protected by intellectual property rights, such as patents or which can only be so protected to a limited extent. As long as the confidentiality of the information is preserved and the circumstances of disclosure are suitably controlled, the information will be protected.

To be protected by the law of confidential information, information must be:

• Confidential in nature: having the "necessary quality of confidence": a) namely, it must not be something which is “public property and public knowledge" and b) generally speaking, someone must have added some thought and effort to existing public domain materials to create something that deserves protection; and
  
• Disclosed in circumstances importing an obligation of confidence.

The best way of ensuring that information is disclosed in circumstances importing an obligation of confidence is through a written contract, which not only avoids any question of whether the recipient was on notice that the information was being disclosed in confidence, but also imports a contractual obligation which is easier to enforce.

At Anassutzi & Co, we help clients by drafting appropriate confidentiality agreements (NDAs), supporting a proposed confidentiality agreement and creating confidentiality policies for companies and employees so that they are implemented and followed. We can truly give you the best option and direction for each case, having only your company’s best interests at heart, at very competitive prices!

Here are some examples of how we helped other businesses:

Case 1: Drafting, negotiating and concluding a number of confidentiality agreements for inventors and start-up companies seeking investment or collaboration with other parties.

Case 2: Drafting, negotiating and concluding a number of confidentiality agreements for multinational companies engaging in business discussions with counterparts for multibillion contracts.

Case 3: Drafting, negotiating, concluding and advising on a number of prototype and highly sensitive confidentiality agreements for a number of clients including IT, telecomms, Universities, research and development and retail.

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