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OneNDA – We've Standardised the NDA

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Re: OneNDA – We've Standardised the NDA

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Post by Doctor_Fegg »

pinum wrote: post #21
cowpig wrote: post #16

I find it odd that a project to "standardize the NDA" doesn't let me view the template anywhere on the website directly, without giving them personal information

In cases like this, my company name is asfsafasfsa and my email is sadasfsa@safsafsa.com.

example.com is your friend!

Re: OneNDA – We've Standardised the NDA

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Post by reifnir »

capableweb wrote: post #17
cowpig wrote: post #16

I find it odd that a project to "standardize the NDA" doesn't let me view the template anywhere on the website directly, without giving them personal information

You can see it for free, but you're gonna have to sign their NDA before.

That's how they get ya

Re: OneNDA – We've Standardised the NDA

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Post by isoos »

exabrial wrote: post #19

Advice from an old farmer: Avoid signing anything. I just started saying, "If you are in need of my services, and require me to sign an NDA, you must cover the legal fees necessary for my choice of lawyer to review it."

This sounds great on the first glance, I wonder: how is it taken in practice? I guess it is slightly better than clear refusal...

Re: OneNDA – We've Standardised the NDA

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Post by jpalomaki »

pclmulqdq wrote: post #20

I thought NDAs were already pretty much standardized. If I need one, my lawyer has one made for all 50 states that is just a fill-in-the-blanks document.

It's the same thing with all the lawyers - and that's the problem. Each NDA you get is a bit different and takes some effort to check.

Re: OneNDA – We've Standardised the NDA

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Post by ISL »

isoos wrote: post #24
exabrial wrote: post #19

Advice from an old farmer: Avoid signing anything. I just started saying, "If you are in need of my services, and require me to sign an NDA, you must cover the legal fees necessary for my choice of lawyer to review it."

This sounds great on the first glance, I wonder: how is it taken in practice? I guess it is slightly better than clear refusal...

I've had some success with, "Okay, well what can we talk about without the NDA?"

NDAs are hard; there are good reasons for them, but they are too-easily proffered and too-often signed.

Where possible, they are far more humane if they have a reasonable end-date.

At the end of the day, these agreements (and non-competes/non-poaching clauses), among well-intentioned people, can boil down to the spirit of Stuart Freedman's request [1] that Gerry Garvey memorialize an oath: "I swear that I will not screw you unnecessarily."

These agreements, however, are a bulwark against the ill-intentioned and malevolent.

[1] https://youtu.be/sFWi4tvQcCY?t=892

Re: OneNDA – We've Standardised the NDA

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Post by Etheryte »

exabrial wrote: post #19

Advice from an old farmer: Avoid signing anything. I just started saying, "If you are in need of my services, and require me to sign an NDA, you must cover the legal fees necessary for my choice of lawyer to review it."

Depending on where you're from, being aware of your local intellectual property laws and the like should not take too much effort in my opinion. Whenever I receive an offer/a contract/etc I take a lot of red pen to it and send it back with my comments. Most companies have no problem with this, the ones that do are good to avoid anyway.
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