5 Essential Elements of Perfect Mutual Confidentiality Agreement

Every trade and every businessman has their trade secrets which sometimes need to be shared with their business partners for growth & development. As this is a common business practice, drafting a mutual confidentiality agreement has become part of the routine. But what does a perfect mutual confidentiality agreement consists of? We’ll be discussing those 5 key elements of a mutual confidentiality agreement that makes them rock-solid.

Contents

  • Parties to the mutual confidential agreement

  • Definition of the mutual confidential agreement 

  • Obligations and the horizon of the agreement

  • Terms of the confidentiality agreement

  • Consequences in case of breach of the agreement

Parties to the mutual confidentiality agreement

A perfect mutual confidentiality agreement identifies all the parties to the mutual confidentiality agreement. While the same is quite simple when the mutual confidentiality agreement is between two or more individuals. However, when the same agreement takes place within two or more companies then it gets a whole lot more complicated. 


In the second case, the agreement shall specify the business partners or people who are on a need-to-know basis to whom the confidential information is allowed to be divulged.

Definition of the mutual confidentiality agreement


The definition of the mutual confidentiality agreement describes what is confidential & what’s not. Generally, the drafting party tries to make this section as vast as possible to avoid the recipients using any kind of loophole to get out of the agreement.

If you’re the recipient party then make sure that the agreement clarifies what information can be divulged and utilized in the public domain.

While drafting a mutual confidentiality agreement on written information is the easy bit, covering the information disclosed orally is the tricky part.

It is recommended that the disclosing party include the oral statements while defining the agreement.

Obligations and the horizons covered by the agreement


This portion of the agreement is mainly drafted for the recipient party. It describes the obligations that need to be followed by the recipient party after agreeing with the drafting party. 


For instance, the drafting party can compel the recipient party to take necessary security measures to prevent the information from being leaked. To make the employees or partners aware that the information is confidential. 

This part of the agreement also generally clarifies that the recipient party cannot use or divulge this information for their gain.


However, for the benefit of the recipient party, this part of the agreement also contains in which cases the recipient party can divulge confidential information. For example, if the recipient party is selling their company or maybe in case of a lawsuit the court orders the recipient to divulge information then they have a legal obligation to inform the concerned party about the same.


This is where the mutual confidentiality disclosure agreement kicks in. If you’re confused then you can check out some mutual confidentiality agreement templates as well. 


Term of the confidentiality agreement

The term or length of the confidentiality agreement is specified in this portion. The drafting party generally wants the confidentiality agreement to last forever. However, in reality, the term of the agreement is limited to a finite number of days. To avoid any kind of confusion between the parties this section particularly needs to be crystal clear.

Consequences in case of breach of agreement

In case of a breach of the confidentiality agreement, the drafting party can demand compensation from the recipient party or even take legal action against them. In the case of a breach of the agreement, compensation is discussed in this part. The compensation generally includes a certain amount of money, legal fees, etc. In such cases, the consequences may also include termination of the contract or ask for an injunction from the court against the recipient party.

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