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Once upon a time, the primary value of most companies lay in their physical materials–their inventory, their physical plant, etc. Increasingly, however, the value of a company lies in its intellectual property. Some of this intellectual property, such as trade secrets, needs to be protected by nondisclosure agreements (NDAs). You are going to need a non-disclosure agreement lawyer to draft these agreements appropriately.

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What Is a Non-Disclosure Agreement?

A Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) is a legally enforceable contract between a disclosing party and a receiving party, designed to protect confidential information, trade secrets, and proprietary data. These agreements are commonly used in businesses to safeguard sensitive corporate information, maintain patent rights, and distinguish between what can be disclosed and what must be kept confidential. When individuals sign an NDA, they commit to keeping the shared information confidential. If they breach the agreement and disclose the protected information, the disclosing party can take legal action, seeking damages. Having an NDA provides competitive advantages for a business owner, and consulting with a non-disclosure agreements lawyer in Denver ensures enforceability under both Colorado and federal law.

The Benefits of Non-Disclosure Agreements for Your Business

Businesses use non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) primarily to protect trade secrets that do not enjoy the protection of patent, copyright, or trademark law. A trade secret can be anything from the formula for the KFC secret recipe to lists of key customers. Colorado law places certain restrictions on ‌NDAs.

NDAs restrict the use of confidential information by employees both during and after their employment. To enjoy legal recourse to the courts for misappropriation of your company’s trade secrets, your company must demonstrate an effort to preserve its confidentiality. A well-drafted NDA accomplishes this purpose.

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Our law firm employees have extensive experience in planning, drafting, reviewing, and revising non-disclosure agreements, as well as other types of confidentiality agreements. We are well-versed in drafting the following types of confidentiality agreements, among others:

  • One-way NDAs, where one party is the disclosing party, and the other party is the recipient. The agreement binds the recipient to certain specified uses of the information referred to in the NDA
  • Two-way NDAs, where both parties are disclosing sensitive information to the other party, and both parties have confidentiality obligations regarding the information they receive
  • Special kinds of confidentiality agreements apply to M&A transactions and other special business deals

The protected information might include:

  • Industrial secrets
  • Technical drawings
  • Engineering designs
  • Formulas
  • Sales and marketing data
  • Customer data

Confidentiality agreements can protect many other forms of information as well.

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Our NDA Attorneys Serve a Wide Range of Clients

At Sequoia Legal, we have worked with a great variety of institutional clients, including:

  • Biotechnology companies
  • Consulting firms
  • Energy providers
  • Equipment providers
  • Financial institutions
  • Healthcare providers
  • Hospitality industry provider
  • Parts suppliers
  • Retailers and distributors
  • SaaS companies
  • Tech companies
  • Telecommunications companies
  • Venture capital companies

Our clients have included private companies, public companies, non-profits, institutional investors, and entrepreneurs. We provide ongoing legal support, as well as help with single transactions such as mergers and acquisitions.

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    Andrew Lopez

    Andrew advises foreign and domestic companies, organizations, and entrepreneurs on a broad range of corporate and international regulatory and transactional issues.

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    Hunter Boone

    Hunter focuses on general corporate matters, healthcare compliance, international trade laws, and anti-kickback regulations.

  • Brian Fonville

    Of Counsel

    Brian Fonville

    With experience as a transactional lawyer in finance and corporate matters in New York City, Brian boasts great experience in cross-border commercial transactions, software licenses, and investment funds.

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    Laura A. Lopez

    With experience both as a Litigator at Davis Polk & Wardwell and as General Counsel of a private global merchant advisory and investment firm, Laura provides advice on a wide range of issues impacting businesses including dispute resolution.

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    Christina Murray

    Christina is a recent graduate of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, where she received the Irving P. Andrews Award for Outstanding Law Graduate as well as the Student Leadership award.

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    Josh Wallenstein

    Managing Member of the Wallenstein Law Group, Josh offers no-nonsense solutions to a variety of compliance and risk management issues.

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    Nick Vail

    Being a corporate and transactional attorney, Nick's focus is in mergers & acquisitions, guiding clients through all deal phases. He also covers business formation, governance, and diverse contract drafting, serving clients nationally and internationally.

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Why Work with Sequoia Legal’s Attorneys for a Confidentiality Agreement in Denver, CO?

At Sequoia Legal, we take an active and continuing interest in your organization’s long-term success. Our non-disclosure agreement attorneys can leverage our decades of combined experience to help you avoid common pitfalls and take a long-term perspective on moves that your company is making right now.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Our clients often ask us, "Are non-compete agreements enforceable in Colorado?". As long as they comply with Colorado non-compete laws, the answer is usually yes. We’ve provided answers to other common questions below and will gladly discuss those unique to your business in a personal consultation.

  • If an employee breaches a non-compete agreement, the employer can seek an injunction to prevent the employee from continuing the breach. Violation of an injunction is considered contempt of court. An employer might also sue the former employee or even their new employer for damages. Another means of enforcement is to seek civil or even criminal sanctions under state and federal trade secret law.

  • An enforceable non-compete agreement is not supposed to be any more restrictive than necessary to protect the employer’s legitimate confidentiality interests. The longer the duration and the wider the geographic scope of a non-compete agreement, the more likely it is that a court will declare the agreement unenforceable. A non-compete attorney should draft this document.

  • A non-compete agreement cannot be open-ended; it must be limited in duration. In Colorado, there is no set maximum duration - it all depends on what is necessary to protect the employer’s legitimate interests. A duration of six months, however, is considered acceptable in most cases.

  • A non-compete agreement prevents the employee from working for the employer’s competitors. A non-solicitation agreement is less restrictive; it prevents a former employee from soliciting any of the current employer’s clients. This restriction is designed to protect the employer against the situation where an employee quits and then attempts to “steal” their former employer’s clients.

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