Confidentiality/Trade secrets
Confidentiality, also referred to as trade secrets, is both a type of intellectual property (IP) and a strategy for IP protection.
Common law protects you from other people stealing your trade secrets, breaching confidentiality agreements and passing off your trade mark as their own.
Make sure you back up your trade secrets with a confidentiality agreement signed by every person who has knowledge of the secrets. A confidentiality agreement can stop your employees from revealing your secret or proprietary knowledge during and after their employment or association with your business.
What to do...
- Read more about protecting your trade secrets from IP Australia.
- Find out about protecting confidential information from IP Australia's IP Toolbox.
- Download IP Australia's Confidentiality Agreement Generator or Contract Agreement Generator. These are free tools that automatically generate an agreement based on details you have entered.
- Find information on intellectual property in your state or territory.
This content is supplied to Flying Solo via business.gov.au,
the Australian Government's principal website for business information and resources.
