what a mutual NDA actually says
Two companies sign this before they talk about anything they would rather not see repeated: a possible partnership, an acquisition, an integration, a pitch.
It is usually the first document a founder ever sends, and the one people read least.
Harbor Metrics Inc. and Volk Freight LLC are both parties, each sharing and receiving confidential information.
The sole permitted use of any information exchanged is evaluating a possible integration between Harbor Metrics' analytics platform and Volk Freight's dispatch system.
Each party must keep the other's confidential information secret.
Each party may share it only with employees, officers, and advisers who need it and are bound by equivalent confidentiality duties.
No money changes hands under this agreement; no payment terms are stated.
The agreement runs for 2 years from April 2, 2026, and either party may end it earlier with 30 days written notice.
The duty of confidentiality survives termination and lasts 3 years from the date of each individual disclosure.
On written request, a receiving party must return or destroy confidential materials within 15 days.
The receiving party must confirm the return or destruction in writing.
No intellectual property is transferred or licensed.
Neither party is obliged to enter any further agreement or continue discussions.
The parties agree that injunctive relief is available as a remedy for breach, in addition to any other remedy.
Oregon law governs, and disputes go exclusively to state or federal courts in Multnomah County, Oregon.
Amendments require a written document signed by both parties.
written by sign about the document below. it says what the text says. it is not legal advice, and the document itself is what anyone would be signing.
the document
an example mutual non-disclosure agreement, 2 pages. every name, company and number in it is invented.
MUTUAL NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT
This Agreement is entered into on April 2, 2026 between Harbor Metrics Inc.,
a Delaware corporation with offices in Portland, Oregon, and Volk Freight LLC,
an Oregon limited liability company. Each party may disclose confidential
information to the other, so each is both a Disclosing Party and a Receiving
Party under this Agreement.
1. Purpose
The parties wish to evaluate a possible integration between Harbor Metrics'
analytics platform and Volk Freight's dispatch system. Confidential
information may be exchanged for that purpose and for no other purpose.
2. Confidential information
Confidential information means non-public information disclosed by either
party, in any form, including pricing, customer lists, source code, product
roadmaps, financial results, and the existence and contents of these
discussions. Information marked confidential is covered. Information that is
obviously confidential from its nature is covered whether marked or not.
3. Exclusions
This Agreement does not cover information that is already public, that the
Receiving Party already held without a duty of confidence, that a third party
supplied without restriction, or that the Receiving Party developed
independently without using the other party's information.
4. Obligations of the Receiving Party
The Receiving Party will keep confidential information secret, will use it
only for the purpose in Section 1, and will protect it with at least the care
it uses for its own confidential information. It may share the information
with employees, officers and professional advisers who need it for the
purpose, and only if they are bound by confidentiality obligations at least
as protective as these. The Receiving Party remains responsible for their
compliance.
5. Compelled disclosure
If a Receiving Party is required by law, subpoena or court order to disclose
confidential information, it may do so. It will give the Disclosing Party
written notice first, where the law allows, so that party can seek a
protective order.
6. Term
This Agreement runs for 2 years from April 2, 2026. Either party may end it
earlier with 30 days written notice. The duty of confidentiality in Section 4
continues for 3 years after the date of each disclosure, whether or not this
Agreement has ended.
7. Return of materials
On written request, the Receiving Party will return or destroy the Disclosing
Party's confidential information within 15 days, and will confirm in writing
that it has done so. It may keep one copy in its legal files, and copies held
in routine backups, for as long as the confidentiality duty lasts.
8. No licence, no obligation to proceed
Nothing here transfers ownership of, or grants any licence to, any
intellectual property. Nothing here obliges either party to enter into any
further agreement, to buy anything, or to continue the discussions.
9. Remedies
The parties agree that money damages may not be an adequate remedy for a
breach of this Agreement, and that the Disclosing Party may seek injunctive
relief in addition to any other remedy available to it.
10. Governing law
This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Oregon. The parties
submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located
in Multnomah County, Oregon.
11. Entire agreement
This Agreement is the entire agreement between the parties on this subject
and replaces any earlier understanding. It may be amended only in writing
signed by both parties.
Harbor Metrics Inc.
Signature: ______________________________ Date: ______________
Name: Dana Whitfield, Chief Executive Officer
Volk Freight LLC
Signature: ______________________________ Date: ______________
Name: Marcus Volk, Managing Member
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send this one, to yourself
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the document above becomes yours to send, already summarised. put your own email in as the signer, and the signing page and the signed copy arrive in your inbox.
your first send is free. after that it is $9 for 5 sends, nothing monthly, and sends never expire.
the names and numbers in this example are invented, so send it to yourself or to someone who knows it is a test.
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