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IANAL, but can't you just write down all your ideas on to a piece of paper and get it notarized ( http://www.redsealnotary.com/ http://www.redsealnotary.com/ )a

IANAL, but can't you just write down all your ideas on to a piece of paper and get it notarized ( http://www.redsealnotary.com/ http://www.redsealnotary.com/ )at least a day before (they will put their seal, signature and date on it) and then be covered by clause 4(a) of this document? 4. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, the Participants shall not have any obligation with respect to any Confidential Information that: (a) has been independently developed and documented by such a Participants without reliance on any Confidential Information;

wcarss 16y ago
the fear for us isn't so much that we have existing plans they'd be overlapping, it's that a year or two from now we could come up with a vaguely similar concept, can't get in touch with them to get their express consent, and then we actually build it. Even though they never followed through on their plans, we could be culpable for "stealing the idea", even if we've forgotten what their idea was.