When a company designs and develops software, it has an interest in preserving its intellectual property as well as all the rights it holds in the software it has developed and will develop in the future. To do this, the company should always have all employees or freelancers sign a confidentiality, non-disclosure, non-solicitation, and non-competition agreement.

The agreement should provide for various situations during the employee's or freelancer's engagement and for a certain period following the end of this agreement. For example, but without limitation:

* the activities, obligations, and tasks that the person will have to perform within the company;

* the commitment of the person not to work as an employee, freelancer, or executive of another company operating in a similar sector;

* the signing of a confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement whereby the person undertakes to strictly keep confidential and not disclose to anyone all information, documents, and any other information directly or indirectly related to the company's activities, products, and services, such as:

• clients;
• development strategies;
• research conducted by the company;
• software design and development.

* the signing of a non-solicitation and non-competition agreement whereby the person undertakes not to:

• solicit clients;
• contract with the company's clients;
• employ or solicit any person employed by the company;
• disclose the contact information of any client of the company.

In the event of any breach of the commitments made in the agreement, the person may be required to pay damages, and the company may resort to the courts to stop the breach.

The person who signs such an agreement acknowledges having had the opportunity to consult their legal advisor on the scope of the commitments made under the agreement and declares themselves satisfied.

Fees for the drafting of confidentiality, non-disclosure, non-solicitation, and non-competition agreements are billed on an hourly basis.

It is therefore important to consult a specialized notary in this field, as they are contract drafting specialists.

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