Protecting Technical And Other Documents

I am located in Massachusetts, but this is not my companies only location.

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I work for a consulting company. For a very long time we have had no form of protection on our documents. These documents include specifications, memos, analysis, and other forms of technical documents. We are making strides to correct this.

Our main area of concern is our specifications, which have been put together through years of trial and error. However, researching the different kinds of legal protections available, I'm not sure any of them apply to us. What makes it even more tricky is that our documents are sent out for bidding process' which exposes them in full to many different parties.

Advice?



If you could simply piont me in any direction (whether its a better forum to post this message or a branch of IPRights to research) I'd appreciate it. Thank you...

You would probably want your employees to sign a general confidentiality agreement, and for sensitive documents provided to third parties have a separate confidentiality agreement designed for those purposes. If you want to be sure that they will be enforceable, these documents should be drafted by your company's lawyer.