Begin with a non-confidential outline
Describe the problem, intended user, current stage and support required without disclosing the secret technical solution.
Confidentiality & IP
Protecting your idea starts before you disclose it.
Inventors often worry that explaining an idea may put its confidentiality, ownership or future patent options at risk. Our approach is designed to establish clear boundaries before sensitive information is shared.
Start a non-confidential conversation ↗PRIVATE
DISCLOSE
CONTROL
DEFINE IP
NON-CONFIDENTIAL → AGREED TERMS → SENSITIVE DETAIL
The safest first step
You do not need to reveal the invention on day one.
Please keep your first enquiry non-confidential.
Tell us about the problem, intended outcome, general field and kind of support you need. Do not initially send unpublished technical details, drawings, source code, formulas, trade secrets, patient information or material that could enable someone to reproduce the invention.
A staged disclosure process
Share only what the next decision requires.
Each stage is intended to create the right boundary before more sensitive information is introduced.
Check fit before detail
An initial review helps determine whether Bezzie is a suitable partner and whether practical limitations or potential conflicts need consideration.
Put confidentiality in writing
Where sensitive disclosure is necessary and appropriate, the relevant parties can execute an NDA before those details are provided.
Limit access and permitted use
The process is designed to restrict confidential information to people who need it for assigned responsibilities and to the agreed evaluation or project purpose.
Define ownership before work starts
The project agreement should identify background IP, project-created IP, deliverables, permitted use and any required invention or patent assignments.
Close or continue on agreed terms
Return, deletion, continued protection and any necessary record retention are handled according to the signed agreement and applicable obligations.
Different documents, different jobs
An NDA protects information. It does not decide everything.
Confidentiality agreement
Defines what information is confidential, the permitted purpose, who may receive it, relevant exclusions and the duration of the obligation.
Project agreement
Defines scope, deliverables, responsibilities, background IP, ownership of project results, permitted use and any assignment obligations.
Licence or assignment
A licence grants defined permission to use IP without itself transferring ownership. An assignment transfers ownership to the assignee.
Clear ownership from the outset
Know what each party brings—and what the project creates.
No ownership transfer should be assumed from an enquiry, meeting or NDA. The relevant signed agreement governs.
What a party already owns or controls
Existing knowledge, designs, software, methods, inventions, data and other intellectual property brought into the engagement should be identified separately.
What the engagement creates
The project agreement should define ownership and permitted use of inventions, designs, code, data, documentation and know-how created through the work.
Before sensitive work begins
Our aim is to make six things clear in writing.
- 01What information is confidential
- 02Who may access or receive it
- 03What purpose it may be used for
- 04What each party already owns
- 05Who owns or may use project results
- 06What happens to project materials at close
Common questions
Plain answers for inventors and partners.
What can I safely include in my first enquiry?+
Keep the first contact general and non-confidential. Describe the problem, intended result and relevant field without sending unpublished technical details, drawings, source code, trade secrets or information that could enable someone to reproduce the invention.
Will Bezzie sign an NDA before I explain my invention?+
Where sensitive disclosure is necessary and appropriate, an NDA can be discussed and executed by the relevant parties before confidential details are shared. The appropriate agreement depends on the proposed engagement.
Does an NDA decide who owns my idea?+
No. An NDA addresses confidential information and its permitted use. Existing IP and project-created IP are dealt with separately in the signed project, licence or assignment agreement.
Who may see confidential project information?+
The process is designed to limit access to people who need the information for assigned responsibilities. Permitted recipients, use and disclosure boundaries are governed by the applicable agreement.
Why are patented technologies licensed through Bezzie Holdings?+
Patented technologies developed at Bezzie Technologies are assigned to Bezzie Holdings. Bezzie Holdings is therefore the entity through which licensing activities for those technologies are conducted.
This page is a plain-language overview of Bezzie’s intended confidentiality and intellectual-property process. It is not legal advice and does not replace an NDA, project agreement, licence, assignment or other signed contract. The terms of the relevant signed agreements always govern.
Start with a non-confidential summary.
Tell us the problem, intended outcome and kind of support you need. We can then discuss the right next step before sensitive information is introduced.
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