Confidential information and intellectual property: clause bank

This subtopic focuses on definitions in the context of drafting for confidential information and intellectual property clauses or agreements that concern confidential information or intellectual property.

The definitions and interpretation clause of an agreement should include all of the individual defined terms that are included in an agreement and all of the provisions that are to apply to the general interpretation of an agreement and, if necessary, of certain phrases used with it. The defined terms and the interpretation provisions will normally be set out in two separate sub-clauses. The definitions and interpretation clause will usually be found at the beginning

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