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I would like to discuss certain technology and market items with business partners or advisors without having to be afraid of anyone stealing any valuable information. However, signing an NDA is not necessarily appropriate in every circumstance. Is this something that can simply not be avoided? Or are there good alternatives to NDAs?
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Even if your idea is not patentable, you may file a patent for it. This will give you a description and a date, so you can always prove what you knew at what point. Also, this allows you to write on the NDA that you talked about patent application 12345, which also simplifies the NDA as you do not have to fill it with details on the subject of the conversation.
In general though, be careful with NDAs. Get it drafted by an Attorney. The "gneneral" ones you find online are, most of the time, not worth the paper they are printed on.
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