Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)

2. What counts as confidential

All information contained in the purchased locked section is confidential: technical drawings, formulae, production methods, material lists, test results, cost and supply data, commercial plans, prototype images and similar content.

The information does not need to be separately marked "confidential"; being inside a locked section is enough.

Information shown in the public teaser of the invention is not confidential.

3. Obligations of the RECEIVING PARTY

Not to disclose, publish, reproduce or share the confidential information with third parties.

To use the confidential information solely to evaluate the invention, and not commercially for its own or anyone else's benefit.

To limit access within its own organisation to those who need to know for the evaluation, and to bind those people by the same obligations.

Not to copy or reverse-engineer the invention using the confidential information, and not to file a patent or similar application without the inventor's consent.

To protect the confidential information with reasonable security measures.

4. What falls outside

Information already public at the time of disclosure, or which later becomes public without fault of the RECEIVING PARTY.

Information the RECEIVING PARTY lawfully held before gaining access and can prove by record.

Information the RECEIVING PARTY developed independently of the confidential information and can prove.

Information that must be disclosed by court order or at the request of a competent authority. Where legally possible the RECEIVING PARTY informs the DISCLOSING PARTY before disclosing.

5. Duration

The confidentiality obligation continues for FIVE (5) YEARS from the date access is granted.

Ending the access, refunding it, or closing the account does not interrupt that period.

For information that qualifies as a trade secret, the obligation continues for as long as it retains that character.

6. Breach

In case of breach the DISCLOSING PARTY may claim compensation for its loss and seek legal remedies to stop the breach.

Where a breach is established ICATGO may close the RECEIVING PARTY's access and suspend the account. ICATGO exercising that power does not limit the rights of the DISCLOSING PARTY.

This agreement does not transfer or license any intellectual property rights in the invention to the RECEIVING PARTY. The access right is a right to read and evaluate only.

7. Governing law and jurisdiction

This agreement is governed by the laws of the Republic of Türkiye.

The courts and enforcement offices of Istanbul have jurisdiction. For consumer transactions, the jurisdiction of Consumer Arbitration Committees and Consumer Courts is reserved.