Confidentiality agreement and conflict waiver

Thank you for considering Dextrous Design Engineering ("Company") to assist with the design and engineering of your product idea. Dextrous Design Engineering can help transform your new product idea from concept to reality-ready for the market.
Throughout all stages of the development process you are the owner of your idea. To protect your ownership interests, Dextrous Design Engineering maintains a strict confidentiality policy. You can be confident that any information you disclose to us will be closely guarded and not disclosed to anyone without your express permission. Please carefully review the terms of our Confidentiality Agreement and Conflict Waver (located below on this form). By accepting this online submission, you agree to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and Conflict Waiver.

This Confidentiality Agreement and Conflict Waiver is between Dextrous Design Engineering ("Company") and person(s) ("Customer") performing this online submission and will be effective as of the online submission date executed by the Customer, company representative submitting on behalf of Customer or written date executed by Customer. 1. Customer desires to disclose information regarding his/her invention idea ("idea") and/or other confidential or proprietary information ("Confidential Information") to company for purposes of design assistance. 2. The Idea is as described in the Inventor’s Form / Confidentiality Agreement and Conflict Waiver provided by Customer to Company. 3. Confidential Information includes the idea and any and all other information related to the idea disclosed by Customer to Company to the extent Customer designated such other information as "Confidential" at the time of disclosure. 4. Confidential information does not include information that (a) was in Company's possession prior to disclosure by Customer, (b) is matter of public knowledge other than through disclosure by Company in violation of this Agreement, (c) is disclosed by Customer to a third party with no obligation of confidentiality, or (d) is required to be disclosed pursuant to an order of a court or other governmental authority, provided, however, that in the event of such order Company shall notify Customer. 5. Company shall protect the confidential information from unauthorized publication, dissemination, disclosure and/or use by or to third parties using the same degree of care, but no less that a commercially reasonable degree of care, that Company would use to prevent the publication, dissemination, disclosure and/or use by or to third parties or its own confidential information of like nature. 6. Company shall use the confidential information solely for the purpose of reviewing and providing design services with respect to the idea. 7. Company's obligations as set forth in paragraph 5 and 6 above shall extend until the earlier of Three (3) years from the effective date of this Agreement or the occurrence of one or more of the events described in paragraph 4 above. 8. Customer understands that Company may from time to time receive submissions from others that are similar to the idea. Company will use its best efforts to maintain original design efforts with respect to submissions from others that are the same or substantially related to the idea. Nonetheless, Customer hereby expressly waives any actual or perceived conflict of interest arising from or related to the Company's services with respect to such other submissions so long as the Company fulfills its obligations as set forth in paragraphs 5 and 6 above. 9. Customer represents and warrants that he/she has the legal authority to disclose the Idea and Confidential Information to Company, and agrees to indemnify and hold Company harmless from any dispute, claim or other liability arising from or related to such disclosure by Customer to Company. 10. All ownership interest in the Idea and the confidential Information, including, but not limited to, intellectual property rights, trade secrets, and other legally protectable interests shall remain with the Customer, any term, condition or other obligation of this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding. 11. Customer acknowledges and agrees that he or she shall not commercialize or facilitate the commercialization of the Deliverables provided by Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement in a manner which shall infringe upon the intellectual property rights of a third party or in violation of any federal, state, or local laws or regulations. 12. This Agreement may not be amended except in writing signed by the parties' hereto. 13. This Agreement shall by governed by the laws of the State of Colorado.

Privacy policy

Dextrous Design Engineering offers this privacy policy (the “Policy”) to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. This Policy discloses our practices for our Website's information gathering and dissemination. Your IP Address Pursuant to our Policy, we use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server, and to administer our Website. Your IP address is used to gather broad demographic information. This site automatically collects other information such as browser type, platform, and connection speed. Links Our Website contains links to other sites. Dextrous Design Engineering is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Websites. Customer Information Our online inquiry forms may solicit visitors to voluntarily provide contact information such as name, email address, phone number, and address. Pursuant to our Policy, we use this contact data to facilitate communications with visitors. Customers may receive a follow-up correspondence after submitting our online inquiry form. Users may request email or telephone contact, or to subscribe to an opt-in newsletter updating them on program activities. The customer's contact information may be also used to contact the visitor regarding their specific request or to send administrative notices regarding their use of the site users may opt-out of receiving future mailings (refer to the choice/opt-out section below). All collected data is for internal use only and is never shared with third parties at any time unless strictly compelled to do so by law. Choice/Opt-Out Our site provides users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us and our partners by reading the unsubscribe instructions located at the bottom of any e-mail they receive from us. Users who no longer wish to receive our newsletter or promotional materials may opt-out of receiving these communications by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the e-mail. Cookies Dextrous Design Engineering uses cookies exclusively for session maintenance when a user completes the online application section. Disclaimer We may disclose personal information when required by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law or comply with a legal process served on our Website. Intellectual Property Rights All copyrights, trademarks, patents and other intellectual property rights in and on our website and all content and software located on the site shall remain the sole property of Dextrous Design Engineering or its licensors. The use of our trademarks, content and intellectual property is forbidden without the express written consent from Dextrous Design Engineering. You must not: Republish material from our website without our prior written consent. Sell or rent material from our website. Reproduce, duplicate, create derivative, copy or otherwise exploit material on our website for any purpose. Redistribute any content from our website, including onto another website. Acceptable Use You agree to use our website only for lawful purposes, and in a way that does not infringe the rights of, restrict or inhibit anyone else’s use and enjoyment of the website. Prohibited behavior includes harassing or causing distress or inconvenience to any other user, transmitting obscene or offensive content or disrupting the normal flow of dialogue within our website. You must not use our website to send unsolicited commercial communications. You must not use the content on our website for any marketing related purpose without our express written consent. Restricted Access We may in the future need to restrict access to parts (or all) of our website and reserve full rights to do so. If, at any point, we provide you with a username and password for you to access restricted areas of our website, you must ensure that both your username and password are kept confidential. Use of Testimonials In accordance to with the FTC guidelines concerning the use of endorsements and testimonials in advertising, please be aware of the following: Testimonials that appear on this site are actually received via text, audio or video submission. They are individual experiences, reflecting real life experiences of those who have used our products and/or services in some way. They are individual results and results do vary. We do not claim that they are typical results. The testimonials are not necessarily representative of all of those who will use our products and/or services. The testimonials displayed in any form on this site (text, audio, video or other) are reproduced verbatim, except for correction of grammatical or typing errors. Some may have been shortened. In other words, not the whole message received by the testimonial writer is displayed when it seems too lengthy or not the whole statement seems relevant for the general public. Dextrous Design Engineering is not responsible for any of the opinions or comments posted on https://dextrousdesignengineering.com. Dextrous Design Engineering is not a forum for testimonials, but provides testimonials as a means for customers to share their experiences with one another. To protect against abuse, all testimonials appear after they have been reviewed by management of Dextrous Design Engineering. Dextrous Design Engineering does not share the opinions, views or commentary of any testimonials on https://dextrousdesignengineering.com - the opinions are strictly the views of the testimonial source. The testimonials are never intended to make claims that our products and/or services can be used to diagnose, treat, cure, mitigate or prevent any disease. Any such claims, implicit or explicit, in any shape or form, have not been clinically tested or evaluated. How Do We Protect Your Information and Secure Information Transmissions? Email is not recognized as a secure medium of communication. For this reason, we request that you do not send private information to us by email. However, doing so is allowed, but at your own risk. Some of the information you may enter on our website may be transmitted securely via a secure medium known as Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL. Credit Card information and other sensitive information is never transmitted via email. Dextrous Design Engineering may use software programs to create summary statistics, which are used for such purposes as assessing the number of visitors to the different sections of our site, what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas. For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, Dextrous Design Engineering uses software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. Notification of Changes We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy at any time with or without notice. However, please be assured that if the privacy policy changes in the future, information collected will only be used in a manner differing from this statement if active email consent is provided by the customer. We are committed to conducting our business in accordance with these principles in order to ensure that the confidentiality of personal information is protected and maintained.

Disclaimer and limitation of liability

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