Schedule, confidentiality, intellectual property, non-solicitation and garden leave
The schedule everybody negotiates hardest and understands least, because in India the post-termination non-compete at the centre of it is void whatever the parties agree, and the clauses that actually work are the ones the employee signs without reading.
- 5 pages
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- Word and PDF
- 14 September 2026
What it covers
- 1Schedule, confidentiality, intellectual property, non-solicitation and garden leaveannexure to an employment agreement · Indian Contract Act 1872 s.27 · Copyright Act 1957 s.18 and s.19
Read the opening
The first part of the format, as it downloads. Blanks are highlighted.
SCHEDULE [Number of this Schedule]
CONFIDENTIALITY, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, NON-SOLICITATION AND GARDEN LEAVE
This Schedule forms part of the [letter of appointment / employment agreement] dated [Date of that employment document] between [Name of the Company] (the “Company”) and [Name of the employee] (the “Employee”), and is to be read as part of it. Words defined in that document have the same meaning here.
Recitals
A. In the course of the employment the Employee will be given access to information of the Company and of its customers and suppliers which is confidential and which has been compiled at the Company’s expense and is not available from public sources; will develop and have access to intellectual property created for the Company; and will be introduced to and deal with the Company’s customers as its representative, thereby acquiring influence over the Company’s trade connection.