3. Establish certain proof of the origin and date of the confidential information to be communicated

It's essential to have this proof, to enable you to take action against your partner if he or she doesn't respect his or her commitments; otherwise, a partner acting in bad faith could dispute that you were in possession of this information before him or her, or even appropriate it.

The simplest and most economical way, for example, is to :

• file an e-Soleau envelope online on the INPI website; it is not a title of industrial property, nor a private right, but an element of proof of the possession at a given moment of information or knowledge, with a certain date, and this for a reasonable cost, being specified that the duration of conservation of the envelope by the INPI is in principle 5 years and that it is possible to request (either as of the deposit, or before its 5th birthday) its extension for an additional...