Before moving to a competitor, employees should take the following steps: Review the Contract: Check if there's a non-compete clause that could prevent you from joining a competitor. Negotiate Exit Terms: Sometimes, you can negotiate with your employer to get an NOC or reduce the non-compete restrictions.
After the NDA expires, the information may no longer be considered confidential and may be disclosed freely.
An NDA is a legal contract that is not restrictive in the way of stating with whom you were employed. It often refers to relationships within the business itself. For example, my past NDAs have prevented me from sharing client relationships with recruited candidates.
Overly broad language. If an employer writes an NDA that is too broad or too restrictive, a court is more likely to view it with skepticism. That is especially true if the agreement is not limited in duration or scope.
That said: In general, an NDA should not stop you from getting a new job. When you signed the NDA you promised not to disclose certain types of information about the company. So it shouldn't matter where you go to work after that, as long as you don't disclose this information.
At the top, there are three types, unilateral, bilateral, and multilateral NDAs. The rest of the specific NDA types fall under these three categories. Most are based on who has to sign the NDA. Not all NDAs are created equally, and they can only demand so much secrecy from strangers when compared to their employees.
The key elements of Non-Disclosure Agreements: Identification of the parties. Definition of what is deemed to be confidential. The scope of the confidentiality obligation by the receiving party. The exclusions from confidential treatment. The term of the agreement.
Recipes don't have copyright. So legally it's totally ok even if you sell it, don't change the recipe at all, and claim that it's yours.
The name of the dish on a menu can be copyrighted. Sometimes. The recipe itself though doesn't really belong to anyone. If you created it while an employee, it technically belongs to the restaurant.