WaveBelt access and confidentiality agreement
Version WB-NDA-2026-07-30-v1
Between Laurent Mintec, founder of the WaveBelt project, at 9A route de la Roberie, 35850 Gévezé, France, as disclosing party, and the applicant identified in the form, as recipient. This agreement governs access to the confidential file and preliminary discussions.
The French version prevails. This English version is provided to facilitate understanding.
1. Purpose
The information is disclosed solely to assess an investment, industrial or technology partnership, pilot, financing arrangement or business relationship involving WaveBelt. No other use is authorised.
2. Confidential information
Confidential information includes all non-public material disclosed orally, visually, in writing, digitally or physically, whether or not marked “confidential”, whenever its nature or context reasonably calls for confidentiality.
- architecture, sensing principle, mechanics, electronics, antennas, firmware, software, algorithms and models;
- plans, diagrams, bills of materials, prototypes, samples, measurements, data, protocols, results, anomalies and know-how;
- costs, prices, margins, budgets, forecasts, strategy, partners, suppliers, customers, contracts and commercial terms;
- intellectual property, patent applications, designs, source code, trade secrets, current or future e‑Soleau filings and preparatory documents;
- the existence and content of the discussions and any notes, analyses or summaries derived from such material.
3. Exclusions
Information is not confidential where the recipient can prove that it was lawfully known before disclosure, became public without breach of this agreement, was lawfully obtained from a third party under no duty of confidence, or was developed independently without using the confidential information.
A disclosure required by law or a competent authority must be limited to what is strictly necessary. Unless prohibited by law, the disclosing party must be informed beforehand so that it may protect its interests.
4. Recipient obligations
The recipient shall use the information only for the stated purpose, protect it at least as carefully as its own sensitive information and take reasonable measures against unauthorised access, copying, alteration or disclosure.
Internal disclosure is limited to employees, officers and advisers with a strict need to know and who are bound by duties at least as protective as this agreement. The recipient is responsible for their breaches and must promptly report any incident or suspected disclosure.
5. Specific restrictions
Without prior written authorisation, the recipient shall not:
- reverse engineer, observe, disassemble, test or analyse for the purpose of extracting a secret, or reproduce or manufacture any item;
- publish benchmarks, presentations, photographs, recordings or disclosures to any third party;
- file any patent, design, trade mark, software, database or other right based wholly or partly on the information;
- upload the information to generative AI services, external assistants, public translation tools or unauthorised training systems;
- share credentials, bypass access controls or automatically extract the confidential file.
6. Intellectual property
Disclosure grants no assignment, licence, promise of licence or exploitation right. Rights, title, background creations, independent improvements and know-how remain with their owner.
Any joint study, contribution, invention, software, data or shared result requires a separate written agreement before work begins. Feedback or suggestions do not transfer rights.
7. Individual access and security
Access is personal, named, revocable and limited to a need-to-know basis. Credentials may not be shared. The recipient shall protect its device and email account, log out after use and immediately report loss, compromise or a change of role.
WaveBelt may suspend access, revoke sessions and log operations necessary for security and evidence, as described in its privacy policy.
8. Return and destruction
At first request or when discussions end, the recipient shall stop all use and, within fifteen days, return or destroy copies, extracts and derivative work, then confirm this in writing. A legal archive copy may be retained where required by law. Inaccessible backups remain protected until routinely deleted.
9. Term
The agreement takes effect when signed. Confidentiality and limited-use obligations apply for five years from the last disclosure. Information that qualifies as a trade secret remains protected for as long as it retains that status. Portal access may be withdrawn at any time.
10. Electronic signature and evidence
The signatory consents by entering their name, expressly accepting the agreement and confirming their email address. The evidence record links the text version and SHA‑256 fingerprint, UTC timestamp, request reference and pseudonymised technical fingerprints. Confirmation links are personal, temporary and single-use.
This process is a simple electronic signature, not a qualified electronic signature. A durable copy of the agreement and signature evidence is emailed to the signatory and remains available for download from their account.
11. No commitment or warranty
This agreement does not require either party to complete a transaction, fund the project or continue discussions. Information is supplied as is, without any warranty of performance, completeness or fitness for a particular purpose.
12. Personal data
Identity, signature, account and security data are processed to handle the request, perform the agreement, protect the confidential file and defend the parties’ rights. Details, retention periods and rights are set out in the WaveBelt privacy policy.
13. Future WaveBelt company
Laurent Mintec may transfer this agreement and the related rights to the company incorporated to carry WaveBelt, subject to informing the recipient. Such transfer will not reduce the recipient’s protections or rights.
14. Governing law
This agreement is governed by French law. The parties shall first seek an amicable solution. Failing this, disputes shall be heard by the courts having jurisdiction under the applicable rules.