This contract is made between the two parties whose complete details are provided in the attached contracting form, referred to herein as "the first party" and "the second party," collectively referred to as "the two parties." In accordance with the provisions of the Egyptian Civil Law No. 131 of 1948, the Egyptian Labor Law No. 14 of 2025 and its executive regulations, the Intellectual Property Rights Protection Law No. 82 of 2002 (specifically Articles 138-178 concerning copyright and related rights), the Personal Data Protection Law No. 151 of 2020, the Anti-Cybercrime Law No. 175 of 2018, and the laws and regulations in force in the Arab Republic of Egypt, this agreement aims to regulate the protection of confidential information and intellectual property of the employer, and to determine the rights and obligations of the employee regarding it. The employee acknowledges that all confidential information and intellectual property that they access or generate during the performance of their work are owned by the employer. The employee is obliged to maintain the confidentiality of this information and not to disclose or use it for any purpose outside the scope of work, with a clear waiver of any rights they may acquire in the intellectual property they produce during their period of employment, in an atmosphere of transparency and commitment to the highest standards of information and intellectual property protection and the regulations governing them in the Arab Republic of Egypt. The two parties have agreed on the following:

Article (1) Definitions of the Agreement
1- The terms and phrases listed below - wherever they appear in this agreement - shall have the meanings specified next to each of them, unless the context of the text requires a different meaning:
2- Agreement: Refers to this confidentiality and intellectual property agreement for the employee, including all its provisions and annexes, and its preamble shall be considered an integral part of it.
3- Employer: The first party to this agreement, who is the natural or legal person employing the employee, and owns the confidential information and intellectual property intended to be protected, or that is produced by the employee.
4- Employee: The second party to this agreement, who is the natural person working for the employer, and has access to the confidential information, or produces intellectual property while performing their work.
5- Confidential Information: Any information, statement, document, form, drawing, scheme, map, recording, image, software, code, algorithm, invention, discovery, idea, process, method, technique, strategy, business plan, client or supplier list, financial or marketing data, or any other information of a technical, commercial, financial, industrial, or administrative nature, produced or developed or used by the employer, or disclosed to the employee in connection with the employment relationship, whether written, oral, electronic, visual, audible, or by any other means, and whether identified as "confidential" or is inherently considered confidential by its nature or in the context of its disclosure.
6- Intellectual Property: Includes, but is not limited to: patents, trademarks, industrial designs and models, copyrights and neighboring rights, trade secrets, confidential data, databases, computer programs (source and executable codes), algorithms, designs, drawings, plans, technical specifications, inventions, discoveries, improvements, artistic, literary, and scientific works, educational programs, marketing materials, and any other intellectual creations, whether registered or unregistered, or pending registration.
7- Joint Works: Works produced jointly by the employee and other employees of the employer, or between the employee and external parties commissioned by the employer.
8- Solo Works: Works produced solely by the employee without substantial contribution from others, in the context of their work for the employer.
9- Protection Period: The period during which the employee is obligated to protect the confidential information and intellectual property, as specified in Article (4) of this agreement.
10- Waiver: The explicit and final relinquishment of all rights in the intellectual property produced for the benefit of the employer.
11- Breach: Any action or failure to act by the employee that leads to the disclosure of confidential information or its unauthorized use, or the violation of the employer's intellectual property rights, or the breach of any of their obligations under this agreement.
12- Related Parties: Include subsidiaries, parent companies, sister companies, as well as directors, employees, contractors, consultants, agents, and representatives of the employer.

Article (2) Scope of Confidential Information and Intellectual Property
1- First: Scope of Confidential Information:
2- Confidential information includes all information that the employee becomes aware of during the performance of their work, or which is produced, developed, or used by the employer, including but not limited to:
3- Technical information: inventions, patents, industrial designs, designs, drawings, diagrams, specifications, source and executable codes, algorithms, manufacturing formulas, production processes, operating methods, technical data, results of experiments and tests, and engineering works.
4- Commercial information: business plans, marketing and sales strategies, lists of current and potential customers and suppliers, sales and pricing data, contracts and agreements, economic and market studies, expansion plans, investment opportunities, competitor data and analyses, organizational structure, and sales and distribution methods.