Missouri Revised Statutes Title XXVI. Trade and Commerce § 417.427. Confidentiality of all disclosures by customer, exceptions--waiver by customer must be in writing after receiving disclosure

1. An invention developer shall maintain as confidential and not use for his own benefit or for the benefit of others all disclosures made to him by a customer seeking invention development services, whether or not the customer actually retains the invention developer's services. This duty of confidentiality applies to all such information except:

2. This duty of confidentiality shall include the taking of reasonable steps by the invention developer to prevent disclosure of confidential information to third parties. This confidential relationship cannot be waived by a customer except by an express written waiver by the customer of the invention developer's obligation of confidentiality, and no waiver shall be entered into until after the disclosures set forth in section 417.403 have been made to the customer.