SharonW, I'm just saying, an NDA is entered into *before* one party discloses sensitive information to another party. In the case of sales numbers between Palm and Sprint, I am fairly certain they both have their own inventory tracking systems, so they independently know the sales numbers. There would be no point in one of the parties asking the other to sign an NDA in that case, since the info is not private to just one party. However, Palm and Sprint may well have a contract clause that says neither company can release sales numbers without the other's consent. That makes more sense.

Even in cases where NDAs are used to protect financial or sales info, it's only done for info that is privy to just one of the parties. For instance, Palm might ask for an NDA if they were pitching a phone to Sprint and that pitch included confidential sales data from other devices. That's a perfect situation for an NDA.

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