Competitive Activities Sample Clauses
Competitive Activities. During the term of this Agreement, Consultant will not, directly or indirectly, in any individual or representative capacity, engage or participate in or provide services to any business that is competitive with the types and kinds of business being conducted by Company.
Competitive Activities. (a) The Executive agrees and acknowledges that by virtue of his employment hereunder, he will maintain an intimate knowledge of the activities and affairs of the Employer, including trade secrets, plans, business plans, strategies, projections, market studies, customer information, employee records and other internal proprietary and confidential information and matters (collectively “Confidential Information”). As a result, and also because of the special, unique and extraordinary services that the Executive is capable of performing for the Employer or one of its competitors, the Executive recognizes that the services to be rendered by him hereunder are of a character giving them a peculiar value, the loss of which cannot be adequately or reasonably compensated for by damages.
(b) Except for the purpose of carrying out his duties hereunder, the Executive will not remove or retain, or make copies or reproductions of, any figures, documents, records, discs, computer records, calculations, letters, papers, or recorded or documented information of any type or description relating to the business of the Employer. The Executive agrees that he will not divulge to others any information (whether or not documented or recorded) or data acquired by him while in the Employer’s employ relating to methods, processes or other trade secrets or other Confidential Information.
(c) The Executive agrees that the Employer is, and shall be, the sole and exclusive owner of all improvements, ideas and suggestions, whether or not subject to patent or trademark protection, and all copyrightable materials which are conceived by the Executive during his employment, which relate to the business of the Employer, which are confidential, or which are not readily ascertainable from persons or other sources outside the Employer.
(d) Unless the Executive’s employment is terminated in connection with or following a Change in Control, then for a period of one year after the termination of employment, the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, solicit, induce, encourage or attempt to influence any client, customer or employee of the Employer to cease to do business with, or to terminate any employee’s employment with, the Employer. The Executive shall not be subject to any of the limitations set forth in the preceding sentence if the Executive’s employment is terminated in connection with or following a Change in Control.
(e) The Executive agrees that during the term of his employment he...
Competitive Activities. Executive hereby agrees that for a period commencing on the date hereof and ending one year following the later of (i) termination of Executive's employment with the Company for whatever reason, and (ii) the conclusion of the period, if any, during which the Company is making payments to Executive, he will not, directly or indirectly, as employee, agent, consultant, stockholder, director, co-partner or in any other individual or representative capacity, own, operate, manage, control, engage in, invest in or participate in any manner in, act as a consultant or advisor to, render services for (alone or in association with any person, firm, corporation or entity), or otherwise assist any person or entity (other than the Company) that engages in or owns, invests in, operates, manages or controls any venture or enterprise that directly or indirectly engages or proposes in engage in the business of the manufacturing, distribution or sale of (i) products manufactured, distributed, sold or licensed by the Company or services provided by the Company at the time of termination or (ii) products or services proposed at the time of such termination to be manufactured, distributed, sold, licensed or provided by the Company within the United States (the "Territory"); provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be construed to prevent Executive from investing in the stock of any competing corporation listed on a national securities exchange or traded in the over-the-counter market, but only if Executive is not involved in the business of said corporation and if Executive and his associates (as such term is defined in Regulation 14(A) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as in effect on the date hereof), collectively, do not own more than an aggregate of two percent of the stock of such corporation. With respect to the Territory, Executive specifically acknowledges that the Company has conducted the business throughout those areas comprising the Territory and the Company intends to continue to expand the business throughout the Territory.
Competitive Activities. For purposes of the Agreement, to which this Exhibit B is attached, “Competitive Activities” means any activities relating to products or services of the same or similar type as the products or services (1) which were or are sold (or, pursuant to an existing business plan, will be sold) to paying customers of the Company or any Related Company, and (2) for which you have any direct or indirect responsibility or any involvement to plan, develop, manage, market, sell, oversee, support, implement or perform, or had any such responsibility or involvement within your most recent 24 months of employment with the Company or any Related Company. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, an activity shall not be treated as a Competitive Activity if the geographic marketing area of such same or similar products or services does not overlap with the geographic marketing area for the applicable products and services of the Company or any Related Company.
Competitive Activities. During the term of this contract Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, either as an employee, employer, consultant, agent, principal, partner, stockholder, corporate officer, director, or in any other individual or representative capacity, engage or participate in any business that is in competition in any manner whatsoever with the business of Employer.
Competitive Activities. Manager (and any Affiliate) may acquire, own, promote, develop, operate and manage real property (or any one or more of the foregoing) on its own behalf or on behalf of any other person or entity. Manager (and any Affiliate), notwithstanding the existence of this Agreement, may engage in any activity it so chooses, whether such activity is competitive with the Properties or Company or otherwise, without having or incurring any obligation to offer any interest in such activities to Company. Neither this Agreement nor any activity undertaken pursuant hereto shall prevent Manager (and any Affiliate) from engaging in such activities or require Manager (and any Affiliate) to permit Company to participate in such activities, and, as a material part of the consideration for Manager’s execution hereof, Company hereby waives, relinquishes and reserves any such right or claim of participation. .
Competitive Activities. During Participant’s Service and for two years after the termination of Participant’s Service for any reason whatsoever (including Retirement), Participant shall not engage in any Competitive Activity (as defined in paragraph 8(e)(iii)). Participant’s obligations under this paragraph 8(b) shall apply in any geographic territory in which the Company conducts its business during the term of the Participant’s Service. In the event that any portion of this paragraph 8(b) shall be determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable because it is unreasonably restrictive in any respect, it shall be interpreted to extend over the maximum period of time for which it reasonably may be enforced and to the maximum extent for which it reasonably may be enforced in all other respects, and enforced as so interpreted, all as determined by such court in such action. Participant acknowledges the uncertainty of the law in this respect and expressly stipulates that this Agreement is to be given the construction that renders its provisions valid and enforceable to the maximum extent (not exceeding its express terms) possible under applicable law.
Competitive Activities. 2.1 Employee agrees that during the term of his employment hereunder, except with the express consent of the Board of Directors he will not, directly or indirectly, engage or participate in, become a director of, or render advisory or other services for, or in connection with, or become interested in, or make any financial investment in any firm, corporation, business entity or business enterprise competitive with or to any business of Employer; provided, however, that Employee shall not thereby be precluded or prohibited from owning passive investments, including investments in the securities of other financial institutions, so long as such ownership does not require him to devote substantial time to management or control of the business or activities in which he has invested.
2.2 Employee agrees and acknowledges that by virtue of his employment hereunder, he will maintain an intimate knowledge of the activities and affairs of Employer, including trade secrets and other confidential matters. As a result, and also because of the special, unique, and extraordinary services that Employee is capable of performing for Employer or one of its competitors, Employee recognizes that the services to be rendered by him hereunder are of a character giving them a peculiar value, the loss of which cannot be adequately or reasonably compensated for by damages. Employee therefore agrees that during the term of this Agreement, Employee shall not divulge any matter pertaining to the activities and affairs of the Employer, including without limitation, trade secrets and other confidential matters except as may be required by law. Employee agrees that breach of any of these covenants by Employee shall constitute irreparable harm to the Employer for which Employer does not have an adequate remedy at law, and that Employer is therefore entitled to immediate injunctive or other equitable relief to restrain Employee from violating the provisions of this Agreement. The right to such injunctive and equitable relief shall survive the termination for cause of Employee by Employer or the voluntary termination of this Agreement by Employee except if such termination is effected pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.9 hereof.
Competitive Activities. During the term of this agreement Consultant shall not, directly or indirectly participate in any business that is in competition in any manner whatsoever with the business of the Company.
Competitive Activities. For the purposes hereof, the term “Competitive Activities” means activities relating to products or services of the same or similar type as the products or services which are sold (or, pursuant to an existing business plan, will be sold) to paying customers of the Company or any affiliate. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, an activity shall not be treated as a Competitive Activity if the geographic marketing area of the relevant products or services does not overlap with the geographic marketing area for the applicable products and services of the Company and its affiliates.