Confidential Information; Inventions Sample Clauses
Confidential Information; Inventions. (a) The Executive shall not disclose or use at any time, either during the Period of Employment or thereafter, any Confidential Information (as defined below) of which the Executive is or becomes aware, whether or not such information is developed by him, except to the extent that such disclosure or use is directly related to and required by the Executive’s performance in good faith of duties for the Company. The Executive will take all appropriate steps to safeguard Confidential Information in his possession and to protect it against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss and theft. The Executive shall deliver to the Company at the termination of the Period of Employment, or at any time the Company may request, all memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes and software and other documents and data (and copies thereof) relating to the Confidential Information or the Work Product (as hereinafter defined) of the business of the Company or any of its Affiliates which the Executive may then possess or have under his control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive may truthfully respond to a lawful and valid subpoena or other legal process, but shall give the Company the earliest possible notice thereof, shall, as much in advance of the return date as possible, make available to the Company and its counsel the documents and other information sought, and shall assist the Company and such counsel in resisting or otherwise responding to such process.
(b) As used in this Agreement, the term “Confidential Information” means information that is not generally known to the public and that is used, developed or obtained by the Company in connection with its business, including, but not limited to, information, observations and data obtained by the Executive while employed by the Company or any predecessors thereof (including those obtained prior to the Effective Date) concerning (i) the business or affairs of the Company (or such predecessors), including business, marketing and mergers and acquisitions plans and strategies, (ii) products or services (including product road maps and strategies), (iii) fees, costs and pricing structures, (iv) designs, (v) analyses, (vi) drawings, photographs and reports, (vii) computer software, including operating systems, applications and program listings, (viii) flow charts, manuals and documentation, (ix) data bases, (x) accounting and business methods, (xi) inventions, devices, new developments, methods and process...
Confidential Information; Inventions. (a) The Officer shall not disclose or use at any time, either during the Period of Employment or thereafter, any Confidential Information (as defined below) of which the Officer is or becomes aware, whether or not such information is developed by him, except to the extent that such disclosure or use is directly related to and required by the Officer’s performance in good faith of duties for the Company. The Officer will take all appropriate steps to safeguard Confidential Information in his/her possession and to protect it against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss and theft. The Officer shall deliver to the Company at the termination of the Period of Employment, or at any time the Company may request, all memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes and software and other documents and data (and copies thereof) relating to the Confidential Information or the Work Product (as hereinafter defined) of the business of the Company or any of its Affiliates which the Officer may then possess or have under his/her control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Officer may truthfully respond to a lawful and valid subpoena or other legal process, but shall give the Company the earliest possible notice thereof, shall, as much in advance of the return date as possible, make available to the Company and its counsel the documents and other information sought, and shall assist the Company and such counsel in resisting or otherwise responding to such process.
(b) As used in this Agreement, the term “Confidential Information” means information that is not generally known to the public and that is used, developed or obtained by the Company in connection with its business, including, but not limited to, information, observations and data obtained by the Officer while employed by the Company or any predecessors thereof (including those obtained prior to the Effective Date) concerning (i) the business or affairs of the Company (or such predecessors), (ii) products or services, (iii) fees, costs, compensation and pricing structures, (iv) designs, (v) analyses, (vi) drawings, photographs and reports, (vii) computer software, including operating systems, applications and program listings, (viii) flow charts, manuals and documentation, (ix) data bases, (x) accounting and business methods, (xi) inventions, devices, new developments, methods and processes, whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice, (xii) customers and clients and customer ...
Confidential Information; Inventions. (a) The Executive shall not disclose or use at any time, either during the Period of Employment or thereafter, any Confidential Information (as defined below) of which the Executive is or becomes aware, whether or not such information is developed by him, except to the extent that such disclosure or use is directly related to and required by the Executive’s performance in good faith of duties for the Company. The Executive will take all appropriate steps to safeguard Confidential Information in his possession and to protect it against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss and theft. The Executive shall deliver to the Company at the termination of the Period of Employment, or at any time the Company may request, all memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes and software and other documents and data (and copies thereof) relating to the Confidential Information or the Work Product (as hereinafter defined) of the business of the Company or any of its Affiliates which the Executive may then possess or have under his control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive may truthfully respond to a lawful and valid subpoena or other legal process, but shall give the Company the earliest possible notice thereof, shall, as much in advance of the return date as possible, make available to the Company and its counsel the documents and other information sought, and shall assist the Company and such counsel in resisting or otherwise responding to such process.
(b) As used in this Agreement, the term “Confidential Information” means information that is not generally known to the public and that is used, developed or obtained by the Company in connection with its business, including, but not limited to, information, observations and data obtained by the Executive while employed by the Company or any predecessors thereof (including those obtained prior to the Effective Date) concerning (i) the business or affairs of the Company (or such predecessors), (ii) products or services, (iii) fees, costs, compensation and pricing structures, (iv) designs, (v) analyses, (vi) drawings, photographs and reports, (vii) computer software, including operating systems, applications and program listings, (viii) flow charts, manuals and documentation, (ix) data bases, (x) accounting and business methods, (xi) inventions, devices, new developments, methods and processes, whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice, (xii) customers and clients and c...
Confidential Information; Inventions. Confidential Information
6.1 Employee shall not, in any manner, for any reasons, either directly or indirectly, divulge or communicate to any person, firm or corporation, any confidential information concerning any matters not generally known in the wireless communications industry or otherwise made public by Xxxxxx which affects or relates to Xxxxxx'x business, finances, marketing and/ or operations, research, development, inventions, products, designs, plans, procedures, or other data (collectively, "Confidential Information") except in the ordinary course of business or as required by applicable law. Without regard to whether any item of Confidential Information is deemed or considered confidential, material, or important, the parties hereto stipulate that as between them, to the extent such item is not generally known in the wireless communications industry, such item is important, material, and confidential and affects the successful conduct of Xxxxxx'x business and good will, and that any breach of the terms of this Section 6.1 shall be a material and incurable breach of this Agreement. Confidential Information shall not include: (i) information obtained or which became known to Employee other than through his employment by Xxxxxx; (ii) information in the public domain at the time of the disclosure of such information by Employee; (iii) information that Employee can document was independently developed by Employee; and (iv) information that is disclosed by Employee with the prior written consent of Parent.
Confidential Information; Inventions. (a) The Executive shall not disclose or use at any time, either during the Period of Employment or thereafter, any Confidential Information (as defined below) of which the Executive is or becomes aware, whether or not such information is developed by the Executive, except to the extent that such disclosure or use is directly related to and required by the Executive’s performance in good faith of the Executive’s duties for the Company. The Executive shall take all appropriate steps to safeguard Confidential Information in the Executive’s possession and to protect the Company against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss and theft. The Executive shall deliver to the Company at the termination of the Period of Employment, or at any time the Company may request, all memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes and software and other documents and data (and copies thereof) relating to the Confidential Information or the Work Product (as hereinafter defined) of the business of the Company or any of its Affiliates which the Executive may then possess or have under the Executive’s control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive may truthfully respond to a lawful and valid subpoena or other legal process, but shall give the Company the earliest possible written notice thereof, shall, as much in advance of the return date as possible, make available to the Company and its counsel the documents and other information sought, and shall assist the Company and such counsel in resisting or otherwise responding to such process.
Confidential Information; Inventions. 8.1 The Employee agrees not to use, disclose or make accessible to any other person, firm, partnership, corporation or any other entity any Confidential Information (as defined below) pertaining to the business of the Company or any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company (each an "Affiliate") except (i) while employed by the Company in the business of and for the benefit of the Company or its Affiliates or (ii) when required to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction, by any governmental agency having supervisory authority over the business of the Company or its Affiliates, or by any administrative body or legislative body (including a committee thereof) with jurisdiction to order the Company or its Affiliates to divulge, disclose or make accessible such information. For purposes of this Agreement, "Confidential Information" shall mean non-public information concerning the Company's financial data, statistical data, strategic business plans, product development (or other proprietary product data), customer and supplier lists, customer and supplier information, pricing data, information relating to governmental relations, discoveries, practices, processes, methods, trade secrets, developments (as defined below) marketing plans and other non-public, proprietary and confidential information of the Company or its Affiliates, that, in any case, is not otherwise generally available to the public and has not been disclosed by the Company, or its Affiliates, as the case may be, to others not subject to confidentiality agreements. In the event the Employee's employment is terminated hereunder for any reason, he immediately shall return to the Company all Confidential Information in his possession.
Confidential Information; Inventions. Consultant acknowledges that because of his consulting engagement by the Company, he will be in a confidential relationship with the Company and will have access to confidential information and secrets of the Company and those interacting or doing business with the Company. Accordingly Consultant agrees that concurrent herewith Consultant will enter into the Company’s Consultant Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement.
Confidential Information; Inventions. (a) The Executive acknowledges and agrees that, in the course of her past employment with the Company and its Affiliates, she was provided, and became familiar, with the Trade Secrets and Confidential Information (as defined below) belonging to the Company and its Affiliates because she had contractually agreed, inter alia, not to disclose such information, and not to engage in certain post-employment competitive and solicitation activities; and that the Company and its Affiliates would not have provided her access to such information but for her non-disclosure, non-competition and non-solicitation agreements; which agreements are hereby superseded by this Agreement. The Executive further acknowledges and agrees that the Company and its Affiliates shall provide to her, and she shall become familiar with, additional Trade Secrets and Confidential Information belonging to the Company and its Affiliates only if she contractually agrees, pursuant to this Agreement, not to disclose any Trade Secrets and Confidential Information of the Company and its Affiliates, and not to engage in certain post-employment competitive and solicitation activities (as described below); and that the Company and its Affiliates would not provide her access to such information but for her non-disclosure, non-competition and non-solicitation agreements set forth in this Agreement.
(b) The Executive shall not disclose or use at any time, either during the Period of Employment or thereafter, any Trade Secrets and Confidential Information (as defined below) of which the Executive is or becomes aware, whether or not such information is developed by her, except to the extent that such disclosure or use is directly related to and required by the Executive’s performance in good faith of duties for the Company. The Executive will take all appropriate steps to safeguard Trade Secrets and Confidential Information in her possession and to protect it against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss and theft. The Executive shall deliver to the Company at the termination of the Period of Employment, or at any time the Company may request, all memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes and software and other documents and data (and copies thereof) relating to the Trade Secrets and Confidential Information or the Work Product (as hereinafter defined) of the business of the Company or any of its Affiliates which the Executive may then possess or have under her control. Notwithstanding the f...
Confidential Information; Inventions. You acknowledge that you have and, prior to the Separation Date, will continue to have access to information concerning the Company and its affiliates that the Company treats as confidential and the disclosure of which could negatively affect the Company’s interests (“Confidential Information”). All Confidential Information is of irreplaceable value to the Company. Confidential Information includes without limitation the terms of this Agreement. Except as required to perform your responsibilities for the Company, to comply with law or regulation, or as authorized in writing in advance by the new CFO, the CEO or the Board, and subject to the Protected Activities Section below, you will not, at any time, use, disclose, or take any action which may result in the use or disclosure of any Confidential Information. For the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, you shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that (a) is made (i) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney; and (ii) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (b) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. To the extent you have not assigned any developments or intellectual property rights to the Company that are related to the Company’s business activities or were made using the Company’s time, equipment or resources and during your employment by the Company, you hereby assign such developments and intellectual property rights to the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Confidential Information; Inventions. (a) All documents, software, reports, data, records, forms and other materials provided to Consultant by the Company in the course of performing any Services are trade secrets of and proprietary and confidential information of the Company. The Consultant will deliver to the Company all such materials obtained from the Company and all copies thereof when the Company requests the same, and immediately upon termination of this Agreement. This Section 6 shall survive the cancellation, expiration, or termination of this Agreement.
(b) Any discoveries or inventions made by Consultant in connection with the Business, technology or products of the Company are the sole property of the Company (“Inventions”), and Consultant agrees to assign and convey any and all rights in and to such Inventions to the Company promptly following the date of each such discovery or invention for aggregate consideration of One Dollar ($1.00) to be paid at the time of each such assignment.