Common use of Confidential Information; Noncompetition; Nonsolicitation Clause in Contracts

Confidential Information; Noncompetition; Nonsolicitation. (a) The Employee shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all secret or confidential information, knowledge or data relating to the Company or any of its Affiliates and their respective businesses that the Employee obtains during the Employee’s employment by the Company or any of its Affiliates and that (i) is not public knowledge or (ii) became public knowledge as a result of the Employee’s violation of this Paragraph 10(a) (“Confidential Information”). The Employee acknowledges that the Confidential Information is highly sensitive and proprietary and includes, without limitation: product design information, product specifications and tolerances, manufacturing processes and methods, information regarding new product or new feature development, information regarding how to satisfy particular customer needs, expectations and applications, information regarding strategic or tactical planning, information regarding pending or planned competitive bids, information regarding costs, margins, and methods of estimating, and information regarding key employees. The Employee shall not communicate, divulge or disseminate Confidential Information at any time during or after the Employee’s employment by the Company or any of its Affiliates, except with the prior written consent of the Company or as otherwise required by law or legal process. All computer software, business cards, telephone lists, customer lists, price lists, contract forms, catalogs, records, files and know-how acquired while an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates are acknowledged to be the property of the Company or the applicable Affiliate(s) and shall not be duplicated, removed from the possession or premises of the Company or such Affiliate(s) or made use of other than in pursuit of the business of the Company and its Affiliates or as may otherwise be required by law or any legal process, and, upon Termination of Employment for any reason, Employee shall deliver to the Company (or the applicable Affiliate, if the Employee is employed outside the United States), without further demand, all such items and any copies thereof which are then in his or her possession or under his or her control. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to limit the Company’s or its Affiliates’ rights with respect to trade secrets.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (Joy Global Inc), Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (Joy Global Inc), Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (Joy Global Inc)

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Confidential Information; Noncompetition; Nonsolicitation. (a) The Employee shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all secret or confidential information, knowledge or data relating to the Company or any of its Affiliates and their respective businesses that the Employee obtains during the Employee’s employment by the Company or any of its Affiliates and that (i) is not public knowledge or (ii) became public knowledge as a result of the Employee’s violation of this Paragraph 10(a11(a) (“Confidential Information”). The Employee acknowledges that the Confidential Information is highly sensitive and proprietary and includes, without limitation: product design information, product specifications and tolerances, manufacturing processes and methods, information regarding new product or new feature development, information regarding how to satisfy particular customer needs, expectations and applications, information regarding strategic or tactical planning, information regarding pending or planned competitive bids, information regarding costs, margins, and methods of estimating, and information regarding key employees. The Employee shall not communicate, divulge or disseminate Confidential Information at any time during or after the Employee’s employment by the Company or any of its Affiliates, except with the prior written consent of the Company or as otherwise required by law or legal process. All computer software, business cards, telephone lists, customer lists, price lists, contract forms, catalogs, records, files and know-how acquired while an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates are acknowledged to be the property of the Company or the applicable Affiliate(s) and shall not be duplicated, removed from the possession or premises of the Company or such Affiliate(s) or made use of other than in pursuit of the business of the Company and its Affiliates or as may otherwise be required by law or any legal process, and, upon Termination of Employment for any reason, Employee shall deliver to the Company (or the applicable Affiliate, if the Employee is employed outside the United States), without further demand, all such items and any copies thereof which are then in his or her possession or under his or her control. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to limit the Company’s 's or its Affiliates' rights with respect to trade secrets.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement (Joy Global Inc), Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement (Joy Global Inc), Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement (Joy Global Inc)

Confidential Information; Noncompetition; Nonsolicitation. (a) The Employee Participant shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all secret or confidential information, knowledge or data relating to the Company or any of its Affiliates and their respective businesses that the Employee Participant obtains during the EmployeeParticipant’s employment by the Company or any of its Affiliates and that (i) is not public knowledge or (ii) became public knowledge as a result of the EmployeeParticipant’s violation of this Paragraph 10(a11(a) (“Confidential Information”). The Employee Participant acknowledges that the Confidential Information is highly sensitive and proprietary and includes, without limitation: product design information, product specifications and tolerances, manufacturing processes and methods, information regarding new product or new feature development, information regarding how to satisfy particular customer needs, expectations and applications, information regarding strategic or tactical planning, information regarding pending or planned competitive bids, information regarding costs, margins, and methods of estimating, and information regarding key employees. The Employee Participant shall not communicate, divulge or disseminate Confidential Information at any time during or after the EmployeeParticipant’s employment by with the Company or any of its Affiliates, except with the prior written consent of the Company or as otherwise required by law or legal process. All computer software, business cards, telephone lists, customer lists, price lists, contract forms, catalogs, records, files and know-how acquired while an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates are acknowledged to be the property of the Company or the applicable Affiliate(s) and shall not be duplicated, removed from the possession or premises of the Company or such Affiliate(s) or made use of other than in pursuit of the business of the Company and its Affiliates or as may otherwise be required by law or any legal process, and, upon Termination of Employment for any reason, Employee the Participant shall deliver to the Company (or the applicable Affiliate, if the Employee Participant is employed outside the United States), without further demand, all such items and any copies thereof which are then in his or her possession or under his or her control. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to limit the Company’s or its Affiliates’ rights with respect to trade secrets.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Performance Share Agreement (Joy Global Inc), Performance Share Agreement (Joy Global Inc)

Confidential Information; Noncompetition; Nonsolicitation. (a) The Employee shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all secret or confidential information, knowledge or data relating to the Company or any of its Affiliates and their respective businesses that the Employee obtains during the Employee’s employment by the Company or any of its Affiliates and that (i) is not public knowledge or (ii) became public knowledge as a result of the Employee’s violation of this Paragraph 10(a11(a) (“Confidential Information”). The Employee acknowledges that the Confidential Information is highly sensitive and proprietary and includes, without limitation: product design information, product specifications and tolerances, manufacturing processes and methods, information regarding new product or new feature development, information regarding how to satisfy particular customer needs, expectations and applications, information regarding strategic or tactical planning, information regarding pending or planned competitive bids, information regarding costs, margins, and methods of estimating, and information regarding key employees. The Employee shall not communicate, divulge or disseminate Confidential Information at any time during or after the Employee’s employment by the Company or any of its Affiliates, except with the prior written consent of the Company or as otherwise required by law or legal process. All computer software, business cards, telephone lists, customer lists, price lists, contract forms, catalogs, records, files and know-how acquired while an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates are acknowledged to be the property of the Company or the applicable Affiliate(s) and shall not be duplicated, removed from the possession or premises of the Company or such Affiliate(s) or made use of other than in pursuit of the business of the Company and its Affiliates or as may otherwise be required by law or any legal process, and, upon Termination of Employment for any reason, Employee shall deliver to the Company (or the applicable Affiliate, if the Employee is employed outside the United States), without further demand, all such items and any copies thereof which are then in his or her possession or under his or her control. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to limit the Company’s or its Affiliates’ rights with respect to trade secrets.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement (Joy Global Inc), Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement (Joy Global Inc)

Confidential Information; Noncompetition; Nonsolicitation. (a) The Employee shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company Grantee acknowledges that all secret product design information, manufacturing processes and methods, information regarding new product development, information regarding strategic or confidential tactical planning, information regarding pending or planned competitive bids, and information regarding key employees, and other information, knowledge or data relating to the Company or any of its Affiliates and their respective businesses that the Employee Grantee obtains during the EmployeeGrantee’s employment by the Company or any of its Affiliates and that (i) is not public knowledge or (ii) became public knowledge other than as a result of the EmployeeGrantee’s violation violations of this Paragraph 10(aSection 4(a)) (“Confidential Information”). The Employee acknowledges that the Confidential Information ) is highly sensitive and proprietary and includes, without limitation: product design information, product specifications and tolerances, manufacturing processes and methods, information regarding new product or new feature development, information regarding how to satisfy particular customer needs, expectations and applications, information regarding strategic or tactical planning, information regarding pending or planned competitive bids, information regarding costs, marginsproprietary. Confidential Information shall not include trade secrets of the Company, and methods of estimating, and information regarding key employeesGrantee acknowledges that Grantee has an independent statutory obligation to protect the Company’s trade secrets which is in no way limited by this Agreement. The Employee Grantee shall not communicate, divulge divulge, disseminate, or disseminate use any Confidential Information at any time during or at any time within one year after the Employeetermination of Grantee’s employment by with the Company or any of its AffiliatesAffiliates under any circumstances reasonably likely to result in use of such information to the Company’s competitive disadvantage in any country in the World, except with the prior written consent of the Company or as otherwise required by law or legal process. All computer software, business cards, telephone lists, customer lists, price lists, contract forms, catalogs, records, files and know-how acquired while an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates are acknowledged to be the property of the Company or the applicable Affiliate(s) and shall not be duplicated, removed from the Company’s or an Affiliate’s possession or premises of the Company or such Affiliate(s) or made use of other than in pursuit of the Company’s or an Affiliate’s business of the Company and its Affiliates or as may otherwise be required by law or any legal process, and, upon Termination termination of Employment employment for any reason, Employee Grantee shall deliver to the Company (or the applicable Affiliate, if the Employee is employed outside the United States)Company, without further demand, all such items and any copies thereof which are then in his or her possession or under his or her control. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to limit (b) For a one year period beginning on Grantee’s termination of employment, Grantee will not, except upon prior written permission signed by an authorized officer of the Company, in any capacity in which Confidential Information or trade secrets of the Company would reasonably be expected to be useful, consult with or advise or, directly or indirectly, as owner, member, shareholder, partner, officer, contractor, agent, servant or employee, engage in business with any company in competition with the Company in the business of manufacturing, selling, servicing or repairing draglines, drills or shovels for the surface mining industry or parts for such equipment or the business of any affiliate of the Company (whether currently in existence or acquired by the Company after the date of this Agreement), or with any corporation or entity controlled by, controlling or under common control with any such company and that is conducting or planning to conduct any such business in any country in the World. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Grantee may make and retain investments in not more than three percent (3%) of the equity of any such company if such equity is listed on a national securities exchange or regularly traded in an over-the-counter market. (c) For a one year period beginning on Grantee’s termination of employment, Grantee will not, directly or indirectly, solicit for employment on behalf of any organization other than the Company or one of its Affiliates’ rights with respect to trade secrets.Affiliates any person then employed by the Company or 3

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement (Bucyrus International Inc)

Confidential Information; Noncompetition; Nonsolicitation. (a) The Employee shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all secret or confidential information, knowledge or data relating to the Company or any of its Affiliates and their respective businesses that the Employee obtains during the Employee’s employment by the Company or any of its Affiliates and that (i) is not public knowledge or (ii) became public knowledge as a result of the Employee’s violation of this Paragraph 10(a) (“Confidential Information”). The Employee acknowledges that the Confidential Information is highly sensitive and proprietary and includes, without limitation: product design information, product specifications and tolerances, manufacturing processes and methods, information regarding new product or new feature development, information regarding how to satisfy particular customer needs, expectations and applications, information regarding strategic or tactical planning, information regarding pending or planned competitive bids, information regarding costs, margins, and methods of estimating, and information regarding key employees. The Employee shall not communicate, divulge or disseminate Confidential Information at any time during or after the Employee’s employment by the Company or any of its Affiliates, except with the prior written consent of the Company or as otherwise required by law or legal process. All computer software, business cards, telephone lists, customer lists, price lists, contract forms, catalogs, records, files and know-how acquired while an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates are acknowledged to be the property of the Company or the applicable Affiliate(s) and shall not be duplicated, removed from the possession or premises of the Company or such Affiliate(s) or made use of other than in pursuit of the business of the Company and its Affiliates or as may otherwise be required by law or any legal process, and, upon Termination of Employment for any reason, Employee shall deliver to the Company (or the applicable Affiliate, if the Employee is employed outside the United States), without further demand, all such items and any copies thereof which are then in his or her possession or under his or her control. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to limit the Company’s 's or its Affiliates' rights with respect to trade secrets.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (Joy Global Inc)

Confidential Information; Noncompetition; Nonsolicitation. (a) The Employee shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company Grantee acknowledges that all secret product design information, manufacturing processes and methods, information regarding new product development, information regarding strategic or confidential tactical planning, information regarding pending or planned competitive bids, and information regarding key employees, and other information, knowledge or data relating to the Company or any of its Affiliates and their respective businesses that the Employee Grantee obtains during the EmployeeGrantee’s employment by the Company or any of its Affiliates and that (i) is not public knowledge or (ii) became public knowledge other than as a result of the EmployeeGrantee’s violation violations of this Paragraph 10(aSection 3(a)) (“Confidential Information”). The Employee acknowledges that the Confidential Information ) is highly sensitive and proprietary and includes, without limitation: product design information, product specifications and tolerances, manufacturing processes and methods, information regarding new product or new feature development, information regarding how to satisfy particular customer needs, expectations and applications, information regarding strategic or tactical planning, information regarding pending or planned competitive bids, information regarding costs, marginsproprietary. Confidential Information shall not include trade secrets of the Company, and methods of estimating, and information regarding key employeesGrantee acknowledges that Grantee has an independent statutory obligation to protect the Company’s trade secrets which is in no way limited by this Agreement. The Employee Grantee shall not communicate, divulge divulge, disseminate, or disseminate use any Confidential Information at any time during or at any time within one year after the Employeetermination of Grantee’s employment by with the Company or any of its AffiliatesAffiliates under any circumstances reasonably likely to result in use of such information to the Company’s competitive disadvantage in any country in the World, except with the prior written consent of the Company or as otherwise required by law or legal process. All computer software, business cards, telephone lists, customer lists, price lists, contract forms, catalogs, records, files and know-how acquired while an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates are acknowledged to be the property of the Company or the applicable Affiliate(s) and shall not be duplicated, removed from the Company’s or an Affiliate’s possession or premises of the Company or such Affiliate(s) or made use of other than in pursuit of the Company’s or an Affiliate’s business of the Company and its Affiliates or as may otherwise be required by law or any legal process, and, upon Termination termination of Employment employment for any reason, Employee Grantee shall deliver to the Company (or the applicable Affiliate, if the Employee is employed outside the United States)Company, without further demand, all such items and any copies thereof which are then in his or her possession or under his or her control. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to limit (b) For a one year period beginning on Grantee’s termination of employment, Grantee will not, except upon prior written permission signed by an authorized officer of the Company’s , in any capacity in which Confidential Information or its Affiliates’ rights trade secrets of the Company would reasonably be expected to be useful, consult with respect or advise or, directly or indirectly, as owner, member, shareholder, partner, officer, contractor, agent, servant or employee, engage in business with any company in competition with the Company in the business of manufacturing, selling, servicing or repairing draglines, drills or shovels for the surface mining industry or parts for such equipment, or the business of any affiliate of the Company (whether currently in existence or acquired by the Company after the date of this Agreement), or with any corporation or entity controlled by, controlling or under common control with any such company and that is conducting or planning to trade secrets.conduct any such business in any country in the World. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Grantee may make and retain investments in not more than three percent (3%) of the equity of any such company if such equity is listed on a national securities exchange or regularly traded in an over-the-counter market. 2

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Restricted Share Award Agreement (Bucyrus International Inc)

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Confidential Information; Noncompetition; Nonsolicitation. (a) The Employee Participant shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all secret or confidential information, knowledge or data relating to the Company or any of its Affiliates and their respective businesses that the Employee Participant obtains during the EmployeeParticipant’s employment by the Company or any of its Affiliates and that (i) is not public knowledge or (ii) became public knowledge as a result of the EmployeeParticipant’s violation of this Paragraph 10(a11(a) (“Confidential Information”). The Employee Participant acknowledges that the Confidential Information is highly sensitive and proprietary and includes, without limitation: product design information, product specifications and tolerances, manufacturing processes and methods, information regarding new product or new feature development, information regarding how to satisfy particular customer needs, expectations and applications, information regarding strategic or tactical planning, information regarding pending or planned competitive bids, information regarding costs, margins, and methods of estimating, and information regarding key employees. The Employee Participant shall not communicate, divulge or disseminate Confidential Information at any time during or after the EmployeeParticipant’s employment by with the Company or any of its Affiliates, except with the prior written consent of the Company or as otherwise required by law or legal process. All computer software, business cards, telephone lists, customer lists, price lists, contract forms, catalogs, records, files and know-how acquired while an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates are acknowledged to be the property of the Company or the applicable Affiliate(s) and shall not be duplicated, removed from the possession or premises of the Company or such Affiliate(s) or made use of other than in pursuit of the business of the Company and its Affiliates or as may otherwise be required by law or any legal process, and, upon Termination of Employment for any reason, Employee the Participant shall deliver to the Company (or the applicable Affiliate, if the Employee Participant is employed outside the United States), without further demand, all such items and any copies thereof which are then in his or her possession or under his or her control. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to limit the Company’s 's or its Affiliates' rights with respect to trade secrets.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Performance Share Agreement (Joy Global Inc)

Confidential Information; Noncompetition; Nonsolicitation. (a) The Employee shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all secret or confidential information, knowledge or data relating to the Company or any of its Affiliates and their respective businesses that the Employee obtains during the Employee’s employment by the Company or any of its Affiliates and that (i) is not public knowledge or (ii) became public knowledge other than as a result of the Employee’s violation of this Paragraph 10(a11(a)) (“Confidential Information”). The Employee acknowledges that the Confidential Information is highly sensitive and proprietary and includes, without limitation: product design information, product specifications and tolerances, manufacturing processes and methods, information regarding new product or new feature development, information regarding how to satisfy particular customer needs, expectations and applications, information regarding strategic or tactical planning, information regarding pending or planned competitive bids, information regarding costs, margins, and methods of estimating, and information regarding key employees. The Employee shall not communicate, divulge or disseminate Confidential Information at any time during or after the Employee’s employment by with the Company or any of its AffiliatesCompany, except with the prior written consent of the Company or as otherwise required by law or legal process. All computer software, business cards, telephone lists, customer lists, price lists, contract forms, catalogs, records, files and know-how acquired while an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates are acknowledged to be the property of the Company or the applicable Affiliate(s) and shall not be duplicated, removed from the Company’s possession or premises of the Company or such Affiliate(s) or made use of other than in pursuit of the Company’s business of the Company and its Affiliates or as may otherwise be required by law or any legal process, and, upon Termination of Employment for any reason, Employee shall deliver to the Company (or the applicable Affiliate, if the Employee is employed outside the United States)Company, without further demanddemands, all such items and any copies thereof which are then in his or her possession or under his or her control. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to limit the Company’s or its Affiliates’ rights with respect to trade secrets.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Stock Option Agreement (Joy Global Inc)

Confidential Information; Noncompetition; Nonsolicitation. (a) The Employee a. Participant shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all secret or confidential information, knowledge or data relating to the Company or any of its Affiliates and their respective businesses that the Employee Participant obtains during the EmployeeParticipant’s employment by the Company or any of its Affiliates and that (i) is not public knowledge or (ii) became public knowledge other than as a result of the EmployeeParticipant’s violation of this Paragraph 10(a11(a)) (“Confidential Information”). The Employee Participant acknowledges that the Confidential Information is highly sensitive and proprietary and includes, without limitation: product design information, product specifications and tolerances, manufacturing processes and methods, information regarding new product or new feature development, information regarding how to satisfy particular customer needs, expectations and applications, information regarding strategic or tactical planning, information regarding pending or planned competitive bids, information regarding costs, margins, and methods of estimating, and information regarding key employees. The Employee Participant shall not communicate, divulge or disseminate Confidential Information at any time during or after the EmployeeParticipant’s employment by with the Company or any of its AffiliatesCompany, except with the prior written consent of the Company or as otherwise required by law or legal process. All computer software, business cards, telephone lists, customer lists, price lists, contract forms, catalogs, records, files and know-how acquired while an employee of the Company or any of its Affiliates are acknowledged to be the property of the Company or the applicable Affiliate(s) and shall not be duplicated, removed from the Company’s possession or premises of the Company or such Affiliate(s) or made use of other than in pursuit of the Company’s business of the Company and its Affiliates or as may otherwise be required by law or any legal process, and, upon Termination of Employment for any reason, Employee Participant shall deliver to the Company (or the applicable Affiliate, if the Employee is employed outside the United States)Company, without further demanddemands, all such items and any copies thereof which are then in his or her possession or under his or her control. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to limit the Company’s or its Affiliates’ rights with respect to trade secrets.

Appears in 1 contract

Samples: Performance Unit Agreement (Joy Global Inc)

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