Obligation of Confidentiality The parties agree to hold all Confidential Information in strict confidence and not to copy, reproduce, sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of, give or disclose such Confidential Information to third parties other than employees, agents, or subcontractors of a party who have a need to know in connection with this Contract or to use such Confidential Information for any purposes whatsoever other than the performance of this Contract. The parties agree to advise and require their respective employees, agents, and subcontractors of their obligations to keep all Confidential Information confidential. Disclosure to a subcontractor is permissible where: (a) use of a subcontractor is authorized under this Contract; (b) the disclosure is necessary or otherwise naturally occurs in connection with work that is within the subcontractor's responsibilities; and (c) Contractor obligates the subcontractor in a written contract to maintain the State's Confidential Information in confidence. At the State's request, any employee of Contractor or any subcontractor may be required to execute a separate agreement to be bound by the provisions of this Section.
Duration of Confidentiality All obligations of confidentiality and non-use imposed upon the parties under this Agreement shall expire ten (10) years after the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement; provided, however, that Confidential Information which constitutes the trade secrets of a party shall be kept confidential indefinitely, subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 9.4 through 9.5.
Waiver of Confidentiality The Borrower authorizes the Bank to discuss the Borrower's financial affairs and business operations with any accountants, auditors, business consultants, or other professional advisors employed by the Borrower, and authorizes such parties to disclose to the Bank such financial and business information or reports (including management letters) concerning the Borrower as the Bank may request.
Covenant of Confidentiality All documents, records, files, manuals, forms, materials, supplies, computer programs, trade secrets and other information which comes into EXECUTIVE's possession from time to time during EXECUTIVE's employment by COMPANY and/or any of COMPANY's subsidiaries or affiliates, shall be deemed to be confidential and proprietary to COMPANY and shall remain the sole and exclusive property of COMPANY. EXECUTIVE acknowledges that all such confidential and proprietary information is confidential and proprietary and not readily available to COMPANY's business competitors. On the effective date of the termination of the employment relationship or at such other date as specified by COMPANY, EXECUTIVE agrees that he will return to COMPANY all such confidential and proprietary items (including, but not limited to, Company marketing material, business cards, keys, etc.) in his control or possession, and all copies thereof, and that he will not remove any such items from the offices of COMPANY.
Duty of Confidentiality Licensee will protect the TCK as Oracle Confidential Information protected under this Section 6.0. A party receiving Confidential Information may not: (i) disclose Confidential Information to any third party, except that such party may exchange comments or questions concerning its use or the results of using the TCK, including relevant excerpts of the TCK, provided such TCK excerpts are inherently part of such results, but not the non-relevant portions of the TCK itself, or (ii) use Confidential Information except for the purpose of developing and testing Products. The receiving party will protect the confidentiality of Confidential Information to the same degree of care, but no less than reasonable care, as such party uses to protect its own Confidential Information. Obligations regarding Confidential Information will expire three (3) years from the date of receipt of the Confidential Information, except for source code, which will be protected by Licensee in perpetuity.
Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality (a) BMC, its Affiliates or licensors retain all right, title and interest to the Technology and all related intellectual property and proprietary rights. The Product and all third party software provided with the Product are protected by applicable copyright, trade secret, industrial and other intellectual property laws. User may not remove any product identification, copyright, trademark or other notice from the Product. BMC reserves any rights not expressly granted to User in this Agreement. (b) “Confidential Information” means all proprietary or confidential information that is disclosed to User by BMC, and includes, among other things (i) any and all information relating to products or services, including, without limitation, software code, flow charts, techniques, specifications, development and marketing plans, strategies, forecasts, and proposal related documents and responses; (ii) as to BMC, and its licensors, the Product (excluding portions of the Documentation that BMC makes publicly available) and any third party software provided with the Product; and (iii) the terms of this Agreement. Confidential Information does not include information that User can show: (a) was rightfully in User’s possession without any obligation of confidentiality before receipt from BMC; (b) is or becomes a matter of public knowledge through no fault of User; (c) is rightfully received by User from a third party without violation of a duty of confidentiality; or (d) is independently developed by or for User. User may not disclose Confidential Information of BMC to any third party or use the Confidential Information in violation of this Agreement. User (i) will exercise the same degree of care and protection with respect to the Confidential Information of BMC that it exercises with respect to its own Confidential Information and (ii) will not, either directly or indirectly, disclose, copy, distribute, republish, or allow any third party to have access to any Confidential Information of BMC. Notwithstanding the foregoing, User may disclose BMC’s Confidential Information to User’s employees and agents who have the need to know provided that such employees and agents have legal obligations of confidentiality substantially the same (and in no case less protective) as the provisions of this Agreement. (c)
Noncompetition and Confidentiality (a) The parties recognize that the employment of Executive with the Company has been and will continue to be special, unique and of an extraordinary character, and in connection with such employment Executive has and will continue to acquire special skill and training. The parties also recognize that the covenants of Executive contained in this Section 9 are an essential part of Executive’s engagement by the Company and that, but for the agreement of the Executive to comply with such covenants, the Company would not have entered into this Agreement. Executive accordingly agrees that, during the Term, (i) Executive shall not act or serve, directly or indirectly, as a principal, agent, independent contractor, consultant, director, officer, executive, employee or advisor or in any other position or capacity with or for, or acquire a direct or indirect ownership interest in or otherwise conduct (whether as stockholder, partner, investor, joint venturer, or as owner of any other type of interest), any Competing Business (defined below); provided, however, that this clause shall not prohibit the Executive from being the owner of (A) up to 5% of any class of outstanding securities of any entity if such class of securities is publicly traded or (B) any other securities owned by Executive on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) Executive shall not, in connection with or for the benefit of any person or entity engaged in the non-hazardous solid waste business, solicit, induce, divert or take away, any officer, employee or consultant of the Company.
Term of Confidentiality The obligations of this Article 5 shall continue for a period of **** following the expiration or termination of this Agreement.
Non Competition Confidentiality 4.1 During the term of this Agreement, the Executive may make passive investments in companies involved in industries in which the Company operates, provided any such investment does not exceed a 5% equity interest, unless Executive obtains consent to acquire an equity interest exceeding 5% by a vote of a majority of the directors.
Client Confidentiality Any information about clients of the Employer which is learned by an employee during the course of employment must, as a condition of continued employment, be treated as strictly confidential and each employee is expected to respect this confidentiality and to take all reasonable precautions to safeguard it.
