Common use of Protection of Proprietary Information Clause in Contracts

Protection of Proprietary Information. Executive acknowledges that the continued success of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates depends upon the use and protection of a large body of Proprietary Information. Executive agrees that he or she shall not disclose or use at any time, either during his or her employment with the Company or thereafter, any Proprietary Information of which Executive is or becomes aware, whether or not such information is developed by Executive, except to the extent that such disclosure or use is directly related to and required by Executive’s performance of duties assigned to Executive by the Board or otherwise under this Agreement. Executive shall take all reasonable and appropriate steps to safeguard Proprietary Information and to protect it against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss and theft. The foregoing shall not, however, prohibit disclosure by Executive of Proprietary Information that has been published in a form generally available to the public prior to the date Executive proposes to disclose such information. Information shall not be deemed to have been published merely because individual portions of the information have been separately published, but only if all material features comprising such information have been published in combination. Executive agrees to deliver immediately to the Company at the termination of his employment, or at any other time the Company may request in writing, all copies and embodiments, in whatever form, of memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports and other documents (and copies thereof), relating to the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates (including, without limitation, all Proprietary Information or Intellectual Property) that he may then possess or have under his control.

Protection of Proprietary Information. Executive acknowledges that the continued success of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates Group depends upon the use and protection of a large body of Proprietary Information. Executive agrees that he or she shall not disclose or use at any time, either during his or her employment with the Company or thereafter, any Proprietary Information of which Executive is or becomes aware, whether or not such information is developed by Executive, except to the extent that such disclosure or use is directly related to and required by Executive’s performance of duties assigned to Executive by the Board or otherwise under this Agreement. Executive shall take all reasonable and appropriate steps to safeguard Proprietary Information and to protect it against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss and theft. The foregoing shall not, however, prohibit disclosure by Executive of Proprietary Information that has been published in a form generally available to the public prior to the date Executive proposes to disclose such information. Information shall not be deemed to have been published merely because individual portions of the information have been separately published, but only if all material features comprising such information have been published in combination. Executive agrees to deliver immediately to the Company at the termination end of his employmentthe Employment Period, or at any other time the Company may request in writing, all copies and embodiments, in whatever form, of memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports and other documents (and copies thereof), relating to the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates Group (including, without limitation, all Proprietary Information or Intellectual Property) that he may then possess or have under his control.

Protection of Proprietary Information. Executive acknowledges that the continued success of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates depends upon the use and protection of a large body of Proprietary Information. Executive agrees that he or she shall not disclose or use at any time, either during his or her employment with the Company or thereafter, any Proprietary Information of which Executive is or becomes aware, whether or not such information is developed by Executive, except to the extent that such disclosure or use is directly related to and required by Executive’s performance of duties assigned to Executive by the Board Board, the Chief Executive Officer or otherwise under this Agreement. Executive shall take all reasonable and appropriate steps to safeguard Proprietary Information and to protect it against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss and theft. The foregoing shall not, however, prohibit disclosure by Executive of Proprietary Information that has been published in a form generally available to the public prior to the date Executive proposes to disclose such information. Information shall not be deemed to have been published merely because individual portions of the information have been separately published, but only if all material features comprising such information have been published in combination. Executive agrees to deliver immediately as soon as practicable to the Company at the termination of his employment, or at any other time the Company may request in writing, all copies and embodiments, in whatever form, of memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports and other documents (and copies thereof), relating to the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates (including, without limitation, all Proprietary Information or Intellectual Property) that he may then possess or have under his control.

Protection of Proprietary Information. Executive acknowledges that the continued success of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates depends upon the use and protection of a large body of Proprietary Information. Executive agrees that he or she shall not disclose or use at any time, either during his or her employment with the Company or thereafter, any Proprietary Information of which Executive is or becomes aware, whether or not such information is developed by Executive, except to the extent that such disclosure or use is directly related to and required by Executive’s performance of duties assigned to Executive by the Board or otherwise under this Agreement. Executive shall take all reasonable and appropriate steps to safeguard Proprietary Information and to protect it against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss and theft. The foregoing shall not, however, prohibit disclosure by Executive of Proprietary Information that has been published in a form generally available to the public prior to the date Executive proposes to disclose such information. Information shall not be deemed to have been published merely because individual portions of the information have been separately published, but only if all material features comprising such information have been published in combination. Executive agrees to deliver immediately as soon as practicable to the Company at the termination of his employment, or at any other time the Company may request in writing, all copies and embodiments, in whatever form, of memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports and other documents (and copies thereof), relating to the business of the Company or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates (including, without limitation, all Proprietary Information or Intellectual Property) that he may then possess or have under his control.