Proprietary means goods or services of a specialized nature, that may be made or marketed by a person or persons having the exclusive right to make or sell them, when the need for such goods or services has been certified in writing by the Board to be necessary for the conduct of its affairs.
Confidential and Proprietary Information means any and all information not in the public domain, in any form, emanating from or relating to the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, including, but not limited to, trade secrets, technical information, costs, designs, drawings, processes, systems, methods of operation and procedures, formulae, test data, know-how, improvements, price lists, financial data, code books, invoices and other financial statements, computer programs, discs and printouts, sketches, and plans (engineering, architectural or otherwise), customer list, telephone numbers, names, addresses, information about equipment and processes (including specifications and operating manuals), or any other complication of information written or unwritten that is used in the business of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate that gives the Company or any subsidiary of affiliate any opportunity to obtain an advantage over competitors of the Company who do not know or use such information. Employee agrees and acknowledges that all Confidential and Proprietary Information, in any form, and all copies and extracts thereof, is and are shall remain the sole and exclusive property of the Company and, upon termination of his employment with the Company, Employee hereby agrees to return to the Company the originals and all copies of any Confidential and Proprietary Information provided to or acquired by Employee during the period of his employment. Except as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, Employee expressly agrees never to disclose to any person (except to other Company employees, and then only on a "need to know" bases) or entity any Confidential an Proprietary Information either during the term of this Agreement or at any time after termination of his employment, except with the express written authorization and consent of the Company.
Confidential System Information means any communication or record (whether oral, written, electronically stored or transmitted, or in any other form) provided to or made available to Grantee; or that Grantee may create, receive, maintain, use, disclose or have access to on behalf of HHSC or through performance of the Project, which is not designated as Confidential Information in a Data Use Agreement.
Contractor attributional/proprietary information means information that identifies the contractor(s), whether directly or indirectly, by the grouping of information that can be traced back to the contractor(s) (e.g., program description, facility locations), personally identifiable information, as well as trade secrets, commercial or financial information, or other commercially sensitive information that is not customarily shared outside of the company.
Customer Proprietary Network Information (“CPNI”) is as defined in the Act.