Nondisclosure of Proprietary Information. (a) Except in connection with the good faith performance of Executive’s duties hereunder or pursuant to Sections 6(c) and (e), Executive shall, in perpetuity, maintain in confidence and shall not directly, indirectly or otherwise, use, disseminate, disclose or publish, or use for Executive’s benefit or the benefit of any person, firm, corporation or other entity any confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets of or relating to the Company (including, without limitation, business plans, business strategies and methods, acquisition targets, intellectual property in the form of patents, trademarks and copyrights and applications therefor, ideas, inventions, works, discoveries, improvements, information, documents, formulae, practices, processes, methods, developments, source code, modifications, technology, techniques, data, programs, other know-how or materials, owned, developed or possessed by the Company, whether in tangible or intangible form, information with respect to the Company’s operations, processes, products, inventions, business practices, finances, principals, vendors, suppliers, customers, potential customers, marketing methods, costs, prices, contractual relationships, regulatory status, prospects and compensation paid to employees or other terms of employment) (collectively, the “Confidential Information”), or deliver to any person, firm, corporation or other entity any document, record, notebook, computer program or similar repository of or containing any such Confidential Information. The Parties hereby stipulate and agree that, as between them, any item of Confidential Information is important, material and confidential and affects the successful conduct of the businesses of the Company (and any successor or assignee of the Company). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information shall not include any information that has been published in a form generally available to the public prior to the date Executive proposes to disclose or use such information, provided, that such publishing of the Confidential Information shall not have resulted from Executive directly or indirectly breaching Executive’s obligations under this Section 6(a) or any other similar provision by which Executive is bound. For the purposes of the previous sentence, Confidential Information will not be deemed to have been published or otherwise disclosed merely because individual portions of the information have been separately published, but only if ...
Nondisclosure of Proprietary Information. (a) Except in connection with the faithful performance of Executive’s duties hereunder or pursuant to Section 6(c) and (e), Executive shall, in perpetuity, maintain in confidence and shall not directly, indirectly or otherwise, use, disseminate, disclose or publish, or use for Executive’s benefit or the benefit of any person, firm, corporation or other entity (other than the Company) any confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets of or relating to the Company (including, without limitation, business plans, business strategies and methods, acquisition targets, intellectual property in the form of patents, trademarks and copyrights and applications therefor, ideas, inventions, works, discoveries, improvements, information, documents, formulae, practices, processes, methods, developments, source code, modifications, technology, techniques, data, programs, other know-how or materials, owned, developed or possessed by the Company, whether in tangible, intangible or electronic form, information with respect to the Company’s operations, processes, products, inventions, business practices, finances, principals, vendors, suppliers, customers, potential customers, marketing methods, costs, prices, contractual relationships, regulatory status, prospects and compensation paid to employees or other terms of employment) (collectively, the “Confidential Information”), or deliver to any person, firm, corporation or other entity any document, record, notebook, computer program or similar repository of or containing any such Confidential Information. The Parties hereby stipulate and agree that, as between them, any item of Confidential Information is important, material and confidential and affects the successful conduct of the businesses of the Company (and any successor or assignee of the Company). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information shall not include any information that has been published in a form generally available to the public or is publicly available or has become public or general industry knowledge prior to the date Executive proposes to disclose or use such information, provided, that such publishing or public availability or knowledge of the Confidential Information shall not have resulted from Executive directly or indirectly breaching Executive’s obligations under this Section 6(a) or any other similar provision by which Executive is bound, or from any third-party breaching a provision similar to that found under this Sectio...
Nondisclosure of Proprietary Information. (a) Except as required in the faithful performance of the Executive’s duties hereunder or pursuant to subsection (c), the Executive shall, in perpetuity, maintain in confidence and shall not directly, indirectly or otherwise, use, disseminate, disclose or publish, or use for his benefit or the benefit of any person, firm, corporation or other entity any confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets of or relating to the Company, including, without limitation, information with respect to the Company’s operations, processes, products, inventions, business practices, finances, principals, vendors, suppliers, customers, potential customers, marketing methods, costs, prices, contractual relationships, regulatory status, compensation paid to employees or other terms of employment, except for such information which is or becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach by the Executive of this Section 8, or deliver to any person, firm, corporation or other entity any document, record, notebook, computer program or similar repository of or containing any such confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets. The parties hereby stipulate and agree that as between them the foregoing matters are important, material and confidential proprietary information and trade secrets and affect the successful conduct of the businesses of the Company (and any successor or assignee of the Company).
Nondisclosure of Proprietary Information. (a) Except in connection with the faithful performance of the Executive's duties hereunder or pursuant to Section 6(c), the Executive shall, in perpetuity, maintain in confidence and shall not directly, indirectly or otherwise, use, disseminate, disclose or publish, or use for his benefit or the benefit of any person, firm, corporation or other entity any confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets of or relating to the Company (including, without limitation, intellectual property in the form of patents, trademarks and copyrights and applications therefor, ideas, inventions, works, discoveries, improvements, information, documents, formulae, practices, processes, methods, developments, source code, modifications, technology, techniques, data, programs, other know-how or materials, owned, developed or possessed by the Company, whether in tangible or intangible form, information with respect to the Company's operations, processes, products, inventions, business practices, finances, principals, vendors, suppliers, customers, potential customers, marketing methods, costs, prices, contractual relationships, regulatory status, prospects and compensation paid to employees or other terms of employment), or deliver to any person, firm, corporation or other entity any document, record, notebook, computer program or similar repository of or containing any such confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets. The parties hereby stipulate and agree that as between them the foregoing matters are important, material and confidential proprietary information and trade secrets and affect the successful conduct of the businesses of the Company (and any successor or assignee of the Company). Confidential Information shall not include any information which has entered the public domain through no fault of the Executive.
Nondisclosure of Proprietary Information. (a) Except as required in the faithful performance of the Executive’s duties hereunder or pursuant to Section 7(c), the Executive shall, in perpetuity, maintain in confidence and shall not directly, indirectly or otherwise, use, disseminate, disclose or publish, or use for his benefit or the benefit of any person, firm, corporation or other entity any confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets of or relating to the Company, including, without limitation, information with respect to the Company’s operations, processes, products, inventions, business practices, finances, principals, vendors, suppliers, customers, potential customers, marketing methods, costs, prices, contractual relationships, regulatory status, compensation paid to employees or other terms of employment, or deliver to any person, firm, corporation or other entity any document, record, notebook, computer program or similar repository of or containing any such confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets. The parties hereby stipulate and agree that as between them the foregoing matters are important, material and confidential proprietary information and trade secrets and affect the successful conduct of the businesses of the Company (and any successor or assignee of the Company).
Nondisclosure of Proprietary Information. At all times during and after Executive's employment with the Company (whether or not such termination is voluntary or involuntary, with or without Cause or Good Reason or by disability), Executive agrees to keep in strict confidence and trust all Proprietary Information (as defined below) and not to use or disclose (or induce or assist in the use or disclosure of) any Proprietary Information without the prior express written consent of the Company, except as may be necessary in the ordinary course of performing Executive's duties as an officer of the Company. Executive acknowledges that irreparable injury will result to the Company from Executive's violation or continued violation of the terms of this Article IV, and Executive expressly agrees that the Company shall be entitled, in addition to damages and any other remedies provided by law, to an injunction or other equitable remedy respecting such violation or continued violation. For purposes of this Agreement, "PROPRIETARY INFORMATION" shall mean information generally unavailable to the public that has been created, discovered, developed, or otherwise become known to the Company or in which property rights have been assigned or otherwise conveyed to the Company, including any modifications or enhancements thereto, which information has material economic value or potential material economic value to the Company or the business in which the Company is or will be engaged. Proprietary Information shall include, but not be limited to, financial, sales and distribution information; business plans, strategies and forecasts; lists of employees, contractors, customers, agents and independent brokers; trade secrets; processes; formulas; data; know-how; negative know-how; improvements; discoveries; developments; designs; inventions; techniques; proposals; reports; client information; and software programs and information (whether or not expressed in written form). Such restrictions on the use or disclosure of Proprietary Information do not extend to any item of information which (i) is publicly known immediately prior to the time of its disclosure, (ii) is lawfully received from a third party not bound in a confidential relationship to the Company, (iii) is published or otherwise made known to the public by the Company or (iv) was already known to Executive prior to the date hereof.
Nondisclosure of Proprietary Information. Consultant acknowledges that he has received or may receive information relating to the Company's and any of its affiliates' assets, operations, clients, and past, present, and future businesses, including without limitation developments, technical data, intellectual property, specifications, designs, ideas, product plans, research and development, personal information, financial information, customer lists, business methods and operations, strategic plans, marketing plans and pricing information, all of which are proprietary to the Company and involve trade secrets, know-how, techniques, and combinations of known information of a character regarded by the Company as confidential, as well as other information that the Company has indicated to be confidential or which, by the nature of the information or the circumstances of its disclosure, Consultant ought reasonably to consider confidential (all of the foregoing, collectively, the "Proprietary Information"). The Proprietary Information does not include information which (i) at the time it is disclosed by the Consultant was already in the public domain; (ii) is subsequently published or publicly disclosed by persons other than Consultant through no fault of Consultant; (iii) is subsequently acquired by Consultant from a third party having no obligation of confidentiality toward the Company with respect to such information; or (iv) is known to Consultant at the time of disclosure, provided that Consultant shall have the burden of establishing such prior knowledge by competent written proof. If Consultant is compelled by law to disclose Confidential Information, he shall use his best efforts to give the Company ten (10) days prior written notice of compelled disclosure and shall limit such disclosure to the extent legally possible. Consultant agrees that Consultant will not disclose, either during the term of this Agreement or at any time after termination of this Agreement, any Proprietary Information to any person or entity, except in the course of Consultant's duties on behalf of the Company or with the Company's consent, and that, similarly, without the Company's consent, will not use such information for the benefit of any person or entity other than the Company at any time. Consultant agrees that upon termination of this Agreement, Consultant will deposit with or return to the Company all copies (in any media, including, without limitation, electronic storage media) of documents, records, notebooks or ...
Nondisclosure of Proprietary Information. Recognizing that the Company is presently engaged, and may hereafter continue to be engaged, in the research and development of processes, the manufacturing of products or performance of services, which involve experimental and inventive work and that the success of its business depends upon the protection of the processes, products and services by patent, copyright or by secrecy and that the Executive has had, or during the course of his engagement may have, access to Proprietary Information, as hereinafter defined, of the Company or other information and data of a secret or proprietary nature of the Company which the Company wishes to keep confidential and the Executive has furnished, or during the course of his engagement may furnish, such information to the Company, the Executive agrees that:
Nondisclosure of Proprietary Information. 2.1 The Employee acknowledges and agrees that Proprietary Information is the sole property of the Company or its designee and that the Employee shall have no right, title, license, or interest in or to any Proprietary Information. During and after the Employee’s employment by the Company, the Employee shall keep in the strictest confidence and trust all Proprietary Information and shall not directly or indirectly disclose, distribute, copy, supply, or use, in whole or in part, any Proprietary Information except as approved in advance in writing by the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood that, at all such times, the Employee is free (i) to use information which was known to the Employee prior to employment with the Company or which is generally known in the trade or industry through no breach of this Agreement or other act or omission by the Employee, (ii) to discuss the terms of the Employee’s employment, wages and working conditions to the extent expressly protected by applicable law, (iii) to report possible violations of federal securities laws to the appropriate government enforcing agency and make such other disclosures that are expressly protected under such laws, (iv) to respond to inquiries from, or otherwise cooperate with, any governmental or regulatory investigation, or (v) to testify truthfully as compelled by lawful process or subpoena related to such testimony after the Employee has provided advance written notice of said subpoena to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and reasonably cooperates with the Company in any process to oppose said subpoena.
Nondisclosure of Proprietary Information. (a) Except as required in the faithful performance of the Executive's duties hereunder or pursuant to subsection (c), the Executive shall, in perpetuity, maintain in confidence and shall not directly, indirectly or otherwise, use, disseminate, disclose or publish, or use for his benefit or the benefit of any person, firm, corporation or other entity any confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets, and any other information that would be protected under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act in Ohio, of or relating to the Company, including, without limitation, information with respect to the Company's operations, processes, products, inventions, business practices, business strategy, business development, finances, principals, vendors, distributors, suppliers, customers, potential customers, manufacturing methods, sales methods, marketing methods, costs, prices, contractual relationships, information systems, regulatory status, compensation paid to employees or other terms of employment, or deliver to any person, firm, corporation or other entity any document, record, notebook, computer program or similar repository of or containing any such confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets. The parties hereby stipulate and agree that as between them the foregoing matters are important, material and confidential proprietary information and trade secrets and affect the successful conduct of the businesses of the Company (and any successor or assignee of the Company). The parties hereto agree that "confidential or proprietary information" shall not include information that (i) is a matter of public knowledge (other than by act of the Executive in violation hereof); (ii) was provided to the Executive (without breach of any obligation of confidence owed to the Company) by a third party which is not an affiliate of the Company or (iii) is required to be disclosed by law or judicial or administrative process.
