Acknowledgment; Trade Secrets; Competitive Activities Sample Clauses

Acknowledgment; Trade Secrets; Competitive Activities. Executive understands and agrees that Company is engaged in the highly competitive business of specialty retail; that the Company’s success is highly dependent upon the protection of Company’s trade secrets and Confidential Information; that Company has invested considerable resources of its time and money in developing its products, services, staff, good will, procedures, vendor relationships and vendor lists, techniques, training, manuals, records, documents, and other trade secrets and Confidential Information; and that upon and during employment under this agreement Company has provided and will provide Executive access to and valuable knowledge regarding Company’s trade secrets and Confidential Information, creating a relationship of confidence and trust between Company and Executive. Executive acknowledges and agrees that the use of such trade secrets or Confidential Information, or of Executive’s expertise or leadership, for the benefit of any of the Company’s Competitors would be greatly harmful to Company, and that Company’s willingness to provide Executive access to its trade secrets and Confidential Information is conditioned upon (i) the protection of Company’s trade secrets and Confidential Information for Company’s sole and exclusive benefit, (ii) the retention of Executive’s expertise and leadership during the Term and the Restricted Period, if applicable, for the sole and exclusive benefit of Company, and not for any Company Competitors, and (iii) the protection of Company against Executive’s use for the benefit of any Company Competitors of the valuable skills Executive will acquire, develop and/or refine by virtue of employment with Company under this Agreement. Therefore, during the Term and the Restricted Period, if applicable, Executive shall not, without the prior written approval of the Company, directly or indirectly, within the United States, become an Executive or consultant or otherwise render services to, lend funds to, serve on the board of, invest in (other than as a 1% or less shareholder of a publicly-traded corporation) or guarantee the debts of, any Company’s Competitors or any supplier, agent, vendor, independent contractor, professional organization or consultant working for or on the behalf of the Company. The Company shall in its reasonable discretion give Executive written approval to engage in such activities or render such services after termination of this Agreement if Executive and such prospective firm or busines...
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Related to Acknowledgment; Trade Secrets; Competitive Activities

  • Competitive Activities For purposes of the Agreement, to which this Exhibit B is attached, “Competitive Activities” means any activities relating to products or services of the same or similar type as the products or services (1) which were or are sold (or, pursuant to an existing business plan, will be sold) to paying customers of the Company or any Related Company, and (2) for which you have any direct or indirect responsibility or any involvement to plan, develop, manage, market, sell, oversee, support, implement or perform, or had any such responsibility or involvement within your most recent 24 months of employment with the Company or any Related Company. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, an activity shall not be treated as a Competitive Activity if the geographic marketing area of such same or similar products or services does not overlap with the geographic marketing area for the applicable products and services of the Company or any Related Company.

  • Confidential Information and Restricted Activities Employee has entered into the Company’s Employee Proprietary Information Agreement (“EPIA”) and acknowledges his or her obligations thereunder. The EPIA is specifically incorporated into this Agreement.

  • Confidential Information Non Competition (a) The Executive 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 Affiliated Companies, and their respective businesses, which shall have been obtained by the Executive during the Executive's employment by the Company or any of its Affiliated Companies and which shall not be or become public knowledge (other than by acts by the Executive or representatives of the Executive in violation of this Agreement). After termination of the Executive's employment with the Company, the Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company or as may otherwise be required by law or legal process, communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge or data to anyone other than the Company and those designated by it. In no event shall an asserted violation of the provisions of this Section 9 constitute a basis for deferring or withholding any amounts otherwise payable to the Executive under this Agreement.

  • Confidential Information Noncompetition (a) The Executive 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 affiliated companies, and their respective businesses, which shall have been obtained by the Executive during the Executive's employment by the Company or any of its affiliated companies and which shall not be or become public knowledge (other than by acts by the Executive or representatives of the Executive in violation of this Agreement). After termination of the Executive's employment with the Company, the Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company or as may otherwise be required by law or legal process (provided the Company has been given notice of and opportunity to challenge or limit the scope of disclosure purportedly so required), communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge or data to anyone other than the Company and those designated by it.

  • CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION; TRADE SECRETS By electronically signing Exhibit A to this Agreement, you acknowledge that the Company regards certain information relating to its business and operations as confidential. This includes all information that the Company could reasonably be expected to keep confidential and whose disclosure to third parties would likely be disparaging or detrimental to the Company (“Confidential Information”). Your electronic signature also acknowledges that the Company has certain information that derives economic value from not being known to the general public or to others who could obtain economic value from its disclosure or use, which the Company takes reasonable efforts to protect the secrecy of (“Trade Secrets”).

  • Trade Secrets and Confidential Information/Company Property Employee reaffirms and agrees to observe and abide by the terms of the Employment Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreement, specifically including the provisions therein regarding nondisclosure of the Company’s trade secrets and confidential and proprietary information, and the restrictive covenants contained therein. Employee’s signature below constitutes his certification under penalty of perjury that he has returned all documents and other items provided to Employee by the Company, developed or obtained by Employee in connection with his employment with the Company, or otherwise belonging to the Company.

  • Protection of Confidential Information; Non-Competition 5.1 In view of the fact that the Executive's work for the Company will bring the Executive into close contact with many confidential affairs of the Company not readily available to the public, and plans for future developments, the Executive agrees:

  • Confidential Information Noncompetition and Cooperation The terms of the Employee Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation, Confidentiality and Assignment Agreement (the “Restrictive Covenant Agreement”), between the Company and the Employee, attached hereto as Exhibit A, shall continue to be in full force and effect and are incorporated by reference in this Agreement. The Employee hereby reaffirms the terms of the Restrictive Covenant Agreement as material terms of this Agreement.

  • Competitive Business Activities The term "Competitive Business Activities" as used herein shall be deemed to mean the Business.

  • Restricted Activities The Executive agrees that some restrictions on his activities during and after his employment are necessary to protect the goodwill, Confidential Information and other legitimate interests of the Company and its Affiliates:

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