Confidential Business Information and Trade Secrets Sample Clauses

Confidential Business Information and Trade Secrets. 6.01 Employee recognizes that during Employee's employment with AEP, the Employee will have access to and become familiar with confidential, proprietary and/or trade secret information which is owned by AEP and regularly used in its operation. Employee understands and agrees that AEP's confidential, proprietary and/or trade secret information derives independent economic value for AEP, actual or potential, from not being generally known or readily ascertainable by other persons and entities who can obtain economic value from such information, and that AEP takes reasonable efforts to maintain the secrecy of this information. Employee agrees that during Employee's employment with AEP, except as required in the performance of Employee's employment with AEP, or at any time thereafter, Employee shall not directly or indirectly possess, use, convert, misappropriate, copy or duplicate any confidential, proprietary and/or trade secret information, or communicate, disclose, sell, transmit or transfer any confidential, proprietary and/or trade secret information to any person, firm, partnership, corporation, proprietorship, or business organization or entity of any kind or description. 6.02 Employee acknowledges that confidential, proprietary and/or trade secret information is defined to include, but is not limited to, the whole or any part of paper copies or paper documents of any kind, computer data bases, computer e-mail, computer programs and/or computer memory or storage devices of any kind that contain, reflect, or relate to: (a) the design, process, procedure, method, technique, formula, or improvement of any current or future products or services developed, manufactured, owned, produced, sold, leased, distributed or provided by AEP; (b) marketing plans and any associated information such as customer names and/or contacts, addresses, telephone or fax numbers, mailing lists, and customer, vendor and supplier account data; (c) consulting reports; (d) site assessments; (e) business plans, financial information, billing information, sales figures, price lists, discounts, or any financial information; (f) computer passwords or codes; (g) information or data relating to the energy commodity market and related financial instruments, and/or statistical and analytical data, including analytical models, used to forecast changes in the pricing of energy commodities or the value of related financial instruments. 6.03 Employee understands and agrees that prior to or immed...

Confidential Business Information and Trade Secrets a. Employee recognizes and acknowledges that during the term of employment with RPS, Employee will have access to, learn, be provided with and, in some cases, will prepare and create certain confidential and proprietary business information and trade secrets of RPS, including but not limited to business methods, trade secrets, confidential information, ideas, inventions or research and development information; client and candidate information; client and candidate lists; and prospective client and candidate lists and information; the terms of contracts and proposals; product technology and product development strategies; notes, know-how, processes or techniques; pricing policies, methods of delivering services and products, marketing and sales methods and strategies; identities or lists of RPS employees, contractors, agents, representatives and investors; employment, payroll and salary structure/compensation information; forecasts, budgets, projections and other non-public financial information; information about the internal organization and business structure of RPS and the work assignments or capabilities of RPS employees and officers; expansion plans, management policies and other business strategies and policies, software configurations, computer codes and instructions, computer inputs and outputs (regardless of the media on which stored or located), and computer processing systems, techniques, designs, architecture, and interfaces; and any other information which, if divulged to a third party, could have an adverse impact on RPS, or on any third party to which RPS owes a confidentiality obligation, all of which are of substantial value to RPS (the “Confidential Information”). b. Employee understands and agrees that if, during employment or at any time thereafter, Employee discloses to third parties, uses for Employee’s own benefit or for the benefit of third parties, or copies or makes notes of any of the Confidential Information except as may by required by Employee’s duties with RPS or by law or legal process, such conduct shall constitute a breach of the confidence and trust bestowed upon Employee by RPS, and Employee expressly agrees that injunctive relief, in addition to any other remedies provided by law or in equity, shall be necessary and appropriate. c. Employee agrees that she will not, at any time, whether during or after her employment with RPS, directly or indirectly, use, publish, disclose, reveal or otherwise make available in any mann...

Confidential Business Information and Trade Secrets a. Employee recognizes and acknowledges that during the term of employment with Company, Employee will have access to, learn, be provided with and, in some cases, will prepare and create certain confidential and proprietary business information and trade secrets of Company, including but not limited to business methods, client and customer information, client and customer lists, and prospective client and customer lists and information, all of which are of substantial value to Company in its business. b. Employee understands and agrees that if, during the term of employment or at any time thereafter, Employee discloses to third parties, uses for Employee's own benefit or for the benefit of third parties, or copies or makes notes of any of the aforementioned confidential and proprietary information and trade secrets except as may be required by Employee's duties with Company, such conduct shall constitute a breach of the confidence and trust bestowed upon Employee by Company, and Employee expressly agrees that injunctive relief, in addition to any other remedies provided by law or in equity, shall be necessary and appropriate in the event of such conduct by Employee. c. Employee agrees not to use or cause to be used for Employee's own benefit or for the benefit of any third parties or to disclose to any third party in any manner, directly or indirectly, any information of a confidential or proprietary nature, trade secrets or any other knowledge or information, except that which is public knowledge, of or relating to the business of Company at any time during or after Employee's term of employment with Company without the express prior written consent of Company. d. Employee agrees to return to Company, either before or immediately upon the termination of Employee's employment with Company, any and all written information, materials or equipment which constitutes, contains or relates in any way to proprietary or confidential information or trade secrets of Company and any other documents, equipment and materials of any kind relating in any way to the business of Company which are or may be in the possession, custody and control of Employee and which are or may be the property of Company, whether confidential or not, including any and all copies thereof which may have been by or for Employee. e. Employee agrees that, during the term of employment with Company and thereafter, and except as may be required in the performance of Employee's duties with Company, ...

Confidential Business Information and Trade Secrets