Common use of Confidential Information and Intellectual Property Clause in Contracts

Confidential Information and Intellectual Property. (a) During the Employment Period, Employee will have access to, and become acquainted with, confidential proprietary information of the Employer (or its predecessors), including, without limitation, confidential or proprietary investment methodologies, trade secrets, proprietary or confidential plans, Client identities and relationships, compilations of information, Client lists, service providers, business operations or techniques, records, specifications, and data owned or used in the course of business by the Employer (or its predecessors) (collectively, “Confidential Information”). Employee shall not disclose any of the Confidential Information, directly or indirectly, or use them in any way, either during the term of this Agreement or at any time thereafter, except as required in the course of Employee’s employment by the Employer. All files, records, documents, drawings, specifications, equipment and similar items relating to the business of the Employer (or its predecessors), whether prepared by Employee or otherwise coming into Employee’s possession, will remain the exclusive property of the Employer, and if removed from the premises of the Employer will be immediately returned to the Employer upon any termination of Employee’s employment. (b) Employee acknowledges and agrees that any and all presently existing investment advisory businesses of the Employer (including, without limitation, its predecessors), all businesses developed by the Employer, including by Employee (prior to termination of his employment with the Employer) or any other employee or agent of the Employer, including, without limitation, all investment methodologies, all investment contracts, fees and fee schedules, commissions, records, data, Client lists, agreements, and any other incident of any business developed by the Employer (including, without limitation, its predecessors) or earned or carried on by Employee for the Employer (or any predecessor) or developed by Employee, including any and all Intellectual Property and rights thereto, are and shall be, the exclusive property of the Employer for its sole use, and (where applicable) shall be, payable directly to the Employer. “Intellectual Property” shall mean any of the following, as they exist anywhere in the world, whether registered or unregistered: (a) patents, patentable inventions and other patent rights (including any divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, reexaminations and interferences thereof); (b) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, trade names, taglines, brand names, logos, corporate names and other source identifiers, and all goodwill related thereto (“Trademarks”); (c) copyrights, mask works and designs, including for the avoidance of doubt copyrights in any books, radio shows, and television programs; (d) trade secrets, know-how, inventions, processes, procedures, databases, confidential business information and other proprietary information and rights; (e) computer software programs, including all source code, object code, specifications, designs and documentation related thereto; and (f) domain names, Internet addresses and other computer identifiers. Employee hereby assigns and promises to assign to Employer or its designee without additional compensation all of Employee’s right, title, and interest to any Intellectual Property created, conceived, or developed by Employee, either solely or in conjunction with others, during the Employment Period. Employee will promptly disclose to Employer or its designee in writing any Intellectual Property developed by Employee during the Employment Period; and during and after the Employment Period, Employee will give the Employer any reasonably requested assistance (at the Employer’s expense) to protect and enforce (other than against Employee or his affiliates) such Intellectual Property owned by the Employer, including by executing and delivering to the Employer or its designee such applications, assignments, and other documents as the Employer or its designee may reasonably request in order to apply for and obtain patents or other registrations with respect to such Intellectual Property owned by the Employer in the United States and any foreign jurisdictions and signing papers reasonably requested to carry out the above obligations.

Confidential Information and Intellectual Property. (a) During the Employment Period, Employee will have access to, and become acquainted with, confidential proprietary information of the Employer (or its predecessors), including, without limitation, confidential or proprietary investment methodologies, trade secrets, proprietary or confidential plans, Client identities and relationships, compilations of information, Client lists, service providers, business operations or techniques, records, specifications, and data owned or used in the course of business by the Employer (or its predecessors) (collectively, “Confidential Information”). Employee shall not disclose any of the Confidential Information, directly or indirectly, or use them in any way, either during the term of this Agreement or at any time thereafter, except as required in the course of Employee’s employment by the Employer. All files, records, documents, drawings, specifications, equipment and similar items relating to the business of the Employer (or its predecessors), whether prepared by Employee or otherwise coming into Employee’s possession, will remain the exclusive property of the Employer, and if removed from the premises of the Employer will be immediately returned to the Employer upon any termination of Employee’s employment. (b) Employee acknowledges and agrees that any and all presently existing investment advisory businesses of the Employer (including, without limitation, its predecessors), all businesses developed by the Employer, including by Employee (prior to termination of his employment with the Employer) or any other employee or agent of the Employer, including, without limitation, all investment methodologies, all investment contracts, fees and fee schedules, commissions, records, data, Client lists, agreements, and any other incident of any business developed by the Employer (including, without limitation, its predecessors) or earned or carried on by Employee for the Employer (or any predecessor) or developed by Employee, including any and all Intellectual Property and rights thereto, are and shall be, the exclusive property of the Employer for its sole use, and (where applicable) shall be, payable directly to the Employer. “Intellectual Property” shall mean any of the following, as they exist anywhere in the world, whether registered or unregistered: (a) patents, patentable inventions and other patent rights (including any divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, reexaminations and interferences thereof); (b) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, trade names, taglines, brand names, logos, corporate names and other source identifiers, and all goodwill related thereto (“Trademarks”); (c) copyrights, mask works and designs, including for the avoidance of doubt copyrights in any books, radio shows, and television programs; (d) trade secrets, know-how, inventions, processes, procedures, databases, confidential business information and other proprietary information and rights; (e) computer software programs, including all source code, object code, specifications, designs and documentation related thereto; and (f) domain names, Internet addresses and other computer identifiers. Employee hereby assigns and promises to assign to Employer or its designee without additional compensation all of Employee’s right, title, and interest to any Intellectual Property created, conceived, or developed by Employee, either solely or in conjunction with others, during the Employment Period. Employee will promptly disclose to Employer or its designee in writing any Intellectual Property developed by Employee during the Employment Period; and during and after the Employment Period, Employee will give the Employer any reasonably requested assistance (at the Employer’s expense) to protect and enforce (other than against Employee or his affiliates) such Intellectual Property owned by the Employer, including by executing and delivering to the Employer or its designee such applications, assignments, and other documents as the Employer or its designee may reasonably request in order to apply for and obtain patents or other registrations with respect to such Intellectual Property owned by the Employer in the United States and any foreign jurisdictions and signing papers reasonably requested to carry out the above obligations.and

Confidential Information and Intellectual Property. (a) During the Employment Period, Employee will have access to, and become acquainted with, confidential proprietary information of the Employer (or its predecessors), including, without limitation, confidential or proprietary investment methodologies, trade secrets, proprietary or confidential plans, Client identities and relationships, compilations of information, Client lists, service providers, business operations or techniques, records, specifications, and data owned or used in the course of business by the Employer (or its predecessors) (collectively, “Confidential Information”). Employee shall not disclose any of the Confidential Information, directly or indirectly, or use them in any way, either during the term of this Agreement or at any time thereafter, except as required in the course of Employee’s employment by the Employer. All files, records, documents, drawings, specifications, equipment and similar items relating to the business of the Employer (or its predecessors), whether prepared by Employee or otherwise coming into Employee’s possession, will remain the exclusive property of the Employer, and if removed from the premises of the Employer will be immediately returned to the Employer upon any termination of Employee’s employment. (b) Employee acknowledges and agrees that any and all presently existing investment advisory businesses of the Employer (including, without limitation, its predecessors), all businesses developed by the Employer, including by Employee (prior to termination of his employment with the Employer) or any other employee or agent of the Employer, including, without limitation, all investment methodologies, all investment contracts, fees and fee schedules, commissions, records, data, Client lists, agreements, and any other incident of any business developed by the Employer (including, without limitation, its predecessors) or earned or carried on by Employee for the Employer (or any predecessor) or developed by Employee, including any and all Intellectual Property and rights thereto, are and shall be, the exclusive property of the Employer for its sole use, and (where applicable) shall be, payable directly to the Employer. “Intellectual Property” shall mean any of the following, as they exist anywhere in the world, whether registered or unregistered: (a) patents, patentable inventions and other patent rights (including any divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, reexaminations and interferences thereof); (b) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, trade names, taglines, brand names, logos, corporate names and other source identifiers, and all goodwill related thereto (“Trademarks”); (c) copyrights, mask works and designs, including for the avoidance of doubt copyrights in any books, radio shows, and television programs; (d) trade secrets, know-how, inventions, processes, procedures, databases, confidential business information and other proprietary information and rights; (e) computer software programs, including all source code, object code, specifications, designs and documentation related thereto; and (f) domain names, Internet addresses and other computer identifiers. Employee hereby assigns and promises to assign to Employer or its designee without additional compensation all of Employee’s right, title, and interest to any Intellectual Property created, conceived, or developed by Employee, either solely or in conjunction with others, during the Employment Period. Employee will promptly disclose to Employer or its designee in writing any Intellectual Property developed by Employee during the Employment Period; and during and after the Employment Period, Employee will give the Employer any reasonably requested assistance (at the Employer’s expense) to protect and enforce (other than against Employee or his affiliates) such Intellectual Property owned by the Employer, including by executing and delivering to the Employer or its designee such applications, assignments, and other documents as the Employer or its designee may reasonably request in order to apply for and obtain patents or other registrations with respect to such Intellectual Property owned by the Employer in the United States and any foreign jurisdictions and signing papers reasonably requested to carry out the above obligations.or

Confidential Information and Intellectual Property. (a) During the Employment Period, Employee will have access to, and become acquainted with, confidential proprietary information of the Employer (or its predecessors), including, without limitation, confidential or proprietary investment methodologies, trade secrets, proprietary or confidential plans, Client identities and relationships, compilations of information, Client lists, service providers, business operations or techniques, records, specifications, and data owned or used in the course of business by the Employer (or its predecessors) (collectively, “Confidential Information”). Employee shall not disclose any of the Confidential Information, directly or indirectly, or use them in any way, either during the term of this Agreement or at any time thereafter, except as required in the course of Employee’s employment by the Employer. All files, records, documents, drawings, specifications, equipment and similar items relating to the business of the Employer (or its predecessors), whether prepared by Employee or otherwise coming into Employee’s possession, will remain the exclusive property of the Employer, and if removed from the premises of the Employer will be immediately returned to the Employer upon any termination of Employee’s employment. (b) Employee acknowledges and agrees that any and all presently existing investment advisory businesses of the Employer (including, without limitation, its predecessors), all businesses developed by the Employer, including by Employee (prior to termination of his employment with the Employer) or any other employee or agent of the Employer, including, without limitation, all investment methodologies, all investment contracts, fees and fee schedules, commissions, records, data, Client lists, agreements, and any other incident of any business developed by the Employer (including, without limitation, its predecessors) or earned or carried on by Employee for the Employer (or any predecessor) or developed by Employee, including any and all Intellectual Property and rights thereto, are and shall be, the exclusive property of the Employer for its sole use, and (where applicable) shall be, payable directly to the Employer. “Intellectual Property” shall mean any of the following, as they exist anywhere in the world, whether registered or unregistered: (a) patents, patentable inventions and other patent rights (including any divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, reexaminations and interferences thereof); (b) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, trade names, taglines, brand names, logos, corporate names and other source identifiers, and all goodwill related thereto (“Trademarks”); (c) copyrights, mask works and designs, including for the avoidance of doubt copyrights in any books, radio shows, and television programs; (d) trade secrets, know-how, inventions, processes, procedures, databases, confidential business information and other proprietary information and rights; (e) computer software programs, including all source code, object code, specifications, designs and documentation related thereto; and (f) domain names, Internet addresses and other computer identifiers. Employee hereby assigns and promises to assign to Employer or its designee without additional compensation all of Employee’s right, title, and interest to any Intellectual Property created, conceived, or developed by Employee, either solely or in conjunction with others, during the Employment Period. Employee will promptly disclose to Employer or its designee in writing any Intellectual Property developed by Employee during the Employment Period; and during and after the Employment Period, Employee will give the Employer any reasonably requested assistance (at the Employer’s expense) to protect and enforce (other than against Employee or his affiliates) such Intellectual Property owned by the Employer, including by executing and delivering to the Employer or its designee such applications, assignments, and other documents as the Employer or its designee may reasonably request in order to apply for and obtain patents or other registrations with respect to such Intellectual Property owned by the Employer in the United States and any foreign jurisdictions and signing papers reasonably requested to carry out the above obligations.its

Confidential Information and Intellectual Property. (a) During the Employment Period, Employee will have access to, and become acquainted with, confidential proprietary information of the Employer (or its predecessors), including, without limitation, confidential or proprietary investment methodologies, trade secrets, proprietary or confidential plans, Client identities and relationships, compilations of information, Client lists, service providers, business operations or techniques, records, specifications, and data owned or used in the course of business by the Employer (or its predecessors) (collectively, “Confidential Information”). Employee shall not disclose any of the Confidential Information, directly or indirectly, or use them in any way, either during the term of this Agreement or at any time thereafter, except as required in the course of Employee’s employment by the Employer. All files, records, documents, drawings, specifications, equipment and similar items relating to the business of the Employer (or its predecessors), whether prepared by Employee or otherwise coming into Employee’s possession, will remain the exclusive property of the Employer, and if removed from the premises of the Employer will be immediately returned to the Employer upon any termination of Employee’s employment. (b) Employee acknowledges and agrees that any and all presently existing investment advisory businesses of the Employer (including, without limitation, its predecessors), all businesses developed by the Employer, including by Employee (prior to termination of his her employment with the Employer) or any other employee or agent of the Employer, including, without limitation, all investment methodologies, all investment contracts, fees and fee schedules, commissions, records, data, Client lists, agreements, and any other incident of any business developed by the Employer (including, without limitation, its predecessors) or earned or carried on by Employee for the Employer (or any predecessor) or developed by Employee, including any and all Intellectual Property and rights thereto, are and shall be, the exclusive property of the Employer for its sole use, and (where applicable) shall be, payable directly to the Employer. “Intellectual Property” shall mean any of the following, as they exist anywhere in the world, whether registered or unregistered: (a) patents, patentable inventions and other patent rights (including any divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, reexaminations and interferences thereof); (b) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, trade names, taglines, brand names, logos, corporate names and other source identifiers, and all goodwill related thereto (“Trademarks”); (c) copyrights, mask works and designs, including for the avoidance of doubt copyrights in any books, radio shows, and television programs; (d) trade secrets, know-how, inventions, processes, procedures, databases, confidential business information and other proprietary information and rights; (e) computer software programs, including all source code, object code, specifications, designs and documentation related thereto; and (f) domain names, Internet addresses and other computer identifiers. Employee hereby assigns and promises to assign to Employer or its designee without additional compensation all of Employee’s right, title, and interest to any Intellectual Property created, conceived, or developed by Employee, either solely or in conjunction with others, during the Employment Period. Employee will promptly disclose to Employer or its designee in writing any Intellectual Property developed by Employee during the Employment Period; and during and after the Employment Period, Employee will give the Employer any reasonably requested assistance (at the Employer’s expense) to protect and enforce (other than against Employee or his her affiliates) such Intellectual Property owned by the Employer, including by executing and delivering to the Employer or its designee such applications, assignments, and other documents as the Employer or its designee may reasonably request in order to apply for and obtain patents or other registrations with respect to such Intellectual Property owned by the Employer in the United States and any foreign jurisdictions and signing papers reasonably requested to carry out the above obligations.