Confidential Information; Inventions. You acknowledge that you have and, prior to the Separation Date, will continue to have access to information concerning the Company and its affiliates that the Company treats as confidential and the disclosure of which could negatively affect the Company’s interests (“Confidential Information”). All Confidential Information is of irreplaceable value to the Company. Confidential Information includes without limitation the terms of this Agreement. Except as required to perform your responsibilities for the Company, to comply with law or regulation, or as authorized in writing in advance by the new CFO, the CEO or the Board, and subject to the Protected Activities Section below, you will not, at any time, use, disclose, or take any action which may result in the use or disclosure of any Confidential Information. For the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, you shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that (a) is made (i) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney; and (ii) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (b) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. To the extent you have not assigned any developments or intellectual property rights to the Company that are related to the Company’s business activities or were made using the Company’s time, equipment or resources and during your employment by the Company, you hereby assign such developments and intellectual property rights to the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by law.
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Samples: Transitional Services and Separation Agreement (Irobot Corp), Transitional Services and Separation Agreement (Irobot Corp)
Confidential Information; Inventions. You acknowledge that you have and, prior to the Separation Date, will continue to have access to information concerning the Company and its affiliates that the Company treats as confidential and the disclosure of which could negatively affect the Company’s interests (“Confidential Information”). All Confidential Information is of irreplaceable value to the Company. Confidential Information includes without limitation the terms of this Agreement. Except as required to perform your responsibilities for the Company, to comply with law or regulation, or as authorized in writing in advance by the new CFOInterim CEO, the New CEO or the Board, and subject to the Protected Activities Section below, you will not, at any time, use, disclose, or take any action which may result in the use or disclosure of any Confidential Information. For the avoidance of doubt, pursuant to the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, you shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that (a) is made (i) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney; and (ii) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (b) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. To the extent you have not assigned any developments or intellectual property rights to the Company that are related to the Company’s business activities or were made using the Company’s time, equipment or resources and during your employment by the Company, you hereby assign such developments and intellectual property rights to the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by law.
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Samples: Transitional Services and Separation Agreement (Irobot Corp)