Common use of Confidential Information; Tangible Property; Competitive Activities Clause in Contracts

Confidential Information; Tangible Property; Competitive Activities. (a) Employee shall hold in confidence and not use or disclose to any person or entity without the express written authorization of Employer, either during the term of employment or any time thereafter, secret or confidential information of Employer, as well as secret or confidential information and materials received in confidence from third parties by Employee or Employer. If any confidential information described below is sought by legal process, Employee will promptly notify Employer and will cooperate with Employer in preserving its confidentiality in connection with any legal proceeding. The parties hereto hereby stipulate that, to the extent it is not known publicly, the information described in this Section (herein referred to as "Confidential Information") is important, material and has independent economic value (actual or potential) from not being generally known to others who could obtain economic value from its disclosure or use and that any breach of any terms of this Section 2.3 is a material breach of this Agreement: (i) the names, buying habits and practices of Employer's customers or prospective customers; (ii) Employer's sales and marketing strategy and methods and related data; (iii) the names of Employer's vendors and suppliers; (iv) cost of materials/services; (v) the prices Employer obtains or has obtained or for which it sells or has sold its products or services; (vi) development costs; (vii) compensation paid to employees or other terms of employment; (viii) Employer's past and projected sales volumes; (ix) confidential information relating to actual products, proposed products or enhancements of existing products, including, but not limited to, source code, programming instructions, engineering methods and techniques, logic diagrams, algorithms, development environment, software methodologies, and technical specifications for the Employer's web design and content management software. Confidential Information shall also include all information which the Employee should reasonably understand is secret or confidential information, provided the same is clearly designated as confidential by marking or stamping "Confidential" or similar words on the cover of such information, or by orally communicating such confidentiality and confirming such confidentiality in a later written communication. Confidential Information shall also include all information which the Employee should reasonably understand is secret or confidential information, if the Employee has participated in or otherwise been involved with the development, analysis, invention or origination of such Confidential Information belonging to the Employer, including, without limitation, methods, know-how, formula, customer and supplier lists, personnel and financial data, business plans, as well as product information, product plans and product strategies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, "Confidential Information" does not include any information which (A) is now available to the public or which becomes available to the public, (B) is or becomes available to the Employee from a source other than the Employer and such disclosure is not a breach of a confidentiality agreement with the Employer, or (C) is required to be disclosed by any government agency or in connection with a court proceeding. All Confidential Information, as well as all software code, methodologies, models, samples, tools, machinery, equipment, notes, books, correspondence, drawings and other written, graphical or electromagnetic records relating to any of the products of Employer or relating to any of the Confidential Information of Employer which Employee shall prepare, use, construct, observe, possess, or control shall be and shall remain the sole property of Employer and shall be returned by Employee upon termination of employment.

Confidential Information; Tangible Property; Competitive Activities. (a) Employee shall hold in confidence and not use or disclose to any person or entity without the express written authorization of Employer, either during the term of employment or any time thereafter, secret or confidential information of Employer, as well as secret or confidential information and materials received in confidence from third parties by Employee or Employer. If any confidential information described below is sought by legal process, Employee will promptly notify Employer and will cooperate with Employer in preserving its confidentiality in connection with any legal proceeding. The parties hereto hereby stipulate that, to the extent it is not known publicly, the information described in this Section (herein referred to as "“Confidential Information"”) is important, material and has independent economic value (actual or potential) from not being generally known to others who could obtain economic value from its disclosure or use and that any breach of any terms of this Section 2.3 is a material breach of this Agreement: (i) the names, buying habits and practices of Employer's ’s customers or prospective customers; (ii) Employer's ’s sales and marketing strategy and methods and related data; (iii) the names of Employer's ’s vendors and suppliers; (iv) cost of materials/services; (v) the prices Employer obtains or has obtained or for which it sells or has sold its products or services; (vi) development costs; (vii) compensation paid to employees or other terms of employment; (viii) Employer's past and projected sales volumes; (ix) confidential information relating to actual products, proposed products or enhancements of existing products, including, but not limited to, source code, programming instructions, engineering methods and techniques, logic diagrams, algorithms, development environment, software methodologies, and technical specifications for the Employer's ’s web design and content management software. Confidential Information shall also include all information which the Employee should reasonably understand is secret or confidential information, provided the same is clearly designated as confidential by marking or stamping "Confidential" or similar words on the cover of such information, or by orally communicating such confidentiality and confirming such confidentiality in a later written communication. Confidential Information shall also include all information which the Employee should reasonably understand is secret or confidential information, if the Employee has participated in or otherwise been involved with the development, analysis, invention or origination of such Confidential Information belonging to the Employer, including, without limitation, methods, know-how, formula, customer and supplier lists, personnel and financial data, business plans, as well as product information, product plans and product strategies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, "“Confidential Information" ” does not include any information which (A) is now available to the public or which becomes available to the public, (B) is or becomes available to the Employee from a source other than the Employer and such disclosure is not a breach of a confidentiality agreement with the Employer, or (C) is required to be disclosed by any government agency or in connection with a court proceeding. All Confidential Information, as well as all software code, methodologies, models, samples, tools, machinery, equipment, notes, books, correspondence, drawings and other written, graphical or electromagnetic records relating to any of the products of Employer or relating to any of the Confidential Information of Employer which Employee shall prepare, use, construct, observe, possess, or control shall be and shall remain the sole property of Employer and shall be returned by Employee upon termination of employment.

Confidential Information; Tangible Property; Competitive Activities. (a) Employee shall hold in confidence and not use or disclose to any person or entity without the express written authorization of Employer, either during the term of employment or any time thereafter, secret or confidential information of Employer, as well as secret or confidential information and materials received in confidence from third parties by Employer or by Employee or Employerin connection with his duties hereunder. If any confidential information described below is sought by legal process, Employee will promptly notify Employer and will cooperate with Employer in preserving its confidentiality in connection with any legal proceeding. The parties hereto hereby stipulate that, to the extent it is not known publicly, the information described in this Section (herein referred to as "“Confidential Information"”) is important, material and has independent economic value (actual or potential) from not being generally known to others who could obtain economic value from its disclosure or use and that any breach of any terms of this Section 2.3 is a material breach of this Employment Agreement: (i) the names, buying habits and practices of Employer's ’s customers or prospective customers; (ii) Employer's ’s sales and marketing strategy and methods and related data; (iii) the names of Employer's ’s vendors and suppliers; (iv) cost of materials/services; (v) the prices Employer obtains or has obtained or for which it sells or has sold its products or services; (vi) development costs; (vii) compensation paid to employees or other terms of employment; (viii) Employer's past and projected sales volumes; (ix) confidential information relating to Employer’s actual products, proposed products or enhancements of existing products, including, but not limited to, source code, programming instructions, engineering methods and techniques, logic diagrams, algorithms, development environment, software methodologies, and technical specifications for the Employer's ’s web design and content management software. Confidential Information shall also include all information which the Employee should reasonably understand is secret or confidential information, provided the same is clearly designated as confidential by marking or stamping "Confidential" or similar words on the cover of such information, or by orally communicating such confidentiality and confirming such confidentiality in a later written communication. Confidential Information shall also include all information which the Employee should reasonably understand is secret or confidential information, if the Employee has participated in or otherwise been involved with the development, analysis, invention or origination of such Confidential Information belonging to the Employer, including, without limitation, methods, know-how, formula, customer and supplier lists, personnel and financial data, business plans, as well as product information, product plans and product strategies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, "“Confidential Information" ” does not include any information which (A) is now available to the public or which becomes available to the public, (B) is or becomes available to the Employee from a source other than the Employer and such disclosure is not a breach of a confidentiality agreement with the Employer, or (C) is required to be disclosed by any government agency or in connection with a court proceeding, or (D) does not relate to the business of Employer and was independently conceived by Employee without reference to or use of any of Employer’s confidential information, as demonstrated by competent evidence. All Confidential Information, as well as all software code, methodologies, models, samples, tools, machinery, equipment, notes, books, correspondence, drawings and other written, graphical or electromagnetic records relating to any of the products of Employer or relating to any of the Confidential Information of Employer which Employee shall prepare, use, construct, observe, possess, or control shall be and shall remain the sole property of Employer and shall be returned by Employee upon termination of employment.

Confidential Information; Tangible Property; Competitive Activities. (a) Employee shall hold in confidence and not use or disclose to any person or entity without the express written authorization of Employer, either during the term of employment or any time thereafter, secret or confidential information of Employer, as well as secret or confidential information and materials received in confidence from third parties by Employee or Employer. If any confidential information described below is sought by legal process, Employee will promptly notify Employer and will cooperate with Employer in preserving its confidentiality in connection with any legal proceeding. The parties hereto hereby stipulate that, to the extent it is not known publicly, the information described in this Section (herein referred to as "Confidential Information") is important, material and has independent economic value (actual or potential) from not being generally known to others who could obtain economic value from its disclosure or use and that any breach of any terms of this Section 2.3 is a material breach of this Agreement: (i) the names, buying habits and practices of Employer's customers or prospective customers; (ii) Employer's sales and marketing strategy and methods and related data; (iii) the names of Employer's vendors and suppliers; (iv) cost of materials/services; (v) the prices Employer obtains or has obtained or for which it sells or has sold its products or services; (vi) development costs; (vii) compensation paid to employees or other terms of employment; (viii) Employer's past and projected sales volumes; (ix) confidential information relating to actual products, proposed products or enhancements of existing products, including, but not limited to, source code, programming instructions, engineering methods and techniques, logic diagrams, algorithms, development environment, software methodologies, and technical specifications for the Employer's web design and content management software. Confidential Information shall also include all information which the Employee should reasonably understand is secret or confidential information, provided the same is clearly designated as confidential by marking or stamping "Confidential" or similar words on the cover of such information, or by orally communicating such confidentiality and confirming such confidentiality in a later written communication. Confidential Information shall also include all information which the Employee should reasonably understand is secret or confidential information, if the Employee has participated in or otherwise been involved with the development, analysis, invention or origination of such Confidential Information belonging to the Employer, including, without limitation, methods, know-how, formula, customer and supplier lists, personnel and financial data, business plans, as well as product information, product plans and product strategies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, "Confidential Information" does not include any information which (A) is now available to the public or which becomes available to the public, (B) is or becomes available to the Employee from a source other than the Employer and such disclosure is not a breach of a confidentiality agreement with the Employer, or (C) is required to be disclosed by any government agency or in connection with a court proceeding. All Confidential Information, as well as all software code, methodologies, models, samples, tools, machinery, equipment, notes, books, correspondence, drawings and other written, graphical or electromagnetic records relating to any of the products of Employer or relating to any of the Confidential Information of Employer which Employee shall prepare, use, construct, observe, possess, or control shall be and shall remain the sole property of Employer and shall be returned by Employee upon termination of employment.

Confidential Information; Tangible Property; Competitive Activities. (a) Employee shall hold in confidence and not use or disclose to any person or entity without the express written authorization of Employer, either during the term of employment or any time thereafter, secret or confidential information of Employer, as well as secret or confidential information and materials received in confidence from third parties by Employee or Employer. If any confidential information described below is sought by legal process, Employee will promptly notify Employer and will cooperate with Employer in preserving its confidentiality in connection with any legal proceeding. The parties hereto hereby stipulate that, to the extent it is not known publicly, the information described in this Section (herein referred to as "“Confidential Information"”) is important, material and has independent economic value (actual or potential) from not being generally known to others who could obtain economic value from its disclosure or use and that any breach of any terms of this Section 2.3 is a material breach of this Agreement: (i) the names, buying habits and practices of Employer's ’s customers or prospective customers; (ii) Employer's ’s sales and marketing strategy and methods and related data; (iii) the names of Employer's ’s vendors and suppliers; (iv) cost of materials/services; (v) the prices Employer obtains or has obtained or for which it sells or has sold its products or services; (vi) development costs; (vii) compensation paid to employees or other terms of employment; (viii) Employer's past and projected sales volumes; (ix) confidential information relating to actual products, proposed products or enhancements of existing products, including, but not limited to, source code, programming instructions, engineering methods and techniques, logic diagrams, algorithms, development environment, software methodologies, and technical specifications for the Employer's ’s web design and content management software. Confidential Information shall also include all information which the Employee should reasonably understand is secret or confidential information, provided the same is clearly designated as confidential by marking or stamping "Confidential" or similar words on the cover of such information, or by orally communicating such confidentiality and confirming such confidentiality in a later written communication. Confidential Information shall also include all information which the Employee should reasonably understand is secret or confidential information, if the Employee has participated in or otherwise been involved with the development, analysis, invention or origination of such Confidential Information belonging to the Employer, including, without limitation, methods, know-how, formula, customer and supplier lists, personnel and financial data, business plans, as well as product information, product plans and product strategies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, "“Confidential Information" ” does not include any information which (A) is now available to the public or which becomes available to the public, (B) is or becomes available to the Employee from a source other than the Employer and such disclosure is not a breach of a confidentiality agreement with the Employer, or (C) is required to be disclosed by any government agency or in connection with a court proceeding. All Confidential Information, as well as all software code, methodologies, models, samples, tools, machinery, equipment, notes, books, correspondence, drawings and other written, graphical or electromagnetic records relating to any of the products of Employer or relating to any of the Confidential Information of Employer which Employee shall prepare, use, construct, observe, possess, or control shall be and shall remain the sole property of Employer and shall be returned by Employee upon termination of employment.

Confidential Information; Tangible Property; Competitive Activities. (a) Employee shall hold in confidence and not use or disclose to any person or entity without the express written authorization of Employer, either during the term of employment or any time thereafter, secret or confidential information of Employer, as well as secret or confidential information and materials received in confidence from third parties by Employee or Employer. If any confidential information described below is sought by legal process, Employee will promptly notify Employer and will cooperate with Employer in preserving its confidentiality in connection with any legal proceeding. The parties hereto hereby stipulate that, to the extent it is not known publicly, the information described in this Section (herein referred to as "“Confidential Information"”) is important, material and has independent economic value (actual or potential) from not being generally known to others who could obtain economic value from its disclosure or use and that any breach of any terms of this Section 2.3 is a material breach of this Agreement: (i) the names, buying habits and practices of Employer's ’s customers or prospective customers; (ii) Employer's ’s sales and marketing strategy and methods and related data; (iii) the names of Employer's ’s vendors and suppliers; (iv) cost of materials/services; (v) the prices Employer obtains or has obtained or for which it sells or has sold its products or services; (vi) development costs; (vii) compensation paid to employees or other terms of employment; (viii) Employer's past and projected sales volumes; (ix) confidential information relating to actual products, proposed products or enhancements of existing products, including, but not limited to, source code, programming instructions, engineering methods and techniques, logic diagrams, algorithms, development environment, software methodologies, and technical specifications for the Employer's ’s web design and content management software. Employee Confidential Information shall also include all information which the Employee should reasonably understand is secret or confidential information, provided the same is clearly designated as confidential by marking or stamping "Confidential" or similar words on the cover of such information, or by orally communicating such confidentiality and confirming such confidentiality in a later written communication. Confidential Information shall also include all information which the Employee should reasonably understand is secret or confidential information, if the Employee has participated in or otherwise been involved with the development, analysis, invention or origination of such Confidential Information belonging to the Employer, including, without limitation, methods, know-how, formula, customer and supplier lists, personnel and financial data, business plans, as well as product information, product plans and product strategies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, "“Confidential Information" ” does not include any information which (A) is now available to the public or which becomes available to the public, (B) is or becomes available to the Employee from a source other than the Employer and such disclosure is not a breach of a confidentiality agreement with the Employer, or (C) is required to be disclosed by any government agency or in connection with a court proceeding. All Confidential Information, as well as all software code, methodologies, models, samples, tools, machinery, equipment, notes, books, correspondence, drawings and other written, graphical or electromagnetic records relating to any of the products of Employer or relating to any of the Confidential Information of Employer which Employee shall prepare, use, construct, observe, possess, or control shall be and shall remain the sole property of Employer and shall be returned by Employee upon termination of employment.

Confidential Information; Tangible Property; Competitive Activities. (a) Employee shall hold in confidence and not use or disclose to any person or entity without the express written authorization of Employer, either during the term of employment Employment Term or any time thereafter, secret or confidential information Confidential Information of Employer, as well as secret or confidential information Confidential Information and materials received in confidence from third parties by Employee or Employer. If any confidential information Confidential Information described below is sought by legal process, Employee will promptly notify Employer and will cooperate with Employer in preserving its confidentiality in connection with any legal proceeding. The parties hereto hereby stipulate that, to the extent it is not known publicly, the information described in this Section (herein referred to as "“Confidential Information"”) is important, material and has independent economic value (actual or potential) from not being generally known to others who could obtain economic value from its disclosure or use and that any breach of any terms of this Section 2.3 is a material breach of this Agreement: (i) the names, buying habits and practices of Employer's ’s customers or prospective customers; (ii) Employer's ’s sales and marketing strategy and methods and related data; (iii) the names of Employer's ’s vendors and suppliers; (iv) cost of materials/services; (v) the prices Employer obtains or has obtained or for which it sells or has sold its products or services; (vi) development costs; (vii) compensation paid to employees or other terms of employment; (viii) Employer's past and projected sales volumes; (ix) confidential information relating to actual products, proposed products or enhancements of existing products, including, but not limited to, source code, programming instructions, engineering methods and techniques, logic diagrams, algorithms, development environment, software methodologies, and technical specifications for the Employer's ’s web design and content management software. Confidential Information shall also include all information which the Employee should reasonably understand is secret or confidential information, provided the same is clearly designated as confidential by marking or stamping "“Confidential" ” or similar words on the cover of such information, or by orally communicating such confidentiality and confirming such confidentiality in a later written communication. Confidential Information shall also include all information which the Employee should reasonably understand is secret or confidential information, if the Employee has participated in or otherwise been involved with the development, analysis, invention or origination of such Confidential Information belonging to the Employer, including, without limitation, methods, know-how, formula, customer and supplier lists, personnel and financial data, business plans, as well as product information, product plans and product strategies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, "“Confidential Information" ” does not include any information which (A) is now available to the public or which becomes available to the public, (B) is or becomes available to the Employee from a source other than the Employer and such disclosure is not a breach of a confidentiality agreement with the Employer, or (C) is required to be disclosed by any government agency or in connection with a court proceeding. All Confidential Information, as well as all software code, methodologies, models, samples, tools, machinery, equipment, notes, books, correspondence, drawings and other written, graphical or electromagnetic records relating to any of the products of Employer or relating to any of the Confidential Information of Employer which Employee shall prepare, use, construct, observe, possess, or control shall be and shall remain the sole property of Employer and shall be returned by Employee upon termination of employment.

Confidential Information; Tangible Property; Competitive Activities. (a) Employee shall hold in confidence and not use or disclose to any person or entity without the express written authorization of Employer, either during the term of employment Employment Term or any time thereafter, secret or confidential information Confidential Information (as defined below) of Employer, as well as secret or confidential information Confidential Information and materials received in confidence from third parties by Employee or Employer. If any confidential information Confidential Information described below is sought by legal process, Employee will promptly notify Employer and will cooperate with Employer in preserving its confidentiality in connection with any legal proceeding. The parties hereto hereby stipulate that, to the extent it is not known publicly, the information described in this Section (herein referred to as "“Confidential Information"”) is important, material and has independent economic value (actual or potential) from not being generally known to others who could obtain economic value from its disclosure or use and that any breach of any terms of this Section 2.3 is a material breach of this Agreement: (i) the names, buying habits and practices of Employer's ’s customers or prospective customers; (ii) Employer's ’s sales and marketing strategy and methods and related data; (iii) the names of Employer's ’s vendors and suppliers; (iv) cost of materials/services; (v) the prices Employer obtains or has obtained or for which it sells or has sold its products or services; (vi) development costs; (vii) compensation paid to employees or other terms of employment; (viii) Employer's ’s past and projected sales volumes; (ix) confidential information relating to actual products, proposed products or enhancements of existing products, including, but not limited to, source code, programming instructions, engineering methods and techniques, logic diagrams, algorithms, development environment, software methodologies, and technical specifications for the Employer's ’s web design and content management software. Confidential Information shall also include all information which the Employee should reasonably understand is secret or confidential information, provided the same is clearly designated as confidential by marking or stamping "“Confidential" ” or similar words on the cover of such information, or by orally communicating such confidentiality and confirming such confidentiality in a later written communication. Confidential Information shall also include all information which the Employee should reasonably understand is secret or confidential information, if the Employee has participated in or otherwise been involved with the development, analysis, invention or origination of such Confidential Information belonging to the Employer, including, without limitation, methods, know-how, formula, customer and supplier lists, personnel and financial data, business plans, as well as product information, product plans and product strategies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, "“Confidential Information" ” does not include any information which (A) is now available to the public or which becomes available to the public, (B) is or becomes available to the Employee from a source other than the Employer and such disclosure is not a breach of a confidentiality agreement with the Employer, or (C) is required to be disclosed by any government agency or in connection with a court proceeding. All Confidential Information, as well as all software code, methodologies, models, samples, tools, machinery, equipment, notes, books, correspondence, drawings and other written, graphical or electromagnetic records relating to any of the products of Employer or relating to any of the Confidential Information of Employer which Employee shall prepare, use, construct, observe, possess, or control shall be and shall remain the sole property of Employer and shall be returned by Employee upon termination of employment.

Confidential Information; Tangible Property; Competitive Activities. (a) Employee shall hold in confidence and not use or disclose to any person or entity without the express written authorization of Employer, either during the term of employment or any time thereafter, secret or confidential information of Employer, as well as secret or confidential information and materials received in confidence from third parties by Employee or Employer. If any confidential information described below is sought by legal process, Employee will promptly notify Employer and will cooperate with Employer in preserving its confidentiality in connection with any legal proceeding. The parties hereto hereby stipulate that, to the extent it is not known publicly, the information described in this Section (herein referred to as "“Confidential Information"”) is important, material and has independent economic value (actual or potential) from not being generally known to others who could obtain economic value from its disclosure or use and that any breach of any terms of this Section 2.3 is a material breach of this Employment Agreement: (i) the names, buying habits and practices of Employer's ’s customers or prospective customers; (ii) Employer's ’s sales and marketing strategy and methods and related data; (iii) the names of Employer's ’s vendors and suppliers; (iv) cost of materials/services; (v) the prices Employer obtains or has obtained or for which it sells or has sold its products or services; (vi) development costs; (vii) compensation paid to employees or other terms of employment; (viii) Employer's past and projected sales volumes; (ix) confidential information relating to actual products, proposed products or enhancements of existing products, including, but not limited to, source code, programming instructions, engineering methods and techniques, logic diagrams, algorithms, development environment, software methodologies, and technical specifications for the Employer's ’s web design and content management software. Confidential Information shall also include all information which the Employee should reasonably understand is secret or confidential information, provided the same is clearly designated as confidential by marking or stamping "Confidential" or similar words on the cover of such information, or by orally communicating such confidentiality and confirming such confidentiality in a later written communication. Confidential Information shall also include all information which the Employee should reasonably understand is secret or confidential information, if the Employee has participated in or otherwise been involved with the development, analysis, invention or origination of such Confidential Information belonging to the Employer, including, without limitation, methods, know-how, formula, customer and supplier lists, personnel and financial data, business plans, as well as product information, product plans and product strategies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, "“Confidential Information" ” does not include any information which (A) is now available to the public or which becomes available to the public, (B) is or becomes available to the Employee from a source other than the Employer and such disclosure is not a breach of a confidentiality agreement with the Employer, or (C) is required to be disclosed by any government agency or in connection with a court proceeding. All Confidential Information, as well as all software code, methodologies, models, samples, tools, machinery, equipment, notes, books, correspondence, drawings and other written, graphical or electromagnetic records relating to any of the products of Employer or relating to any of the Confidential Information of Employer which Employee shall prepare, use, construct, observe, possess, or control shall be and shall remain the sole property of Employer and shall be returned by Employee upon termination of employment.

Confidential Information; Tangible Property; Competitive Activities. (a) Employee shall hold in confidence and not use or disclose to any person or entity without the express written authorization of Employer, either during the term of employment or any time thereafter, secret or confidential information of Employer, as well as secret or confidential information and materials received in confidence from third parties by Employee or Employer. If any confidential information described below is sought by legal process, Employee will promptly notify Employer and will cooperate with Employer in preserving its confidentiality in connection with any legal proceeding. The parties hereto hereby stipulate that, to the extent it is not known publicly, the information described in this Section (herein referred to as "“Confidential Information"”) is important, material and has independent economic value (actual or potential) from not being generally known to others who could obtain economic value from its disclosure or use and that any breach of any terms of this Section 2.3 is a material breach of this Agreement: (i) the names, buying habits and practices of Employer's ’s customers or prospective customers; (ii) Employer's ’s sales and marketing strategy and methods and related data; (iii) the names of Employer's ’s vendors and suppliers; (iv) cost of materials/services; (v) the prices Employer obtains or has obtained or for which it sells or has sold its products or services; (vi) development costs; (vii) compensation paid to employees or other terms of employment; (viii) Employer's ’s past and projected sales volumes; (ix) confidential information relating to actual products, proposed products or enhancements of existing products, including, but not limited to, source code, programming instructions, engineering methods and techniques, logic diagrams, algorithms, development environment, software methodologies, and technical specifications for the Employer's ’s web design and content management software. Confidential Information shall also include all information which the Employee should reasonably understand is secret or confidential information, provided the same is clearly designated as confidential by marking or stamping "Confidential" or similar words on the cover of such information, or by orally communicating such confidentiality and confirming such confidentiality in a later written communication. Confidential Information shall also include all information which the Employee should reasonably understand is secret or confidential information, if the Employee has participated in or otherwise been involved with the development, analysis, invention or origination of such Confidential Information belonging to the Employer, including, without limitation, methods, know-how, formula, customer and supplier lists, personnel and financial data, business plans, as well as product information, product plans and product strategies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, "“Confidential Information" ” does not include any information which (A) is now available to the public or which becomes available to the public, (B) is or becomes available to the Employee from a source other than the Employer and such disclosure is not a breach of a confidentiality agreement with the Employer, or (C) is required to be disclosed by any government agency or in connection with a court proceeding. All Confidential Information, as well as all software code, methodologies, models, samples, tools, machinery, equipment, notes, books, correspondence, drawings and other written, graphical or electromagnetic records relating to any of the products of Employer or relating to any of the Confidential Information of Employer which Employee shall prepare, use, construct, observe, possess, or control shall be and shall remain the sole property of Employer and shall be returned by Employee upon termination of employment.

Confidential Information; Tangible Property; Competitive Activities. (a) Employee shall hold in confidence and not use or disclose to any person or entity without the express written authorization of Employer, either during the employment term of employment or any time thereafter, secret or confidential information of Employer, as well as secret or confidential information and materials received in confidence from third parties with whom Employer has a business relationship by Employee or Employer. If any confidential information described below is sought by legal process, Employee will promptly notify Employer and will cooperate with Employer in preserving its confidentiality in connection with any legal proceeding. The parties hereto hereby stipulate that, to the extent it is not known publicly, the information described in this Section (herein referred to as "Confidential Information") is important, material and has independent economic value (actual or potential) from not being generally known to others who could obtain economic value from its disclosure or use and that any breach of any terms of this Section 2.3 is a material breach of this Agreement: (i) the names, buying habits and practices of Employer's customers or prospective customers; (ii) Employer's sales and marketing strategy and methods and related data; (iii) the names of Employer's vendors and suppliers; (iv) cost of materials/services; (v) the prices Employer obtains or has obtained or for which it sells or has sold its products or services; (vi) development costs; (vii) compensation paid to employees or other terms of employment; (viii) Employer's past and projected sales volumes; (ix) confidential information relating to actual products, proposed products or enhancements of existing products, including, but not limited to, source code, programming instructions, engineering methods and techniquestechniques relating to such actual or proposed products (or enhancements thereof), logic diagrams, algorithms, development environment, software methodologies, and technical specifications for the Employer's web design and content management software. Confidential Information shall also include all information which the Employee should reasonably understand is secret or confidential information, provided the same is clearly designated as confidential by marking or stamping "Confidential" or similar words on the cover of such information, or by orally communicating such confidentiality and confirming such confidentiality in a later written communication. Confidential Information shall also include all information which the Employee should reasonably understand is secret or confidential information, if the Employee has participated in or otherwise been involved with the development, analysis, invention or origination of such Confidential Information belonging to the Employer, including, without limitation, methods, know-how, formula, customer and supplier lists, personnel and financial data, business plans, as well as product information, product plans and product strategies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, "Confidential Information" does not include any information which (A) is now available to the public or which becomes available to the public, (B) is or becomes available to the Employee from a source other than the Employer and such disclosure is not a breach of a confidentiality agreement with the Employer, or (C) is required to be disclosed by any government agency or in connection with a court proceeding. All Confidential Information, as well as all software code, methodologies, models, samples, tools, machinery, equipment, notes, books, correspondence, drawings and other written, graphical or electromagnetic records relating to any of the products of Employer or relating to any of the Confidential Information of Employer which Employee shall prepare, use, construct, observe, possess, or control shall be and shall remain the sole property of Employer and shall be returned by Employee upon termination of employment.

Confidential Information; Tangible Property; Competitive Activities. (a) Employee shall hold in confidence and not use or disclose to any person or entity without the express written authorization of Employer, either during the employment term of employment or any time thereafter, secret or confidential information of Employer, as well as secret or confidential information and materials received in confidence from third parties with whom Employer has a business relationship by Employee or Employer. If any confidential information described below is sought by legal process, Employee will promptly notify Employer and will cooperate with Employer in preserving its confidentiality in connection with any legal proceeding. The parties hereto hereby stipulate that, to the extent it is not known publicly, the information described in this Section (herein referred to as "“Confidential Information"”) is important, material and has independent economic value (actual or potential) from not being generally known to others who could obtain economic value from its disclosure or use and that any breach of any terms of this Section 2.3 is a material breach of this Agreement: (i) the names, buying habits and practices of Employer's customers or prospective ’s customers; (ii) Employer's ’s sales and marketing strategy and methods and related data; (iii) the names of Employer's ’s vendors and suppliers; (iv) cost of materials/services; (v) the prices Employer obtains or has obtained or for which it sells or has sold its products or services; (vi) development costs; (vii) compensation paid to employees or other terms of employment; (viii) Employer's ’s past and projected sales volumes; (ix) confidential information relating to actual products, proposed products or enhancements of existing products, including, but not limited to, source code, programming instructions, engineering methods and techniquestechniques relating to such actual or proposed products (or enhancements thereof), logic diagrams, algorithms, development environment, software methodologies, and technical specifications for the Employer's ’s web design and content management software. Confidential Information shall also include all information which the Employee should reasonably understand is secret or confidential information, provided the same is clearly designated as confidential by marking or stamping "“Confidential" ” or similar words on the cover of such information, or by orally communicating such confidentiality and confirming such confidentiality in a later written communication. Confidential Information shall also include all information which the Employee should reasonably understand is secret or confidential information, if the Employee has participated in or otherwise been involved with the development, analysis, invention or origination of such Confidential Information belonging to the Employer, including, without limitation, methods, know-how, formula, customer and supplier lists, personnel and financial data, business plans, as well as product information, product plans and product strategies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, "“Confidential Information" ” does not include any information which (A) is now available to the public or which becomes available to the public, (B) is or becomes available to the Employee from a source other than the Employer and such disclosure is not a breach of a confidentiality agreement with the Employer, or (C) is required to be disclosed by any government agency or in connection with a court proceeding. All Confidential Information, as well as all software code, methodologies, models, samples, tools, machinery, equipment, notes, books, correspondence, drawings and other written, graphical or electromagnetic records relating to any of the products of Employer or relating to any of the Confidential Information of Employer which Employee shall prepare, use, construct, observe, possess, or control shall be and shall remain the sole property of Employer and shall be returned by Employee upon termination of employment.