Confidentiality and Nonuse Sample Clauses

Confidentiality and Nonuse. Consultant will (a) hold PDL’s Confidential Information in trust and in strictest confidence, (b) protect the Confidential Information from disclosure and in no event take or fail to take any action causing any Confidential Information disclosed to or developed by Consultant to lose its character as Confidential Information and (c) will not use, reproduce, disseminate or disclose the Confidential Information except as permitted under this Agreement. Any and all reproductions of the Confidential Information made by Consultant will prominently contain a confidentiality legend. “Confidential Information” means any and all data and information (a) which has value to PDL or to its affiliated companies, licensees, customers, suppliers, or other third parties and is not generally known by competitors and (b) which is treated by PDL as confidential. Confidential Information may include, but is not limited to, any portion of any scientific or technical information, process, data, biological material, software programs, and information relating to PDL’s financial affairs, products, processes, business plans, employees, research and development, manufacturing, distribution and marketing, or information which any third party has disclosed to PDL in confidence.
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Confidentiality and Nonuse. (a) The Consultant will not use, reproduce, disseminate or disclose any Confidential Information (defined below) of Client, either during or after the term of this Agreement, except to perform the Services or as otherwise permitted under this Agreement. “Confidential Information” includes Inventions (defined below), any and all data, know-how, techniques, processes, code, business or financial information or other information disclosed to the Consultant in connection with the Services that is marked as confidential, disclosed under circumstances which would reasonably cause one to expect it to be confidential, or is otherwise treated by Client as confidential. (b) The obligations of confidentiality under this Agreement will not apply to the extent the Consultant can demonstrate that the information (i) was already known to Consultant through no wrongful act of Consultant prior to being disclosed to Consultant by Client, (ii) was or has became generally known to the public through no wrongful act of the Consultant, (iii) was received by the Consultant from a third party without restriction on disclosure and without breach of an obligation of confidentiality running directly or indirectly to Client or (iv) was independently developed by the Consultant without reference to Client’s Confidential Information. (c) Disclosure of Confidential Information or the supply of any materials to the Consultant under this Agreement will not constitute any grant, option or license under any patent or other rights. (d) The Consultant expressly acknowledges that all the information mentioned herein, constitutes industrial and commercial secrets for Client and that such information grants to Client economic and commercial advantages before third parties. (e) Client states and the Consultant acknowledges that Client has adopted all the possible measures and systems to protect the confidentiality as well as the restricted use of the information mentioned herein. (f) Upon termination of this Agreement, Consultant will immediately return to Client any and all Client Confidential Information.
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Confidentiality and Nonuse. (a) After the Closing, the Seller will not disclose or use (except as hereafter expressly permitted in this sentence) any trade secrets, confidential information or other non-public information which is part of the Acquired Assets or relates to the Subject Business of Seller or Buyer, either known on the date hereof or subsequently learned by Seller in connection with any of the Contemplated Transactions, unless such disclosure or use is required to satisfy any Legal Requirement or approved by Buyer in writing; provided, however, Seller shall (subject to limitations contained in the Noncompetition Agreement) be entitled to use, but not disclose, the copy it retains pursuant to part (b) of the last sentence of § 2.1 solely in connection with supporting the Series 200™ and Series 300™ products in Seller's equipment rental business. (b) After the Closing, the Buyer will not disclose (except as hereafter expressly permitted in this sentence) any trade secrets, confidential information or other non-public information of Seller (either known on the date hereof or subsequently learned by Buyer in connection with any of the Contemplated Transactions) which relates to Seller's lighting equipment rental business unless such disclosure or use is required to satisfy any Legal Requirement or approved by Seller in writing; provided, however, Seller shall be entitled to disclose in any event any information included in the Acquired Assets or otherwise relating to the Subject Business (whether now existing or hereafter arising). (c) In the event a court of competent jurisdiction determines the scope of the limitations contained in this § 12.2 is too broad to be capable of enforcement, such court may ignore such unenforceable provision(s) of this § 12.2 and instead enforce the provisions of this § 12.2 with such limitations on scope as the court determines proper.
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Confidentiality and Nonuse. The receiving party shall accept the Confidential Information of the disclosing party for the sole purpose of the Discussions between the parties and any activity of the parties in furtherance thereof and will not, without prior written consent of the disclosing party, use such Confidential Information except for such purpose. Except as provided herein, or as required by law, the receiving party further agrees not to disclose the Confidential Information to persons other than employees, officers, directors, attorneys, consultants, representatives, and agents of the receiving party who will perform all or a portion of the duties of the receiving party and who are obligated to keep such information in confidence (hereinafter designated as such parties' "Representatives"). The term "Representatives" shall also include NOANET' member utilities and their Representatives. Prior to disclosing Confidential Information to a party's Representatives, each such Representative will be made aware of the nature of the Confidential Information and will agree to be bound by this Agreement. The obligation of the receiving party not to use or disclose Confidential Information of the disclosing party shall not apply to information which: (a) at the time of disclosure by the disclosing party is in the possession of the receiving party and was not acquired, directly or indirectly, from the disclosing party with knowledge of its confidential nature; (b) is acquired by the receiving party from third parties which, to the knowledge of the receiving party, have not received such information in confidence from the disclosing party or from other third parties; or (c) is now or hereafter becomes, through no fault of the receiving party, a part of the public domain by publication or otherwise; (d) is independently developed by the receiving party without the use of Confidential Information; (e) is disclosed to any court, regulatory agency, or any other party as required by law; or (f) which, in the receiving party's judgment, it is required or deems its advisable upon advice of counsel to disclose under the Washington State Public Disclosure Act (RCW 42.17.250, et seq.), the Washington Open Public Meetings Act (RCW 42.30, et seq.), or any other applicable public disclosure requirement. In connection with any disclosure intended pursuant to exceptions (e) or (f), the receiving party (i.e., the party that initially received the Confidential Information that it intends to disclose) agrees...
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  • Confidentiality and Nondisclosure (a) Each party (the "Receiving Party") hereby acknowledges that it may be exposed to Confidential Information (as defined herein) of the other party (the "Disclosing Party"). Except as provided herein, the parties further acknowledge that such Confidential Information shall not include the existence of this Agreement, but shall include the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Subject to the License granted to LICENSEE in Section 2(a) to use the Licensed Data (which for all other purposes shall be treated as LICENSOR'S Confidential Information), the Receiving Party agrees to protect the Disclosing Party's Confidential Information to the same extent as the Receiving Party protects its own Confidential Information, but in any event using not less than reasonable care. (b) Each party when acting in the capacity of a Receiving Party hereby agrees, during the term of this Agreement and at all times thereafter, not to use, commercialize or disclose the Disclosing Party's Confidential Information to any person or entity, including customers or potential customers or subscribers of any party, without the express written consent of the Disclosing Party. Upon termination of this Agreement, the Receiving Party shall return to the Disclosing Party all of the Disclosing Party's Confidential Information in whatever form in the Receiving Party's possession or control, or at the option of the Disclosing Party, destroy the Disclosing Party's Confidential Information, and provide the Disclosing Party with a written certificate signed by an officer of the Receiving Party attesting to such destruction.. (c) The Receiving Party acknowledges that unauthorized use, misappropriation or disclosure of the Disclosing Party's Confidential Information or other proprietary information, as described in this Section 9, would cause irreparable harm to the Disclosing Party. Remedies at law being inadequate, the provisions of this Section 9 may be enforced by temporary or permanent injunctive relief.

  • Confidentiality and Non-Use In consideration of receiving Confidential Information, the QCP and PA agree as follows: a. The Parties hereby acknowledge that any Confidential Information received by either Party is the property of the disclosing Party and the Property Owner, as applicable, and that the receiving Party shall hold confidential and not disclose to any Person, without the prior written consent of the disclosing Party or as otherwise required by law, and if such consent is given, obtain a written commitment from such third party, all Confidential Information and any information about the Project, or the terms or conditions or any other facts relating thereto, including, without limitation, the fact that discussions are taking place with respect thereto or the status thereof, or the fact that Confidential Information has been made available to the receiving Party or its Representatives; provided, however, that the Parties may disclose such Confidential Information to their Representatives and their potential or actual direct or indirect investors and potential or actual third party participants in the Project or third party assignees or transferees of all or any portion of the Project, who are actively and directly participating in the Party’s evaluation of the Project or who otherwise need to know the Confidential Information for the purpose of the Project; b. Each Party shall cause all its Representatives to observe the terms of this Agreement and shall be responsible for any breach of the terms of this Agreement by it or its Representatives; and, c. The receiving Party shall return or destroy all Confidential Information (including all copies thereof) within ten (10) days of receipt of a written request made by the disclosing Party, except for one record copy that may be maintained by the receiving Party in its legal archives. Further, the receiving Party shall delete all Confidential Information contained in electronic files. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parties may retain copies of any computer records and files containing Confidential Information that have been created pursuant to their automatic electronic archiving and back-up procedures until such computer records and files have been deleted in the ordinary course. Any copies retained as described shall be maintained as Confidential Information in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. d. In addition to the foregoing, neither Party will use the Confidential Information for any purpose other than directly in connection with the Project and as expressly authorized in writing by the disclosing Party or, if the Confidential Information is the property of the Property Owner, by the Property Owner.

  • Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure The Executive hereby agrees at all times during the term of the Employment and after his termination, to hold in the strictest confidence, and not to use, except for the benefit of the Company, or to disclose to any person, corporation or other entity without prior written consent of the Company, any Confidential Information. The Executive understands that “Confidential Information” means any proprietary or confidential information of the Company, its affiliates, or their respective clients, customers or partners, including, without limitation, technical data, trade secrets, research and development information, product plans, services, customer lists and customers, supplier lists and suppliers, software developments, inventions, processes, formulas, technology, designs, hardware configuration information, personnel information, marketing, finances, information about the suppliers, joint ventures, franchisees, distributors and other persons with whom the Company does business, information regarding the skills and compensation of other employees of the Company or other business information disclosed to the Executive by or obtained by the Executive from the Company, its affiliates, or their respective clients, customers or partners, either directly or indirectly, in writing, orally or otherwise, if specifically indicated to be confidential or reasonably expected to be confidential. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information shall not include information that is generally available and known to the public through no fault of the Executive.

  • Confidentiality and Noncompetition (a) Executive acknowledges that, prior to and during the Term of this Agreement, the Company has furnished and will furnish to Executive Confidential Information which could be used by Executive on behalf of a competitor of the Company to the Company's substantial detriment. Moreover, the parties recognize that Executive during the course of his employment with the Company may develop important relationships with customers and others having valuable business relationships with the Company. In view of the foregoing, Executive acknowledges and agrees that the restrictive covenants contained in this Section are reasonably necessary to protect the Company's legitimate business interests and good will. (b) Executive agrees that he shall protect the Company's Confidential Information and shall not disclose to any Person, or otherwise use, except in connection with his duties performed in accordance with this Agreement, any Confidential Information; provided, however, that Executive may make disclosures required by a valid order or subpoena issued by a court or administrative agency of competent jurisdiction, in which event Executive will promptly notify the Company of such order or subpoena to provide the Company an opportunity to protect its interests. Executive's obligations under this Section 4(b) shall survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement, provided that Executive may after such expiration or termination disclose Confidential Information with the prior written consent of the Chairman of the Board. (c) Upon the termination or expiration of his employment hereunder, Executive agrees to deliver promptly to the Company all Company files, customer lists, management reports, memoranda, research, Company forms, financial data and reports and other documents supplied to or created by him in connection with his employment hereunder (including all copies of the foregoing) in his possession or control, and all of the Company's equipment and other materials in his possession or control. Executive's obligations under this Section 4(c) shall survive any expiration or termination of this Agreement. (d) Upon the termination or expiration of his employment under this Agreement, Executive agrees that he shall not enter into or engage in the design, manufacture, marketing or sale of any products similar to those produced or offered by the Company or its affiliates in the area of North America, either as an individual, partner or joint venturer, or as an employee, agent or salesman, or as an officer, director, or shareholder of a corporation for a period of two (2) years from the date of his termination of employment. (e) Executive acknowledges that if he breaches or threatens to breach this Section 4, his actions may cause irreparable harm and damage to the Company which could not be compensated in damages. Accordingly, if Executive breaches or threatens to breach this Section 4, the Company shall be entitled to seek injunctive relief, in addition to any other rights or remedies of the Company. The existence of any claim or cause of action by Executive against the Company, whether predicated on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by the Company of Executive's agreement under this Section 4(d). 5.

  • Confidentiality and Non-Competition To the Company’s knowledge, no director, officer, key employee or consultant of the Company is subject to any confidentiality, non-disclosure, non-competition agreement or non-solicitation agreement with any employer or prior employer that could reasonably be expected to materially affect his ability to be and act in his respective capacity of the Company or be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

  • Confidentiality and Non-Competitions To the Company’s knowledge, no director, officer, key employee or consultant of the Company is subject to any confidentiality, non-disclosure, non-competition agreement or non-solicitation agreement with any employer or prior employer that could reasonably be expected to materially affect his ability to be and act in his respective capacity of the Company or be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change.

  • Confidentiality and Non-Disparagement (a) Xxxxxx agree to keep all details of this Agreement and the details surrounding his separation in strict confidence except that he may make disclosures as follows: (1) to his immediate family; (2) to his financial and legal advisors who have a reasonable need to know this information; (3) to the extent he is compelled by subpoena or other legal process to disclose such information; or (4) to the extent reasonably required in order to prosecute or defend any action for breach of this Agreement. Xxxxx agrees that if he does share this Agreement or any information in it with any of the aforementioned individuals, he will instruct such person(s) that the information is strictly confidential and that they may not share it with anyone else. The Parties agree that, to the extent that Microsoft discloses the terms of the Agreement in any filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission pursuant to the applicable securities laws and regulations, the foregoing obligation to maintain the confidentiality of the terms of this Agreement ceases with respect to the information disclosed in the filing. (b) Xxxxxx agrees not to make any disparaging remarks about Microsoft, its officers or directors, its products, or the Released Parties, including but not limited to disparaging statements relating to his employment with or separation from Microsoft; provided that commencing January 1, 2016, this clause (b) shall not be violated by statements or communications (in any medium) that (i) do not rely on confidential information obtained by Xxxxxx during his employment at Microsoft and (ii) are made directly or indirectly by Xxxxxx (A) regarding Microsoft products, services, or business practices or decisions that are created, rendered or implemented after January 1, 2016 or (B) regarding Microsoft products or services made after January 1, 2014 and that are made in connection with, related to or during the course of Steven’s employment, engagement or other relationship with another business organization. (c) Microsoft agrees that it and its directors and members of the company’s Senior Leadership Team (or any successor team thereto) will not make any disparaging remarks about him, including but not limited to disparaging statements relating to Steven’s employment with or separation from Microsoft. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Paragraph 6 shall prevent any person from: (i) responding publicly to any incorrect, disparaging or derogatory public statement to the extent reasonably necessary to correct or refute such public statement, or (ii) making any truthful statement to the extent: (x) necessary with respect to any litigation, arbitration or mediation involving this Agreement, including, but not limited to, the enforcement of this Agreement, or (y) required by law or by any court, arbitrator, mediator or administrative of legislative body (including any committee thereof) with actual or apparent jurisdiction to order such person to disclose or make accessible such information.

  • Confidentiality and Non-Solicitation (a) Optionee hereby acknowledges that Optionee has or in the future may have access to the Company's trade secrets and proprietary or confidential information developed or acquired by or licensed to the Company, including, but not limited to, information regarding the Company's operations, business plans, customers or prospects, products, computer passwords or other information regarding network or systems access and research and development information, as such trade secrets and proprietary or confidential information may exist from time to time ("Confidential Information"). As consideration for the Option granted to Optionee hereunder, Optionee will not, at any time during Optionee's relationship with the Company, in whole or in part, disclose or cause any other person to disclose the Confidential Information to any other person or entity (except the Company) under any circumstances. In addition, Optionee will not, during the term of Optionee's relationship with the Company, and for a period of one (1) year thereafter, solicit or assist any other person or entity in soliciting any employee of the Company to terminate the employee's employment with the Company under any circumstances. (b) Optionee acknowledges that if there is a breach of any provision of this paragraph 9 by Optionee, the Company will suffer irreparable harm in that monetary damages would be inadequate to compensate the Company for such a breach. In the event of a breach or threatened breach of any such provisions by Optionee, in addition to such monetary and other relief as may be available, Optionee agrees that the Company will be entitled to injunctive relief as may be necessary to restrain any breach or further breach of such provisions by Optionee, without showing or providing any actual damages or loss sustained by the Company or notice to Optionee.

  • Confidentiality; Non-Disclosure The State shall exercise at least the same degree of care to safeguard any trade secrets or confidential information of Contractor as the State does its own property of a similar nature and shall take reasonable steps to ensure that neither the confidential information of Contractor nor any part of it will be disclosed for reasons other than its own business interests. Such prohibition on disclosures does not apply to disclosures by the State to its employees, agents or representatives, provided such disclosures are reasonably necessary to the State’s use of the Deliverable, and provided further that the State will take all reasonable steps to ensure that the Deliverable is not disclosed by such parties in contravention of this Contract. The State’s performance of the requirements of this Section shall be subject to the State of Connecticut Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"). All Records, Client Agency Data, and any Data owned by the State in any form, in the possession of the Contractor or Contractor Parties, whether uploaded, collected, stored, held, hosted, located or utilized by Contractor and Contractor Parties directly or indirectly, must remain within the continental United States.

  • Confidentiality/Nondisclosure 19.1 Neither Party will, without the prior written consent of the other Party (a) issue any public announcement regarding, or make any other disclosure of the terms of, this Agreement or use the name or marks of the other Party or its Affiliates; or (b) disclose or use (except as expressly permitted by, or required to achieve the purposes of, this Agreement) the Confidential Information of the other Party. Consent may only be given on behalf of a Party by its Legal Department. However, a Party may disclose Confidential Information if required to do so by a governmental agency, by operation of law, or if necessary in any proceeding to establish rights or obligations under this Agreement, provided that the disclosing Party gives the non-disclosing Party reasonable prior written notice and the receiving Party will cooperate with the disclosing Party to seek or take appropriate protective measures and will make such disclosure in a manner to best protect the Confidential Information from further disclosure. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if reporting or filing obligations or requirements are imposed upon Qwest by any third party or regulatory agency in connection with this Agreement, CLEC agrees to assist Qwest in complying with such obligations and requirements, as reasonably required by Qwest and to hold Qwest harmless for any failure by CLEC in this regard. Qwest’s compliance with any regulatory filing obligation will not constitute a violation of this section. Each Party will use reasonable efforts to protect the other’s Confidential Information, and will use at least the same efforts to protect such Confidential Information as the Party would use to protect its own. 19.2 All Confidential Information will remain the property of the disclosing Party. A Party who receives Confidential Information via an oral communication may request written confirmation that the material is Confidential Information. A Party who delivers Confidential Information via an oral communication may request written confirmation that the Party receiving the information understands that the material is Confidential Information. Each Party has the right to correct an inadvertent failure to identify information as Confidential Information by giving written notification within thirty (30) Days after the information is disclosed. The receiving Party will from that time forward, treat such information as Confidential Information. 19.3 Upon request by the disclosing Party, the receiving Party will return all tangible copies of Confidential Information, whether written, graphic or otherwise, except that the receiving Party may retain one copy for archival purposes. 19.4 Each Party will keep all of the other Party's Confidential Information confidential and will disclose it on a need to know basis only. Each Party will use the other Party's Confidential Information only in connection with this Agreement and in accordance with Applicable Law. Neither Party will use the other Party's Confidential Information for any other purpose except upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the Parties in writing. If either Party loses, or makes an unauthorized disclosure of, the other Party's Confidential Information, it will notify such other Party immediately and use reasonable efforts to retrieve the information.

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