Confidentiality; Covenants Not-To-Compete Sample Clauses

Confidentiality; Covenants Not-To-Compete. (a) Acknowledgment of Proprietary Interest. Employee acknowledges and agrees that he has had access to proprietary information and also recognizes the sole proprietary interest of Employer in any Trade Secrets (as hereinafter defined) of Employer. Employee further acknowledges and agrees that any and all Trade Secrets of Employer, learned by Employee during the course of his employment by Employer or otherwise, whether developed by Employee alone or in conjunction with others or otherwise, is and shall be the property of Employer. Employee further acknowledges and understands that his disclosure of any Trade Secrets of Employer will result in irreparable injury and damage to Employer. As used herein, "Trade Secrets" means all non-public confidential and proprietary information of Employer whether embodied in writing, a computer disk, video or magnetic tape, CD-Rom or in other form, relating to the business, operations or affairs of Employer and, any other confidential information that Employee may then possess or have under Employee's control, including, without limitation, information derived from reports, investigations, experiments, research, work in progress, drawings, designs, plans, proposals, codes, marketing and sales programs, client lists, mailing lists, financial projections, any information regarding Employer's oil and gas properties, maps, plats, surveys, geophysical and geological data, cost summaries, pricing formula, reports, studies, well logs, production data, land and title records, leases and all other materials, or information prepared, compiled, evaluated, interpreted or performed, for or by Employer. "Trade Secrets" also includes confidential information related to the business, products or sales of Employer or Employer's customers or other business relationships.
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Confidentiality; Covenants Not-To-Compete. (a) Acknowledgment of Proprietary Interest. Employee acknowledges and agrees that he has had access to proprietary information and also recognizes the sole proprietary interest of Employer in any Trade Secrets (as hereinafter defined) of Employer. Employee further acknowledges and agrees that any and all Trade Secrets of Employer, learned by Employee during the course of his employment by Employer or otherwise, whether developed by Employee alone or in conjunction with others or
Confidentiality; Covenants Not-To-Compete. (a) Acknowledgment of Proprietary Interest. Employee acknowledges and agrees that he has had access to proprietary information and also recognizes the sole proprietary interest of Employer in any Trade Secrets (as hereinafter defined) of Employer. Employee further acknowledges and agrees that any and all Trade Secrets of Employer, learned by Employee during the course of his employment by Employer or otherwise, whether developed by Employee alone or in conjunction with others or otherwise, is and shall be the property of Employer. Employee further acknowledges and understands that his disclosure of any Trade Secrets of Employer will result in irreparable injury and damage to Employer. As used herein, "
Confidentiality; Covenants Not-To-Compete 

Related to Confidentiality; Covenants Not-To-Compete

  • Covenants Not to Compete No Initial Stockholder, employee, officer or director of the Company is subject to any noncompetition agreement or non-solicitation agreement with any employer or prior employer which could materially affect his ability to be an Initial Stockholder, employee, officer and/or director of the Company.

  • Confidentiality; Noncompetition (a) The Employer and the Employee acknowledge that the services to be performed by the Employee under this Agreement are unique and extraordinary and, as a result of such employment, the Employee will be in possession of confidential information relating to the business practices of the Company. The term "

  • Noncompetition and Confidentiality (a) The parties recognize that the employment of Executive with the Company has been and will continue to be special, unique and of an extraordinary character, and in connection with such employment Executive has and will continue to acquire special skill and training. The parties also recognize that the covenants of Executive contained in this Section 9 are an essential part of Executive’s engagement by the Company and that, but for the agreement of the Executive to comply with such covenants, the Company would not have entered into this Agreement. Executive accordingly agrees that, during the Term, (i) Executive shall not act or serve, directly or indirectly, as a principal, agent, independent contractor, consultant, director, officer, executive, employee or advisor or in any other position or capacity with or for, or acquire a direct or indirect ownership interest in or otherwise conduct (whether as stockholder, partner, investor, joint venturer, or as owner of any other type of interest), any Competing Business (defined below); provided, however, that this clause shall not prohibit the Executive from being the owner of (A) up to 5% of any class of outstanding securities of any entity if such class of securities is publicly traded or (B) any other securities owned by Executive on the date of this Agreement, and (ii) Executive shall not, in connection with or for the benefit of any person or entity engaged in the non-hazardous solid waste business, solicit, induce, divert or take away, any officer, employee or consultant of the Company.

  • Confidentiality; Non-Competition (a) Executive agrees that he will not, at any time during or after the Term, other than in the ordinary course of performing his duties for the Company, make use of or divulge to any other person, firm or corporation any trade or business secret, process, method or means, or any other confidential information concerning the business or policies of the Company, which he may have learned in connection with his employment. For purposes of this Agreement, a “trade or business secret, process, method or means, or any other confidential information” shall mean and include written information reasonably treated as confidential or as a trade secret by the Company. Executive’s obligation under this Section 4.3(a) shall not apply to any information which (i) is known publicly (including information known publicly within the relevant trade or industry); (ii) is in the public domain or hereafter enters the public domain without the fault of Executive; (iii) is known to Executive prior to his receipt of such information from the Company, as evidenced by written records of Executive; or (iv) is hereafter disclosed to Executive by a third party not under an obligation of confidence to the Company. Executive agrees not to remove from the premises of the Company, except as a director or an employee of the Company in the performance of his duties for the Company and its affiliates or except as specifically permitted in writing by the Company, any document or other object containing or reflecting any such confidential information. Executive recognizes that all such documents and objects, whether developed by him or by someone else, will be the sole exclusive property of the Company. Upon termination of his employment hereunder, Executive shall forthwith deliver to the Company all such confidential information, including without limitation all lists of customers, correspondence, accounts, records and any other documents or property made or held by him or under his control in relation to the business or affairs of the Company, and no copy of any such confidential information shall be retained by him; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prevent Executive from retaining (i) his papers and other materials of a personal nature, including, without limitation, photographs, correspondence, personal diaries, calendars, personal files and phone books, (ii) information showing his compensation or relating to reimbursement of his business expenses, (iii) information that is necessary for tax purposes, and (iv) copies of plans, programs, policies and agreements relating to his employment, or termination thereof, with the Company and its affiliates. Anything herein or elsewhere to the contrary notwithstanding, the provision of this Section 4.3(a) shall not apply (i) when disclosure is required by law or by any court, arbitrator, mediator or administrative or legislative body (including any committee thereof) with jurisdiction to order Executive to disclose or make accessible any information or (ii) with respect to any other litigation, arbitration or mediation involving this Agreement or any other agreement between the parties, including, without limitation, the enforcement of such agreements.

  • Confidentiality and Noncompetition The Executive shall enter into the Confidentiality Agreement and Non-Compete Agreement. The Executive’s execution of those agreements is a material inducement for the Company to enter into this Agreement. Therefore, this Agreement will be null and void unless the Executive enters into the Confidentiality Agreement and the Non-Compete Agreement.

  • Noncompetition Nonsolicitation and Confidentiality As a material inducement to continue to employ him, Employee agrees to execute the Noncompetition, Nonsolicitation and Confidentiality Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.

  • Non Competition and Confidentiality The Executive agrees that:

  • Confidentiality/Nondisclosure Employee covenants and agrees that any and all information concerning the customers, businesses and services of the Corporation of which he has knowledge or access as a result of his association with the Corporation in any capacity, shall be deemed confidential in nature and shall not, without the proper written consent of the Corporation, be directly or indirectly used, disseminated, disclosed or published by Employee to third parties other than in connection with the usual conduct of the business of the Corporation. Such information shall expressly include, but shall not be limited to, information concerning the Corporation’s trade secrets, business operations, business records, customer lists or other customer information. Upon termination of employment Employee shall deliver to the Corporation all originals and copies of documents, forms, records or other information, in whatever form it may exist, concerning the Corporation or its business, customers, products or services. In construing this provision it is agreed that it shall be interpreted broadly so as to provide the Corporation with the maximum protection. This Section 11 shall not be applicable to any information which, through no misconduct or negligence of Employee, has previously been disclosed to the public by anyone other than Employee.

  • Confidentiality; Non-Disparagement (a) Except to the extent required by law, including SEC disclosure requirements, the Employee agrees that the terms of this Release will be kept confidential by Employee, except that Employee may advise his or her family and confidential advisors.

  • 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.

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