Consultant’s Covenants. a. During the Term hereunder and for a period of two (2) years thereafter, (1) Consultant shall not, within any jurisdiction or marketing area in which the Company (or its Subsidiaries (as such term is defined below)) is doing business, directly or indirectly, own, manage, operate, control, consult with, be employed by, or participate in the ownership, management, operation or control of any business of the type and character engaged in or competitive with that conducted by the Company (or its Subsidiaries and Affiliates); (2) Consultant shall not, directly or indirectly, employ, solicit for employment or otherwise contract for the services of any individual who is an employee of the Company (or its Subsidiaries and Affiliates) at the time of this Agreement or who shall subsequently become an employee of the Company (or its Subsidiaries and Affiliates); and (3) Consultant will not solicit, in competition with the Company (or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates), any person who is, or was at any time within the twelve months prior to the Consultant’s termination of this Agreement, a customer of the business conducted by the Company (or its Subsidiaries or its Affiliates). For purposes of this Agreement, Subsidiaries and Affiliates shall be any legal entities in which Company has a direct or indirect economic interest, and indirect or direct parents of the Company or any legal entities which has, either directly or indirectly, common ownership with the Company. b. During the Term and thereafter, (1) the Consultant will not divulge, transmit or otherwise disclose (except as legally compelled by court order, and then only to the extent required, after prompt notice to the Company of any such order), directly or indirectly, other than in the regular and proper course of business of the Company, any confidential knowledge or information regarding the operations, finances, organization or employees of the Company (or its Subsidiaries and Affiliates) or confidential or secret processes, services, techniques, customers or plans of the Company (or its Subsidiaries and Affiliates); and (2) Consultant will not use, directly or indirectly, any confidential information for the benefit of anyone other than the Company (or its Subsidiaries and Affiliates); provided, however, that the Consultant has no obligation, express or implied, to refrain from using or disclosing to others any such knowledge or information which is or hereafter shall become available to the public other than through disclosure by Consultant. All rights to new processes, strategies, techniques, know-how, inventions, plans, products, patents and devices developed, made or invented by the Consultant, alone or with others, while a consultant for the Company which are related to the business of the Company (or its Subsidiaries and Affiliates) shall be and become the sole property of the Company, unless released in writing by the Company, and Consultant hereby assigns all such rights to the Company. All files, records, correspondence, memoranda, notes or other documents (including, without limitation, those in computer-readable form) or property relating or belonging to the Company, whether prepared by Consultant or otherwise coming in Consultant’s possession in the course of the performance of the services under this Agreement, shall be the exclusive property of Company and shall be delivered to Company and not retained by Consultant (including, without limitations, any copies thereof) upon termination of this Agreement for any reason whatsoever. c. Consultant will communicate and disclose in writing to the Company both during the term of this Agreement and thereafter, all inventions, discoveries, improvements, machines, devices, designs, processes, products, software, treatments, formulae, mixtures and/or compounds whether patentable or not as well as patents and patent applications (all collectively referred to as “Inventions”) made, conceived, developed or acquired by Consultant or under which Consultant acquired the right to grant licenses or become licensed, whether alone or jointly with others, during the Term. All of Consultant’s right, title and interest in, to and under such Inventions, including licenses and right to grant licenses shall be the sole property of the Company and the same are hereby assigned to the Company. Any Invention disclosed by Consultant to anyone within one (1) year after the termination of this Agreement, which relates to any matters pertaining to, applicable to, or useful in connection with, the business of the Company shall be deemed to have been made or conceived or developed by Consultant during the Term, unless proved by Consultant to have been made and conceived and developed after the termination of this Agreement. d. For all of Consultant’s Inventions, Consultant will, upon request of the Company, during the term of this Agreement and thereafter: (1) execute and deliver all documents which the Company shall deem necessary or appropriate to assign, transfer and convey to the Company, all of Consultant’s right, title, interest in and to such Inventions, and enable the Company to file and prosecute applications for Letters Patent of the United States and any foreign countries on Inventions as to which the Company wishes to file patent applications; and (2) do all other things (including the giving of evidence in suits and other proceedings) which the Company shall deem necessary or appropriate to obtain, maintain, and assert patents for any and all such Inventions and to assert its rights in any Inventions not patented. e. Consultant hereby assigns to the Company the copyright in all works prepared by the Consultant which are either within the scope of the Services or based upon information acquired from the Company not normally made available to the public.
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Samples: Consulting Agreement (Nalco Holding CO), Consulting Agreement (Nalco Holdings LLC)
Consultant’s Covenants. a. During the Term hereunder and for a period of two (2) years thereafter, (1) Consultant shall not, within any jurisdiction or marketing area in which the Company (or its Subsidiaries (as such term is defined below)) is doing business, directly or indirectly, own, manage, operate, control, consult with, be employed by, or participate in the ownership, management, operation or control of any business of the type and character engaged in or competitive with that conducted by the Company (or its Subsidiaries and AffiliatesSubsidiaries); (2) Consultant shall not, directly or indirectly, employ, solicit for employment or otherwise contract for the services of any individual who is an employee of the Company (or its Subsidiaries and AffiliatesAffiliates (as such term is defined below)) at the time of this Agreement or who shall subsequently become an employee of the Company (or its Subsidiaries and Affiliates); and (3) Consultant will not solicit, in competition with the Company (or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates)Company, any person who is, or was at any time within the twelve months prior to the Consultant’s 's termination of this Agreement, a customer of the business conducted by the Company (or its Subsidiaries or its AffiliatesSubsidiaries). For purposes of this Agreement, Subsidiaries and Affiliates shall be any legal entities in which Company has a direct or indirect economic interest, and indirect or direct parents of the Company or any legal entities which has, either directly or indirectly, common ownership with the Company.
b. During the Term and thereafter, (1) the Consultant will not divulge, transmit or otherwise disclose (except as legally compelled by court order, and then only to the extent required, after prompt notice to the Company of any such order), directly or indirectly, other than in the regular and proper course of business of the Company, any confidential knowledge or information regarding the operations, finances, organization or employees of the Company (or its Subsidiaries and Affiliates) or confidential or secret processes, services, techniques, customers or plans of the Company (or its Subsidiaries and Affiliates); and (2) Consultant will not use, directly or indirectly, any confidential information for the benefit of anyone other than the Company (or its Subsidiaries and Affiliates); provided, however, that the Consultant has no obligation, express or implied, to refrain from using or disclosing to others any such knowledge or information which is or hereafter shall become available to the public other than through disclosure by Consultant. All rights to new processes, strategies, techniques, know-how, inventions, plans, products, patents and devices developed, made or invented by the Consultant, alone or with others, while a consultant for the Company which are related to the business of the Company (or its Subsidiaries and Affiliates) shall be and become the sole property of the Company, unless released in writing by the Company, and Consultant hereby assigns all such rights to the Company. All files, records, correspondence, memoranda, notes or other documents (including, without limitation, those in computer-readable form) or property relating or belonging to the Company, whether prepared by Consultant or otherwise coming in Consultant’s 's possession in the course of the performance of the services The Services under this Agreement, shall be the exclusive property of Company and shall be delivered to Company and not retained by Consultant (including, without limitations, any copies thereof) upon termination of this Agreement for any reason whatsoever.
c. Consultant will communicate and disclose in writing to the Company both during the term of this Agreement and thereafter, all inventions, discoveries, improvements, machines, devices, designs, processes, products, software, treatments, formulae, mixtures and/or compounds whether patentable or not as well as patents and patent applications (all collectively referred to as “"Inventions”") made, conceived, developed or acquired by Consultant or under which Consultant acquired the right to grant licenses or become licensed, whether alone or jointly with others, during the Term. All of Consultant’s 's right, title and interest in, to and under such Inventions, including licenses and right to grant licenses shall be the sole property of the Company and the same are hereby assigned to the Company. Any Invention disclosed by Consultant to anyone within one (1) year after the termination of this Agreement, which relates to any matters pertaining to, applicable to, or useful in connection with, the business of the Company shall be deemed to have been made or conceived or developed by Consultant during the Term, unless proved by Consultant to have been made and conceived and developed after the termination of this Agreement.
d. For all of Consultant’s 's Inventions, Consultant will, upon request of the Company, during the term of this Agreement and thereafter:
(1) execute and deliver all documents which the Company shall deem necessary or appropriate to assign, transfer and convey to the Company, all of Consultant’s 's right, title, interest in and to such Inventions, and enable the Company to file and prosecute applications for Letters Patent of the United States and any foreign countries on Inventions as to which the Company wishes to file patent applications; and
(2) do all other things (including the giving of evidence in suits and other proceedings) which the Company shall deem necessary or appropriate to obtain, maintain, and assert patents for any and all such Inventions and to assert its rights in any Inventions not patented.
e. Consultant hereby assigns to the Company the copyright in all works prepared by the Consultant which are either either:
(1) within the scope of the Services or Services; or,
(2) based upon information acquired from the Company not normally made available to the public.; or,
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Samples: Consulting Agreement (Nalco Finance Holdings LLC), Consulting Agreement (Nalco Energy Services Middle East Holdings, Inc.)
Consultant’s Covenants. a. During the Term hereunder and for a period of two (2) years thereafter, (1) Consultant shall not, within any jurisdiction or marketing area in which the Company (or its Subsidiaries (as such term is defined below)) is doing business, directly or indirectly, own, manage, operate, control, consult with, be employed by, or participate in the ownership, management, operation or control of any business of the type and character engaged in or competitive with that conducted by the Company (or its Subsidiaries and AffiliatesSubsidiaries); (2) Consultant shall not, directly or indirectly, employ, solicit for employment or otherwise contract for the services of any individual who is an employee of the Company (or its Subsidiaries and AffiliatesAffiliates (as such term is defined below)) at the time of this Agreement or who shall subsequently become an employee of the Company (or its Subsidiaries and Affiliates); and (3) Consultant will not solicit, in competition with the Company (or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates)Company, any person who is, or was at any time within the twelve months prior to the Consultant’s termination of this Agreement, a customer of the business conducted by the Company (or its Subsidiaries or its AffiliatesSubsidiaries). For purposes of this Agreement, Subsidiaries and Affiliates shall be any legal entities in which Company has a direct or indirect economic interest, and indirect or direct parents of the Company or any legal entities which has, either directly or indirectly, common ownership with the Company.
b. During the Term and thereafter, (1) the Consultant will not divulge, transmit or otherwise disclose (except as legally compelled by court order, and then only to the extent required, after prompt notice to the Company of any such order), directly or indirectly, other than in the regular and proper course of business of the Company, any confidential knowledge or information regarding the operations, finances, organization or employees of the Company (or its Subsidiaries and Affiliates) or confidential or secret processes, services, techniques, customers or plans of the Company (or its Subsidiaries and Affiliates); and (2) Consultant will not use, directly or indirectly, any confidential information for the benefit of anyone other than the Company (or its Subsidiaries and Affiliates); provided, however, that the Consultant has no obligation, express or implied, to refrain from using or disclosing to others any such knowledge or information which is or hereafter shall become available to the public other than through disclosure by Consultant. All rights to new processes, strategies, techniques, know-how, inventions, plans, products, patents and devices developed, made or invented by the Consultant, alone or with others, while a consultant for the Company which are related to the business of the Company (or its Subsidiaries and Affiliates) shall be and become the sole property of the Company, unless released in writing by the Company, and Consultant hereby assigns all such rights to the Company. All files, records, correspondence, memoranda, notes or other documents (including, without limitation, those in computer-readable form) or property relating or belonging to the Company, whether prepared by Consultant or otherwise coming in Consultant’s possession in the course of the performance of the services The Services under this Agreement, shall be the exclusive property of Company and shall be delivered to Company and not retained by Consultant (including, without limitations, any copies thereof) upon termination of this Agreement for any reason whatsoever.
c. Consultant will communicate and disclose in writing to the Company both during the term of this Agreement and thereafter, all inventions, discoveries, improvements, machines, devices, designs, processes, products, software, treatments, formulae, mixtures and/or compounds whether patentable or not as well as patents and patent applications (all collectively referred to as “‘‘Inventions”’’) made, conceived, developed or acquired by Consultant or under which Consultant acquired the right to grant licenses or become licensed, whether alone or jointly with others, during the Term. All of Consultant’s right, title and interest in, to and under such Inventions, including licenses and right to grant licenses shall be the sole property of the Company and the same are hereby assigned to the Company. Any Invention disclosed by Consultant to anyone within one (1) year after the termination of this Agreement, which relates to any matters pertaining to, applicable to, or useful in connection with, the business of the Company shall be deemed to have been made or conceived or developed by Consultant during the Term, unless proved by Consultant to have been made and conceived and developed after the termination of this Agreement.
d. For all of Consultant’s Inventions, Consultant will, upon request of the Company, during the term of this Agreement and thereafter:
(1) execute and deliver all documents which the Company shall deem necessary or appropriate to assign, transfer and convey to the Company, all of Consultant’s right, title, interest in and to such Inventions, and enable the Company to file and prosecute applications for Letters Patent of the United States and any foreign countries on Inventions as to which the Company wishes to file patent applications; and
(2) do all other things (including the giving of evidence in suits and other proceedings) which the Company shall deem necessary or appropriate to obtain, maintain, and assert patents for any and all such Inventions and to assert its rights in any Inventions not patented.
e. Consultant hereby assigns to the Company the copyright in all works prepared by the Consultant which are either either:
(1) within the scope of the Services or Services; or,
(2) based upon information acquired from the Company not normally made available to the public.; or,
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Consultant’s Covenants. a. During the Term hereunder and for a period of two (2) years thereafter, (1) Consultant shall not, within any jurisdiction or marketing area in which the Company (or its Subsidiaries (as such term is defined below)) is doing business, directly or indirectly, own, manage, operate, control, consult with, be employed by, or participate in the ownership, management, operation or control of any business of the type and character engaged in or competitive with that conducted by the Company (or its Subsidiaries and AffiliatesSubsidiaries); (2) Consultant shall not, directly or indirectly, employ, solicit for employment or otherwise contract for the services of any individual who is an employee of the Company (or its Subsidiaries and AffiliatesAffiliates (as such term is defined below)) at the time of this Agreement or who shall subsequently become an employee of the Company (or its Subsidiaries and Affiliates); and (3) Consultant will not solicit, in competition with the Company (or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates)Company, any person who is, or was at any time within the twelve months prior to the Consultant’s termination of this Agreement, a customer of the business conducted by the Company (or its Subsidiaries or its AffiliatesSubsidiaries). For purposes of this Agreement, Subsidiaries and Affiliates shall be any legal entities in which Company has a direct or indirect economic interest, and indirect or direct parents of the Company or any legal entities which has, either directly or indirectly, common ownership with the Company.
b. During the Term and thereafter, (1) the Consultant will not divulge, transmit or otherwise disclose (except as legally compelled by court order, and then only to the extent required, after prompt notice to the Company of any such order), directly or indirectly, other than in the regular and proper course of business of the Company, any confidential knowledge or information regarding the operations, finances, organization or employees of the Company (or its Subsidiaries and Affiliates) or confidential or secret processes, services, techniques, customers customers, projects, M&A activities or plans of the Company (or its Subsidiaries and Affiliates); and (2) Consultant will not use, directly or indirectly, any confidential information for the benefit of anyone other than the Company (or its Subsidiaries and Affiliates); provided, however, that the Consultant has no obligation, express or implied, to refrain from using or disclosing to others any such knowledge or information which is or hereafter shall become available to the public other than through disclosure by Consultant. All rights to new processes, strategies, techniques, know-how, inventions, plans, products, patents and devices developed, made or invented by the Consultant, alone or with others, while a consultant for the Company which are related to the business of the Company (or its Subsidiaries and Affiliates) shall be and become the sole property of the Company, unless released in writing by the Company, and Consultant hereby assigns all such rights to the Company. All files, records, correspondence, memoranda, notes or other documents (including, without limitation, those in computer-readable form) or property relating or belonging to the Company, whether prepared by Consultant or otherwise coming in Consultant’s possession in the course of the performance of the services Services under this Agreement, shall be the exclusive property of Company and shall be delivered to Company and not retained by Consultant (including, without limitations, any copies thereof) upon termination of this Agreement for any reason whatsoever.
c. Consultant will communicate and disclose in writing to the Company both during the term of this Agreement and thereafter, all inventions, discoveries, improvements, machines, devices, designs, processes, products, software, treatments, formulae, mixtures and/or compounds whether patentable or not as well as patents and patent applications (all collectively referred to as “Inventions”) made, conceived, developed or acquired by Consultant or under which Consultant acquired the right to grant licenses or become licensed, whether alone or jointly with others, during the Term. All of Consultant’s right, title and interest in, to and under such Inventions, including licenses and right to grant licenses shall be the sole property of the Company and the same are hereby assigned to the Company. Any Invention disclosed by Consultant to anyone within one (1) year after the termination of this Agreement, which relates to any matters pertaining to, applicable to, or useful in connection with, the business of the Company shall be deemed to have been made or conceived or developed by Consultant during the Term, unless proved by Consultant to have been made and conceived and developed after the termination of this Agreement.
d. For all of Consultant’s Inventions, Consultant will, upon request of the Company, during the term of this Agreement and thereafter:
(1) execute and deliver all documents which the Company shall deem necessary or appropriate to assign, transfer and convey to the Company, all of Consultant’s right, title, interest in and to such Inventions, and enable the Company to file and prosecute applications for Letters Patent of the United States and any foreign countries on Inventions as to which the Company wishes to file patent applications; and
(2) do all other things (including the giving of evidence in suits and other proceedings) which the Company shall deem necessary or appropriate to obtain, maintain, and assert patents for any and all such Inventions and to assert its rights in any Inventions not patented.
e. Consultant hereby assigns to the Company the copyright in all works prepared by the Consultant which are either either:
(1) within the scope of the Services or Services; or,
(2) based upon information acquired from the Company not normally made available to the public.
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