Inventions and Secrecy Sample Clauses

Inventions and Secrecy. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 5.2, Executive (i) shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company and its affiliates, all secret and confidential information, knowledge, or data of the Company and its affiliates obtained by Executive during his employment by the Company, which is not generally know to the public or recognized as standard practice (whether or not developed by Executive) and shall not, during his employment by the Company and following the termination of such employment for any reason, communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge or data to any person or entity other than the Company or its affiliates or persons or entities designated by the Company; (ii) shall promptly disclose to the Company all inventions, ideas, devices and processes made or conceived by him along or jointly with others, from the time of entering the Company’s employ and until such employment is terminated and for a one (1) year period following such termination, relevant or pertinent in any way, whether directly or indirectly, to the Company or its affiliates or resulting from or suggested by any work which he may have done for or at the request of the Company or its affiliates; (iii) shall at all times during his employment with the Company, assist the Company and its affiliates in every proper way (at the expense of the Company) to obtain and develop for the benefit of the Company inventions, ideas, devices and processes, whether or not patented; and (iv) shall perform all such acts and execute, acknowledge and deliver all such instruments as may be necessary or desirable in the opinion of the Company to vest in the Company, the entire interest in such inventions, ideas, devices and processes referred to in this Section 5.2. Executive and Company each agree that all documents, reports, files, analyses, drawings, designs, tools, equipment, plans (including, without limitation, marketing and sales plans), proposals, customer lists, computer software or hardware, and similar materials that are made by Executive or come into his or its possession by reason of and during the term of Executive’s engagement with Company are the property of Company and will not be used by his in any way adverse to Company’s interests. Executive also agrees not to allow any such documents or things, or any copies, reproductions or summaries to be delivered to or used by any third party without the specific consent of Company. Executive agrees to delive...
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Inventions and Secrecy. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 8, the Key Employee: (a) shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all secret or confidential information, knowledge, or data of the Company or its business or production operations obtained by the Key Employee during his/her employment by the Company, which shall not be generally known to the public or recognized as standard practice (whether or not developed by the Key Employee) and shall not, during his/her employment by the Company and after the termination of such employment for any reason, communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge or data to any person, firm or corporation other than the Company or persons, firms or corporations designated by the Company; (b) shall promptly disclose to the Company all inventions, ideas, devices, and processes made or conceived by him/her alone or jointly with others, from the time of entering the Company's employ until such employment is terminated and with the six (6 ) month period immediately following such termination, relevant or pertinent in any way, whether directly or indirectly, to the Company's business or production operations or resulting from or suggested by any work which he/she may have done for the Company or at its request; (c) shall, at all times during his/her employment with the Company, assist the Company in every proper way (entirely at the Company's expense) to obtain and develop for the Company's benefit patents or copyrights on such inventions, ideas, devices and processes including without limitation software and software files and listings to be used with industrial automation and industrial robots, whether or not patented; and (d) shall do all such acts and execute, acknowledge and deliver all such instruments as may be necessary or desirable in the opinion of the Company to vest in the Company the entire interest in such inventions, ideas, devices, and processes referred to above. The foregoing to the contrary notwithstanding, the Key Employee shall not be required to assign or offer to assign to the Company any of the Key Employee's rights in any invention for which no equipment, supplies, facility, or trade secret information of the Company was used and which was developed entirely on the Key Employee's own time, unless (a) the invention related to (i) the business of the Company or (ii) the Company's actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development, or (b) the invention results from any work perf...
Inventions and Secrecy. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 5.2, Xx. Xxxxxx (i) shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company and its affiliates, all secret and confidential information, knowledge, or data of the Company and its affiliates obtained by Xx. Xxxxxx during his employment by the Company, which is not generally know to the public or recognized as standard practice (whether or not developed by Xx. Xxxxxx) and shall not, during his employment by the Company and following the termination of such employment for any reason, communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge or data to any person or entity other than the Company or its affiliates or persons or entities designated by the Company; (ii) shall promptly disclose to the Company all inventions, ideas, devices and processes made or conceived by him along or jointly with others, from the time of entering the Company's employ and until such employment is terminated and for a one (1) year period following such termination, relevant or pertinent in any way, whether directly or indirectly, to the Company or its affiliates or resulting from or suggested by any work which he may have done for or at the request of the Company or its affiliates; (iii) shall at all times during his employment with the Company, assist the Company and its affiliates in every proper way (at the expense of the Company) to obtain and develop for the benefit of the Company patents on such inventions, ideas, devices and processes, whether or not patented; and (iv) shall doe all such acts and execute, acknowledge and deliver all such instruments as may be necessary or desirable in the opinion of the Company to vest in the Company, the entire interest in such inventions, ideas, devices and processes referred to in this Section 5.2.
Inventions and Secrecy. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 17, the Executive: (a) shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all secret or confidential information, knowledge, or data of the Company or its business or production operations obtained by the Executive during his employment by the Company, which shall not be generally known to the public or recognized as standard practice (whether or not developed by the Executive) and shall not, during his employment by the Company and after the termination of such employment for any reason, communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge or data to any person, firm or corporation other than the Company or persons, firms or corporations designated by the Company; (b) shall promptly disclose to the Company all inventions, ideas, devices, and processes made or conceived by him/her alone or jointly with others, from the time of entering the Company's employ until such employment is terminated and with the six (6) month period immediately following such termination, relevant or pertinent in any way, whether directly or indirectly, to the Company's business or production operations or resulting from or suggested by any work which he/she may have done for the Company or at its request;
Inventions and Secrecy. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 10.1, Executive (i) shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of Lime and its subsidiaries, all secret and confidential information, knowledge, or data of Lime and its subsidiaries obtained by Executive during his employment by Lime, which is not generally know to the public or recognized as standard industry practice (whether or not developed by Executive) and shall not, during his employment by Lime and following the termination of such employment for any reason, communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge or data to any person or entity other than Lime, its subsidiaries or persons or entities designated by Lime; (ii) shall promptly disclose to Lime all inventions, ideas, devices and processes made or conceived by him, alone or jointly with others, from the time of entering Lime’s employ and until such employment is terminated and for a one (1) year period following such termination, which pertain, whether directly or indirectly, to the business of Lime or its subsidiaries or resulting from or suggested by any work which he may have done for or at the request of Lime or its subsidiaries; (iii) shall at all times during his employment with Lime, assist Lime and its subsidiaries in every proper way (at the expense of Lime) to obtain and develop for the benefit of Lime patents on such inventions, ideas, devices and processes; and (iv) shall do all such acts and execute, acknowledge and deliver all such instruments as may be necessary or desirable to vest in Lime the entire interest in such inventions, ideas, devices and processes referred to in this Section 10.1.
Inventions and Secrecy. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 17, the Executive: (a) shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all secret or confidential information, knowledge, or data of the Company or its Business or production operations obtained by the Executive during his employment by the Company, which shall not be generally known to the public or recognized as standard practice (whether or not developed by the Executive) and shall not, during his employment by the Company and after the termination of such employment for any reason, communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge or data to any person, firm or corporation other than the Company or persons, firms or corporations designated by the Company; (b) shall promptly disclose to the Company all inventions, ideas, devices, and processes made or conceived by him alone or jointly with others, from the time of entering the Company's employ until such employment is terminated, relevant or pertinent in any way, whether directly or indirectly, to the Company's Business or production operations or resulting from or suggested by any work which he may have done for the Company or at its request; (c) shall, at all times during his employment with the Company, assist the Company (entirely at the Company's expense) to obtain and develop for the Company's benefit patents on such inventions, ideas, devices and processes, whether or not patented; and

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  • Inventions and Patents For purposes of this Agreement, “Inventions” includes, without limitation, information, inventions, contributions, improvements, ideas, or discoveries, whether protectable or not, and whether or not conceived or made during work hours. Executive agrees that all Inventions conceived or made by Executive during the period of employment with Employer belong to Employer, provided they grow out of Executive’s work with Employer or are related in some manner to the Business, including, without limitation, research and product development, and projected business of Employer or its affiliated companies. Accordingly, Executive will: a. Make adequate written records of such Inventions, which records will be Employer’s property; b. Assign to Employer, at its request, any rights Executive may have to such Inventions for the U.S. and all foreign countries; c. Waive and agree not to assert any moral rights Executive may have or acquire in any Inventions and agree to provide written waivers from time to time as requested by Employer; and d. Assist Employer (at Employer’s expense) in obtaining and maintaining patents or copyright registrations with respect to such Inventions. Executive understands and agrees that Employer or its designee will determine, in its sole and absolute discretion, whether an application for patent will be filed on any Invention that is the exclusive property of Employer, as set forth above, and whether such an application will be abandoned prior to issuance of a patent. Employer will pay to Executive, either during or after the term of this Agreement, the following amounts if Executive is sole inventor, or Executive’s proportionate share if Executive is joint inventor: $750 upon filing of the initial application for patent on such Invention; and $1,500 upon issuance of a patent resulting from such initial patent application, provided Executive is named as an inventor in the patent. Executive further agrees that Executive will promptly disclose in writing to Employer during the term of Executive’s employment and for one (1) year thereafter, all Inventions whether developed during the time of such employment or thereafter (whether or not Employer has rights in such Inventions) so that Executive’s rights and Employer’s rights in such Inventions can be determined. Except as set forth on the initialed Exhibit B (List of Inventions) to this Agreement, if any, Executive represents and warrants that Executive has no Inventions, software, writings or other works of authorship useful to Employer in the normal course of the Business, which were conceived, made or written prior to the date of this Agreement and which are excluded from the operation of this Agreement.

  • Proprietary Information and Inventions You agree to execute, deliver and be bound by the provisions of the Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit C.

  • Proprietary Information and Developments 9.1 The Consultant will not at any time, whether during or after the termination of this Agreement for any reason, reveal to any person or entity any of the trade secrets or confidential information concerning the organization, business or finances of the Company or of any third party which the Company is under an obligation to keep confidential, except as may be required in the ordinary course of performing the Consultant Services to the Company, and the Consultant shall keep secret such trade secrets and confidential information and shall not use or attempt to use any such secrets or information in any manner which is designed to injure or cause loss to the Company. Trade secrets or confidential information shall include, but not be limited to, the Company's financial statements and projections, expansion proposals, property acquisition opportunities and business relationships with banks, lenders and other parties not otherwise publicly available.

  • Confidential Information; Inventions (a) The Executive shall not disclose or use at any time, either during the Period of Employment or thereafter, any Confidential Information (as defined below) of which the Executive is or becomes aware, whether or not such information is developed by Executive, except to the extent that such disclosure or use is directly related to and required by the Executive’s performance in good faith of duties for the Company. The Executive will take all appropriate steps to safeguard Confidential Information in Executive’s possession and to protect it against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss and theft. The Executive shall deliver to the Company at the termination of the Period of Employment, or at any time the Company may request, all memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes and software and other documents and data (and copies thereof) relating to the Confidential Information or the Work Product (as hereinafter defined) of the business of the Company or any of its Affiliates which the Executive may then possess or have under Executive’s control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive may truthfully respond to a lawful and valid subpoena or other legal process, but shall give the Company the earliest possible notice thereof, shall, as much in advance of the return date as possible, make available to the Company and its counsel the documents and other information sought, and shall assist the Company and such counsel in resisting or otherwise responding to such process. Nothing in this Agreement prohibits Executive from reporting possible violations of federal law or regulation to any governmental agency or entity, or making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of federal law or regulation. Executive does not need the prior authorization to make any such reports or disclosures and is not required to notify the Employer of such reports or disclosures. (b) As used in this Agreement, the term “Confidential Information” means information that is not generally known to the public and that is used, developed or obtained by the Company or its Affiliates in connection with their businesses, including, but not limited to, information, observations and data obtained by the Executive while employed by the Company or any predecessors thereof (including those obtained prior to the Effective Date) concerning (i) the business or affairs of the Company (or such predecessors), (ii) products or services, (iii) fees, costs and pricing structures, (iv) designs, (v) analyses, (vi) drawings, photographs and reports, (vii) computer software, including operating systems, applications and program listings, (viii) flow charts, manuals and documentation, (ix) data bases, (x) accounting and business methods, (xi) inventions, devices, new developments, methods and processes, whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice, (xii) customers and clients and customer or client lists, (xiii) other copyrightable works, (xiv) all production methods, processes, technology and trade secrets, and (xv) all similar and related information in whatever form. Confidential Information will not include any information that has been published (other than a disclosure by the Executive in breach of this Agreement) in a form generally available to the public prior to the date the Executive proposes to disclose or use such information. Confidential Information will not be deemed to have been published merely because individual portions of the information have been separately published, but only if all material features comprising such information have been published in combination.

  • Other Inventions Nothing contained in this clause shall be deemed to grant to the Government any rights with respect to any invention other than a subject invention.

  • Confidential Information and Trade Secrets During the period of my employment with the Company, I acknowledge that the Company may disclose to me confidential and proprietary information of the Company which the Company takes great pains to safeguard from unauthorized use and disclosure. I agree at all times during the term of my employment and thereafter, to hold in strictest confidence, and not to use or to disclose to any person, firm or corporation, except as such use or disclosure is required in connection with my work for the Company or unless the Chief Executive Officer of the Company otherwise expressly authorizes in writing, any Confidential Information (defined below) before it has become generally known within the relevant industry through no fault of my own. I understand and agree that “Confidential Information” means any non-public information that does not otherwise qualify as Trade Secrets (defined below) that relates to the actual or demonstrably anticipated business or research or development of the Company or any other information which is marked “confidential” or which might reasonably be anticipated to be confidential in nature. I further agree, at all times during my employment and anytime thereafter, to hold in strictest confidence, and not to use or disclose to any person, firm or corporation, except as such use or disclosure is required in connection with my work for the Company or unless the Chief Executive Officer of the Company expressly authorizes such use or disclosure in writing, any Trade Secret (defined below) before it has become generally known in the public domain through no fault of my own. I understand and agree that “Trade Secrets” are information, regardless of form, belonging to the Company, licensed by it, or disclosed to it on a confidential basis by its customers, suppliers, or other third parties, including, but not limited to technical and non-technical data, formulae, patterns, compilations, programs, devices, methods, techniques, drawings, processes, financial data, financial plans, product plans, and lists of actual or potential customers or suppliers which is not commonly known in the public domain and which (i) derives economic value, economic or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use; and (ii) is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy, or any other information that constitutes a trade secret under common law.

  • CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY 11.1 If Cisco and Supplier have entered into a Non-Disclosure Agreement (“NDA”) which covers disclosure of confidential information under the Purchase Order, and if the term of the NDA expires before the expiration or termination of the Purchase Order, then the term of the NDA shall be automatically extended to match the term of the Purchase Order. 11.2 The parties shall treat the terms, conditions, and existence of the Purchase Order as Confidential Information as defined in the NDA. 11.3 Supplier shall obtain Cisco’s written consent prior to any publication, presentation, public announcement, or press release concerning its relationship as a supplier to Cisco.

  • Proprietary Rights and Confidentiality Except as specifically authorized by this Agreement or as otherwise approved by UCB, information and materials shared with you by UCB or developed hereunder in connection with the Services (“Work Product”) shall be considered to be the confidential and proprietary property of UCB and will be used only in connection with the Services. You shall not use, disclose, or duplicate any confidential and proprietary information except as necessary to provide the Services. Your confidentiality obligations under this Section shall not apply to any information which is or becomes, through no fault of yours, part of the public knowledge. If required to disclose any UCB confidential information by any law, regulation, judicial or administrative process, you agree that (a) prior to making any such disclosure, you will provide UCB with (i) written notice of the proposed disclosure in order to provide UCB with sufficient opportunity to seek a protective order or other similar order preventing or limiting the proposed disclosure and (ii) reasonable assistance in UCB’s efforts to obtain a protective order or other similar order and (b) you shall disclose such confidential information only to the extent required in order to comply with the applicable law, regulation or action. The Work Product and all original works of authorship resulting or derived from your performance of the Services, will be and will remain the sole and exclusive property of UCB, and you hereby assign to UCB in perpetuity all right, title and interest that you may have therein, including, without limitation, all copyrights or similar property rights recognized by any country or jurisdiction.

  • Confidential Information and Inventions (a) The Executive recognizes and acknowledges that in the course of his duties he is likely to receive confidential or proprietary information owned by the Company, its affiliates or third parties with whom the Company or any such affiliates has an obligation of confidentiality. Accordingly, during and after the Term, the Executive agrees to keep confidential and not disclose or make accessible to any other person or use for any other purpose other than in connection with the fulfillment of his duties under this Agreement, any Confidential and Proprietary Information (as defined below) owned by, or received by or on behalf of, the Company or any of its affiliates. “Confidential and Proprietary Information” shall include, but shall not be limited to, business plans (both current and under development), client lists, promotion and marketing programs, trade secrets, or any other confidential or proprietary business information relating to business operations of the Company The Executive expressly acknowledges the trade secret status of the Confidential and Proprietary Information and that the Confidential and Proprietary Information constitutes a protectable business interest of the Company. The Executive agrees: (i) not to use any such Confidential and Proprietary Information for himself or others; and (ii) not to take any Company material or reproductions (including but not limited to writings, correspondence, notes, drafts, records, invoices, technical and business policies, computer programs or disks) thereof from the Company’s offices at any time during his employment by the Company, except as required in the execution of the Executive’s duties to the Company. The Executive agrees to return immediately all Company material and reproductions (including but not limited, to writings, correspondence, notes, drafts, records, invoices, technical and business policies, computer programs or disks) thereof in his possession to the Company upon request and in any event immediately upon termination of employment. (b) Except with prior written authorization by the Company, the Executive agrees not to disclose or publish any of the Confidential and Proprietary Information, or business information of any other party to whom the Company or any of its affiliates owes an obligation of confidence, at any time during or after his employment with the Company.

  • Employee Inventions Each Employee Invention will belong exclusively to the Employer. The Executive acknowledges that all of the Executive's writing, works of authorship, specially commissioned works, and other Employee Inventions are works made for hire and the property of the Employer, including any copyrights, patents, or other intellectual property rights pertaining thereto. If it is determined that any such works are not works made for hire, the Executive hereby assigns to the Employer all of the Executive's right, title, and interest, including all rights of copyright, patent, and other intellectual property rights, to or in such Employee Inventions. The Executive covenants that he will promptly: (i) disclose to the Employer in writing any Employee Invention; (ii) assign to the Employer or to a party designated by the Employer, at the Employer's request and without additional compensation, all of the Executive's right to the Employee Invention for the United States and all foreign jurisdictions; (iii) execute and deliver to the Employer such applications, assignments, and other documents as the Employer may request in order to apply for and obtain patents or other registrations with respect to any Employee Invention in the United States and any foreign jurisdictions; (iv) sign all other papers necessary to carry out the above obligations; and (v) give testimony and render any other assistance in support of the Employer's rights to any Employee Invention.

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