Non-Compete; Poaching; Development Rights. (i) Unless otherwise expressly consented to in writing by the Company, during the term of the Employee's employment hereunder, and for a period of twelve (12) months following the date on which Employee's termination of employment with the Company becomes effective, Employee will not, directly or indirectly, for his own account or as an employee, officer, director, consultant, joint venture, shareholder, investor, or otherwise (except as an investor in a corporation whose stock is publicly traded and in which the Employee holds less than 5% of the outstanding shares) interest him/herself or engage, directly or indirectly, in the design, development, production, sale or distribution of any product or component that directly or indirectly competes with a product or component (i) being designed, produced, sold or distributed by the Company or any of its affiliates (ii) or to which the Company or any of its affiliates shall then have proprietary rights.
Non-Compete; Poaching; Development Rights. (i) Unless otherwise expressly consented to in writing by the Company, during the term of the Consultant's work for the Company, and for a period of twelve (12) months following the date on which Consultant's termination of work with the Company becomes effective, Consultant will not, directly or indirectly, for his own account or as an Consultant, officer, director, consultant, joint venture, shareholder, investor, or otherwise (except as an investor in a corporation whose stock is publicly traded and in which the Consultant holds less than 5% of the outstanding shares) interest him/herself or engage, directly or indirectly, in the design, development, production, sale or distribution of any product or component that directly or indirectly competes with a product or component (i) being designed, produced, sold or distributed by the Company or any of its affiliates (ii) or to which the Company or any of its affiliates shall then have proprietary rights.
Non-Compete; Poaching; Development Rights. (i) Unless otherwise expressly consented to in writing by the Company, during the term of the Employee's employment hereunder, and for a period of twelve (12) months following the date on which Employee's termination of employment with the Company becomes effective, Employee will not, directly or indirectly, for his own account or as an employee, officer, director, consultant, joint venture, shareholder, investor, or otherwise (except as an investor in a corporation whose stock is publicly traded and in which the Employee holds less than 5% of the outstanding shares) interest him/herself or engage, directly or indirectly, in the design, development, production, sale or distribution of any product or component that directly or indirectly competes with a product or component (i) being designed, produced, sold or distributed by the Company or any of its affiliates (ii) or to which the Company or any of its affiliates shall then have proprietary rights, provided such affiliates operate in a field directly related to the business of the Company or involve distribution or promoting of the Company's products or technology ( (i) & (ii) collectively the Company Products"). The Parties agree that currently the sole Company Products comprise management and routing technology, designed to provide Fiber-to-the-Premises capabilities to customers for voice, video, data, and voice-over-Internet protocol services.
Non-Compete; Poaching; Development Rights. 9.1 Unless otherwise expressly consented to in writing by the Company, Employee will not, directly or indirectly, for his own account or as an employee, officer, director, consultant, joint venturer, shareholder, investor, or otherwise (except as an investor in a corporation whose stock is publicly traded and in which the Employee holds less than 5% of the outstanding shares) interest him/herself or engage, directly or indirectly, in the design, development, production, sale or distribution of any product or component that directly or indirectly competes with a product or component (i) being designed, produced, sold or distributed by the Company or any of its affiliates (ii) or to which the Company or any of its affiliates shall then have proprietary rights; provided such affiliates operate in a field directly related to the business of the Company or involve distribution or promoting of the Company's products or technology.
