Non-Competition During and After Employment. During the Term and for 12 months from the Date of Termination, the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the Company, either as an employee, employer, consultant, agent, principal, partner, stockholder, corporate officer, director, or in any other individual or representative capacity (X) compete with the Company in the business of developing or commercializing (i) pulmonary surfactants or any other category of compounds which forms the basis of the Company's material drug products, or (ii) any material medical device products under development by the Company, including without limitation the Company’s capillary aerosol generator, series of ventilator circuit / patient interface connectors and related componentry, and similar medical devices; in each case, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company on the Date of Termination, or (Y) solicit, encourage, induce or endeavor to entice away from the Company, or otherwise interfere with the relationship of the Company with, any person who is employed or engaged by the Company as an employee, consultant or independent contractor or who was so employed or engaged at any time during the six (6) months preceding the Date of Termination; provided, that nothing herein shall prevent the Executive from engaging in discussions regarding employment, or employing, any such employee, consultant or independent contractor (i) if such person shall voluntarily initiate such discussions without any such solicitation, encouragement, enticement or inducement prior thereto on the part of the Executive or (ii) if such discussions shall be held as a result of, or any employment shall be the result of the response by any such person to a written employment advertisement placed in a publication of general circulation, general solicitation conducted by executive search firms, employment agencies or other general employment services, not directed specifically at any such employee, consultant or independent contractor.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Discovery Laboratories Inc /De/), Employment Agreement (Discovery Laboratories Inc /De/), Employment Agreement (Discovery Laboratories Inc /De/)
Non-Competition During and After Employment. During the Term and for 12 months from the Date of Termination, the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the Company, either as an employee, employer, consultant, agent, principal, partner, stockholder, corporate officer, director, or in any other individual or representative capacity (X) compete with the Company in the business of developing or commercializing (i) pulmonary surfactants or any other category of compounds which forms form the basis of the Company's material drug products, or (ii) any material medical device products under development by the Company, including without limitation the Company’s capillary aerosol generator, series of ventilator circuit / patient interface aerosol-conducting airway connectors and related componentry, and similar medical devices; in each case, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company on the Date of Termination. During the Term and for 18 months from the Date of Termination, or (Y) Executive shall not solicit, encourage, induce or endeavor to entice away from the Company, or otherwise interfere with the relationship of the Company with, any person who is employed or engaged by the Company as an employee, consultant or independent contractor or who was so employed or engaged at any time during the six (6) months preceding the Date of Termination; provided, that nothing herein shall prevent the Executive from engaging in discussions regarding employment, or employing, any such employee, consultant or independent contractor (i) if such person shall voluntarily initiate such discussions without any such solicitation, encouragement, enticement or inducement prior thereto on the part of the Executive or (ii) if such discussions shall be held as a result of, or any employment shall be the result of of, the response by any such person to a written employment advertisement placed in a publication of general circulation, general solicitation conducted by executive search firms, employment agencies or other general employment services, not directed specifically at any such employee, consultant or independent contractor.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Discovery Laboratories Inc /De/), Employment Agreement (Discovery Laboratories Inc /De/), Employment Agreement (Discovery Laboratories Inc /De/)