Non-Competition; Trade Secrets Sample Clauses

Non-Competition; Trade Secrets a) During the Term as long as this Agreement is in effect and for a period of two (2) years thereafter, the Consultant shall not directly or indirectly induce or attempt to influence any employee of the Company to terminate his employment with the Company or solicit or divert any business or customer or supplier from the Company.
Non-Competition; Trade Secrets. Seller and the Shareholder jointly and severally agree as follows effective on and after the Closing Date:
Non-Competition; Trade Secrets. (a) Except as set forth below, for a period of three (3) years following termination of the Employee's employment with the Company for any reason, the Employee agrees not to accept or continue to hold any position in any capacity, whether
Non-Competition; Trade Secrets. During the Employment Period and for a period of one year after the termination of the Employment Period, the Executive will not, directly or indirectly: a) Disclosure of Information. Use, attempt to use, disclose or otherwise make known to any person or entity (other than to the Board of Directors of the Company or otherwise in the course of the business of the Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates and except as may be required by applicable law): i. any knowledge or information, including, without limitation, lists of customers or suppliers, trade secrets, know-how, inventions, discoveries, processes and formulae, as well as all data and records pertaining thereto, which he may acquire in the course of his employment, in any manner which may be detrimental to or cause injury or loss to the Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates; or ii. any knowledge or information of a confidential nature (including all unpublished matters) relating to, without limitation, the business, properties, accounting, books and records, trade secrets or memoranda of the Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates, which he now knows or may come to know in any manner which may be detrimental to or cause injury or loss to the Company, its subsidiaries or affiliates; b)
Non-Competition; Trade Secrets. (a) During the term of this Agreement and for a period of [ one ] year thereafter, the Executive shall not, without the Company's prior written consent, directly or indirectly engage or be interested in any business which is then competitive to the business of the Company or the business of any of its subsidiaries or the licensed business of any of its licensees in the United States or Canada. For the purpose of this paragraph, the Executive will be considered to have been directly or indirectly engaged or interested in a business if the Executive is engaged or interested in such business as a stockholder, director, officer, employee, agent, broker, partner, individual proprietor, lender, consultant, licensor, independent contractor or otherwise, except that nothing herein will prevent the Executive from owning or participating as a member of a group which owns less than a 5% block of equity or debt securities of any company traded on a national securities exchange or in any established over-the-counter securities market. For the purpose of this paragraph, the term "any business then competitive" to the business of the Company, its subsidiaries or licensees shall be deemed to include, without limitation, any business which involves any aspect of the development, manufacture, sale, promotion or distribution of (i) wood treating chemicals or similar products of any kind and (ii) any chemicals developed, manufactured, sold, promoted or distributed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries during the term of this Agreement.
Non-Competition; Trade Secrets. 3.1 Section 7.b (iv) of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows: “If the Company decides to exercise its right pursuant to this paragraph 7(b) to require the Executive to extend his non-competition obligation beyond termination of his work relationship with the Company, the Company agrees to pay the Executive, in consideration thereof and contingent on his adherence to the terms of such obligations set forth herein, an amount equal to 80% of the sum of: (i) his annual base salary, (ii) his average annual bonus, including his Net Special Bonus, for the past three years of employment (or if less than three years, such lesser number of years) for each year of such non-competition obligation (as adjusted for any period less than one year) payable in equal monthly installments during such term of non-competition".
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Non-Competition; Trade Secrets. During the Employment Period and (but in the case of (b), only if requested by the Company) for a period of one year after the termination of the Employment Period, the Executive will not, directly or indirectly, engage in any of the following on his own behalf or on behalf of any other person or entity:
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  • Confidential Information Non Competition (a) The Executive shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all secret or confidential information, knowledge or data relating to the Company or any of its Affiliated Companies, and their respective businesses, which shall have been obtained by the Executive during the Executive's employment by the Company or any of its Affiliated Companies and which shall not be or become public knowledge (other than by acts by the Executive or representatives of the Executive in violation of this Agreement). After termination of the Executive's employment with the Company, the Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company or as may otherwise be required by law or legal process, communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge or data to anyone other than the Company and those designated by it. In no event shall an asserted violation of the provisions of this Section 9 constitute a basis for deferring or withholding any amounts otherwise payable to the Executive under this Agreement.

  • Confidential Information and Non-Competition 10. In exchange for the mutual promises and obligations contained in this Agreement, and contemporaneous with its execution or soon thereafter, Employer promises to deliver to Executive or permit Executive to acquire, be exposed to, and/or have access to material, data, and information of the Company and/or its customers or clients that is confidential, proprietary and/or a trade secret (“Confidential Information”). At all times, both during and after the termination of employment, the Executive shall keep and retain in confidence and shall not disclose, except as required in the course of the Executive’s employment with the Company, to any person, firm or corporation, or use for the Executive’s own purposes, any Confidential Information. For the purposes of this Paragraph, such information shall include, but is not limited to:

  • CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION; TRADE SECRETS By electronically signing Exhibit A to this Agreement, you acknowledge that the Company regards certain information relating to its business and operations as confidential. This includes all information that the Company could reasonably be expected to keep confidential and whose disclosure to third parties would likely be disparaging or detrimental to the Company (“Confidential Information”). Your electronic signature also acknowledges that the Company has certain information that derives economic value from not being known to the general public or to others who could obtain economic value from its disclosure or use, which the Company takes reasonable efforts to protect the secrecy of (“Trade Secrets”).

  • Confidential Information Noncompetition (a) The Executive shall hold in a fiduciary capacity for the benefit of the Company all secret or confidential information, knowledge or data relating to the Company or any of its affiliated companies, and their respective businesses, which shall have been obtained by the Executive during the Executive's employment by the Company or any of its affiliated companies and which shall not be or become public knowledge (other than by acts by the Executive or representatives of the Executive in violation of this Agreement). After termination of the Executive's employment with the Company, the Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company or as may otherwise be required by law or legal process (provided the Company has been given notice of and opportunity to challenge or limit the scope of disclosure purportedly so required), communicate or divulge any such information, knowledge or data to anyone other than the Company and those designated by it.

  • Protection of Confidential Information; Non-Competition 5.1 In view of the fact that the Executive's work for the Company will bring the Executive into close contact with many confidential affairs of the Company not readily available to the public, and plans for future developments, the Executive agrees:

  • Confidentiality/Trade Secrets The Executive acknowledges that the Executive’s position with the Corporation is one of the highest trust and confidence both by reason of the Executive’s position and by reason of the Executive’s access to and contact with the trade secrets and confidential and proprietary business information of the Corporation. Both during the term of this Agreement and thereafter, the Executive covenants and agrees as follows:

  • Confidential Information Noncompetition and Cooperation The terms of the Employee Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation, Confidentiality and Assignment Agreement (the “Restrictive Covenant Agreement”), between the Company and the Employee, attached hereto as Exhibit A, shall continue to be in full force and effect and are incorporated by reference in this Agreement. The Employee hereby reaffirms the terms of the Restrictive Covenant Agreement as material terms of this Agreement.

  • 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 Non-Competitions 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.

  • Proprietary Information Agreements Each employee and officer of the Company has executed a Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement, and each consultant to the Company has executed a Consulting Agreement in substantially the forms made available to the Investors. The Company is not aware that any of its employees, officers or consultants are in violation thereof, and the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent any such violation.

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