Non-Disclosure; Ownership of Work. Executive shall not, at any time during the Period of Employment or at any time thereafter (including following a termination of Executive’s employment for any reason, whether with or without cause, voluntarily or involuntarily, or due to death or disability), disclose, use, transfer, or sell, except in the course of employment with or other service to the Company, any proprietary information, secrets, organizational or employee information, or other confidential information belonging or relating to the Company and its affiliates and customers so long as such information has not otherwise been disclosed through no wrongdoing of Executive or an individual under a similar restriction or is not otherwise in the public domain, except as required by law or pursuant to legal process. In addition, nothing herein shall preclude Executive from providing truthful information or documents to a government authority with jurisdiction over the Company in connection with an investigation by that authority, or as to a possible violation of applicable law, as long as (i) the information or documents were not obtained through a communication subject to the attorney-client privilege and (ii) such disclosure is required or permitted by law. The Company encourages Executive, to the extent legally permitted, to give the Company the earliest possible notice of any actual or prospective disclosure to such a government authority or as a result of any legal process. In addition, upon termination of Executive’s employment for any reason, Executive shall return to the Company or its affiliates all documents and other media containing information belonging or relating to the Company or its affiliates. Executive shall promptly disclose in writing to the Company all inventions, discoveries, developments, improvements and innovations (collectively referred to as “Inventions”) that Executive has conceived or made during the Period of Employment; provided, however, that in this context “Inventions” are limited to those which (i) relate in any manner to the existing or contemplated business activities of the Company and its affiliates; (ii) are suggested by or result from Executive’s work at the Company; or (iii) result from the use of the time, materials or facilities of the Company and its affiliates. All Inventions will be the Company’s property rather than Executive’s. Should the Company request it, Executive agrees to sign any document that the Company may reasonably require to establish ownership in any Invention.
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Samples: Employment Agreement (Kilroy Realty, L.P.), Employment Agreement (Kilroy Realty, L.P.), Employment Agreement (Kilroy Realty, L.P.)
Non-Disclosure; Ownership of Work. Executive Employee shall not, at any time during the Period of Employment or at any time thereafter (including following a termination of ExecutiveEmployee’s employment for any reason, whether with or without cause, voluntarily or involuntarily, or due to death or disability), disclose, use, transfer, or sell, except in the course of employment with or other service to the Operating Partnership or the Company, any trade secrets, proprietary information, secrets, non-public organizational or employee information, or other confidential information belonging or relating to the Company and its affiliates and customers so long as such information has not otherwise been disclosed through no wrongdoing of Executive Employee or an individual under a similar restriction or is not otherwise in the public domaindomain (“Confidential Information”), except as required by law or pursuant to legal process. In addition, nothing herein shall preclude Executive Employee from providing truthful information or documents to a government authority with jurisdiction over the Company or the Operating Partnership in connection with an investigation by that authority, or as to a possible violation of applicable law, as long as (i) the information or documents were not obtained through a communication subject to the attorney-client privilege and (ii) such disclosure is required or permitted by law. The Company encourages Executive, to the extent legally permitted, to give the Company the earliest possible notice of any actual or prospective disclosure to such a government authority or as a result of any legal process. In addition, upon termination of ExecutiveEmployee’s employment for any reason, Executive Employee shall return to the Company or its affiliates all documents and other media containing information belonging or relating to the Company or its affiliates. Executive Employee shall promptly disclose in writing to the Company all inventions, discoveries, developments, improvements and innovations (collectively referred to as “Inventions”) that Executive Employee has conceived or made during the Period of Employment; provided, however, that in this context “Inventions” are limited to those which (i) relate in any manner to the existing or contemplated business activities of the Company and its affiliates; (ii) are suggested by or result from ExecutiveEmployee’s work at the Operating Partnership or services for the Company; or (iii) result from the use of the time, materials or facilities of the Company and its affiliates. All Inventions will be the Operating Partnership’s (or the Company’s ’s, as the case may be) property rather than ExecutiveEmployee’s; provided, however, that the provisions of this Agreement requiring assignment of Inventions to the Company or the Operating Partnership do not apply to any invention which qualifies fully under the provisions of California Labor Code Section 2870 (attached hereto as Exhibit A). Should the Operating Partnership or the Company request it, Executive Employee agrees to sign any document that the Operating Partnership or the Company may reasonably require to establish ownership in any Invention.
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Non-Disclosure; Ownership of Work. Executive shall not, at any time during the Period of Employment or at any time thereafter (including following a termination of Executive’s employment for any reason, whether with or without cause, voluntarily or involuntarily, or due to death or disability), disclose, use, transfer, or sell, except in the course of employment with or other service to the Company, any proprietary information, secrets, organizational or employee information, or other confidential information belonging or relating to the Company and its affiliates subsidiaries and customers so long as such information has not otherwise been disclosed through no wrongdoing of Executive or an individual under a similar restriction or is not otherwise in the public domain, except as required by law or pursuant to legal process. In addition, nothing herein shall preclude Executive from providing truthful information or documents to a government authority with jurisdiction over the Company in connection with an investigation by that authority, or as to a possible violation of applicable law, as long as (i) the information or documents were not obtained through a communication subject to the attorney-client privilege and (ii) such disclosure is required or permitted by law. The Company encourages Executive, to the extent legally permitted, to give the Company the earliest possible notice of any actual or prospective disclosure to such a government authority or as a result of any legal process. In addition, upon termination of Executive’s employment for any reason, Executive shall return to the Company or its affiliates subsidiaries all documents and other media containing information belonging or relating to the Company or its affiliatessubsidiaries; provided, however, that Executive may make an electronic copy of, and retain, his calendar, contacts and personal correspondence and any information reasonably needed for personal tax return preparation purposes. Executive shall promptly disclose in writing to the Company all inventions, discoveries, developments, improvements and innovations (collectively referred to as “Inventions”) that Executive has conceived or made during the Period of Employment; provided, however, that in this context “Inventions” are limited to those which (i) relate in any manner to the existing or contemplated business activities of the Company and its affiliatessubsidiaries; (ii) are suggested by or result from Executive’s work at the Company; or (iii) result from the use of the time, materials or facilities of the Company and its affiliatessubsidiaries. All Inventions will be the Company’s property rather than Executive’s. Should the Company request it, Executive agrees to sign any document that the Company may reasonably require to establish ownership in any Invention.
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