Prohibition on Solicitation. No Party nor any of its Affiliates shall, during the period commencing on the Effective Date and continuing until the expiration or termination of this Agreement and two (2) years thereafter, specifically solicit any person who is employed by the other Party or its Affiliates and who was involved in the Commercial Alliance during the Term of this Agreement, whether such person is solicited to be hired as an employee or consultant, unless authorized in writing by the other Party. The Parties acknowledge that generally listing a position for hire in a newspaper, trade journal or similar publication shall not constitute a specific solicitation in violation of the terms of this provision. The Parties further acknowledge for the avoidance of doubt that this Section only applies to those persons that remain employees of a Party and not to former employees of a Party. * CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED
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Samples: Alliance Agreement (Metabolix, Inc.)
Prohibition on Solicitation. No Neither Party nor any of its Affiliates shall, during the period commencing on the Effective Date and continuing until the expiration or termination of this Agreement and two (2) years * thereafter, specifically solicit any person who is employed by the other Party or its Affiliates and who was involved in the Commercial Technology Alliance Program during the Term term of this Agreement, whether such person is solicited to be hired as an employee or consultant, unless authorized in writing by the other Party. The Parties acknowledge that generally listing a position for hire in a newspaper, trade journal or similar publication shall not constitute a specific solicitation in violation of the terms of this provision. The Parties also acknowledge that specifically soliciting any person who was formerly employed by the other Party or its Affiliates * CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED is not in violation of the terms of this provision. The Parties further acknowledge for the avoidance of doubt that this Section only applies to those persons that remain employees of a Party and not to former employees of a Party. * CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED.
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Prohibition on Solicitation. No Party nor any of its Affiliates shall, during the period commencing on the Effective Date and continuing until the expiration or termination of this Agreement and two (2) years * thereafter, specifically solicit any person who is employed by the other Party or its Affiliates and who was involved in the Commercial Alliance during the Term of this Agreement, whether such person is solicited to be hired as an employee or consultant, unless authorized in writing by the other Party. The Parties acknowledge that generally listing a position for hire in a newspaper, trade journal or similar publication shall not constitute a specific solicitation in violation of the terms of this provision. The Parties further acknowledge for the avoidance of doubt that this Section only applies to those persons that remain employees of a Party and not to former employees of a Party. * CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED.
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Samples: Alliance Agreement (Metabolix Inc)
Prohibition on Solicitation. No Neither Party nor any of its Affiliates shall, during the period commencing on the Effective Date and continuing until the expiration or termination of this Agreement and two (2) years thereafter, specifically solicit any person who is employed by the other Party or its Affiliates and who was involved in the Commercial Technology Alliance Program during the Term term of this Agreement, whether such person is solicited to be hired as an employee or consultant, unless authorized in writing by the other Party. The Parties acknowledge that generally listing a position for hire in a newspaper, trade journal or similar publication shall not constitute a specific solicitation in violation of the terms of this provision. The Parties also acknowledge that specifically soliciting any person who was formerly employed by the other Party or its Affiliates is not in violation of the terms of this provision. The Parties further acknowledge for the avoidance of doubt that this Section only applies to those persons that remain employees of a Party and not to former employees of a Party. * CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED.
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