Common use of PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND TRADE SECRETS Clause in Contracts

PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND TRADE SECRETS. A. Employee agrees that, in performing work for Symantec, he/she will not knowingly use any patented inventions, trade secrets, source code, object code, marketing plans, contact lists, copyrights images, employee phone lists or other confidential information or proprietary information obtained from third parties, including any prior employer or any other organization or individual. Use of any such third party material without the consent of the owner may cause Employee to be subject to immediate termination as well as civil and criminal sanctions. B. Employee agrees that he/she will retain in confidence any and all proprietary information, confidential information and trade secrets belonging to Symantec, or belonging to a third party and in the possession of Symantec, which may come into his/her possession during his/her employment. Employee further agrees that he/she will refrain from doing any of the following acts with respect to such proprietary information, confidential information and trade secrets, both during his/her employment and thereafter, without first obtaining the consent in writing of an officer of Symantec: (1) communicate such proprietary information, confidential information or trade secret to any person outside Symantec or to any other firm, association, or corporation; and (2) use such proprietary information, confidential information or trade secret for the private benefit of himself/herself or for the benefit of any person outside Symantec or any other firm, association, or corporation. C. Employee understands and agrees that the proprietary information and trade secrets of Symantec shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following: (1) inventions, discoveries and computer programs not yet patented or published; (2) unpublished technical specifications, data, source codes, object codes, drawings and descriptions on the proprietary hardware, software, and combined hardware/software products and processes of Symantec; (3) current engineering, research development, and design projects and research and development data; (4) manufacturing processes and methods and apparatus and equipment not generally available or known to the public; (5) business information such as product costs, vendor and customer lists, lists of approved components and sources, price lists, production schedules, business plans and sales and profit and loss information not yet announced to or disclosed to the public; (6) any other information not generally available to the public. D. Employee further agrees that all source code printouts, computer programs on storage media, records, files, memoranda, reports, price lists, customer lists, plans, sketches, documents, equipment, prototypes, and the like, which relate to the business of Symantec and which he/she uses, prepares, or comes into contact with during his/her employment shall remain the sole property of Symantec and shall be returned to Symantec on termination of his/her employment.

PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND TRADE SECRETS. A. Employee agrees that, in performing work for Symantec, he/she will not knowingly use any patented inventions, trade secrets, source code, object code, marketing plans, contact lists, copyrights images, employee phone lists or other confidential information or proprietary information obtained from third parties, including any prior employer or any other organization or individual. Use of any such third party material without the consent of the owner may cause Employee to be subject to immediate termination as well as civil and criminal sanctions. B. Employee agrees that he/she will retain in confidence any and all proprietary information, confidential information and trade secrets belonging to Symantec, or belonging to a third party and in the possession of Symantec, which may come into his/her possession during his/her employment. Employee further agrees that he/she will refrain from doing any of the following acts with respect to such proprietary information, confidential information and trade secrets, both during his/her employment and thereafter, without first obtaining the consent in writing of an officer of Symantec: (1) communicate such proprietary information, confidential information or trade secret to any person outside Symantec or to any other firm, association, or corporation; and (2) use such proprietary information, confidential information or trade secret for the private benefit of himself/herself or for the benefit of any person outside Symantec or any other firm, association, or corporation. C. Employee understands and agrees that the proprietary information and trade secrets of Symantec shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following: (1) inventions, discoveries and computer programs not yet patented or published; (2) unpublished technical specifications, data, source codes, object codes, drawings and descriptions on the proprietary hardware, software, and combined hardware/software products and processes of Symantec; (3) current engineering, research research, development, and design projects and research and development data; (4) manufacturing processes and methods and apparatus and equipment not generally available or known to the public; (5) non-public business information such as product costs, vendor and customer lists, lists of approved components and sources, price lists, production schedules, business plans and sales and profit and loss information not yet announced to or disclosed to the public; (6) any other information not generally available to the public. D. Employee further agrees that all source code printouts, computer programs on storage media, records, files, memoranda, reports, price lists, customer lists, plans, sketches, documents, equipment, prototypes, and the like, which relate to the business of Symantec and which he/she uses, prepares, or comes into contact with during his/her employment shall remain the sole property of Symantec and shall be returned to Symantec on termination of his/her employment.