Common use of Protection of Trade Secrets and Confidential Information Clause in Contracts

Protection of Trade Secrets and Confidential Information. (a) Definition of "Confidential Information." As used in this Agreement, the term "Confidential Information" shall include all information concerning or arising from the Company's business, including, without limitation, trade secrets used or developed by the Company in connection with its business; information concerning the manner and details of the Company's operation, organization and management; financial information and/or documents and nonpublic policies, procedures and other printed or written material generated or used in connection with the Company's business; the Company's business plans and strategies; the identities of the Company's customers and the specific individual customer representatives with whom the Company works and details of the Company's relationship with such customers and customer representatives; the identities of other persons or companies utilized in the Company's business and details of the Company's relationship with such persons or companies; the nature of fees and charges made to the Company's customers; nonpublic forms, contracts and other documents used in the Company's business; the nature and content of computer software used in the Company's business, whether proprietary to the Company or used by the Company under license from a third party; and/or other information concerning know-how, research, inventions, copyrights, trademarks, patent applications, patents, processes, designs, technical specifications, methods, concepts, prospects, customers, employees, contractors, earnings, products, services, formulas, compositions, machines, equipment, systems, and/or prospective and executed contracts and other business arrangements. As used in this Agreement, "Company" includes any direct or indirect subsidiary or affiliate of the Company. Confidential Information under this agreement shall not include information which (i) Employee can demonstrate was in Employee's possession prior to employment with the Company (unless such information is assigned to, or otherwise becomes the property of, the Company or (ii) is now in the public domain, or hereafter enters the public domain through no violation by Employee of the obligations hereunder or any other obligation of confidentiality, or (iii) is lawfully obtained from a source (other than the Company, its affiliates or representatives) in accordance with the terms and conditions, if any, imposed upon Employee by such source respecting the use and disclosure thereof; provided, however, that such source was not at the time bound by a confidentiality agreement with the Company or any of its affiliates or representatives. Confidential Information shall also not include generic information, knowledge or skill which Employee reasonably would have learned or acquired in the course of similar employment or work elsewhere in the trade.

Protection of Trade Secrets and Confidential Information. (a) a. Definition of "“Confidential Information." As used in this Agreement, the term "” “Confidential Information" shall include ” means all nonpublic information concerning (whether in paper or electronic form, or contained in Employee’s memory, or otherwise stored or recorded) relating to or arising from the Company's ’s business, including, without limitation, trade secrets used used, developed or developed acquired by the Company in connection with its business; . Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, “Confidential Information” shall specifically include all information concerning the manner and details of the Company's ’s operation, organization and management; financial information and/or documents and nonpublic policies, procedures and other printed printed, written or written electronic material generated or used in connection with the Company's ’s business; the Company's ’s business plans and strategies; , the identities of the Company's ’s customers and the specific individual customer representatives with whom Company works; the Company works and details of the Company's ’s relationship with such customers and customer representatives; the identities of other persons or companies distributors, contractors and vendors utilized in Company’s business; the Company's business and details of the Company's relationship ’s relationships with such persons or companiesdistributors, contractors and vendors; the nature of fees and charges made to the Company's ’s customers; nonpublic forms, contracts and other documents used in the Company's ’s business; the nature all information concerning Company’s employees, agents and content of computer software used in the Company's businesscontractors, whether proprietary to the Company or used by the Company under license from a third partyincluding without limitation such persons’ compensation, benefits, skills, abilities, experience, knowledge and shortcomings, if any; and/or and all other information concerning know-how, research, inventions, copyrights, trademarks, patent applications, patents, processes, designs, technical specifications, methods, Company’s concepts, prospects, customers, employees, agents, contractors, earnings, products, services, formulas, compositions, machines, equipment, systems, and/or prospective and executed contracts and other business arrangements. As used in this Agreement, "Company" includes any direct or indirect subsidiary or affiliate of the Company. “Confidential Information under this agreement shall Information” does not include information which (i) Employee can demonstrate was that is in Employee's possession prior to employment with the Company (unless such information is assigned to, or otherwise becomes the property of, the Company or (ii) is now in the public domain, or hereafter enters the public domain through no violation by Employee wrongful act on the part of the obligations hereunder or any other obligation of confidentiality, or (iii) is lawfully obtained from a source (other than the Company, its affiliates or representatives) in accordance with the terms and conditions, if any, imposed upon Employee by such source respecting the use and disclosure thereof; provided, however, that such source was not at the time bound by a confidentiality agreement with the Company or any of its affiliates or representatives. Confidential Information shall also not include generic information, knowledge or skill which Employee reasonably would have learned or acquired in the course of similar employment or work elsewhere in the tradeEmployee.

Protection of Trade Secrets and Confidential Information. (a) Definition of "“Confidential Information." ” As used in this Agreement, the term "“Confidential Information" ” shall include all information concerning or arising from the Company's ’s business, including, without limitation, trade secrets used or developed by the Company in connection with its business; information concerning the manner and details of the Company's ’s operation, organization and management; financial information and/or documents and nonpublic policies, procedures and other printed or written material generated or used in connection with the Company's ’s business; the Company's ’s business plans and strategies; the identities of the Company's ’s customers and the specific individual customer representatives with whom the Company works and details of the Company's ’s relationship with such customers and customer representatives; the identities of other persons or companies utilized in the Company's ’s business and details of the Company's ’s relationship with such persons or companies; the nature of fees and charges made to the Company's ’s customers; nonpublic forms, contracts and other documents used in the Company's ’s business; the nature and content of computer software used in the Company's ’s business, whether proprietary to the Company or used by the Company under license from a third party; and/or other information concerning know-how, research, inventions, copyrights, trademarks, patent applications, patents, processes, designs, technical specifications, methods, concepts, prospects, customers, employees, contractors, earnings, products, services, formulas, compositions, machines, equipment, systems, and/or prospective and executed contracts and other business arrangements. As used in this Agreement, "“Company" ” includes any direct or indirect subsidiary or affiliate of the Company. Confidential Information under this agreement shall not include information which (i) Employee can demonstrate was in Employee's ’s possession prior to employment with the Company (unless such information is assigned to, or otherwise becomes the property of, the Company or (ii) is now in the public domain, or hereafter enters the public domain through no violation by Employee of the obligations hereunder or any other obligation of confidentiality, or (iii) is lawfully obtained from a source (other than the Company, its affiliates or representatives) in accordance with the terms and conditions, if any, imposed upon Employee by such source respecting the use and disclosure thereof; provided, however, that such source was not at the time bound by a confidentiality agreement with the Company or any of its affiliates or representatives. Confidential Information shall also not include generic information, knowledge or skill which Employee reasonably would have learned or acquired in the course of similar employment or work elsewhere in the trade.