OWNERSHIP AND PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION 4.1 All information, ideas, concepts, improvements, discoveries, works of authorship, and inventions, whether patentable or copyrightable or not, which are conceived, reduced to practice, authored, made, developed or acquired by Employee, individually or in conjunction with others, in the scope of Employee's employment by Employer or any of its affiliates, and/or during the term of Employee’s employment (whether during business hours or otherwise and whether on Employer's premises or otherwise) which relate to the business, products or services of Employer or its affiliates (including, without limitation, all such information relating to any corporate opportunities, research, financial and sales data, pricing and trading terms, evaluations, opinions, interpretations, acquisition prospects, the identity of customers or their requirements, the identity of key contacts within the customer's organizations or within the organization of acquisition prospects, or marketing and merchandising techniques, prospective names, and marks), and all documents, things, writings and items of any type or in any media embodying any of the foregoing (collectively, “Developments”), and any and all proprietary rights of any kind thereto, including without limitation all rights relating to patents, copyrights, trade secrets, and trademarks, shall be the sole and exclusive property of Employer or its affiliates, as the case may be. Employee hereby assigns to Employer any and all rights Employee might otherwise have in and to any such Developments, and any and all proprietary rights of any kind thereto, including without limitation all rights relating to patents, copyrights, trade secrets, and trademarks.
Sales Material, Information and Trademarks 6.1 For purposes of this Section 6, "Sales literature or other Promotional material" includes, but is not limited to, portions of the following that use any logo or other trademark related to the Trust, or Underwriter or its affiliates, or refer to the Trust: advertisements (such as material published or designed for use in a newspaper, magazine or other periodical, radio, television, telephone or tape recording, videotape display, signs or billboards, motion pictures, electronic communication or other public media), sales literature (i.e., any written communication distributed or made generally available to customers or the public, including brochures, circulars, research reports, market letters, form letters, seminar texts, reprints or excerpts or any other advertisement, sales literature or published article or electronic communication), educational or training materials or other communications distributed or made generally available to some or all agents or employees in any media, and disclosure documents, shareholder reports and proxy materials.
Confidential Information and Intellectual Property (a) Other than in the performance of the Executive’s duties hereunder, the Executive agrees not to use in any manner or disclose, distribute, publish, communicate or in any way cause to be used, disclosed, distributed, published, or communicated in any way or at any time, either while in the Company's employ or at any time thereafter, to any person not employed by the Company, or not engaged to render services to the Company, any Confidential Information (as defined below) obtained while in the employ of the Company.
Intellectual Property Rights and Confidentiality Clauses 3.1 Party A shall have exclusive and proprietary ownership, rights and interests in any and all intellectual properties arising out of or created during the performance of this Agreement, including but not limited to copyrights, patents, patent applications, software, technical secrets, trade secrets and others. Party B shall execute all appropriate documents, take all appropriate actions, submit all filings and/or applications, render all appropriate assistance and otherwise conduct whatever is necessary as deemed by Party A at its sole discretion for the purposes of vesting any ownership, right or interest of any such intellectual property rights in Party A, and/or perfecting the protections for any such intellectual property rights in Party A.
Company Creation and Use of Confidential Information The Executive understands and acknowledges that the Company has invested, and continues to invest, substantial time, money and specialized knowledge into developing its resources, creating a customer base, generating customer and potential customer lists, training its employees, and improving its product offerings in the field of financial services. The Executive understands and acknowledges that as a result of these efforts, the Company has created, and continues to use and create Confidential Information. This Confidential Information provides the Company with a competitive advantage over others in the marketplace.
Technical Information Methods, processes, formulae, compositions, systems, techniques, inventions, machines, computer programs and research projects, unpatented inventions, designs, know-how, trade secrets, technical information and data, specifications, blueprints, transparencies, test data, and additions, modifications, and improvements thereon which are revealed to Employee.
Confidential Information and Inventions (a) The Executive recognizes and acknowledges that in the course of his duties he is likely to receive confidential or proprietary information owned by the Company, its affiliates or third parties with whom the Company or any such affiliates has an obligation of confidentiality. Accordingly, during and after the Term, the Executive agrees to keep confidential and not disclose or make accessible to any other person or use for any other purpose other than in connection with the fulfillment of his duties under this Agreement, any Confidential and Proprietary Information (as defined below) owned by, or received by or on behalf of, the Company or any of its affiliates. “Confidential and Proprietary Information” shall include, but shall not be limited to, confidential or proprietary scientific or technical information, data, formulas and related concepts, business plans (both current and under development), client lists, promotion and marketing programs, trade secrets, or any other confidential or proprietary business information relating to development programs, costs, revenues, marketing, investments, sales activities, promotions, credit and financial data, manufacturing processes, financing methods, plans or the business and affairs of the Company or of any affiliate or client of the Company. The Executive expressly acknowledges the trade secret status of the Confidential and Proprietary Information and that the Confidential and Proprietary Information constitutes a protectable business interest of the Company. The Executive agrees: (i) not to use any such Confidential and Proprietary Information for himself or others; and (ii) not to take any Company material or reproductions (including but not limited to writings, correspondence, notes, drafts, records, invoices, technical and business policies, computer programs or disks) thereof from the Company’s offices at any time during his employment by the Company, except as required in the execution of the Executive’s duties to the Company. The Executive agrees to return immediately all Company material and reproductions (including but not limited, to writings, correspondence, notes, drafts, records, invoices, technical and business policies, computer programs or disks) thereof in his possession to the Company upon request and in any event immediately upon termination of employment.
Inventions and Proprietary Information Prohibition on Third Party Information A. Proprietary Information Agreement. Executive acknowledges that he has signed and remains bound by the terms of the Company’s Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit B (“Proprietary Information Agreement”).
Sublicense to Use the Scudder Trademarks As exclusive licensee of the rights to use anx xxxxxcense the use of the "Scudder," "Scudder Investments" and "Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inx." xxxdemaxxx (xxgether, the "Scuddex Xxxxx"), xxx xerexx xxant the Trust a nonexclusive right xxx xxxlicense to use (i) the "Scudder" name and mark as part of the Trust's name (the "Fund Namx"), xxd (ii) the Scudder Marks in connection with the Trust's investment products xxx xxxvices, in each case only for so long as this Agreement, any other investment management agreement between you or any organization which shall have succeeded to your business as investment manager ("your Successor") and the Trust, or any extension, renewal or amendment hereof or thereof remains in effect, and only for so long as you are a licensee of the Scudder Marks, provided however, that you agree to use your best xxxxxxx to maintain your license to use and sublicense the Scudder Marks. The Trust agrees that it shall have no right to suxxxxxxxe or assign rights to use the Scudder Marks, shall acquire no interest in the Scudder Marks othxx xxxx the rights granted herein, that all of txx Xxxxt's uses of the Scudder Marks shall inure to the benefit of Scudder Trust Company xx xxxer and licensor of the Scudder Marks (xxx "Xrademark Owner"), and that the Trust shall nxx xxxxlenge the validity of the Scudder Marks or the Trademark Owner's ownership thereof. The Truxx xxxxher agrees that all services and products it offers in connection with the Scudder Marks shall meet commercially reasonable standards of duaxxxx, xs may be determined by you or the Trademark Owner from time to time, provided that you acknowledge that the services and products the Trust rendered during the one-year period preceding the date of this Agreement are acceptable. At your reasonable request, the Trust shall cooperate with you and the Trademark Owner and shall execute and deliver any and all documents necessary to maintain and protect (including but not limited to in connection with any trademark infringement action) the Scudder Marks and/or enter the Trust as a registered user thereof. Xx xxch time as this Agreement or any other investment management agreement shall no longer be in effect between you (or your Successor) and the Trust, or you no longer are a licensee of the Scudder Marks, the Trust shall (to the extent that, and as soon ax, xx xawfully can) cease to use the Fund Name or any other name indicating that it is advised by, managed by or otherwise connected with you (or your Successor) or the Trademark Owner. In no event shall the Trust use the Scudder Marks or any other name or mark confusingly similar therexx (xxxluding, but not limited to, any name or mark that includes the name "Scudder") if this Agreement or any other investment advisory agrexxxxx xetween you (or your Successor) and the Fund is terminated.
Confidentiality and Intellectual Property 12. (a) All confidential records, material, information and all trade secrets concerning the business or affairs of the Company obtained by the Executive in the course of his employment with the Company shall remain the exclusive property of the Company. During the Executive's employment or at any time thereafter, the Executive shall not divulge the contents of such confidential records, material, information or trade secrets to any person, firm or corporation other than to the Company or the Company's qualified Executives and following the termination of his employment hereunder the Executive shall not, for any reason, use the contents of such confidential records, material, information or trade secrets for any purpose whatsoever. This Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement. This Section shall not apply to any confidential records, material, information or trade secrets which as proven by written documentation: