Employee Inventions Each Employee Invention will belong exclusively to the Employer. The Executive acknowledges that all of the Executive’s writing, works of authorship, and other Employee Inventions are works made for hire and the property of the Employer, including any copyrights, patents, or other intellectual property rights pertaining thereto. If it is determined that any such works are not works made for hire, the Executive hereby assigns to the Employer all of the Executive’s right, title, and interest, including all rights of copyright, patent, and other intellectual property rights, to or in such Employee Inventions. The Executive covenants that he will promptly:
Non Disclosure Covenant Employee Inventions In consideration of the compensation and benefits to be paid or provided to the Executive by the Employer under this Agreement, the Executive covenants as follows:
Proprietary Information and Inventions Employee understands and acknowledges that:
Confidential Information; Inventions (a) The Executive shall not disclose or use at any time, either during the Period of Employment or thereafter, any Confidential Information (as defined below) of which the Executive is or becomes aware, whether or not such information is developed by him, except to the extent that such disclosure or use is directly related to and required by the Executive’s performance in good faith of duties for the Company. The Executive will take all appropriate steps to safeguard Confidential Information in his possession and to protect it against disclosure, misuse, espionage, loss and theft. The Executive shall deliver to the Company at the termination of the Period of Employment, or at any time the Company may request, all memoranda, notes, plans, records, reports, computer tapes and software and other documents and data (and copies thereof) relating to the Confidential Information or the Work Product (as hereinafter defined) of the business of the Company or any of its Affiliates which the Executive may then possess or have under his control. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive may truthfully respond to a lawful and valid subpoena or other legal process, but shall give the Company the earliest possible notice thereof, shall, as much in advance of the return date as possible, make available to the Company and its counsel the documents and other information sought, and shall assist the Company and such counsel in resisting or otherwise responding to such process.
Confidentiality/Trade Secrets The Executive acknowledges that the Executive’s position with the Corporation is one of the highest trust and confidence both by reason of the Executive’s position and by reason of the Executive’s access to and contact with the trade secrets and confidential and proprietary business information of the Corporation. Both during the term of this Agreement and thereafter, the Executive covenants and agrees as follows:
Confidentiality; Proprietary Rights The Employee has executed and agrees to be bound by the provisions governing confidentiality, proprietary rights and non-competition contained in Exhibit C to this Agreement, which provisions will survive termination of this Agreement for any reason.
Inventions and Proprietary Information Executive agrees to sign and be bound by the terms of the Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit B (“Proprietary Information Agreement”).
EMPLOYEE PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND INVENTIONS AGREEMENT In consideration of my employment or continued employment by CALIPER TECHNOLOGIES CORP. (the "COMPANY"), and the compensation now and hereafter paid to me, I hereby agree as follows:
Work for Hire; Assignment of Inventions You acknowledge and agree that any copyrightable works prepared by you, either alone or jointly with others, within the scope of your employment are “works made for hire” under the Copyright Act and that the Company will be considered the author and owner of such copyrightable works. Any copyrightable works the Company or a Group member specially commissions from you while you are employed with the Company shall be deemed a work made for hire under the Copyright Act and if for any reason a work cannot be so designated as a work made for hire, you agree to and hereby assign to the Company all right, title and interest in and to said work(s) and the related copyright(s). You agree to and hereby grant the Company a non-exclusive, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, sublicensable and assignable license to make, have made, copy, modify, make derivative works of, use, publicly perform, display or otherwise distribute any copyrightable works you create during the time you are employed with the Company that for any reason do not qualify as a work made for hire, that were not specially commissioned by the Group, or both, but that relate in any way to the business of the Group. You agree that all Inventions that (i) are developed using equipment, supplies, facilities Proprietary Information, or trade secrets of the Group, (ii) result from work performed by you for the Group and/or on Company time, or (iii) relate to the Group’s business or current or anticipated research and development (the “Assigned Inventions”), will be the sole and exclusive property of the Company and you agree to and hereby irrevocably assign the Assigned Inventions to the Company.
Confidentiality and Trade Secrets Employee agrees that the Company has a proprietary interest in (1) its relationships with its customers, clients, associates and agents and (2) its business methods, systems, plans, business plans, policies, technologies, algorithms, advancements, innovations, trouble-shooting practices, designs, drawings, illustrations, graphics, photographs, estimates, blueprints, employee manuals, purchase order forms, price lists, memoranda, notes, proprietary information, business information, technical data, trade secrets, know-how, ways of doing business, research, requirements, supplier lists, customer lists, prospect lists, markets, developments, inventions, processes, formulae, technologies, techniques, procedures, hardware configuration, website design information, software, object code, source code, marketing material, forecasts, business strategy, finances, accounting, records or other proprietary documents (hereinafter all of which shall collectively be referred to as the “confidential information”). Employee agrees that said information may constitute a trade secret and that a violation of this provision may constitute an unfair business practice. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, confidential information would also include, but not be limited to, any materials, information or documents marked with the word “confidential.” Therefore, Employee agrees that during all times that he is or has been employed by the Company and after employment by the Company, he shall not (other than pursuant to his duties hereunder or with the prior written consent of a duly authorized representative of the Company) disclose, deliver, disseminate, reproduce, make any use of (except for the benefit of the Company), or allow any use of by a third party, any confidential information to any person, firm, corporation or other entity. Employee agrees that all promotional literature, printed material, internal and external correspondence, and other documents made or compiled by Employee containing any and all confidential information, as defined above, or made available to Employee concerning the Company’s business, shall be the Company’s exclusive property and shall be delivered by Employee to the Company upon expiration or termination of this Agreement or at any other time upon request of the Company. The provisions of this Section shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement, or any part thereof without regard, to the reason therefore. Employee hereby acknowledges that the services to be rendered by him are of a special, unique and extraordinary character and, in connection with such services; he will have access to said confidential information concerning the Company’s business. Employee agrees that in the event of a breach of this Section of the Agreement, the Company shall, in addition to injunctive relief, be entitled to seek to recover the greater of either: (1) any amount of damages awarded to the Company in a civil action for damages arising from said breach, or (2) liquidated damages in the amount equal to Employee’s base salary. The Company agrees the Company has no proprietary interest in the following information:
