Trade Secret The term “Trade Secret” shall have that meaning set forth under applicable law. This term is deemed by the Company to specifically include all of Company’s computer source, object or other code and any confidential information received from a third party with whom the Company has a binding agreement restricting disclosure of such confidential information.
Trade Secrets Employee agrees that he will not, during or after the term of this Agreement with the Company, disclose the specific terms of the Company's (including the Company's subsidiaries) relationships or agreements with its significant vendors or customers or any other significant and material trade secret of the Company (including the Company's subsidiaries), whether in existence or proposed, to any person, firm, partnership, corporation or business for any reason or purpose whatsoever, except as is disclosed in the ordinary course of business.
Trade Secrets and Proprietary Information (a) Executive recognizes and acknowledges that the Company, through the expenditure of considerable time and money, has developed and will continue to develop in the future information concerning customers, clients, marketing, products, services, business, research and development activities and operational methods of the Company and its customers or clients, contracts, financial or other data, technical data or any other confidential or proprietary information possessed, owned or used by the Company, the disclosure of which could or does have a material adverse effect on the Company, its business, any business it proposes to engage in, its operations, financial condition or prospects and that the same are confidential and proprietary and considered “confidential information” of the Company for the purposes of this Agreement. In consideration of his employment, Executive agrees that he will not, during or after the Term, without the consent of the Board make any disclosure of confidential information now or hereafter possessed by the Company, to any person, partnership, corporation or entity either during or after the term here of, except that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prohibit Executive from using or disclosing such information (a) if such disclosure is necessary in the normal course of the Company’s business in accordance with Company policies or instructions or authorization from the Board, (b) such information shall become public knowledge other than by or as a result of disclosure by a person not having a right to make such disclosure, or (c) subsequent to the Term, if such information shall have either (i) been developed by Executive independent of any of the Company’s confidential or proprietary information or (ii) been disclosed to Executive by a person not subject to a confidentiality agreement with or other obligation of confidentiality to the Company. For the purposes of Sections 6, 7 and 8 of this Agreement, the term “Company” shall include the Company, its parent, its subsidiaries and affiliates, other than affiliates whose relationship as an affiliate is derived solely from Executive’s interest in or position at the affiliate.
(b) In the event that any trade secrets or other confidential information covered by Section 6(a) of this Agreement is required to be produced by Executive pursuant to legal process, Executive shall give the Company notice of such legal process within a reasonable time, but not later than ten (10) business days prior to the date such disclosure is to be made, unless Executive has received less notice, in which event Executive shall immediately notify the Company. The Company shall have the right to object to any such disclosure, and if the Company objects (at the Company’s cost and expense) in a timely manner so that Executive is not subject to penalties for failure to make such disclosure, Executive shall not make any disclosure until there has been a court determination on the Company’s objections. If disclosure is required by a court order, final beyond right of review, or if the Company does not object to the disclosure, Executive shall make disclosure only to the extent that disclosure is unequivocally required by the court order, and Executive will exercise reasonable efforts at the Company’s expense, to obtain reliable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded the Confidential Information.
Confidentiality and Intellectual Property Rights (a) The parties acknowledge that the information which the disclosing party submits to the receiving party in connection with this Agreement includes disclosing party's confidential and proprietary information, both of a technical and commercial nature. Receiving party agrees not to disclose such information to third parties without disclosing party's prior written consent.
(b) The intellectual property rights, copyrights and other rights connected therewith, in respect of drawings, specifications, documents, data and software made available by the Seller to the Buyer shall be owned solely by the Seller and shall remain its property. Buyer is not allowed to permit any third party to fabricate the Products or any parts thereof.
(c) The Buyer is obliged to inform the Seller of any intellectual property rights that may exist with respect to the Equipment if Services are rendered for Equipment not supplied by the Seller. In case of third-party claims that may be asserted on the grounds of the existence of intellectual property rights on the Equipment or Products not delivered by the Seller, the Buyer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Seller against any such claims.
(d) With regard to software the Seller grants to the Buyer a non-exclusive and non-transmissible right to use the intellectual property right, in machine-readable, object code form, on one system limited to the operation of the agreed Equipment. The software license shall be unlimited in time and free of charge, if not otherwise agreed. Neither the Buyer nor any third party shall modify, reproduce, translate, reverse engineer, transfer from object code to the source code or decompile the Seller´s software. The license does not entitle the Buyer to use the software for any equipment other than the agreed Equipment, to grant sub-licenses or to copy the software documents without the Seller ´s prior written consent. The Buyer is only entitled to make a single copy for backup purposes to be able to reload the system limited to the one agreed Equipment. If the Buyer exchanges the agreed Equipment, new software has to be purchased and installed. In case of termination of the Agreement the license terminates and all copies of the software and the documentation shall be returned to the Seller promptly after termination.
Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights Seller (or its supplier) shall indemnify and hold Purchaser harmless against an award of damages and costs against Purchaser by a final judgment of a court of last resort in the country in which the Equipment is originally installed by Seller resulting from actual or alleged patent infringement relating in any way to use or sale of the Equipment, or any component thereof furnished hereunder, provided that Purchaser (i) gives Seller immediate notice in writing of any suit or claim for infringement against Purchaser, (ii) permits Seller (or its supplier) to control the defense of any suit or claim, and (iii) gives Seller (or its supplier) all available information, assistance, and authority to enable Seller (or its supplier) to assume such defense. Seller (or its supplier) shall diligently defend and prosecute all such patent infringement litigation and shall keep Purchaser fully informed of all developments in the defense or adjustments of any such claim or action. If a final injunction or judgment in any patent infringement action is rendered restraining Purchaser’s use of the Equipment, or of any component thereof, Seller shall, at its option and expense, either (i) procure for Purchaser the right to use the Equipment, or (ii) replace or modify the infringing component so that it no longer infringes, or (iii) repurchase the Equipment upon its return to Seller, less reasonable depreciation of 2% per month from date of installation, for use, damage, or obsolescence. Seller shall have no liability whatsoever to Purchaser if any such patent infringement or claim thereof is based upon or arises from (i) the use of any Equipment in combination with an apparatus or device not manufactured or supplied by Seller and such combination cause the infringement, (ii) the use of any Equipment in a manner for which it was neither designed nor contemplated, or (iii) any modification of any Equipment by Purchaser, or by Seller at Purchaser’s request, or by any third party, which causes the Equipment to become infringing.
Confidentiality Intellectual Property The Executive agrees that during the Executive’s employment with the Company, whether or not under this Agreement, and at all times thereafter:
(a) The Executive will not at any time, directly or indirectly, disclose or divulge any Confidential Information (as hereinafter defined), except as required in connection with the performance of the Executive’s duties for the Company, and except to the extent required by law (but only after the Executive has provided the Company with reasonable notice and opportunity to take action against any legally required disclosure). As used herein, “Confidential Information” means all trade secrets and all other information of a business, financial, marketing, technical or other nature relating to the business of the Company including, without limitation, any customer or vendor lists, prospective customer names, financial statements and projections, know-how, pricing policies, operational methods, methods of doing business, technical processes, formulae, designs and design projects, inventions, computer hardware, software programs, business plans and projects pertaining to the Company and including any information of others that the Company has agreed to keep confidential; provided, however, that Confidential Information shall not include any information that has entered or enters the public domain through (i) no fault of the Executive, and (ii) no breach by any other current or former employee of his/her confidentiality obligations to the Company.
Proprietary Rights The term “Proprietary Rights” shall mean all trade secret, patent, copyright, mask work and other intellectual property rights throughout the world.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS - INVENTION AND PATENT RIGHTS A. General
1. NASA has determined that 51 U.S.C. § 20135(b) does not apply to this Agreement. Therefore, title to inventions made (conceived or first actually reduced to practice) under this Agreement remain with the respective inventing party(ies). No invention or patent rights are exchanged or granted under this Agreement, except as provided herein.
Proprietary Information and Inventions You agree to execute, deliver and be bound by the provisions of the Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit C.
CONFIDENTIAL/TRADE SECRET MATERIALS a. Contractor Confidential, trade secret or proprietary materials as defined by the laws of the State of New York must be clearly marked and identified as such upon submission by the Bidder. Marking the Bid as “confidential” or “proprietary” on its face or in the document header or footer shall not be considered by the Commissioner or Authorized User to be sufficient without specific justification as to why disclosure of particular information in the Bid would cause substantial injury to the competitive position of the Bidder. Bidders/Contractors intending to seek an exemption from disclosure of these materials under the Freedom of Information Law must request the exemption in writing, setting forth the reasons for the claimed exemption. Acceptance of the claimed materials does not constitute a determination on the exemption request, which determination will be made in accordance with statutory procedures. Properly identified information that has been designated confidential, trade secret, or proprietary by the Bidder will not be disclosed except as may be required by the Freedom of Information Law or other applicable State and federal laws.
