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Trade Secrets In General. During the course of Executive's employment, Executive will have access to various trade secrets, confidential information and inventions of Employer as defined below.
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Trade Secrets In General. During the course of Employee's employment, Employee will have access to various trade secrets of Employer. For purposes of this Agreement, "Trade Secret" shall mean information which is not generally known to the public and, as a result, is of economic benefit to Employer in the conduct of its business. Employee and Employer agree that Trade Secrets shall include but not be limited to all information developed or obtained by Employer and comprising the following items, whether or not such items have been reduced to tangible form (e.g., physical writing): all methods, techniques, processes, ideas, trade names, service marks, slogans, forms, customer lists, pricing structures, menus, business forms, marketing programs and plans, layouts and designs, financial information, operational methods and tactics, cost information, the identity of or contractual arrangements with suppliers, the identity or buying habits of customers, accounting procedures, and any document, record or other information of Employer relating to the above. Trade Secrets include not only information belonging to Employer which existed before the date of this Agreement, but also information developed by Employee for Employer or its employees during the term of this Agreement.
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Trade Secrets In General. During the course of EMPLOYEE's employment, EMPLOYEE will have access to various trade secrets of PETCO. A "Trade Secret" is information which is not generally known to the public and, as a result, is of economic benefit to PETCO in the conduct of its business. EMPLOYEE and PETCO agree that Trade Secrets shall include, but not be limited to, all information developed or obtained by PETCO, comprising the following items, whether or not such items have been reduced to tangible form (e.g., physical writing): all methods, technics, processes, ideas, trade names, service marks, slogans, forms, customer lists, pricing structures, menus, business forms, recipes, formulas, marketing programs and plans, layout and design, financial structure, operational methods and tactics, cost information, the identity of suppliers or customers of PETCO, customer lists, accounting procedures, databases, and any document, record or other information of PETCO relating to the above. Trade Secrets include not only information belonging to PETCO which existed before the date of this Agreement, but also information developed by EMPLOYEE or PETCO or PETCO's employees during the term of this Agreement and thereafter.
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Trade Secrets In General. During the course of Employee's employment, Employee will have access to various trade secrets, confidential information and inventions of Company as defined below.
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Trade Secrets In General. During the course of Executive's employment, Executive will have access to various trade secrets of Employer. For purposes of this Agreement, "Trade Secret" shall mean information which is not generally known to the public and, as a result, is of economic benefit to Employer in the conduct of its business. Executive and Employer agree that Trade Secrets shall include but not be limited to all information developed or obtained by Employer and comprising the following items, whether or not such items have been reduced to tangible form (e.g., physical writing): all methods, techniques, processes, ideas, trade names, service marks, slogans, forms, customer lists, pricing structures, menus, business forms, marketing programs and plans, layouts and designs, financial structures, operational methods and tactics, cost information, the identity of or contractual arrangements with suppliers, the identity or buying habits of customers, accounting procedures, and any document, record or other information of Employer relating to the above. Trade Secrets include not only information belonging to Employer which existed before the date of this Agreement, but also information developed by Executive for Employer or its employees during the term of this Agreement and thereafter.
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Trade Secrets In General. During the course of Employee’s employment with Parent and the Operating Company, Employee will have access to various trade secrets and proprietary and confidential information (collectively referred to as “Trade Secrets”) belonging to Parent and the Operating Company. A “Trade Secret” is information, which is not generally known to the public and, as a result, has economic benefit to Parent and the Operating Company in the conduct of their businesses. Employee, Parent and the Operating Company agree that Trade Secrets shall include, but not be limited to, all information developed or obtained by Parent and the Operating Company, comprising the following items, whether or not such items have been reduced to tangible form (e.g., physical writing): all business plans, strategies and forecasts, methods, techniques, processes, ideas, trade names, service marks, slogans, forms, customer lists, pricing structures, menus, business forms, recipes, formulas, marketing programs, plans and strategies, layout and design, financial structure, operational methods and tactics, cost information, the identity of suppliers or customers of Parent and the Operating Company, accounting procedures, databases, information on Parent’s and the Operating Company’s sales, including sales by xxxxxx, xxxx, xxxxxxxx and store, XXXXX.xxx sales data, open/close store listings, including openings and closures under consideration but not yet implemented, pending real estate transactions lists, grooming and other customer lists, customer contact information, data relating to customers’ past purchases, including all data generated by the PALS program and any similar program Parent and the Operating Company may adopt in the future, information pertaining to employee salaries, salary grades and ranges, compensation and bonus information, merchandise and service pricing information, agreements with vendors, Parent’s and Operating Company’s internal communications and policies and any document, record or other information of Parent and the Operating Company relating to the above. Trade Secrets include not only information belonging to Parent and the Operating Company which existed before the date of this Agreement, but also information developed by Employee, Parent or the Operating Company or Parent’s or the Operating Company’s employees during the term of this Agreement and thereafter. The scope of this Agreement is not limited to information that is patented, patentable, copyrighted or techni...
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Trade Secrets In General. During the course of Xxxxxxx'x employment, Xxxxxxx will have access to various trade secrets of TeraGlobal. For purposes of this Agreement, "Trade Secret" shall mean information that is not generally known to the public and, as a result, is of economic benefit to TeraGlobal in the conduct of its business. Xxxxxxx and TeraGlobal agree that Trade Secrets shall include but not be limited to all information developed or obtained by TeraGlobal and comprising the following items, whether or not such items have been reduced to tangible form (e.g., physical writing): all software code, methods, techniques, processes, ideas, trade names, service marks, slogans, forms, customer lists, pricing structures, menus, business plans, marketing programs and plans, layouts and designs, financial information, operational methods and tactics, cost information, the identity of or contractual arrangements with suppliers, the identity or buying habits of customers, accounting procedures, and any document, record or other information of TeraGlobal relating to the above. Trade Secrets include not only information belonging to TeraGlobal which existed before the date of this Agreement, but also information developed by Xxxxxxx for TeraGlobal or its employees during the term of this Agreement.
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Related to Trade Secrets In General

  • 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.

  • Confidential Information and Trade Secrets During the period of my employment with the Company, I acknowledge that the Company may disclose to me confidential and proprietary information of the Company which the Company takes great pains to safeguard from unauthorized use and disclosure. I agree at all times during the term of my employment and thereafter, to hold in strictest confidence, and not to use or to disclose to any person, firm or corporation, except as such use or disclosure is required in connection with my work for the Company or unless the Chief Executive Officer of the Company otherwise expressly authorizes in writing, any Confidential Information (defined below) before it has become generally known within the relevant industry through no fault of my own. I understand and agree that “Confidential Information” means any non-public information that does not otherwise qualify as Trade Secrets (defined below) that relates to the actual or demonstrably anticipated business or research or development of the Company or any other information which is marked “confidential” or which might reasonably be anticipated to be confidential in nature. I further agree, at all times during my employment and anytime thereafter, to hold in strictest confidence, and not to use or disclose to any person, firm or corporation, except as such use or disclosure is required in connection with my work for the Company or unless the Chief Executive Officer of the Company expressly authorizes such use or disclosure in writing, any Trade Secret (defined below) before it has become generally known in the public domain through no fault of my own. I understand and agree that “Trade Secrets” are information, regardless of form, belonging to the Company, licensed by it, or disclosed to it on a confidential basis by its customers, suppliers, or other third parties, including, but not limited to technical and non-technical data, formulae, patterns, compilations, programs, devices, methods, techniques, drawings, processes, financial data, financial plans, product plans, and lists of actual or potential customers or suppliers which is not commonly known in the public domain and which (i) derives economic value, economic or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use; and (ii) is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy, or any other information that constitutes a trade secret under common law.

  • Trade Secrets and Confidential Information/Company Property Employee reaffirms and agrees to observe and abide by the terms of the Employment Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreement, specifically including the provisions therein regarding nondisclosure of the Company’s trade secrets and confidential and proprietary information, and the restrictive covenants contained therein. Employee’s signature below constitutes his certification under penalty of perjury that he has returned all documents and other items provided to Employee by the Company, developed or obtained by Employee in connection with his employment with the Company, or otherwise belonging to the Company.

  • 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.

  • Confidential Information of Others Executive certifies that Executive has not, and will not, disclose or use during Executive’s time as an employee of the Company, any confidential information which Executive acquired as a result of any previous employment or under a contractual obligation of confidentiality or secrecy before Executive became an employee of the Company.

  • Trade Secrets and Confidential Information (i) Executive represents and warrants that Executive (A) is not subject to any legal or contractual duty or agreement that would prevent or prohibit Executive from performing the duties contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise complying with this Agreement, and (B) is not in breach of any legal or contractual duty or agreement, including any agreement concerning trade secrets or confidential information owned by any other party. (ii) Executive agrees that Executive will not (A) use, disclose or reverse engineer Trade Secrets or Confidential Information for any purpose other than the Company’s Business, except as authorized in writing by the Company; (B) during Executive’s employment with the Company, use, disclose or reverse engineer (1) any confidential information or trade secrets of any former employer or third party or (2) any works of authorship developed in whole or in part by Executive during any former employment or for any other party, unless authorized in writing by the former employer or third party; or (C) upon Executive’s resignation or termination with the Company (1) retain Trade Secrets or Confidential Information, including any copies existing in any form (including electronic form), which are in Executive’s possession or control or (2) destroy, delete or alter Trade Secrets or Confidential Information without the Company’s prior written consent. (iii) The obligations under this Section 8 shall remain in effect as long as Trade Secrets and Confidential Information constitute trade secrets or confidential information under applicable law. The confidentiality, property and proprietary rights protections available in this Agreement are in addition to, and not exclusive of, any and all other rights to which the Company is entitled under federal and state law, including, but not limited to, rights provided under copyright laws, trade secret and confidential information laws and laws concerning fiduciary duties.

  • Confidentiality/Trade Secrets Executive specifically agrees that Executive will not at any time, whether during or subsequent to the Term, in any fashion, form or manner, except in furtherance of Executive’s duties at the Company or with the specific written consent of the Company, either directly or indirectly use, divulge, disclose or communicate to any person in any manner whatsoever, any confidential information or trade secrets of any kind, nature or description concerning any matters affecting or relating to the business of the Company (the “Proprietary Information”), including (a) all information, design or software programs (including object codes and source codes), techniques, drawings, plans, experimental and research work, inventions, patterns, processes and know-how, whether or not patentable, and whether or not at a commercial stage related to the Company or any subsidiary thereof, (b) buying habits or practices of any of its customers or vendors, (c) the Company’s marketing methods, sales activities, promotion, credit and financial data and related information, (d) the Company’s costs or sources of materials, (e) the prices it obtains or has obtained or at which it sells or has sold its products or services, (f) lists or other written records used in the Company’s business, (g) compensation paid to employees and other terms of employment, or (h) any other confidential information of, about or concerning the business of the Company, its manner of operation, or other confidential data of any kind, nature, or description (excluding any information that is or becomes publicly known or available for use through no fault of Executive or as directed by court order). The Parties hereto stipulate that as between them, Proprietary Information constitutes trade secrets that derive independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to the public or to other persons who can obtain economic value or cause economic harm to the Company from its disclosure or use and that Proprietary Information is the subject of efforts which are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy and of which this Section 8 is an example, and that any breach of this Section 8 shall be a material breach of this Agreement. All Proprietary Information shall be and remain the Company’s sole property.

  • Confidential Information Protections 4.1 At all times during and after the Employee’s employment, the Employee will hold in confidence and will not disclose, use, lecture upon, or publish any of Company’s Confidential Information (defined below), except as may be required in connection with the Employee’s work for Company, or as expressly authorized by the Board. The Employee will obtain the written approval of the Board before publishing or submitting for publication any material (written, oral, or otherwise) that relates to the Employee’s work at Company and/or incorporates any Confidential Information. The Employee hereby assigns to Company any rights the Employee may have or acquire in any and all Confidential Information and recognize that all Confidential Information shall be the sole and exclusive property of Company and its assigns.

  • 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 of Others It is the understanding of both the Company and Executive that Executive shall not divulge to the Company and/or its subsidiaries any confidential information or trade secrets belonging to others, including Executive’s former employers, nor shall the Company and/or its Affiliates seek to elicit from Executive any such information. Consistent with the foregoing, Executive shall not provide to the Company and/or its Affiliates, and the Company and/or its Affiliates shall not request, any documents or copies of documents containing such information.

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