CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND TRADE SECRETS. 8.1. Former Employee hereby recognizes, acknowledges and agrees that Tekelec is the owner of proprietary rights in certain confidential sales and marketing information, programs, tactics, systems, methods, processes, compilations of technical and non-technical information, records and other business, financial, sales, marketing and other information and things of value. To the extent that any or all of the foregoing constitute valuable trade secrets and/or confidential and/or privileged information of Tekelec, Former Employee hereby further agrees as follows:
