Trade Secret Information definition
Trade Secret Information means all information, regardless of the form or medium in which it is or was created, stored, reflected or preserved, that is not commonly known by or generally available to the public and that: (i) derives or creates economic value, actual 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. The Company’s Trade Secret Information may include, but is not limited to, all confidential information relating to or reflecting the Company’s research and development plans and activities; compilations of data; product plans; sales, marketing and business plans and strategies; pricing, price lists, pricing methodologies and profit margins; current and planned incentive, recognition and rewards programs and services; personnel; inventions, concepts, ideas, designs and formulae; current, past and prospective customer lists; current, past and anticipated customer needs, preferences and requirements; market studies; computer software and programs (including object code and source code); and computer and database technologies, systems, structures and architectures. You understand that Confidential Information and/or Trade Secret Information may or may not be labeled as such, and you shall treat all information that appears to be Confidential Information and/or Trade Secret Information as confidential unless otherwise informed or authorized by the Company. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to mean that Company owns any intellectual property or ideas that were conceived by you before you commenced employment with Company and which you have previously disclosed to the Company. Subject to Section 4.3(b), nothing in this Section 4.3(a) shall prevent you from complying with a valid legal requirement (whether by oral questions, interrogatories, requests for information or documents, subpoena, civil investigative demand or similar process) to disclose any Confidential Information or Trade Secret Information.
Trade Secret Information means government data, including a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique or process (1) that was supplied by the affected individual or organization, (2) that is the subject of efforts by the individual or organization that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy, and (3) that derives independent economic value, actual 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.
Trade Secret Information means information, including, but not limited to, any formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique or process, that: (i) derives independent economic value, actual 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. For purposes of this Agreement, "Trade Secret Information" includes both information disclosed to Employee by the Company and information developed by Employee in the course of his employment with the Company. The types and categories of information which are considered to be Trade Secret Information include, without limitation: (a) specifications, descriptions, designs, dimensions, content (including chemical composition) and tolerances of products, parts and components; (b) plans, blueprints, design packages construction, part and assembly drawings and diagrams; (c) design, construction and component costs and cost estimates; (d) the existence, terms or conditions of any agreements (including license agreements) between the Company and any third party; (e) computer programs (whether in the form of source code, object code or any other form, including software, firmware and programmable array logic), formulas, algorithms, methods, techniques, processes, designs, specifications, diagrams, flow charts, manuals, descriptions, instructions, explanations, improvements, and the ideas, systems and methods of operation contained in such programs; (f) information concerning or resulting from research and development work performed by Syntroleum; (g) information concerning Syntroleum's management, financial condition, financial operations, purchasing activities, sales activities, marketing activities and business plans; (h) information acquired or compiled by Syntroleum concerning actual or potential customers; and (i) all other types and categories of information (in whatever form) with respect to which, under all the circumstances, Employee knows or has reason to know that Syntroleum intends or expects secrecy to be maintained and as to which Syntroleum has made reasonable efforts to maintain its secrecy.
Examples of Trade Secret Information in a sentence
Participant agrees that, during his or her employment with the Company and at all times thereafter, he or she shall hold for the benefit of the Company all Trade Secret Information.
Except in the good faith performance of his or her duties for the Company, Participant shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company or as may otherwise be required or permitted by law or legal process, communicate or divulge any Trade Secret Information, knowledge, or data to anyone other than the Company and those designated by it.
To protect the Company’s Trade Secret Information (as defined in Annex A), the grant and vesting of the Restricted Stock pursuant to this Agreement shall be in partial consideration and subject to Participant’s continued compliance with (i) any restrictive covenants set forth in an Individual Agreement or (ii) if there are no confidentiality and/or non-solicitation provisions in an Individual Agreement, the restrictive covenants as set forth in Annex A hereto.
To protect the Company’s Trade Secret Information (as defined in Annex A), the grant and vesting of the Restricted Stock pursuant to this Agreement shall be in partial consideration and subject to Participant’s continued compliance with (i) any restrictive covenants set forth in an Individual Agreement or (ii) if there are no confidentiality and/or non-solicitation provisions in an Individual Agreement, the restrictive covenants as set forth in Annex A hereto.
To protect the Company’s Trade Secret Information (as defined in Annex A), the grant and vesting of the Restricted Stock pursuant to this Agreement shall be in partial consideration and subject to Participant’s continued compliance with (i) any restrictive covenants set forth in an Individual Agreement or (ii) if there are no confidentiality and/or non-solicitation provisions in an Individual Agreement, the restrictive covenants as set forth in Annex A hereto.
More Definitions of Trade Secret Information
Trade Secret Information means any information possessed by the Company which derives independent economic value, actual 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. For purposes of this Agreement, “Trade Secret Information” includes both information disclosed to Employee by the Company, or by its other employees, agents or representatives, and information otherwise acquired or developed by Employee in the course of his employment with the Company. As used herein, “Confidential Information” means any information possessed by the Company which is not readily ascertainable by proper means by other persons, regardless of whether such Confidential Information has independent economic value. Any information that Employee can demonstrate is publicly available through no fault of Employee or others with a duty or other obligation of confidentiality to the Company (contractual or otherwise), is not Trade Secret Information or Confidential Information within the meaning of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement, Trade Secret Information shall include, but is not limited to: (i) information concerning the Company’s management, financial condition, financial operation, purchasing activities, pricing formulas, existing and contemplated products and services, sales activities, marketing research, marketing plans, marketing activities, and business plans; (ii) information acquired or compiled by the Company concerning actual or prospective customers, including, but not limited to, their identities, their business operations, their finances, the identity and quantity of products or services purchased from the Company, and other unpublished information furnished by or about them to the Company; (iii) the Company’s software (including source code, object code and related documentation), its software requirements and design documentation, its product development plans, its security procedures, methods and vulnerabilities (including, without limitation, all passwords and user ids), the algorithms, methods and procedures used within the Company’s software, and all ideas and proposals, whether generated internally or not, relating to the design, operation, implementation, use and maintenance of the Company’s software; (iv) all Inventions (as defined in Section 7(c)(2), below), regardless of whether such Inventions have been reduced to practice or ...
Trade Secret Information means Authority Data, including formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, or process (1) that was supplied by the affected Person; (2) that is the subject of efforts by the affected Person to maintain its secrecy; and (3) that derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other Persons who can obtain economic benefit from its disclosure or use.
Trade Secret Information means information which is exempted from disclosure as a trade secret pursuant to any Federal or State law including but not limited to 42 U.S.C. 11042(b) of the Federal Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act.
Trade Secret Information means the whole or any portion of confidential business or financial information, including any listing of client names, addresses, or telephone numbers, or any other confidential data or processes relating to the Company and its respective businesses which is secret and of value, and which shall have been obtained by Participant during Participant’s employment by the Company, and which shall not be or become public knowledge (other than by acts by Participant or representatives of Participant in violation of this Agreement). Except in the good faith performance of his or her duties for the Company, Participant shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company or as may otherwise be required or permitted by law or legal process, communicate or divulge any Trade Secret Information, knowledge, or data to anyone other than the Company and those designated by it. Notwithstanding the above confidentiality provisions, nothing in this Agreement, in any other agreement, or in the Company’s policies should be interpreted as prohibiting Participant from disclosing any alleged discriminatory or unfair employment practice, or (1) reporting possible violations of federal law or regulations, including any securities laws violations, to any governmental agency or entity, including but not limited to the Department of Justice, the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, the U.S. Congress, or any agency Inspector General; (2) making any other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of federal law or regulations; or (3) otherwise fully participating in any federal whistleblower programs. Please refer to the Associate Handbook applicable to Participant, a copy of which is available upon request, regarding Participant’s rights related to the disclosure of the Company’s trade secrets.
Trade Secret Information means means information belonging to the Company, including formulas, patterns, compilations, programs, devices, methods, techniques, or processes, that derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to the public or to other persons who can obtain economic value from its disclosure or use, and that is the subject of reasonable efforts by the Company to keep secret.
Trade Secret Information means information constituting a Trade Secret or subject to protection as a Trade Secret.
Trade Secret Information means information, including, but not limited to, any formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique or process, that: (i) derives independent economic value, actual 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. For purposes of this Agreement, "Trade Secret Information" includes both information disclosed to Employee by the Company and information developed by Employee in the course of his employment with the Company. The types and categories of information which are considered to be Trade Secret Information include, without limitation: (a) specifications, descriptions, designs, dimensions, content (including chemical composition) and tolerances of products, parts and components; (b) plans, blueprints, design packages construction, part and assembly drawings and diagrams; (c) design, construction and component costs and cost estimates; (d) the existence, terms or conditions of any agreements (including license agreements) between the Company and any third party; (e) computer programs (whether in the form of source code, object code or any other form, including software, firmware and programmable array logic), formulas, algorithms, methods, techniques, processes, designs, specifications, diagrams, flow charts, manuals, descriptions, instructions, explanations, improvements, and the ideas, systems and methods of operation contained in such programs; (f) information concerning or resulting from research and development work performed by the Company; (g) information concerning the Company's management, financial condition, financial operations, purchasing activities, sales activities, marketing activities and business plans; (h) information acquired or compiled by the Company concerning actual or potential customers; Syntroleum-Employment Agreement -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONFIDENTIAL and (i) all other types and categories of information (in whatever form) with respect to which, under all the circumstances, Employee knows or has reason to know that the Company intends or expects secrecy to be maintained and as to which the Company has made reasonable efforts to maintain its secrecy.