Trade Secrets and Confidential Information definition
Trade Secrets and Confidential Information means information, whether written or oral, not generally available to the public, regardless of whether it is suitable to be patented, copyrighted and/or trademarked, which is received from the Company and/or its affiliates, either directly or indirectly, including but not limited to concepts, ideas, plans and strategies involved in the Company’s and/or its affiliates’ products, the processes, formulae and techniques disclosed by the Company and/or its affiliates to Employee or observed by Employee, the designs, inventions and innovations and related plans, strategies and applications which Employee develops during the term of this Agreement in connection with the work performed by Employee for the Company and/or its affiliates; and third party information which the Company and/or its affiliates has/have agreed to keep confidential.
Trade Secrets and Confidential Information means information, whether written or oral, not generally available to the public, regardless of whether it is suitable to be patented, copyrighted and/or trademarked, which is received from the Company and/or its affiliates, either directly or indirectly, including but not limited to (i) concepts, ideas, plans and strategies involved in the Company's and/or its affiliates' products, (ii) the processes, formulae and techniques disclosed by the Company and/or its affiliates to Employee or observed by Employee, (iii) the designs, inventions and innovations and related plans, strategies and applications which Employee develops during the Term of this Agreement in connection with the work performed by Employee for the Company and/or its affiliates; and (iv) third party information which the Company and/or its affiliates has/have agreed to keep confidential.
Trade Secrets and Confidential Information means information that is not generally known to the public and that is used, developed or obtained by the Company in connection with its business, including, but not limited to, information, observations and data obtained by you while employed by the Company or any predecessors thereof concerning (i) the business or affairs of the Company (or such predecessors), (ii) products or services, (iii) fees, costs and pricing structures, (iv) designs, (v) analyses, (vi) drawings, photographs and reports, (vii) computer software, including operating systems, applications and program listings, (viii) flow charts, manuals and documentation, (ix) data bases, (x) accounting and business methods, (xi) inventions, devices, new developments, methods and processes, whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice, (xii) customers and clients and customer or client lists, (xiii) other copyrightable works, (xiv) all production methods, processes, technology and trade secrets, and (xv) all similar and related information in whatever form. Trade Secrets and Confidential Information will not include any information that has been published (other than a disclosure by you in breach of this Agreement) in a form generally available to the public prior to the date you propose to disclose or use such information. Trade Secrets and Confidential Information will not be deemed to have been published merely because individual portions of the information have been separately published, but only if all material features comprising such information have been published in combination.
Examples of Trade Secrets and Confidential Information in a sentence
The Executive acknowledges and agrees that because of the nature of the Company’s business, the nature of the Executive’s job responsibilities, and the nature of the Confidential Information and Trade Secrets of the Company which the Company will give the Executive access to, any breach of this provision by the Executive would result in the inevitable disclosure of the Company’s Trade Secrets and Confidential Information to its direct competitors.
Those Trade Secrets and Confidential Information have been developed by the Company at substantial cost and constitute valuable and unique property of the Company.
Employee shall exercise best efforts to ensure the continued confidentiality of all Trade Secrets and Confidential Information and shall immediately notify the Company of any unauthorized disclosure or use of any Trade Secrets or Confidential Information of which Employee becomes aware.
Accordingly, the Executive acknowledges that protection of Trade Secrets and Confidential Information is a legitimate business interest.
Executive recognizes that his duties will entail the receipt of Trade Secrets and Confidential Information as defined in this Section 6.
More Definitions of Trade Secrets and Confidential Information
Trade Secrets and Confidential Information means information that is not generally known to the public and that is used, developed or obtained by any Company Group Member in connection with its business, including, but not limited to, information, observations and data obtained by Participant while employed by or providing services to any Company Group Member or any affiliate thereof concerning (i) the business or affairs of the Company Group Members (or such affiliates), (ii) products or services, (iii) fees, costs and pricing structures, (iv) designs, (v) analyses, (vi) drawings, photographs and reports, (vii) computer software, including operating systems, applications and program listings, (viii) flow charts, manuals and documentation, (ix) data bases, (x) accounting and business methods, (xi) inventions, devices, new developments, methods and processes, whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice, (xii) customers and clients and customer or client lists, (xiii) other copyrightable works, (xiv) all production methods, processes, technology and trade secrets, and (xv) all similar and related information in whatever form. Trade Secrets and Confidential Information will not include any information that has been published (other than a disclosure by Participant in breach of this Agreement) in a form generally available to the public prior to the date Participant proposes to disclose or use such information. Trade Secrets and Confidential Information will not be deemed to have been published merely because individual portions of the information have been separately published, but only if all material features comprising such information have been published in combination.
Trade Secrets and Confidential Information means know-how, trade secrets, confidential information, proprietary information, information of or regarding the Business and its operations, assets, results of operations, customers, vendors, plans and financial condition, data, databases and technical information and all rights in, arising out of or associated therewith.
Trade Secrets and Confidential Information has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.
Trade Secrets and Confidential Information means formulas, patterns, designs, compilations, programs, devices, methods, techniques, processes or general know-how that derive 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, which is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy for products utilized in the manufacture, distribution and sale of electronics, office and health care furniture, and other manufacturing industries. It also includes Xxxxxxx’x valuable information, including information about customers, dealers and suppliers, and among other things, about their technical problems and needs, purchasing habits, and procedures, all resulting in a great deal of customer goodwill, as well as financial records, contracts, patents, manufacturing technology, marketing and strategic plans, and other valuable information.
Trade Secrets and Confidential Information means (i) Xxxxxxx’x and its Affiliates’ formulas, patterns, designs, compilations, programs, devices, methods, techniques, processes or general know-how, with respect to products utilized in the manufacture, distribution and sale of electronics, office and hospitality furniture, and other manufacturing industries, that derive 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; (ii) Xxxxxxx’x and its Affiliates’ valuable information, including information about customers, dealers and suppliers, and their technical problems and needs, purchasing habits, and procedures; and (iii) Xxxxxxx’x and its Affiliates’ financial records, contracts, patents, manufacturing technology, marketing and strategic plans, and other valuable information.
Trade Secrets and Confidential Information means information that is not generally known to the public and that is used, developed or obtained by any Company Group Member in connection with its business, including, but not limited to, information, observations and data obtained by
Trade Secrets and Confidential Information means trade secrets and rights in confidential information, including confidential technical or non-technical data, information or know how, customer information, lists of actual or potential customers or suppliers, financial data, financial plans, product plans, formulas, patterns, processes, techniques, methods, compilations, programs (including computer software and related source code) and or other information similar to any of the foregoing, whether or not patentable.