Protection of Confidential Information Clause Example from Business Contracts
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Protection of Confidential Information. The Executive agrees that all information, whether or not in writing, relating to the business, technical, or financial affairs of the Company and that is generally understood in the pet food industry (and any other related or relevant industry) as being confidential and/or proprietary information, is the exclusive property of the Company. The Executive agrees to hold in a fiduciary capacity for the sole benefit of the Company all secret, confidential or proprietary information, knowledge, data,... or trade secret ("Confidential Information") relating to the Company or any of its affiliates or their respective clients, which Confidential Information shall have been obtained during Executive's employment with the Company. By way of illustration, but not limitation, Confidential Information includes information regarding the Company's projects, methodologies, business or vendor relationships, relationships with strategic or business partners, and all information and know-how (whether or not patentable, copyrightable or otherwise able to be registered or protected under laws governing intellectual property) owned, possessed, or used by the Company, including, without limitation, any invention, existing or future product, formula, method, manufacturing techniques and procedures, composition, compound, project, development, plan, market research, vendor information, supplier information, customer lists or information, apparatus, equipment, trade secret, process, research, reports, clinical data, financial data, technical data, test data, know-how, computer program, software, software documentation, source code, hardware design, technology, marketing or business plan, forecast, unpublished financial statement, budget, license, patent applications, contracts, joint ventures, price, cost and personnel data, any trade names, trademarks or slogans, but shall not include information that (i) is or becomes public knowledge through legal means without fault by the Executive, (ii) is already public knowledge prior to the signing of this Agreement, (iii) was available to the Executive on a non-confidential basis prior to its disclosure by the Company, (iv) was disclosed by the Executive in the performance of the Executive's duties hereunder, or (v) must be disclosed pursuant to applicable law or court order. 9 The Executive agrees that the Executive will not at any time, either during the Term of this Agreement or after its termination, except as reasonably necessary in the scope and course of Executive's duties, disclose to anyone any Confidential Information, or utilize such Confidential Information for Executive's own benefit, or for the benefit of third parties without written approval by an officer of the Company. Executive further agrees that all memoranda, notes, records, data, schematics, sketches, computer programs, prototypes, or written, photographic, magnetic or other documents or tangible objects compiled by Executive or made available to Executive during the Term of Executive's employment concerning the business of the Company and/or its clients, including any copies of such materials, shall be the property of the Company and shall be delivered to the Company on the termination of the Executive's employment, or at any other time upon request of the Company.View More
