EMPLOYEE will perform services for COMPANY which may require COMPANY to disclose confidential and proprietary information ("Confidential Information") to EMPLOYEE. (Confidential Information is any information of any kind, nature, or description, whether reduced to tangible form or not, including but not limited to any matters affecting or relating to Employee's services for COMPANY, the business or operations of COMPANY, and/or the products, drawings, plans, processes, or other data of COMPANY). Accordingly, to protect COMPANY Confidential Information that may be disclosed to EMPLOYEE or come into EMPLOYEE’S possession, the EMPLOYEE agrees as follows.
A. EMPLOYEE will hold the Confidential Information received from COMPANY in strict confidence and shall exercise a reasonable degree of care to prevent disclosure to others.
B. EMPLOYEE will not disclose or divulge either directly or indirectly the Confidential Information to others unless first authorized to do so in writing by COMPANY.
C. EMPLOYEE will not reproduce the Confidential Information nor use this information commercially or for any purpose other than the performance of his/her duties for COMPANY.
D. EMPLOYEE will, upon the request or upon termination of his/her relationship with COMPANY, deliver to COMPANY any drawings, notes, documents, equipment, and materials received from COMPANY, belonging to COMPANY, or originating from its activities for COMPANY.
E. COMPANY shall have the sole right to determine the treatment of any information that is part or project specific received from EMPLOYEE, including the right to keep the same as a trade secret, to use and disclose the same without prior patent applications, to file copyright registrations in its own name or to follow any other procedure as COMPANY may deem appropriate.
F. COMPANY reserves the right to take disciplinary action, up to and including termination for violations of this agreement.
EMPLOYEE represents and warrants that it is not under any preexisting obligations inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement. |