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Confidential Information and Inventions
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During the Employment Period and thereafter, Executive shall hold in strictest confidence, and not use, except for the benefit of the Company, or to disclose to any Person without prior written authorization of the Company, any Confidential Information of the Company. Executive understands that “Confidential Information” means Inventions (as defined herein) and any other information of the Company and/or its affiliates disclosed or made available to the Executive, whether before or during the term hereof, including but not limited to financial information, technical and non-technical data, services, products, processes, operations, reports, analyses, test results, technology, samples, specifications, protocols, performance standards, formulations, compounds, know-how, methodologies, trade secrets, trade practices, marketing plans and materials, strategies, forecasts, research, concepts, ideas, and names, addresses and any other characteristics or identifying information of the Company’s existing or potential investors, licensors, licensees, suppliers, customers or employees. Confidential Information shall not include any information Executive can establish by competent proof is or becomes public knowledge or part of the public domain through no act or omission of Executive. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive shall be permitted to disclose Confidential Information pursuant to a court order, government order or any other legal requirement of disclosure if no suitable protective order or equivalent remedy is available, provided that Executive gives the Company written notice of such court order, government order or legal requirement of disclosure immediately upon knowledge thereof and allows the Company a reasonable opportunity to seek to obtain a protective order or other appropriate remedy prior to such disclosure to the extent permitted by law.

Confidential Information and Inventions. You agree that, during the Consulting Period and thereafter, you will not use or disclose, other than in furtherance of the Consulting Services, any confidential or proprietary information or materials of the Company, including any confidential or proprietary information that you obtain or develop in the course of performing the Consulting Services. Any and all work product you create in the course and scope of performing the Consulting Services will be the sole and exclusive property of the Company. You hereby assign to the Company all right, title, and interest in and to all inventions, techniques, processes, materials, and other intellectual property developed in the course and scope of performing the Consulting Services. You further acknowledge and reaffirm your continuing obligations under your previously executed Confidentiality Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing nondisclosure obligations, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1833(b), you will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that is made: # in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, and solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or # in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal.

Confidential Information and Inventions. The Executive agrees to execute and comply with the Company’s standard form of Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time (the “PIIA”).

Confidential Information and Inventions. The Executive agrees to execute and comply with the Company’s standard form of Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time (the “PIIA”).

During the Employment Period and thereafter, Executive shall hold in strictest confidence, and not use, except for the benefit of the Company, or to disclose to any Person without prior written authorization of the Company, any Confidential Information of the Company. Executive understands that “Confidential Information” means Inventions (as defined herein) and any other information of the Company and/or its affiliates disclosed or made available to the Executive, whether before or during the term hereof, including but not limited to financial information, technical and non-technical data, services, products, processes, operations, reports, analyses, test results, technology, samples, specifications, protocols, performance standards, formulations, compounds, know-how, methodologies, trade secrets, trade practices, marketing plans and materials, strategies, forecasts, research, concepts, ideas, and names, addresses and any other characteristics or identifying information of the Company’s existing or potential investors, licensors, licensees, suppliers, customers or employees. Confidential Information shall not include any information Executive can establish by competent proof is or becomes public knowledge or part of the public domain through no act or omission of Executive. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive shall be permitted to disclose Confidential Information pursuant to a court order, government order or any other legal requirement of disclosure if no suitable protective order or equivalent remedy is available, provided that Executive gives the Company written notice of

Confidential Information and Inventions Agreement. As a condition to the execution and effectiveness of this Agreement, you agree to abide by, the Company’s Confidential Information and Inventions Agreement which you previously executed (the “Inventions Agreement”). In furtherance, and not in limitation of the provisions thereof, you agree, during the term hereof and thereafter, that you shall take all steps reasonably necessary to hold the Company’s proprietary information in trust and confidence, will not use proprietary information in any manner or for any purpose except in connection with the performance of your services to the Company, and will not (other than in the performance of the services to the Company as herein contemplated) disclose any such proprietary information to any third party without first obtaining the Company’s express written consent on a case-by-case basis.

Confidential Information and Inventions Agreement. As a condition to the execution and effectiveness of this Agreement, you agree to abide by, the Company’s Confidential Information and Inventions Agreement which you previously executed (the “Inventions Agreement”). In furtherance, and not in limitation of the provisions thereof, you agree, during the term hereof and thereafter, that you shall take all steps reasonably necessary to hold the Company’s proprietary information in trust and confidence, will not use proprietary information in any manner or for any purpose except in connection with the performance of your services to the Company, and will not (other than in the performance of the services to the Company as herein contemplated) disclose any such proprietary information to any third party without first obtaining the Company’s express written consent on a case-by-case basis.

Confidential Information and Inventions. The Executive agrees to continue to comply with the Company’s standard form of Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time (the “PIIA”).

Confidential and Proprietary Information and Inventions. In conjunction with Executive’s employment by the Company, Executive executed the Employee Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement, dated as of ​, 2005 (the “Confidentiality Agreement”). Executive acknowledges and agrees to comply with all continuing obligations under the Confidentiality Agreement, including but not limited to Executive’s obligations with respect to confidential or proprietary Information, Company Inventions, to return Company documents, and not to solicit or attempt to solicit any employee, consultant or independent contractor of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, or anything contained in the Confidentiality Agreement or this Agreement, Executive acknowledges that he will not be held criminally or civilly liable for # the disclosure of confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets that is made in confidence to a government official or to an attorney solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law, or # disclosure of confidential or proprietary information or trade secrets in a made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding under seal or pursuant to court order.

Confidential Information and Inventions. The Executive agrees to execute and comply with the Company’s standard form of Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement, as it may be amended from time to time (the “PIIA”).

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