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Covenant Not to Compete and Non Disclosure
Covenant Not to Compete and Non Disclosure contract clause examples

Nondisclosure. Either Party may from time to time provide to the other Party certain advice, technical information, know‑how and other proprietary data and information with respect to Products or the use or configuration thereof. Inasmuch as various of these materials and advice (all of which will herein be referred to as the “Confidential Information”) contain confidential information and trade secrets, it is hereby agreed that any Confidential Information that one Party discloses to the other is valuable, proprietary property belonging to the disclosing Party, and the receiving Party agrees that it will neither use nor disclose to any third party (except in the performance of its duties hereunder) any Confidential Information, except on prior written consent of the other Party.

Non-Disclosure. Each party agrees that during the term of this OEM Agreement and for a period of five (5) years thereafter, it will treat as confidential all Confidential Information of the other party, will not use such Confidential Information except as expressly set forth herein or otherwise authorized in writing, will implement reasonable procedures to prohibit the disclosure, duplication, misuse or removal of the other party’s Confidential Information and will not disclose such Confidential information to any third party except as may be necessary and required in connection with the rights and obligations of such party under this OEM Agreement, and subject to confidentiality obligations at least as protective as those set forth herein. Without limiting the foregoing, each party will use at least the same procedures and degree of care that it uses to prevent the disclosure of its own confidential information of like importance to prevent the disclosure of Confidential Information disclosed to it by the other party under this OEM Agreement, but in no event less than reasonable care.

Non-Disclosure. You will comply with the obligations contained in the Anadarko Code of Business Conduct and Ethics that continue after termination of employment to not disclose or utilize certain confidential information of and its affiliates as specified therein. As an officer of , the law imposes upon you a duty to safeguard and protect confidential information of and its affiliates. Except as expressly permitted by this Award Agreement and without limiting the foregoing, you shall not use for your own benefit or the benefit of any person or entity (other than and its affiliates), or disclose to any person or entity (other than and its affiliates), any information relating to confidential information of or its affiliates made, developed or acquired by or disclosed to you, individually or in conjunction with others, during your employment with or its affiliates (whether during business hours or otherwise and whether on ’s premises or otherwise). The non-disclosure requirements set forth in this paragraph # are subject to the provisions of paragraph # (“Disclosures”) below.

Non-Disclosure. Prior to and in connection with this Agreement, the Executive has learned and will continue to learn trade secrets and confidential information of Company, including but not limited to # financial information, # business methods and techniques, including but not limited to, sales methods, prospecting methods, methods of presentation, programs and other materials used or to be used by the Company in managing, marketing or furthering its business, # insured’s and agent’s names, addresses and other contact information, # all other information about the Company’s business that is not known to the public and gives the Company an opportunity to obtain an advantage over competitors (“Confidential Information”). The Executive acknowledges that Company has invested substantial sums in the development of its Confidential Information.

Non-Compete Provisions. The following covenants are made by Employee in partial consideration of the Company’s employment of Employee as described herein (including, but not limited to, the substantial economic investment made by the Company in the employment, education and training of Employee and the compensation and other benefits afforded by the Company to the Employee), as well as the entrustment of customer relationships/goodwill, and the provision of access to the Company’s Trade Secrets and Confidential Information. Such covenants were material inducements to the Company in deciding to invest in Employee and giving Employee access to the Company’s Trade Secrets, Confidential Information, customer relationships and goodwill.

Except as otherwise expressly or impliedly provided for herein, Assignor agrees that it, and its successors and assigns, shall not from the date hereof, manufacture, distribute or represent for sale or distribution any current or future coatings products that, by any reasonable measure, compete, directly or indirectly, with the Subject IP in the HVAC/R Market nor manufacture a coating with the identical formulation as the Subject IP. For purposes of clarity, Assignee acknowledges that the current formulations of coatings manufactured, distributed and represented for sale in non-HVAC/R applications, known as “ECT-1090, ECT-1091 and ECT-1590” are not the identical formulations as the Subject IP.

Assignor Non-Compete. Upon fulfillment/satisfaction in full of Assignee’s obligations under Section 1 of this Agreement and the full and complete disclosure by the Assignor of all information required to be disclosed by it under Section 1 of this Agreement, Assignor shall refrain for a period of sixty (60) months from the date hereof, from practicing the Subject Patent, or manufacturing, distributing or representing for sale or distribution any products that, by any reasonable measure, compete, directly or indirectly, with the Subject Product. For removal of any doubt, products sold by Assignor in the Field, as defined hereinabove, will not be deemed in competition with the Subject Product while the License is in effect.

Non-Compete Provisions. IMPORTANT: The following covenants are made by Awardee in exchange for good and valuable consideration, including but not limited to the opportunity to receive the Units as set forth more fully above. Such covenants were material inducements to the Company in deciding to invest in Awardee, to award said Units, and in entering into this Agreement. Awardee understands that a violation of this Section may result in, among other things, forfeiture of Units/Acquired Shares and/or repayment to the Company of the value thereof. For purposes of this Section 17, references to the “Company” shall include any and all affiliates of the Company with which Awardee was employed during the relevant time period(s); and the termination date of Awardee’s employment shall be the date Awardee is no longer employed by the Company or any of its affiliates.

The Parties agree that they shall not encourage, solicit, initiate, institute, commence, continue, file, or otherwise prosecute, whether directly or indirectly, or through a third party, any action, lawsuit, cause of action, claim, demand, or legal proceedings for or arising out of or relating to any claim, etc. released hereby. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, a Party is allowed to commence an action to enforce the terms of the Agreement.

Covenant Not To Sue. Employee warrants that Employee has not filed any complaints, charges or claims for relief against the Company with any local, state or federal court or administrative agency that are currently outstanding. Employee further agrees and covenants not to sue, or to bring any claims or charges against, the Company with respect to any matter arising at the time of Employee’s execution of this Agreement or covered by the release set forth in Paragraph 2 above, and not to assert against the Company in any action, suit, litigation or proceeding any matter arising before Employee’s execution of this Agreement or covered by the release set forth in Paragraph 2 above.

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