Common use of COVENANTS NOT TO DISCLOSE Clause in Contracts

COVENANTS NOT TO DISCLOSE. All Proprietary Information shall be and remains the exclusive property of EFH and is for the exclusive use and benefit of EFH. The Independent Contractor hereby agrees to regard and preserve Proprietary Information as sensitive and confidential. The Independent Contractor agrees that it will not, at any time, disclose to any unauthorized persons or entities or use for its own account, or for the benefit of any third party, any Proprietary Information, whether the Independent Contractor has such information in its memory or embodied in writing or other physical form, without EFH’s prior written consent, unless and to the extent that the Proprietary Information is or becomes generally known to and available for use by the public other than as a result of the Independent Contractor’s fault or the fault of any other person or entity bound by a duty of confidentiality to EFH. The Independent Contractor shall, immediately following the effective date of termination of this Agreement, and at any other time EFH may request, return to EFH all Proprietary Information then in the Independent Contractor’s possession or under its control, without retaining any copies or notes thereof. Work Product Ownership.