PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND INVENTIONS AGREEMENTS definition
PROPRIETARY INFORMATION AND INVENTIONS AGREEMENTS has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(r)(iii) of this Agreement;
Proprietary Information and Technology means any and all of the following: works of authorship, computer programs, source code and executable code, whether embodied in software, firmware or otherwise, assemblers, applets, compilers, user interfaces, application programming interfaces, protocols, architectures, documentation, annotations, comments, designs, files, records, schematics, test methodologies, test vectors, emulation and simulation tools and reports, hardware development tools, models, tooling, prototypes, breadboards and other devices, data, data structures, databases, data compilations and collections, inventions (whether or not patentable), invention disclosures, discoveries, improvements, technology, proprietary and confidential ideas and information, know-how and information maintained as trade secrets, tools, concepts, techniques, methods, processes, formulae, patterns, algorithms and specifications, customer lists and supplier lists and any and all instantiations or embodiments of the foregoing or any Intellectual Property Rights in any form and embodied in any media.
Confidential and Proprietary Information means any and all information not in the public domain, in any form, emanating from or relating to the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, including, but not limited to, trade secrets, technical information, costs, designs, drawings, processes, systems, methods of operation and procedures, formulae, test data, know-how, improvements, price lists, financial data, code books, invoices and other financial statements, computer programs, discs and printouts, sketches, and plans (engineering, architectural or otherwise), customer list, telephone numbers, names, addresses, information about equipment and processes (including specifications and operating manuals), or any other complication of information written or unwritten that is used in the business of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate that gives the Company or any subsidiary of affiliate any opportunity to obtain an advantage over competitors of the Company who do not know or use such information. Employee agrees and acknowledges that all Confidential and Proprietary Information, in any form, and all copies and extracts thereof, is and are shall remain the sole and exclusive property of the Company and, upon termination of his employment with the Company, Employee hereby agrees to return to the Company the originals and all copies of any Confidential and Proprietary Information provided to or acquired by Employee during the period of his employment. Except as ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, Employee expressly agrees never to disclose to any person (except to other Company employees, and then only on a "need to know" bases) or entity any Confidential an Proprietary Information either during the term of this Agreement or at any time after termination of his employment, except with the express written authorization and consent of the Company.
Proprietary Information shall have the same meaning as Confidential Information.
Proprietary and Confidential Information means trade secrets, confidential knowledge, data or any other proprietary or confidential information of the Company or any of its affiliates, or of any customers, members, employees or directors of any of such entities, but shall not include any information that (i) was publicly known and made generally available in the public domain prior to the time of disclosure to Executive by the Company or (ii) becomes publicly known and made generally available after disclosure to Executive by the Company other than as a result of a disclosure by Executive in violation of this Agreement. By way of illustration but not limitation, “Proprietary and Confidential Information” includes: (i) trade secrets, documents, memoranda, reports, files, correspondence, lists and other written and graphic records affecting or relating to any such entity’s business; (ii) confidential marketing information including without limitation marketing strategies, customer and client names and requirements, services, prices, margins and costs; (iii) confidential financial information; (iv) personnel information (including without limitation employee compensation); and (v) other confidential business information.
Confidential Information Breach This shall mean, generally, an instance where an unauthorized person or entity accesses Confidential Information in any manner, including but not limited to the following occurrences: (1) any Confidential Information that is not encrypted or protected is misplaced, lost, stolen or in any way compromised; (2)one or more third parties have had access to or taken control or possession of any Confidential Information that is not encrypted or protected without prior written authorization from the State; (3) the unauthorized acquisition of encrypted or protected Confidential Information together with the confidential process or key that is capable of compromising the integrity of the Confidential Information; or (4) if there is a substantial risk of identity theft or fraud to the Client Agency, the Contractor, DAS or State.