entity that directly, or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Company.
5.2Executive acknowledges that Executive has been notified in accordance with the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (18 U.S. Code § 1833(b)(1)) that an individual shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that: (a) is made (i) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney; and (ii) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (b) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal.
5.3Executive also acknowledges that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prohibit Executive from reporting possible violations of law or regulation to any governmental agency or regulatory body or making other disclosures that are protected under any law or regulation, or from filing a charge with or participating in any investigation or proceeding conducted by any governmental agency or regulatory body. Additionally, Executive’s confidentiality obligations set forth herein shall not be interpreted or applied in a manner that would conflict with Executive’s rights, if any, under the NLRA, as defined and further described in Section 8.5 below.
5.4Upon termination of this Agreement for any reason, Executive shall immediately return to the Company all Confidential Information in his possession, custody or control.
5.5Executive agrees that he will not, during the Term and for a period of eighteen (18) months thereafter, solicit, directly or indirectly, (other than by means of general publication or advertisement) any individual who was an executive, supervisor or manager of the Company as of the Completion Date, or within 90 days prior to the Completion Date, to terminate his/her employment with the Company. Nothing herein shall prevent Executive from, at some point in the future, working for an entity which may also employ former employees of the Company.
6.GRANT OF RIGHTS.
6.1Executive hereby grants, transfers, conveys and assigns to the Company, its successors and assigns, all right, title, and interest in and to all work, materials and intellectual property of any and all forms constituting or otherwise relating to his performance of his duties hereunder, including the copyright, patent, trade secret rights, and all other right, title, and interest therein, and consisting of all source code, object code, documentation, flow charts, design documents, and record and file layouts relating thereto, and all trademarks, service marks, logos and trade dress associated therewith, and any discovery, concept or idea, whether or not patentable, made during such performance including, but not limited to, processes, methods, formulae and techniques, improvements thereof and know-how relating thereto (collectively, the “Property”). This exclusive conveyance shall include, but is not limited to, all rights to publish, reproduce, transmit, adapt, prepare derivative works, sell, or otherwise make use of the Property (including all subsequent additions, revisions, supplements to, and versions of the Property and derivatives, regardless of nature) throughout the world, in any form or medium and in any language, and to license or otherwise transfer to others the rights commensurate herewith in connection with the Property, to file copyright and patent applications in the United States and throughout the world for the Property in the name of the Company, its successors and assigns. Executive hereby agrees that the Company, it successors and assigns may act as attorney-in-fact to execute any document that the Company, its successors or assigns deem necessary to record this grant with the United States Copyright Office, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, or elsewhere. If requested, Executive agrees to execute any and all copyright, patent, or