2. Confidentiality; Non-Disparagement; Intellectual Property; Protected Rights.
(a) Confidentiality.
(i) Participant shall not at any time (whether during or after Participant’s employment with or service to the Company) (x) retain or use for the benefit, purposes or account of Participant or any other Person; or (y) disclose, divulge, reveal, communicate, share, transfer or provide access to any Person outside the Company or any of its Affiliates (other than its professional advisers who are bound by confidentiality obligations or otherwise in performance of Participant’s duties under Participant’s employment or service and pursuant to customary industry practice), any non-public proprietary or confidential information (including, without limitation, trade secrets know-how research and development, software, databases, inventions, processes, formulae, technology, designs and other intellectual property, information concerning finances, investments, profits, pricing, costs, products, services, vendors, customers, clients, partners, investors, personnel, compensation, recruiting, training, advertising, sales, marketing, promotions, government and regulatory activities and approvals) concerning the past, current or future business, activities and operations of the Company, its Subsidiaries or Affiliates and/or any third party that has disclosed or provided any of same to the Company on a confidential basis (“Confidential Information”) without the prior written authorization of the Board.
(ii) “Confidential Information” shall not include any information that is (a) generally known to the industry or the public other than as a result of Participant’s breach of this covenant; (b )made legitimately available to Participant by a third party without breach of any confidentiality obligation of which Participant has knowledge; or (c) required by law to be disclosed provided that, unless otherwise provided under applicable law, with respect to subsection (c), Participant shall give prompt written notice to the Company of such requirement, disclose no more information than is so required, and reasonably cooperate with any attempts by the Company to obtain a protective order or similar treatment.
(iii) Except as required by law, Participant shall not disclose to anyone, other than Participant’s family (it being understood that, in this Agreement, the term “family” refers to Participant’s spouse, minor children, parents and spouse’s parents) and advisors, the existence or contents of this Agreement provided that Participant may disclose to any prospective future employer the provisions of this Appendix A. This Section 2(a)(iii) shall terminate if the Company publicly discloses a copy of this Agreement (or, if the Company publicly discloses summaries or excerpts of this Agreement, to the extent so disclosed).
(iv) Upon termination of Participant’s employment with or service to the Company or any of its Affiliates for any reason, Participant shall (x) cease and not thereafter commence use of any Confidential Information or intellectual property (including without limitation, any patent, invention, copyright, trade secret, trademark, trade name, logo, domain name or other source indicator) owned or used by the Company, its Subsidiaries or Affiliates; and (y) immediately destroy, delete, or return to the Company, at the Company’s option, all originals and copies in any form or medium (including memoranda, books, papers, plans, computer files, letters and other data) in Participant’s possession or control (including any of the foregoing stored or located in Participant’s office, home, laptop or other computer, whether or not Company property) that contain Confidential Information, except that Participant may retain only those portions of any personal notes, notebooks and diaries that do not contain any Confidential Information.
(v) Participant acknowledges and agrees that the Company and its Affiliates will prosecute any non-confidential disclosure or misappropriation of the Company’s and/or its Affiliates’ trade secrets to the full extent allowed by federal, state and common law. Participant further acknowledges and agrees that Participant has received and understands the following notice concerning immunity from liability for confidential disclosure of a trade secret to the government or in a court filing: Pursuant to the
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