(f) Employee Cooperation in Establishment of Company Proprietary Rights. Employee will sign documents of assignment, declarations, and other documents and take all other actions reasonably required by Company, at Company’s expense, to perfect and enforce any of its proprietary rights. In the event Company is unable, for any reason whatsoever, to secure Employee’s signature to any lawful or necessary documents required to apply for, prosecute, perfect, or assign any United States or foreign application for Letters Patent, trademark, copyright registration, or other filing to protect any Invention or Work, Employee hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Company and its duly authorized officers and agents as Employee’s agent and attorney in fact, to act for and on Employee’s behalf, to execute and file any such application, registration, or other filing, and to do all other lawfully permitted acts to further the prosecution, issuance, or assignment of Letters Patent or other protections on such Inventions, or registrations for trademark or copyright or other protections on such Works, with the same force and effect as if executed by Employee.
4. Return of Confidential Information and Company Property. Immediately upon termination of Employee’s employment with Company, Employee shall return to Company all of Company’s property relating to Company’s business, including without limitation all of Company’s property which is in the possession, custody, or control of Employee such as Confidential Information, documents, hard copy files, copies of documents and electronic information/files, and equipment (e.g., computers and mobile phones).
5. Obligations to Other Entities or Persons. Employee warrants that Employee is not bound by the terms of a confidentiality agreement or any other legal obligation which would either preclude or limit Employee from disclosing or using any of Employee’s ideas, inventions, discoveries or other information or otherwise fulfilling Employee’s obligations to Company. While employed by Company, Employee shall not disclose or use any confidential information belonging to another entity or other person.
6. Conflict of Interest and Duty of Loyalty. During Employee’s employment with Company, Employee shall not engage, directly or indirectly, in any activity, employment or business venture, whether or not for remuneration, that (i) is competitive with Company’s business; (ii) deprives or potentially could deprive Company of any business opportunity; (iii) conflicts or potentially could conflict with Company’s business interests; or (iv) is otherwise detrimental to Company, including but not limited to preparations to engage in any of the foregoing activities.
7. Restrictive Covenants.
(a) Definitions.
(1) “Competing Product” is defined as any implant, device, or medical product, instrument, supply, process, application, or service that is the same as, related to, or similar to any product, process, application, or service that Company is researching, developing, manufacturing, distributing, selling, and/or providing at the time of Employee’s separation from employment with Company, including, but not limited to, the following Company product categories: dental, spine, bone healing, surgical (including MIS solutions), and/or biologics.
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