| (a) | “Confidential Information” means any information of a confidential or secret nature that (a) relates to the business of Honeywell or to the business of any parent, subsidiary, affiliate, customer, or vendor of Honeywell, or any other party with whom Honeywell agrees to hold information of such party in confidence; (b) is not generally known to the public or to other persons in the industry; and (c) Honeywell has taken reasonable measures under the circumstances to protect from unauthorized use or disclosure. Confidential Information covered by this Agreement means (i) trade secrets; (ii) proprietary information that does not rise to the level of a statutorily protectable trade secret that is made the property of Honeywell through positive operation of law in the form of this mutual agreement of the parties; or (iii) information that is otherwise legally protectable. Such Confidential Information includes, but is not limited to, assigned Inventions, knowledge, data, information, know-how, non-public intellectual property rights, including unpublished or pending patent applications and all related patent rights, techniques, formulae, processes, discoveries, improvements, ideas, conceptions, compilations of data, and developments, whether or not patentable and whether or not copyrightable. By way of example, Confidential Information includes: information that is not generally known in the industries in which Honeywell is engaged, which may be disclosed to me or that I may learn, observe, discover or otherwise acquire during, or as a result of, my employment by Honeywell and that includes, without limitation, any information, whether patentable, patented or not, relating to, without limitation, existing or contemplated products, inventions, services, technology, ideas, concepts, designs, patterns, processes, compounds, formulae, programs, devices, tools, compilations of information, methods, techniques, and including information relating to any research, research databases, development, manufacture, purchasing, engineering, know-how, business plans, marketing plans, sales or market methods, methods of doing business, customer lists, customer usages or requirements, the identities and competencies of Honeywell’s employees, financial information, operating and cost data, or supplier information, which is owned or licensed by Honeywell or held by Honeywell in confidence. The foregoing are only examples of Confidential Information. |