12.管轄法. To the extent that federal law governs the interpretation or enforceability of any provision in this Agreement, the Agreement shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance with federal law. Otherwise, this Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without giving effect to conflicts-of-law principles.
13.場館. The Parties agree that either the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania or the Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County will be the exclusive venue for any action or proceeding to enforce or interpret this Agreement. Employee irrevocably waives his/her right to object to or challenge this venue, based on inconvenience or unfairness.
14.保密信息. Employee agrees that information obtained by or disclosed to Employee while employed by the Company or thereafter, which the Company has not made available to the general public and which could be of value to competitors of the Company, including but not limited to information about the Company's and its subsidiaries’ and affiliates’ operations, processes, practices, programs, business and strategic plans, pricing, marketing, research and development, costs and profit margins, customer needs and products is strictly confidential and/or proprietary to the Company and shall not be disclosed, discussed or revealed to any persons, entities or organizations outside the Company without its prior written approval. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement prohibits Employee from reporting to any governmental authority information concerning violations of law or regulation, and Employee may disclose Proprietary Information and/or trade secret information to a government official or to an attorney and use it in certain proceedings without fear of prosecution or liability provided that Employee does so consistent with 18 U.S.C. § 1833.
15.發帖後就業限制.
(a) Employee further affirms that Employee entered into a Confidentiality, Intellectual Property and Non-Compete Agreement dated September 30, 2013 (a copy of which is attached hereto as 附錄A(「非競爭協議」),在簽署本協議之前,員工自願重申並同意繼續遵守其離職限制,並了解這些義務的範圍,同時確認其可執行性和有效性。
(b) 保密協議。 Employee agrees to regard and preserve as confidential all Proprietary Information whether Employee has such information in Employee's memory, in writing or other physical form. Employee will not, without written authority from the Company to do so, use for Employee's benefit or purposes or for the benefit of third parties, nor disclose to others, either during the term of this engagement hereunder or thereafter, any Proprietary Information.
(c) Importance of Non-Disclosure. Employee acknowledges that Proprietary Information is the property of the Company and that the use, misappropriation or disclosure of the information would constitute a breach of trust and could cause irreparable injury to the Company. Employee recognizes that it is essential to the protection of the goodwill of the Company and to the maintenance of its competitive position that the
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information be kept secret and that Employee not disclose it to others or use it to Employee's own advantage or to the advantage of others.
3.Return of Company Materials
Employee agrees that all Proprietary Information records, drawings, data, samples, models, correspondence, manuals, notes, reports, notebooks, proposals and any other documents, electronic information, or business information used by the Company or any other tangible materials regarding the Company received by or developed by Employee during Employee's employment with the Company ("Company Materials") 公司的一切資料屬於公司的獨有財產。員工與公司的僱傭關係終止時,無論出於任何原因,或者公司要求時,員工都應將所有的公司資料歸還給公司。員工不得複製或保留任何公司資料,無論是否由員工開發。員工不得改變或銷燬任何電子存儲信息,但應採取措施保持其完整性,儘快歸還給公司。
2.該術語“非競爭期’ as used herein shall refer to the one (1) year period commencing on the Employee's termination of employment with the Company.
(b) Restrictions on Competition. Employee agrees that during Employee's employment and for the Non-Compete Period, Employee will not, directly or indirectly, own, manage, operate, join, control, finance, assist or participate in the ownership, management, operation or control of, or be employed by, or otherwise engage in or become interested in or be connected in any manner with any Competing Business whether as a director, officer, employee, agent, consultant, independent contractor, broker, manager, shareholder, partner, lender, guarantor or in any other capacity (except that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary above, Employee may own 5% or less of the outstanding common stock of any publicly traded corporation).
(c) Necessity. All parties hereby acknowledge that there are legitimate business interests at stake (such as protection of the Company's goodwill, customers, employees and trade secrets and other confidential
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information), that breach of this Paragraph 5 would harm the Company and that the restrictions and restraints contained in this covenant are reasonable. This covenant is ancillary to this Agreement.
Employee shall, upon termination of Employee's employment with the Company, immediately notify the Company of the name, address and nature of the business of Employee's new Employer, or, if self employed, the name, address and nature of Employee's new business .. Employee shall provide such notification immediately upon securing new employment, or commencing a business, and continue to provide such notification if such employment status should change. Employee's obligation to provide such notice shall continue for one (1) year after the date of the Employee's termination of employment with the Company. Employee hereby agrees to disclose and authorizes the Company to disclose this
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Agreement to Employee's new employer or prospective employer. The purpose of this notice requirement is to provide the Company with the opportunity to assess whether Employees' post-employment activity may potentially violate any provision of this Agreement.
9.Employee's Abilities
Employee represents that Employee's experience and capabilities are such that the provisions of this Agreement will not prevent Employee from earning a livelihood, subsequent to termination of employment with the Company, and acknowledges that the Company would experience serious and irreparable injury and cost if Employee were to breach the obligations contained in this Agreement.
10.禁令救濟
The parties agree that the violation of this Agreement cannot be reasonably or adequately compensated in damages in any action at law, and that a breach by Employee of any of the provisions contained in this Agreement will cause the Company great and irreparable injury and damage. Employee hereby expressly agrees that the Company shall, in addition to all legal remedies, be entitled to the remedies of injunction (including temporary, preliminary and permanent), specific performance and other equitable relief to prevent or terminate a breach of this Agreement by Employee without the need for the Company to post bond in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000).
This Agreement has been freely and fairly negotiated by the parties and each party has had the opportunity to have the same reviewed by legal counsel of Employee's choice and to modify the draftsmanship and, therefore, the terms of this Agreement shall be construed and interpreted without any presumption, or other rule, requiring construction or interpretation against the interest of the party causing this Agreement to be drafted. This Agreement embodies the entire understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. To the extent there are enforceable agreements that contain provisions not in direct conflict with provisions in this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall not supersede, but shall be in addition to any other such agreement. This Agreement shall not be amended or modified in any manner whatsoever, except by a writing signed by all of the parties hereto. Agreement Binding
The obligations of Employee under this Agreement shall continue after the termination of Employee's employment with the Company for any reason, with or without cause, and shall be binding on Employee's heirs, executors, legal
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representatives and assigns, shall inure to the benefit of any successors and assigns of the Company, and shall be assignable only by the Company.
EMPLOYEE ACKNOWLEDGES THAt EMPLOYEE HAS READ AND UNDERSTANDS THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS AND THAt SUCH PROVISIONS ARE REASONABLE AND ENFORCEABLE. EMPLOYEE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGES THAt THIS IS AN IMPORTANt AND BINDING LEGAL CONTRACt WHICH SHOULD BE REVIEWED BY EMPLOYEE'S ATTORNEY BEFORE EMPLOYEE SIGNS THE SAME.