“Business” means any business that provides statistical consulting services or outsourced biostatistics, data management, statistical programming or medical writing services or functions, or software solutions related thereto, to clients in the biopharmaceutical, medical device or clinical trial industries, or any other business in which the Company is engaged in during the Participant’s employment, or, with respect to the portion of the Restricted Period that follows termination of the Participant’s employment, at the time of such termination.
“Confidential Information” means any and all information of the Company and its Affiliates that is not generally available to the public. Confidential Information also includes any information received by the Company or any of its Affiliates from any Person with any understanding, express or implied, that it will not be disclosed. Confidential Information does not include (i) information that enters the public domain, other than through the Participant’s breach of the Participant’s obligations hereunder or (ii) information that the Participant receives on a non-confidential basis from a third-party source outside the Company or any of its Affiliates, provided that such source is not prohibited from disclosing such information pursuant to any legal, fiduciary or contractual obligation or otherwise.
“Intellectual Property” means inventions, discoveries, developments, methods, processes, product formulations, compositions, works, concepts and ideas (whether or not patentable or copyrightable or constituting trade secrets) conceived, made, created, developed or reduced to practice by the Participant (whether alone or with others, whether or not during normal business hours or on or off Company premises) during the Participant’s employment that relate, or otherwise could be used with respect, either to the business of the Company or any of its Affiliates or to any actively planned activity of the Company or any of its Affiliates or that result from any work performed by the Participant for the Company or any of its Affiliates or that make use of Confidential Information or any of the equipment or facilities of the Company or any of its Affiliates.
“Person” means an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a partnership, an estate, a trust or any other entity or organization, other than the Company or any of its Affiliates.
8. | Compliance with Other Agreements and Obligations. The Participant represents and warrants that the Participant’s employment with the Company or any Affiliate and the execution and performance of this Agreement will not breach or be in conflict with any other agreement to which the Participant is a party or is bound, and that the Participant is not now subject to any covenants against competition or similar covenants or other obligations to third parties or to any court order, judgment or decree that would affect the performance of the Participant’s obligations hereunder or the Participant’s duties and responsibilities to the Company and its Affiliates. The Participant will not disclose to or use on behalf of the Company or an Affiliate, or induce the Company or any of its Affiliates to possess or use, any confidential or proprietary information of any previous employer or other third party without that party’s consent. |