ATVI » Topics » 8. Protection of the Employers Interests

These excerpts taken from the ATVI 10-Q filed Nov 7, 2007.

8.             Protection of the Employer’s Interests

 

(a)           Duty of Loyalty. During the Term, you will owe a “Duty of Loyalty” to the Employer, which includes, but is not limited to, your not competing in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, as a principal, employee, agent, owner, or otherwise, with the Employer, or any affiliate of the Employer; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 8(a) will limit your right to own up to five percent (5%) of any of the debt or equity securities of any business organization that is then required to file reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

(b)           Policy Compliance. You confirm that you have read, understand and will comply with the Employer’s policies, procedures and rules in effect from time to time, including without limitation, the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and the Code of Ethics for Senior Executive Officers, as amended from time to time.

 

(c)           Property of the Employer. All rights worldwide with respect to any and all intellectual or other property of any nature produced, created or suggested by you during the term of your employment or resulting from your services which (i) relate in any manner at the time of conception or reduction to practice to the actual or demonstrably anticipated business of the Employer, (ii) result from or are suggested by any task assigned to you or any work performed by you on behalf of the Employer, or (iii) are based on any property owned or idea conceived by the Employer, shall be deemed to be a work made for hire and shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Employer. You agree to execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Employer, at the Employer’s request, such further documents, including copyright and patent assignments, as the Employer finds appropriate to evidence the Employer’s rights in such property. Your agreement to assign to the Employer any of your rights as set forth in this Section 8(c) shall not apply to any invention that qualifies fully under the provisions of California Labor Code Section 2870, where no equipment, supplies, facility or trade secret information of the Employer were used and that was developed entirely upon your own time, and that does not relate to the Employer’s business, and that does not result from any work performed by you for the Employer.

 

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(d)           Covenant Not to Shop. During the Term, you shall not seek or negotiate for employment with any entity or person outside of the Activision Group. Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the final six (6) months of the Term you may seek or negotiate employment outside of the Activision Group upon written notice to the Employer. During the search process you shall remain strictly subject to your continuing obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation, your duty of loyalty, compliance with the Employer’s policies and your confidentiality obligations.

 

(e)           Confidentiality. No confidential or proprietary information of the Activision Group shall be used by you or disclosed or made available by you to any person except as required in the course of your employment, and upon the termination of your employment (or at any time on the Employer’s request), you shall return to the Employer all such information that exists, whether in electronic, written, or other form (and all copies thereof) under your control. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you acknowledge signing and delivering to the Employer the Activision Employee Proprietary Information Agreement attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Proprietary Information Agreement”) as of the Effective Date and you agree that all terms and conditions contained in such agreement, and all of your obligations and commitments provided for in such agreement, shall be deemed, and hereby are, incorporated into this Agreement as if set forth in full herein. You also acknowledge that upon termination of your employment for any reason whatsoever (or at any time on the Employer’s request), you will promptly deliver to the Employer or surrender to the Employer’s representative all property of the Activision Group, including without limitation, all documents and other materials (and all copies thereof) relating to the Activision Group’s business, all identification and access cards, all contact lists and third party business cards however and wherever preserved, and any equipment provided by the Activision Group, including computers, telephones, personal digital assistants, memory cards and similar devices which you possess or have in your custody or under your control. The provisions of this Section 8(e) shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement.

 

(f)            Covenant Not to Solicit.

 

(i)            During your employment, you shall not, either alone or jointly, with or on behalf of others, directly or indirectly, whether as principal, partner, agent, shareholder, director, employee, consultant or otherwise: (a) offer employment to, or directly or indirectly solicit the employment or engagement of, or otherwise entice away from the employment of the Activision Group, either for your own account or for any other person, firm or company, any person employed by the Activision Group, whether or not such person would commit any breach of a contract by reason of his or her leaving the service of the Activision Group; or (b) directly or indirectly solicit, induce or entice any client, customer, contractor, licensor, agent, partner or other business relationship of the Activision Group to terminate, discontinue, renegotiate or otherwise cease or modify its relationship with the Employer or its affiliates.

 

(ii)           For a period of two (2) years following the Expiration Date (or such earlier date on which your employment is terminated pursuant to Section

 

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10) for any reason whatsoever, you shall not, either alone or jointly, with or on behalf of others, directly or indirectly, whether as principal, partner, agent, shareholder, director, employee, consultant or otherwise, solicit the employment or engagement of, either for your own account or for any other person, firm or company, any person employed by the Activision Group, whether or not such person would commit any breach of a contract by reason of his or her leaving the service of the Employer or its affiliates.

 

(iii)          At all times following the Expiration Date (or such earlier date on which your employment is terminated pursuant to Section 10) for any reason whatsoever, you shall not use the confidential, trade secret information of the Activision Group or any other unlawful means to directly or indirectly solicit, induce or entice any client, customer, contractor, licensor, agent, partner or other business relationship of the Activision Group to terminate, discontinue, renegotiate or otherwise cease or modify its relationship with the Employer or its affiliates.

 

(iv)          You expressly acknowledge and agree that the restrictions contained in this Section 8(f) are reasonably tailored to protect the Activision Group’s confidential information and trade secrets, and are reasonable in all circumstances in scope, duration and all other respects. It is expressly agreed by the parties that if for any reason whatsoever any one or more of such restrictions shall (either taken by itself or themselves together) be adjudged to go beyond what is legally permissible for the protection of the legitimate interests of the Activision Group, that the prohibitions shall be in effect and upheld to the fullest extent permissible under applicable laws.

 

8.             Protection of the Employer’s Interests

 

(a)           Duty of Loyalty. During the Term, you will owe a “Duty of Loyalty” to the Employer, which includes, but is not limited to, your not competing in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, as a principal, employee, agent, owner, or otherwise, with the Employer, or any affiliate of the Employer; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 8(a) will limit your right to own up to five percent (5%) of any of the debt or equity securities of any business organization that is then required to file reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

(b)           Policy Compliance. You confirm that you have read, understand and will comply with the Employer’s policies, procedures and rules in effect from time to time, including without limitation, the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and the Code of Ethics for Senior Executive Officers, as amended from time to time.

 

(c)           Property of the Employer. All rights worldwide with respect to any and all intellectual or other property of any nature produced, created or suggested by you during the term of your employment or resulting from your services which (i) relate in any manner at the time of conception or reduction to practice to the actual or demonstrably anticipated business of

 

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the Employer, (ii) result from or are suggested by any task assigned to you or any work performed by you on behalf of the Employer, or (iii) are based on any property owned or idea conceived by the Employer, shall be deemed to be a work made for hire and shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Employer. You agree to execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Employer, at the Employer’s request, such further documents, including copyright and patent assignments, as the Employer finds appropriate to evidence the Employer’s rights in such property. Your agreement to assign to the Employer any of your rights as set forth in this Section 8(c) shall not apply to any invention that qualifies fully under the provisions of California Labor Code Section 2870, where no equipment, supplies, facility or trade secret information of the Employer were used and that was developed entirely upon your own time, and that does not relate to the Employer’s business, and that does not result from any work performed by you for the Employer.

 

(d)           Covenant Not to Shop. During the Term, you shall not seek or negotiate for employment with any entity or person outside of the Activision Group. Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the final six (6) months of the Term you may seek or negotiate employment outside of the Activision Group upon written notice to the Employer. During the search process you shall remain strictly subject to your continuing obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation, your duty of loyalty, compliance with the Employer’s policies and your confidentiality obligations.

 

(e)           Confidentiality. No confidential or proprietary information of the Activision Group shall be used by you or disclosed or made available by you to any person except as required in the course of your employment, and upon the termination of your employment (or at any time on the Employer’s request), you shall return to the Employer all such information that exists, whether in electronic, written, or other form (and all copies thereof) under your control. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you acknowledge signing and delivering to the Employer the Activision Employee Proprietary Information Agreement attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Proprietary Information Agreement”) as of the Effective Date and you agree that all terms and conditions contained in such agreement, and all of your obligations and commitments provided for in such agreement, shall be deemed, and hereby are, incorporated into this Agreement as if set forth in full herein. You also acknowledge that upon termination of your employment for any reason whatsoever (or at any time on the Employer’s request), you will promptly deliver to the Employer or surrender to the Employer’s representative all property of the Activision Group, including without limitation, all documents and other materials (and all copies thereof) relating to the Activision Group’s business, all identification and access cards, all contact lists and third party business cards however and wherever preserved, and any equipment provided by the Activision Group, including computers, telephones, personal digital assistants, memory cards and similar devices which you possess or have in your custody or under your control. The provisions of this Section 8(e) shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement.

 

(f)            Covenant Not to Solicit.

 

(i)            During your employment, you shall not, either alone or jointly, with or on behalf of others, directly or indirectly, whether as principal, partner, agent, shareholder, director, employee, consultant or otherwise: (a) offer

 

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employment to, or directly or indirectly solicit the employment or engagement of, or otherwise entice away from the employment of the Activision Group, either for your own account or for any other person, firm or company, any person employed by the Activision Group, whether or not such person would commit any breach of a contract by reason of his or her leaving the service of the Activision Group; or (b) directly or indirectly solicit, induce or entice any client, customer, contractor, licensor, agent, partner or other business relationship of the Activision Group to terminate, discontinue, renegotiate or otherwise cease or modify its relationship with the Employer or its affiliates.

 

(ii)           For a period of two (2) years following the Expiration Date (or such earlier date on which your employment is terminated pursuant to Section 10) for any reason whatsoever, you shall not, either alone or jointly, with or on behalf of others, directly or indirectly, whether as principal, partner, agent, shareholder, director, employee, consultant or otherwise, solicit the employment or engagement of, either for your own account or for any other person, firm or company, any person employed by the Activision Group, whether or not such person would commit any breach of a contract by reason of his or her leaving the service of the Employer or its affiliates.

 

(iii)          At all times following the Expiration Date (or such earlier date on which your employment is terminated pursuant to Section 10) for any reason whatsoever, you shall not use the confidential, trade secret information of the Activision Group or any other unlawful means to directly or indirectly solicit, induce or entice any client, customer, contractor, licensor, agent, partner or other business relationship of the Activision Group to terminate, discontinue, renegotiate or otherwise cease or modify its relationship with the Employer or its affiliates.

 

(iv)          You expressly acknowledge and agree that the restrictions contained in this Section 8(f) are reasonably tailored to protect the Activision Group’s confidential information and trade secrets, and are reasonable in all circumstances in scope, duration and all other respects. It is expressly agreed by the parties that if for any reason whatsoever any one or more of such restrictions shall (either taken by itself or themselves together) be adjudged to go beyond what is legally permissible for the protection of the legitimate interests of the Activision Group, that the prohibitions shall be in effect and upheld to the fullest extent permissible under applicable laws.

 

These excerpts taken from the ATVI 10-Q filed Jun 7, 2007.

8.             Protection of Employer’s Interests

(a)           Duty of Loyalty.  During the term of your employment, you will owe a duty of loyalty to Employer, which includes, but is not limited to, your not competing in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, as a principal, employee, agent or owner, with Employer, or any affiliate of Employer, except that the foregoing will not prevent you from holding at any time less than five percent (5%) of the outstanding capital stock of any company whose stock is publicly traded.

(b)           Policy Compliance. You confirm that you have read, understand and will comply with the terms of Employer Corporate Governance Policies, including but not limited to Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and Code of Ethics for Senior Executive Officers, and any reasonable amendments thereto which you receive.

(c)           Property of Employer.  All rights worldwide with respect to any and all intellectual or other property of any nature produced, created or suggested by you during the term of your employment or resulting from your services which (i) relate in any manner at the time of conception or reduction to practice to the actual or demonstrably anticipated business of Employer, (ii) result from or are suggested by any task assigned to you or any work performed by you on behalf of Employer, or (iii) are based on any property owned or idea conceived by Employer, shall be deemed to be a work made for hire and shall be the sole and exclusive property of Employer.  You agree to execute, acknowledge and deliver to Employer, at Employer’s request, such further documents, including copyright and patent assignments, as Employer finds appropriate to evidence Employer’s rights in such property.

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(d)           Confidentiality.  Any confidential and/or proprietary information of Employer or any affiliate of Employer shall not be used by you or disclosed or made available by you to any person except as required in the course of your employment, and upon expiration or earlier termination of the term of your employment, you shall return to Employer all such information which exists in written or other physical form (and all copies thereof) under your control.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you acknowledge signing and delivering to Employer the Activision Employee Proprietary Information Agreement as of the Effective Date and you agree that all terms and conditions contained in such agreement, and all of your obligations and commitments provided for in such agreement, shall be deemed, and hereby are, incorporated into this Agreement as if set forth in full herein.  You also acknowledge that upon termination of your employment for any reason whatsoever, you will promptly deliver to Employer or surrender to Employer’s representative all Employer property (which Employer acknowledges does not include contact information that was in your possession when you joined Employer), including without limitation, all documents and other materials (and all copies thereof) relating to Employer’s business, all identification and access cards, all contact lists and third party business cards however and wherever preserved, and any equipment provided by Employer, including computers, telephones, personal digital assistants, memory cards and similar devices which you  possess or have in your custody or under your control. The provisions of this paragraph shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement.

(e)           Non-Competition.  During your Employment Period and for a period of one year following the expiration of the Employment Period, you shall not engage (including, without limitation, as an officer, director, shareholder, owner, partner, joint venturer, member or in a managerial capacity, or as an employee, independent contractor, consultant, advisor or sales representative) in any Competitive Business (as hereinafter defined) in the Territory (as hereinafter defined). For purposes of determining whether you are permitted to be a shareholder of a corporation engaged in a Competitive Business, the Executive’s direct or indirect ownership (alone or together with a group) of less than 5% of the issued and outstanding securities of a company whose securities are publicly-traded in any U.S. or non-U.S. securities exchanges or quotation system shall be permitted. As used herein, the term “Competitive Business” shall mean any business engaged in publishing and distributing video games and entertainment software for personal computers.  As used herein, the term “Territory” shall mean:

(1) The following counties in the State of California: Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Los Angeles, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Placer, Plumas, Riverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Ventura, Yolo, and Yuba;

(2) Each and every county or other political or geographical subdivision in the balance of the United States of America and the dependent territories of the United States of America; and

(3) Each and every county or other political or subdivision in the world.

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(f)            Covenant Not to Solicit.  During the Employment Period and for a period of two years following the expiration of the Employment Period for any reason whatsoever you shall not, either alone or jointly, with or on behalf of others, directly or indirectly, whether as principal, partner, agent, shareholder, director, employee, consultant or otherwise: (a) offer employment to, or directly or indirectly solicit the employment or engagement of, or otherwise entice away from the employment of Employer or any affiliated entity, either for your own account or for any other person, firm or company, any person who was employed by Employer or any such affiliated entity during the term of your employment, whether or not such person would commit any breach of his or her contract of employment by reason of his or her leaving the service of Employer or any affiliated entity; or (b) directly or indirectly solicit, induce or entice any client, customer, contractor, licensor, agent, partner or other business relationship of Employer to terminate, discontinue, renegotiate or otherwise cease or modify their relationship with Employer. You expressly acknowledge and agree that the restrictions contained in this paragraph are reasonably tailored to protect Employer’s confidential information and trade secrets, and are reasonable in all circumstances in scope, duration and all other respects. It is expressly agreed by the parties that if for any reason whatsoever any one or more of such restrictions shall (either taken by itself or themselves together) be adjudged to go beyond what is reasonable in all circumstances for the protection of the legitimate interests of Employer, the parties agree that the prohibitions shall be in effect and upheld to the fullest extent permissible under applicable laws.

8.             Protection of Employer’s Interests

(a)           Duty of Loyalty.  During the term of your employment, you will owe a duty of loyalty to Employer, which includes, but is not limited to, your not competing in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, as a principal, employee, agent or owner, with Employer, or any affiliate of Employer, except that the foregoing will not prevent you from holding at any time less than five percent (5%) of the outstanding capital stock of any company whose stock is publicly traded.

(b)           Policy Compliance. You confirm that you have read, understand and will comply with the terms of Employer Corporate Governance Policies, including but not limited to Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and Code of Ethics for Senior Executive Officers, and any reasonable amendments thereto which you receive.

(c)           Property of Employer.  All rights worldwide with respect to any and all intellectual or other property of any nature produced, created or suggested by you during the term of your employment or resulting from your services which (i) relate in any manner at the time of conception or reduction to practice to the actual or demonstrably anticipated business of Employer, (ii) result from or are suggested by any task assigned to you or any work performed by you on behalf of Employer, or (iii) are based on any property owned or idea conceived by Employer, shall be deemed to be a work made for hire and shall be the sole and exclusive property of Employer.  You agree to execute, acknowledge and deliver to Employer, at Employer’s request, such further documents, including copyright and patent assignments, as Employer finds appropriate to evidence Employer’s rights in such property.   Your agreement to assign to Employer any of your rights as set forth in this Paragraph 8(c) shall not apply to any invention that qualifies fully under the provisions of California Labor Code Section 2870, where no equipment, supplies, facility or trade secret information of Employer were used and that was developed entirely upon your own time, and that does not relate to Employer’s business, or does not result from any work performed by you for Employer.

(d)           Confidentiality.  Any confidential and/or proprietary information of Employer or any affiliate of Employer shall not be used by you or disclosed or made available by you to any person except as required in the course of your employment, and upon expiration or earlier termination of the term of your employment, you shall return to Employer all such information which exists in written or other physical form (and all copies thereof) under your control.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you acknowledge signing and delivering to Employer the Activision Employee Proprietary Information Agreement as of the Effective Date and you agree that all terms and conditions contained in such agreement, and all of your obligations and commitments provided for in such agreement, shall be deemed, and hereby are, incorporated into this Agreement as if set forth in full herein.  You also acknowledge that upon termination of your employment for any reason whatsoever, you will promptly deliver to Employer or surrender to Employer’s representative all Employer property, including without limitation, all documents and other materials (and all copies thereof) relating to Employer’s business, all identification and access cards, all contact lists and third party business cards however and wherever preserved, and any equipment provided by Employer, including computers, telephones, personal digital assistants, memory cards and similar devices which you  possess or have in your custody or under your control. The provisions of this paragraph shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement.

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(e)           Non-Competition.  During your Employment Period and for a period of one year following the expiration of the Employment Period, you shall not engage (including, without limitation, as an officer, director, shareholder, owner, partner, joint venturer, member or in a managerial capacity, or as an employee, independent contractor, consultant, advisor or sales representative) in any Competitive Business (as hereinafter defined) in the Territory (as hereinafter defined). For purposes of determining whether you are permitted to be a shareholder of a corporation engaged in a Competitive Business, the Executive’s direct or indirect ownership (alone or together with a group) of less than 5% of the issued and outstanding securities of a company whose securities are publicly-traded in any U.S. or non-U.S. securities exchanges or quotation system shall be permitted. As used herein, the term “Competitive Business” shall mean any business engaged in publishing and distributing video games and entertainment software for personal computers.  As used herein, the term “Territory” shall mean:

(1) The following counties in the State of California: Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Los Angeles, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Placer, Plumas, Riverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Ventura, Yolo, and Yuba;

(2) Each and every county or other political or geographical subdivision in the balance of the United States of America and the dependent territories of the United States of America; and

(3) Each and every county or other political or subdivision in the world.

(f)            Covenant Not to Solicit.  During the Employment Period and for a period of two years following the expiration of the Employment Period for any reason whatsoever you shall not, either alone or jointly, with or on behalf of others, directly or indirectly, whether as principal, partner, agent, shareholder, director, employee, consultant or otherwise: (a) offer employment to, or directly or indirectly solicit the employment or engagement of, or otherwise entice away from the employment of Employer or any affiliated entity, either for your own account or for any other person, firm or company, any person who was employed by Employer or any such affiliated entity during the term of your employment, whether or not such person would commit any breach of his or her contract of employment by reason of his or her leaving the service of Employer or any affiliated entity; or (b) directly or indirectly solicit, induce or entice any client, customer, contractor, licensor, agent, partner or other business relationship of Employer to terminate, discontinue, renegotiate or otherwise cease or modify their relationship with Employer. You expressly acknowledge and agree that the restrictions contained in this paragraph are reasonably tailored to protect Employer’s confidential information and trade secrets, and are reasonable in all circumstances in scope, duration and all other respects. It is expressly agreed by the parties that if for any reason whatsoever any one or more of such restrictions shall (either taken by itself or themselves together) be adjudged to go beyond what is reasonable in all circumstances for the protection of the legitimate interests of Employer, the parties agree that the prohibitions shall be in effect and upheld to the fullest extent permissible under applicable laws.

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