Non-Disclosure and Non-Circumvention Agreement
CES
Wireless (the “owner”) has developed certain confidential
information that is proprietary to CES Wireless and that CES Wireless
believes has substantial value for commercial exploitation.
To facilitate
customer service, CES Wireless is making this information available from
a password protected FTP site, and the Applicant is applying for a User
Name and Password to access this material.
1.
CES Wireless agrees to disclose the confidential information to the
Applicant for the limited purpose, and subject to the terms and
conditions, set forth in this Agreement.
2. Use of Confidential
Information. The
Applicant will use the Confidential Information exclusively for the
purpose of providing support for CES Wireless products. Except as
required by law, the Applicant will not disclose any Confidential
Information to any third party, excepting employees of the Applicant who
have expressly agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of this
Agreement, or make use of any Confidential Information in any manner
without the Owner's prior written consent, that may be given or withheld
by CES Wireless in his sole discretion.
3. Non-Circumvention.
In consideration for the Owner's disclosure of the Confidential
Information, the Applicant will not at any time attempt in any manner to
distribute or commercially exploit any of the Confidential Information
without the Owner's prior written consent, that may be given or withheld
by CES Wireless in his sole discretion.
4. Ownership and Return
of Confidential Information. The
Applicant acknowledges that the Applicant has no ownership or
proprietary rights in the Confidential Information.
Upon the Owner's request, the Applicant will immediately return
to CES Wireless all Confidential Information provided to it, and will
retain no materials relating thereto, including copies of, notes on, or
abstracts of, any Confidential Information.
5. Further Agreements.
Nothing contained in this Agreement will be deemed, by
implication or otherwise, to convey to the Applicant any rights in any
Confidential Information, nor will this Agreement be deemed a commitment
of any kind by either CES Wireless or the Applicant to enter into any
further agreements with each other with respect to any Confidential
Information.
6. Attorney's Fees;
Equitable Relief. In
the event any action is brought to enforce this Agreement, the
prevailing party will be entitled to recover its costs of enforcement
including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys fees and court
costs. The parties
acknowledge and agree that the extent of damage to CES Wireless in the
event of breach by the Applicant of any of the covenants contained in
this Agreement will be difficult or impossible to ascertain and that
there will be no adequate remedy of law available to CES Wireless in the
event of such breach. Consequently,
the Applicant agrees that, in the event of such breach, the Owner, in
addition to receiving damages for the breach, will be entitled to
enforce any and all of the covenants contained in this Agreement by
injunctive or other equitable relief.
7. General
7.1
All notices, demands or consents required or permitted under this
Agreement will be in writing and will be delivered personally or sent by
facsimile, or certified or registered mail to the respective parties at
the addresses defined on the first page of this Agreement, or at such
other address as will be given by either party to the other in writing.
7.2
No waiver, amendment or modification of any provisions of this
Agreement will be effective unless in writing and signed by the party
against whom such waiver, amendment or modification is sought to be
enforced. No failure or
delay by either party in exercising any right, power or remedy under
this Agreement, except as specifically provided in this Agreement, will
operate as a waiver of any such right, power or remedy.
7.3
The validity, construction and performance of this Agreement will
be governed by the internal laws of the State of Florida, without regard
to provisions regarding conflicts of law.
Disputes not resolved by arbitration, as provided below, will be
heard in the appropriate federal or state courts located in Orange
County, Florida..
7.4
If any provisions of this Agreement are held by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid under any applicable statute or
rule of law, they are to that extent to be deemed omitted and the
remaining provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and
effect.
7.5
This Agreement, including the attached Exhibits, constitutes the
entire Agreement between the Buyer and the Seller concerning this
transaction, and replaces all previous and contemporaneous
communications, representations, understandings, and Agreements, whether
verbal or written between the Buyer and the Seller or any official or
representative of either of them.
7.6
Any dispute relating to the interpretation or performance of this
Agreement will be resolved at the request of either party through
binding arbitration. Arbitration
will be conducted in Orange County, Florida in accordance with the
then-existing rules of the American Arbitration Association.
Judgment upon any award by the arbitrators may be entered by any
state or federal court having jurisdiction.
Owner and Company intend that this Agreement to arbitrate be
irrevocable.)
Captions and section headings used in this Agreement are for
convenience only and are not a part of this Agreement and will not be
used in construing it.
In witness of this, CES Wireless and the Applicant will deemed to
have executed this agreement when the Applicant submits a request for an
FTP User Name/Password and CES Wireless emails the User Name and
Password to the Applicant.
Request
FTP User Name and Password
You
must check this box confirming your agreement of the above to obtain the
Username and Password.
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