{"id":40755,"date":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-legal\/contracts\/uncategorized\/agreement-for-exchange-of-confidential-information-uniphase.html"},"modified":"2015-09-17T11:25:58","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T16:25:58","slug":"agreement-for-exchange-of-confidential-information-uniphase","status":"publish","type":"corporate_contracts","link":"https:\/\/corporate.findlaw.com\/contracts\/corporate\/agreement-for-exchange-of-confidential-information-uniphase.html","title":{"rendered":"Agreement for Exchange of Confidential Information &#8211; Uniphase Corp. and International Business Machines Corp."},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>\nThe Agreement for Exchange of Confidential Information\n________________________________________________________________________\n___\n\n\nUniphase Corporation          International Business Machines Corporation\n163 Baypointe Parkway         c\/o Research Division\nSan Jose, CA 95134            Zurich Research Laboratory\n                              CH-8803 Ruschlikon\nUniphase Laser Enterprise AG\nc\/o Treuhand von Flue AG,\nGrienbackstrasse 17\nCH-6301 Zug\n\n\nUniphase Corporation and Uniphase Laser Enterprise AG collectively\n(Uniphase) and International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) agree\nthat the following terms and conditions apply when one of the parties\n(Discloser) discloses Confidential Information (Information) to the\nother (Recipient) under this Agreement.\n\nUniphase and IBM agree that our mutual objective under this Agreement is\nto provide appropriate protection for Information while maintaining our\nability to conduct our respective business activities.\n\nInformation means any and all information disclosed to, or obtained\nthrough observation on other perception at the jointly occupied facility\nlocated at Ruschlikon, Saumerstrasse 4, by either party pertaining to\nthe other party (Disclosing Party) which is marked with a restrictive\nlegend, or which, in the reasonable judgement of an ordinary person,\nwould appear to be of a proprietary nature and, therefore, in his\njudgement, should not be disclosed to a third party without the\nDiscloser's consent; including business, financial, customer, supplier,\nand technical data.\n\n1.DISCLOSURE\n\nThe Discloser's and the Recipient's Point of Contact will coordinate and\ndocument as necessary the disclosure. The initial Point of Contact for \nUniphase will be Volkar Graf and for IBM will be Peter Buttner. Either \nparty may change its Point of Contact by notifying the other party in \nwriting. Information will be disclosed either:\n\na) in writing;\nb) by delivery of items;\nc) by initiation of access to Information, such as may be contained in a\n   data base; or\nd) by oral and\/or visual presentation;\ne) by accidental observation.\n\n\n\nInformation should be marked with a restrictive legend of the Discloser.\nIf Information is not marked with such legend or is disclosed orally or\nobserved accidentally, 1) the Information will be identified as confidential \nat the time of disclosure or within ten (10) working days and 2) the \nDiscloser will promptly provide the Recipient's Point of Contact with a \nwritten summary including the date disclosed and a brief\nnon-confidential description of the Information.\n\n2.OBLIGATIONS\n\nThe Recipient agrees to use the same care and discretion to avoid\ndisclosure,\npublication or dissemination of the Discloser's Information as it uses\nwith its own\nsimilar Information that it does not wish to disclose, publish or\ndisseminate. The\nRecipient may use the Discloser's Information for any purpose which does\nnot violate\nsuch obligation, but will not disclose Information to third parties\nwithout the\npermission of the Discloser.\n\n\n3.CONFIDENTIALITY PERIOD \/ TERM\n\nInformation disclosed pursuant to this Agreement will be subject to the\nterms of this Agreement for three years from the date of disclosure. The Term \nof this Agreement will begin on March 10, 1997 and will expire upon the \ntermination or expiration date of the Laboratory Real Estate Lease Agreement \nentered into by Uniphase and IBM (the \"Lease Agreement\") or June 30, 1999 \nwhich ever is earlier.\n\n4.EXCEPTIONS TO OBLIGATIONS\n\nThe Recipient may disclose, publish, disseminate, and use Information\nthat is\n1) already in its possession without obligation of confidentiality;\n2) developed independently;\n3) obtained from a source other than the Discloser without obligation of\n    confidentiality;\n4) publicly available when received, or thereafter becomes publicly\navailable through\n    no fault of the Recipient; or\n5) disclosed by the Discloser to another party without obligation of\nconfidentiality.\n\n5.RESIDUAL INFORMATION\n\nThe Recipient may disclose, publish, disseminate, and use the ideas,\nconcepts,\nknow-how and techniques, related to the Recipient's business activities,\nwhich are\ncontained in the Discloser's Information and retained in the memories of\nRecipient's\nemployees who have had access to the Information pursuant to this\nAgreement\n(Residual Information).\n\nNothing contained in this Section gives the Recipient the right to\ndisclose, publish, or\ndisseminate, except as set forth elsewhere in this Agreement:\n1) the source of Residual Information;\n2) any financial, statistical or personnel data of the Discloser; or\n3) the business plans of the Discloser.\n\n6.DISCLAIMERS\n\nTHE DISCLOSER PROVIDES INFORMATION SOLELY ON AN \"AS IS\" BASIS.\n\nThe Discloser will not be liable for any damages arising out of the use\nof Information\ndisclosed hereunder.\n\nNeither this Agreement nor any disclosure of Information hereunder\ngrants the\nRecipient any right or license under any trademark, copyright or patent\nnow or\nhereafter owned or controlled by the Discloser.\n\nThe receipt of Information pursuant to this Agreement will not preclude,\nor in any way\nlimit, the Recipient from:\n1) providing to others products or services which may be competitive\nwith products or\n    services of the Discloser;\n2) providing products or services to others who compete with the\nDiscloser; or\n3) assigning its employees in any way it may choose.\n\n\n7.GENERAL\n\nThis Agreement does not require either party to disclose or to receive\nInformation.\n\nNeither party may assign, or otherwise transfer, its rights or delegate\nits duties or obligations under this Agreement without prior written consent. \nAny attempt to do so is void.\n\nThis Agreement may only be modified by a written agreement signed by\nauthorized representatives of both parties.\n\nNeither party may terminate this Agreement unless the Lease Agreement\nexpires or is terminated. Any provisions of this Agreement which by their \nnature extend beyond its termination remain in effect until fulfilled and \napply to both parties' successors and assigns.\n\nWaiver of any breach of this Agreement shall not be a waiver of any\nsubsequent breach nor shall it be a waiver of the underlying obligations.\n\nThe Laws of State of New York, without regard to its principles of conflicts\nof lows govern this Agreement.\n\n\n\n\n\nThe parties acknowledge that they have read this Agreement, understand\nit, and agree to be bound by its terms and conditions. This Agreement is\nthe complete and exclusive agreement between the parties regarding\ndisclosures of Information and replaces any prior oral or written\ncommunications between the parties. Once signed, any reproduction of\nthis Agreement made by reliable means (for example, photocopy or\nfacsimile) is considered an original.\n\n\nAgreed to:                     Agreed to:\nUniphase Corporation           INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS\n163 Baypointe Parkway          MACHINES CORPORATION\nSan Jose, CA 95134             Research Division\n                               Zurich Research Laboratory\n                               CH-8803 Ruschlikon\n\nBy:   \\s\\Danny E. Pettit      By:  \\s\\ Suzanne C. Lewis\n\nName: Danny E. Pettit         Name: Suzanne C. Lewis\n\nTitle: Vice President,        Title: Business Development Consultant\n       Finance and CFO\nDate: 3\/10\/97                 Date: 3\/10\/97\n\n\nUniphase Laser Enterprise AG, Zug\n\nBy:   \\s\\ Danny E. Pettit\n\nName: Danny E. 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