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EXHIBIT A
CONFIDENTIALITY AND NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT
This Agreement is made and entered into on _____ day of ________________199___
.
BETWEEN :-
- Creative Labs, Inc. having its principal place of business
at 1901 McCarthy Boulevard, Milpitas, CA 95035 ("Creative"),
- ______________________________ a __________________ having
its principle place of business at __________________________________________________
(hereinafter "Receiving Party").
WHEREAS :-
- Creative develops and uses valuable technical and non-technical
confidential and proprietary information.
- Receiving Party is interested in receiving certain Confidential
Information (as defined hereunder) from Creative for the purpose
of developing application software which supports Creative
Labs' products ("Device").
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the disclosure of such
Proprietary/Confidential Information and the mutual covenants and
promises herein contained, it is agreed as follows :-
- For purposes of this Agreement, "Confidential Information"
shall mean information or material proprietary to Creative of
which Receiving Party may obtain knowledge or access. "Confidential
Information" includes, but is not limited to, the following
types of information and other information of a similar nature,
whether or not set forth in writing : discoveries, ideas, concepts,
papers, software in various stages of development, designs, drawings,
specifications, techniques, models, prototypes, data, source code,
object code, documentation, manuals, diagrams, flow charts, schematics,
research, process, procedures, functions, "know-how",
marking techniques and materials, marketing and development plans,
customer names and other information related to customers, price
lists, pricing policies and financial information. "Confidential
Information" shall also include any information described
as proprietary or designated as confidential information, whether
or not owned or developed by Creative, and whether or not copyrighted
or information disclosed to Creative by any third party which
information Creative is obligated to treat as confidential or
proprietary information.
- All Confidential Information disclosed by Creative shall, between
Creative and Receiving Party, remain the property of Creative.
Creative is not hereby granting or extending to Receiving Party
any rights of any kind under any patent, copyright, trademark,
or other intellectual property right which Creative may now have
or may hereby obtain with respect to the Confidential Information.
- Receiving Party shall use the Confidential Information
only for the above-stated purposes, unless otherwise agreed
to by further written agreement of the parties, and shall keep confidential
and not disclose the Confidential Information to any other person,
firm or corporation, except to the extent that any Confidential
Information :-
- (i)
- is now or subsequently becomes generally known or available
by publication, commercial use or otherwise, through no act or
fault on the part of Receiving Party;
- (ii)
- is known by Receiving Party at the time of receiving such
information; or
- (iii)
- is hereafter rightfully furnished to Receiving Party by
a third party without breach of any separate non-disclosure obligation.
- Receiving Party agrees that no Confidential Information shall
be disclosed to any officer, employee, or agent of Receiving Party,
unless such person shall have a need to know such information
in order to carry out the above-stated purposes. Receiving Party
shall take all reasonable precautions to ensure against any breach
of confidentiality and will advise its employees who have access
to any Confidential Information of the confidential nature thereof
and of the limitation with respect to its permitted use to the
above-stated purposes.
- Notwithstanding the conclusion or termination of the parties'
relationship as described herein, whether due to cancellation
by either party upon written notice to the other or otherwise,
Receiving Party shall continue to fulfil its obligations hereunder
and to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information
for a period of five (5) years thereafter.
- All Confidential Information, existing in written form or recorded
in any other tangible medium, shall be returned to Creative upon
its request, together with any reproductions or copies thereof.
- Upon written request of Receiving Party, Creative may in its
sole discretion give permission, valid only to the extent given
in writing and signed by a duly authorized representative of Creative,
to Receiving Party to disclose Confidential Information otherwise
required to be kept confidential by this Agreement.
- Receiving Party agrees that Creative will suffer irreparable
harm if Receiving Party fails to comply with its obligations set
forth herein, and further agrees that monetary damages will be
inadequate to compensate Creative for any such breach. Accordingly,
Receiving Party agrees that Creative will, in addition to any
other remedies available to it at law or in equity, be entitled
to the issuance of injunctive relief to enforce the provision
hereof.
- Receiving Party agrees that if it fails to comply with its obligation,
as set forth herein, Creative shall be entitled to an accounting
and repayment of all profits, compensation, commissions, remuneration
or benefits which Receiving Party directly or indirectly has realized
and/or may realize as a result of, growing out of, or in connection
with any such violation. Such remedy shall be in addition to
and not in limitation of any injunctive relief or other remedies
to which Creative may be entitled, at law or in equity, under
this Agreement.
- Neither party shall have the right to assign this Agreement
(or any portion hereof) without the prior written consent of the
other party. Any assignment without such consent shall be void
and is a material breach hereof. Subject to the foregoing, this
Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and authorized
assigns of Receiving Party and shall inure to the benefits of
the successors and authorized assigns of Creative. No oral agreement,
statement or representation shall alter its provisions.
- This Agreement shall govern all matters referred to herein
unless it is terminated by Creative giving the Receiving Party
one month's notice to that effect. Upon the expiry of the notice,
the Agreement shall be effectively terminated and all information
and derivatives thereof shall be returned by the Receiving Party
to Creative in accordance with Clause 6 above.
- Any notice or communication to be given under this Agreement
shall be given if delivered in writing to the intended recipient
at the address and marked for the attention of the person set
out in this Agreement or as may be notified from time to time
by the party concerned.
- The failure of any party to insist upon or enforce strict performance
of any of the provisions of this Agreement or to exercise any
rights or remedies under this Agreement shall not be construed
as a waiver or relinquishment to any extent of such party's rights
to assert or rely upon any such provisions, rights or remedies
in that or any other instance; rather the same shall remain in
full force and effect.
- The terms of this Agreement are confidential and shall not
be disclosed to third parties without the written consent of all
parties, except to the extent required by a court or regulatory
agency of competent jurisdiction.
- This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance
with the laws of the State of California. This Agreement
constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect
to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous
agreements, negotiations and understandings, whether oral or written.
Should any provision of this Agreement be determined to be void,
invalid or otherwise unenforceable by any court or tribunal of
competent jurisdiction, such determination shall not affect the
remaining provisions hereof which shall remain in full force and
effect.
In witness whereof, the parties have executed this Agreement as
of the date first written above.
Creative Labs, Inc.
Signature : ____________________________________________
Name : ________________________________________________
Designation : __________________________________________
[_______________________________]
Signature : ____________________________________________
Name : ________________________________________________
Designation : __________________________________________