(the "Information Receiver")
OF THE SECOND PART
BACKGROUND:
The Information Provider and the Information Receiver desire to enter into a confidentiality agreement with regard to: Jedi Fitness, LLC providing a comprehensive health plan to BEST Revival Diet plan participants. (the "Permitted Purpose").
In connection with the Permitted Purpose, the Information Receiver will receive certain confidential information (the 'Confidential Information')
IN CONSIDERATION OF and as a condition of the Information Provider providing the Confidential Information to the Information Receiver in addition to other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which consideration is hereby acknowledged, the parties to this Agreement agree as follows:
Confidential Information
1. All written and oral information and materials disclosed or provided by the Information Provider to the Information receiver under this Agreement is Confidential Information regardless of whether it was provided before or after this date of this Agreement or how it was provided to the Information Receiver.
2. 'Confidential Information' means all data and information relating to the Information Provider, including but not limited to the following:
a. 'Intellectual Property' which includes information relating to the Information Provider's proprietary rights prior to any public disclosure of such information, including but not limited to the nature of the proprietary rights, production data, technical and engineering data, technical concepts, test data and test results, simulation results, the status and details of research and development of products and services, and information regarding acquiring, protecting, enforcing and licensing proprietary rights (including patents, copyrights and trade secrets);
b. 'Business Operations' which includes internal personnel and financial information of the Information Provider, vendor names and other vendor information (including vendor characteristics, services and agreements), purchasing and internal cost information, internal services and operational manuals, and the manner and methods of conducting the Information Provider's business;
c. 'Service Information' which includes all data and information relating to the services provided by the Information Provider, including but not limited to, plans, schedules, manpower, inspection, and training information;
d. 'Proprietary Computer Code' which includes all sets of statements, instructions or programs of the Information Provider, whether in human readable or machine readable form, that are expressed, fixed, embodied or stored in any manner and that can be used directly or indirectly in a computer ('Computer Programs'); any report format, design or drawing created or produced by such Computer Programs; and all documentation, design specifications and charts, and operating procedures which support the Computer Programs;
e. 'Computer Technology' which includes all scientific and technical information or material of the Information Provider, pertaining to any machine, appliance or process, including but not limited to, specifications, proposals, models, designs, formulas, test results and reports, analyses, simulation results, tables of operating conditions, materials, components, industrial skills, operating and testing procedures, shop practices, know-how and show-how; and
f. Confidential Information will also include any information that has been disclosed by a third party to the Information Provider and is protected by a non-disclosure agreement entered into between the third party and the Information Provider.
3. Confidential Information will not include the following information:
a. Information that is generally known in the industry of the Information Provider;
b. Information that is now or subsequently becomes generally available to the public through no wrongful act of the Information Receiver;
c. Information that the Information Receiver rightfully had in their possession prior to receiving the Confidential Information from the Information Provider;
d. Information that is independently created by the Information Receiver without direct or indirect use of the Confidential Information; or
e. Information that the Information Receiver rightfully obtains from a third party who has the right to transfer or disclose it.
Confidential Obligations
4. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Information Receiver must keep the Confidential Information confidential.
5. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Confidential Information will remain the exclusive property of the Information Provider and will only be used by the Information Receiver for the Permitted Purpose. The Information Receiver will not use the Confidential Information for any purpose that might be directly or indirectly detrimental to the Information Provider or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries.
6.The obligations to ensure and protect the confidentiality of the Confidential Information imposed on the Information Receiver in this Agreement and any obligations to provide notice under this Agreement will survive the expiration or termination, as the case may be, of this Agreement and those obligations will last indefinitely.
7. The Information Receiver may disclose any of the Confidential Information:
a. to such of their employees, agents, representatives and advisors that have a need to know for the Permitted Purpose provided that:
i. the Information Receiver has informed such personnel of the confidential nature of the Confidential Information;
ii. such personnel agree to be legally bound to the same burdens of confidentiality and non-use as the Information Receiver;
iii. the Information Receiver agrees to take all necessary steps to ensure that the terms of this Agreement are not violated by such personnel; and
iv. the Information Receiver agrees to be responsible for and indemnify the Information Provider for any breach of this Agreement by their personnel.
b. to a third party where the Information Provider has consented in writing to such disclosure; and
c. to the extent required by law or by the request or requirement of any judicial, legislative, administrative or other governmental body.
8. The Information Receiver agrees to retain all Confidential Information at their usual place of business and to store all Confidential Information separate from other information and documents held in the same location. Further, the Confidential Information is not to be used, reproduced, transformed, or stored on a computer or device that is accessible to persons to whom disclosure may not be made, as set out in this Agreement.
Non-Solicitation
9. The Information Receiver, their affiliates, subsidiaries and representatives will not, during the term of this Agreement and for a period of two (2) years after the termination of this Agreement, directly or indirectly, employ or solicit for employment any person who is now employed or retained by the Information Provider or any affiliate of the Information Provider without the prior written consent of the Information Provider, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld.
Ownership and Title
10. Nothing contained in this Agreement will grant to or create in the Information Receiver, either expressly or impliedly, any right, title, interest or license in or to the intellectual property of the Information Provider.
Remedies
11. The Information Receiver agrees and acknowledges that the Confidential Information is of a proprietary and confidential nature and that any failure to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information in breach of this Agreement cannot be reasonably or adequately compensated for in money damages and would cause irreparable injury to the Information Provider. Accordingly, the Information Receiver agrees that the Information Provider is entitled to, in addition to all other rights and remedies available to it at law or in equity, an injunction restraining the Information Receiver and any agents of the Information Receiver, from directly or indirectly committing or engaging in any act restricted by this Agreement in relation to the Confidential Information.
Return of Confidential Information
12. The Information Receiver will keep track of all Confidential Information provided to them and the location of such information. The Information Provider may at any time request the return of all Confidential Information from the Information Receiver. Upon the request of the Information Provider, or in the event that the Information Receiver ceases to require use of the Confidential Information, or upon the expiration or termination of this Agreement, the Information Receiver will:
a. return all Confidential Information to the Information Provider and will not retain any copies of this information;
b. destroy or have destroyed all memoranda, notes, reports and other works based on or derived from the Information Receiver's review of the confidential information; and
c. provide a certificate to the Information Provider that such materials have been destroyed or returned, as the case may be.
Notices
13. In the event that the Information Receiver is required in a civil, criminal or regulatory proceeding to disclose any part of the Confidential Information, the Information Receiver will give to the Information Provider prompt written notice of such request so the Information Provider may seek an appropriate remedy or alternatively to waive the Information Receiver's compliance with the provisions of this Agreement in regards to the request.
14. If the Information Receiver loses or fails to maintain the confidentiality of any of the Confidential Information in breach of this Agreement, the Information Receiver will immediately notify the Information Provider and take all reasonable steps necessary to retrieve the lost or improperly disclosed Confidential Information.
15. Any notices or delivery required in this Agreement will be deemed completed when hand-delivered, delivered by agent, or seven (7) days after being placed in the post, postage prepaid, to the parties at the addresses contained in this Agreement or as the parties may later designate in writing.
16. The address for any notice to be delivered to any of the parties to this Agreement is as follows:
Jedi Fitness, LLC; DBA Human@Ease; DBA BEST Everwhere:
31 Nassau Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11222
Representations
17. In providing the Confidential Information, the Information Provider makes no representations, either expressly or impliedly as to its adequacy, sufficiency, completeness, correctness or its lack of defect of any kind, including any patent or trademark infringement that may result from the use of such information.
Termination
18. Either party may terminate this Agreement by providing written notice to the other party. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all rights and obligations under this Agreement will terminate at that time.
Assignment
19. Except where a party has changed its corporate name or merged with another corporation, this Agreement may not be assigned or otherwise transferred by either party in whole or part without the prior written consent of the other party to this Agreement.
Amendments
20. This Agreement may only be amended or modified by a written instrument executed by both the Information Provider and the Information Receiver.
Governing Law
21. This Agreement will be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of New York.
General Provisions
22. Time is of the essence in this Agreement.
23. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts.
24. Headings are inserted for the convenience of the parties only and are not to be considered when interpreting this Agreement. Words in the singular mean and include the plural and vice versa. Words in the masculine mean and include the feminine and vice versa.
25. The clauses, paragraphs, and subparagraphs contained in this Agreement are intended to be read and construed independently of each other. If any part of this Agreement is held to be invalid, this invalidity will not affect the operation of any other part of this Agreement.
26. The Information Receiver is liable for all costs, expenses and expenditures including, and without limitation, the complete legal costs incurred by the Information Provider in enforcing this Agreement as a result of any default of this Agreement by the Information Receiver.
27. The Information Provider and the Information Receiver acknowledge that this Agreement is reasonable, valid and enforceable. However, if a court of competent jurisdiction finds any of the provisions of this Agreement to be too broad to be enforceable, it is the intention of the Information Provider and the Information Receiver that such provision be reduced in scope by the court only to the extent deemed necessary by that court to render the provision reasonable and enforceable, bearing in mind that it is the intention of the Information Receiver to give the Information Provider the broadest possible protection to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information.
28. No failure or delay by the Information Provider in exercising any power, right or privilege provided in this Agreement will operate as a waiver, nor will any single or partial exercise of such rights, powers or privileges preclude any further exercise of them or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege provided in this Agreement.
29. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, as the case may be, of the Information Provider and the Information Receiver.
29. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties and there are no further items or provisions, either oral or otherwise.
30. IN WITNESS WHEREOF Jedi Fitness, LLC; DBA Human@Ease; DBA BEST Everwhere and the Information Receiver executed this Agreement in the manner appearing below, the day and year first above written.