Newport FSM-300, User Manual

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6 Confidentiality & Proprietary Rights
Confidentiality & Proprietary Rights
Reservation of Title:
The Newport Programs and all materials furnished or produced in connection with
them ("Related Materials") contain trade secrets of Newport and are for use only in
the manner expressly permitted. Newport claims and reserves all rights and benefits
afforded under law in the Programs provided by Newport Corporation.
Newport shall retain full ownership of Intellectual Property Rights in and to all
development, process, align or assembly technologies developed and other derivative
work that may be developed by Newport. Customer shall not challenge, or cause any
third party to challenge, the rights of Newport.
Preservation of Secrecy and Confidentiality and Restrictions to Access:
Customer shall protect the Newport Programs and Related Materials as trade secrets
of Newport, and shall devote its best efforts to ensure that all its personnel protect
the Newport Programs as trade secrets of Newport Corporation. Customer shall not
at any time disclose Newport's trade secrets to any other person, firm, organization,
or employee that does not need (consistent with Customer's right of use hereunder)
to obtain access to the Newport Programs and Related Materials. These restrictions
shall not apply to information (1) generally known to the public or obtainable from
public sources; (2) readily apparent from the keyboard operations, visual display,
or output reports of the Programs; (3) previously in the possession of Customer or
subsequently developed or acquired without reliance on the Newport Programs; or
(4) approved by Newport for release without restriction.