Document:

Exhibit
10(j)(j)(j)

 

 

HP Agreement Regarding Confidential Information and Proprietary
Developments

(With Protective Covenants Relating to Post-Employment Activity)

 

 

Name
(Type or Print):___________________________________________________________

 

 

1.
  Relationship to Employment.  I desire to be employed by Hewlett-Packard
Company or by one of its affiliates or subsidiaries (collectively, “HP” or the “Company”).
 This Agreement states important terms
that will apply during and after my employment by HP.  I understand, however, that nothing relating
to this Agreement will be interpreted as a contract or commitment whereby HP is
deemed to promise continuing employment for a specified duration.

 

2.   Confidential Information.  This Agreement concerns trade secrets,
confidential business and technical information, and know-how not generally
known to the public (hereinafter “Confidential Information”) which is acquired
or produced by me in connection with my employment by HP.  Confidential Information may include, without
limitation, information regarding HP organizations, staffing, finance,
structure, employee performance, compensation of others, research and
development, manufacturing and marketing, files, keys, certificates, passwords
and other computer information, as well as information that HP receives from
others under an obligation of confidentiality.  I agree to abide by HP’s Confidential
Information Policy and specifically agree that with regard to HP Confidential
Information:

 

a.  to use such information only in the
performance of HP duties;

 

b.  to hold such information in confidence and
trust; and

 

c.  to use all reasonable precautions to assure
that such information is not disclosed to unauthorized persons or used in an
unauthorized manner, both during and after my employment with HP.

 

I
further agree that any organizational information or staffing information
learned by me in connection with my employment by HP is the Confidential
Information of HP, and I agree that I will not share such information with any
recruiters or any other employers, either during or subsequent to my employment
with HP; further, I agree that I will not use or permit use of such as a means
to recruit or solicit other HP employees away from HP (either for myself or for
others).

 

3.   Proprietary Developments.  This Agreement also concerns inventions and
discoveries (whether or not patentable), designs, works of authorship, mask
works, improvements, data, processes, computer programs and software
(hereinafter called “Proprietary Developments”) that are conceived or made by
me alone or with others while I am employed by HP and that relate to the
research and development or the business of HP, or that result from work
performed by me for HP, or that are developed, in whole or in part, using HP’s
equipment, supplies, facilities or trade secrets information.  Such Proprietary Developments are the sole
property of HP, and I hereby assign and transfer all rights in such Proprietary
Developments to HP.  I also agree that
any works of authorship created by me shall be deemed to be “works made for
hire.”  For all Proprietary Developments,
I further agree:

 

a.
to disclose them promptly to HP;

 

b.
to sign any assignment document to formally perfect and confirm my assignment
of title to HP;

 

c.
to assign any right of recovery for past damages to HP; and

 

d.
to execute any other documents deemed necessary by HP to obtain, record and
perfect patent, copyright, mask works and/or trade secret protection in all
countries, in HP’s name and at HP’s expense.

 

 

I
understand that HP may assign and/or delegate these rights.  I agree that, if requested, my disclosure,
assignment, execution and cooperation duties will be provided to the entity
designated by HP.

 

In
compliance with prevailing provisions of relevant state statutes,* this
Agreement does not apply to an invention for which no equipment, supplies,
facility or trade secret information of the employer was used and which was
developed entirely on the employee’s own time, unless (a) the invention relates
(i) to the business of the employer or (ii) to the employer’s actual or
demonstrably anticipated research or development, or (b) the invention results
from any work performed by the employee for the employer.

 

4.   Respect for Rights of Former Employers.  I agree to honor any valid disclosure or
use restrictions on information or intellectual property known to me and
received from any former employers or any other parties prior to my employment
by HP.  I agree that without prior
written consent of such former employers or other parties, I will not knowingly
use any such information in connection with my HP work or work product, and I
will not bring onto the premises of HP any such information in whatever
tangible or readable form.

 

5.   Work Product.  The product of all work performed by me during
and within the scope of my HP employment including, without limitation, any
files, presentations, reports, documents, drawings, computer programs, devices
and models, will be the sole property of HP.  I understand that HP has the sole right to
use, sell, license, publish or otherwise disseminate or transfer rights in such
work product.

 

6.   HP Property.  I will not remove any HP property from HP
premises without HP’s permission.  Upon
termination of my employment with HP, I will return all HP property to HP
unless HP’s written permission to keep it is obtained.

 

7.
  Protective Covenants.  I acknowledge that a simple agreement not to
disclose or use HP’s Confidential Information or Proprietary Developments after
my employment by HP ends would be inadequate, standing alone, to protect HP’s
legitimate business interests because some activities by a former employee who
had held a position like mine would, by their nature, compromise such
Confidential Information and Proprietary Developments as well as the goodwill
and customer relationships that HP will pay me to develop for the Company
during my employment by HP.  I recognize
that activities that violate HP’s rights in this regard, whether or not
intentional, are often undetectable by HP until it is too late to obtain any
effective remedy, and that such activities will cause irreparable injury to HP.
 To prevent this kind of irreparable harm,
I agree that for a period of twelve months following the termination of my employment
with HP, I will abide by the following Protective Covenants:

 

(a)
 No Conflicting Business
Activities.  I will not
provide services to a Competitor in any role or position (as an employee,
consultant, or otherwise) that would involve Conflicting Business Activities
(but if I am a resident of California and subject to the laws of California,
the restriction in this clause (paragraph 7, subpart (a)) will apply only to
Conflicting Business Activities that result in unauthorized use or disclosure
of HP’s trade secrets); however, in the
event my employment with HP terminates as a result of a Workforce Restructuring
program or similar reduction in force, the restriction in this clause
(paragraph 7, subpart (a)) will not apply;

 

(b)
 No Solicitation of Customers.  I will not (in person or through
assistance to others) knowingly participate in soliciting or communicating with
any customer of HP in pursuit of a Competing Line of Business if I either had
business-related contact with that customer or received Confidential
Information about that customer in the last two years of my employment at HP
(but if I am a resident of California and subject to the laws of California,
the restriction in this clause (paragraph 7, subpart (b)) will apply only to
solicitations or communications made with the unauthorized assistance of HP’s
trade secrets);

 

(c)  No Solicitation of HP
Employees.  I will not (in
person or through assistance to others) knowingly participate in soliciting or
communicating with an HP Employee for the purpose of persuading or helping the
HP Employee to end or reduce his or her employment relationship with

 

 

HP
if I either worked with that HP Employee or received Confidential Information
about that HP Employee in the last two years of my employment with HP; and

 

(d)  No Solicitation of HP
Suppliers.  I will not (in
person or through assistance to others) knowingly participate in soliciting or
communicating with an HP Supplier for the purpose of persuading or helping the
HP Supplier to end or modify to HP’s detriment an existing business
relationship with HP if I either worked with that HP Supplier or received
Confidential Information about that HP Supplier in the last two years of my
employment with HP.

 

As
used here, “Competitor” means an individual, corporation,
other business entity or separately operated business unit of an entity that
engages in a Competing Line of Business. “Competing Line of
Business” means a business that involves a product or service
offered by anyone other than HP that would replace or compete with any product
or service offered or to be offered by HP with which I had material involvement
while employed by HP (unless HP and its subsidiaries are no longer engaged in
or planning to engage in that line of business). “Conflicting
Business Activities” means job duties or other business-related
activities in the United States or in any other country where the HP business
units in which I work do business, or management or supervision of such job
duties or business-related activities, if such job duties or business-related
activities are the same as or similar to the job duties or business-related
activities in which I participate or as to which I receive Confidential
Information in the last two years of my employment with HP.  “HP Employee”
means an individual employed by or retained as a consultant to HP or its
subsidiaries. “HP Supplier” means an individual,
corporation, other business entity or separately operated business unit of an
entity that regularly provides goods or services to HP or its subsidiaries,
including without limitation any OEM, ODM or subcontractor.

 

8.   Enforcement.  I make these agreements to avoid any future
dispute between myself and HP regarding specific restrictions on my
post-employment conduct that will be reasonable, necessary and enforceable to
protect HP’s Confidential Information and Proprietary Developments and other
legitimate business interests.  The
Protective Covenants are ancillary to the other terms of this Agreement and my
employment relationship with HP.  This
Agreement benefits both me and HP because, among other things, it provides
finality and predictability for both me and the Company regarding enforceable
boundaries on my future conduct.  Accordingly, I agree that this Agreement and
the restrictions in it should be enforced under common law rules favoring the
enforcement of such agreements.  For
these reasons, I agree that I will not pursue any legal action to set aside or
avoid application of the Protective Covenants.

 

9.   Notice of Post-Employment Activities.  If I accept a position with a Competitor
at any time within twelve months following termination of my employment with HP,
I will promptly give written notice to the senior Human Resources manager for
the HP business sector in which I worked, with a copy to HP’s General Counsel,
and will provide HP with the information it needs about my new position to
determine whether such position would likely lead to a violation of this
Agreement (except that I need not provide any information that would include
the Competitor’s trade secrets).

 

10.
 Relief; Extension.
I understand that if I violate this Agreement (particularly the Protective
Covenants), HP will be entitled to injunctive relief by temporary restraining
order, temporary injunction, and/or permanent injunction and any other legal
and equitable relief allowed by law.  Injunctive relief will not exclude other
remedies that might apply.  If I am found
to have violated any restrictions in the Protective Covenants, then the time
period for such restrictions will be extended by one day for each day that I am
found to have violated them, up to a maximum extension equal to the time period
originally prescribed for the restrictions.

 

11.
 Severability; Authority
for Revision; Inure to Successors.  The provisions of this Agreement will be
separately construed.  If any provision
contained in this Agreement is determined to be void, illegal or unenforceable,
in whole or in part, then the other provisions contained herein will remain in
full force and effect as if the provision so determined had not been contained
herein.  If the restrictions provided in
this Agreement are deemed unenforceable as written, the parties expressly
authorize the court to revise, delete, or add to such restrictions to the extent
necessary to enforce the intent of the parties and to provide HP’s goodwill,
Confidential Information, Proprietary Developments and other business interests
with effective

 

 

protection.
 The title and paragraph headings in this
Agreement are provided for convenience of reference only, and shall not be
considered in determining its meaning, intent or applicability.  This Agreement will inure to the benefit of
the parties’ heirs, successors, and assigns.

 

12.
 Governing Law.  This Agreement will be governed by the
laws of the state in which I reside at the time of its enforcement.

 

 

Signature:
_________________________________________________

 

Date:
_______________________________________________________

*Including:
 California Labor Code Section 2870;  Delaware Code Title 19 Section 805;  Illinois 765ILCS1060/1-3, “Employees Patent
Act”;  Kansas Statutes Section 44-130;
Minnesota Statutes 13A Section 181.78;  North Carolina General Statutes Article 10A,
Chapter 66, Commerce and Business, Section 66-57.1;  Utah Code Sections 34-39-l through 34-39-3, “Employment
Inventions Act”; Washington Rev. Code, Title 49 RCW:  Labor Regulations, Chapter 49.44.140.Exhibit
10(k)(k)(k)

 

 

HP Agreement Regarding Confidential Information
and Proprietary Developments

 

 

Name of Employee:
________________________________________________________________________

 

1.         Consideration and
Relationship to Employment. 
As a condition of my continued employment with Hewlett-Packard Company
or one of its subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively, “HP” or the “Company”),
in return for HP’s agreement that I will be provided certain confidential and
proprietary information, training, and/or customer contacts to assist me in my
duties in such employment, and in consideration of my eligibility for a grant
of Performance-based Restricted Units under the Hewlett-Packard Company 2004
Stock Incentive Plan, I knowingly agree to restrictions provided for below
that will apply during and after my employment by HP.  I understand, however, that nothing relating
to this Agreement will be interpreted as a contract or commitment whereby HP is
deemed to promise continuing employment for a specified duration.  My acceptance of this Agreement may be
indicated either by a manual signature or by my completion of a computer-based
process that duly confirms my agreement to such terms.

 

2.         Confidential Information.  This Agreement concerns trade secrets,
confidential business and technical information, and know-how not generally
known to the public (hereinafter “Confidential Information”) which is acquired
or produced by me in connection with my employment by HP.  Confidential Information may include, without
limitation, information on HP organizations, staffing, finance, structure,
information of employee performance, compensation of others, research and
development, manufacturing and marketing, files, keys, certificates, passwords
and other computer information, as well as information that HP receives from
others under an obligation of confidentiality. 
I agree to abide by the HP Confidential Information Policy and
specifically agree that with regard to HP Confidential Information:

 

(a)        to use such information only in the
performance of HP duties;

 

(b)        to hold such information in confidence
and trust; and

 

(c)        to use all reasonable precautions to
assure that such information is not disclosed to unauthorized persons or used
in an unauthorized manner, both during and after my employment with HP.

 

I further agree that any
organizational information or staffing information learned by me in connection
with my employment by HP is the Confidential Information of HP, and I agree
that I will not share such information with any recruiters or any other
employers, either during or subsequent to my employment with HP; further, I
agree that I will not use or permit use of such as a means to recruit or
solicit other HP employees away from HP (either for myself or for others).

 

3.         Proprietary Developments.  This Agreement also concerns inventions and
discoveries (whether or not patentable), designs, works of authorship, mask
works, improvements, data, processes, computer programs and software
(hereinafter called “Proprietary Developments”) that are conceived or made by
me alone or with others while I am employed by HP and that relate to the
research and development or the business of HP, or that result from work
performed by me for HP, or that are developed, in whole or in part, using HP’s
equipment, supplies, facilities or trade secrets information.  Such Proprietary Developments are the sole
property of HP, and I hereby assign and transfer all rights in such Proprietary
Developments to HP.  I also agree that

 

 

any works of authorship
created by me shall be deemed to be “works made for hire.”  I further agree for all Proprietary
Developments:

 

(a)        to disclose them promptly to HP;

 

(b)        to sign any assignment document to
formally perfect and confirm my assignment of title to HP;

 

(c)        to assign any right of recovery for past
damages to HP; and

 

(d)        to execute any other documents deemed
necessary by HP to obtain, record and perfect patent, copyright, mask works
and/or trade secret protection in all countries, in HP’s name and at HP’s
expense.

 

I understand that HP may
assign and/or delegate these rights.  I
agree that, if requested, my disclosure, assignment, execution and cooperation
duties will be provided to the entity designated by HP.

 

In compliance with
prevailing provisions of relevant state statutes,* this Agreement does not
apply to an invention for which no equipment, supplies, facility or trade
secret information of the employer was used and which was developed entirely on
the employee’s own time, unless (a) the invention relates (i) to the
business of the employer or (ii) to the employer’s actual or demonstrably
anticipated research or development, or (b) the invention results from any
work performed by the employee for the employer.

 

4.         Respect for Rights of
Former Employers.  I agree
to honor any valid disclosure or use restrictions on information or
intellectual property known to me and received from any former employers or any
other parties prior to my employment by HP. 
I agree that without prior written consent of such former employers or
other parties, I will not knowingly use any such information in connection
with my HP work or work product, and I will not bring onto the premises of HP
any such information in whatever tangible or readable form.

 

5.         Work Product.  The product of all work performed by me
during and within the scope of my HP employment including, without limitation,
any files, presentations, reports, documents, drawings, computer programs,
devices and models, will be the sole property of HP.  I understand that HP has the sole right to
use, sell, license, publish or otherwise disseminate or transfer rights in such
work product.

 

6.         HP Property.  I will not remove any HP property from HP
premises without HP’s permission.  Upon
termination of my employment with HP, I will return all HP property to HP
unless HP’s written permission to keep it is obtained.

 

7.         Protective Covenants.  I acknowledge that a simple agreement not to
disclose or use HP’s Confidential Information or Proprietary Developments after
my employment by HP ends would be inadequate, standing alone, to protect HP’s
legitimate business interests because some activities by a former employee who
had held a position like mine would, by their nature, compromise such
Confidential Information and Proprietary Developments as well as the goodwill
and customer relationships that HP will pay me to develop for the company
during my employment by HP.  I recognize
that activities that violate HP’s rights in this regard, whether or not intentional,
are often undetectable by HP until it is too late to obtain any effective
remedy, and that such activities will cause irreparable injury to HP.  To prevent this kind of irreparable

 

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harm, I agree that for a period of twelve months following
the termination of my employment with HP, I will abide by the following
Protective Covenants:

 

(a)        No Conflicting Business Activities.  I will not provide services to a Competitor
in any role or position (as an employee, consultant, or otherwise) that would
involve Conflicting Business Activities (but if I am a resident of California
and subject to the laws of California, the restriction in this clause
(paragraph 7, subpart (a)) will apply only to Conflicting Business Activities
that result in unauthorized use or disclosure of HP’s trade secrets); however,
in the event my employment with HP terminates as a result of a Workforce
Restructuring program or similar reduction in force, the restriction in this
clause (paragraph 7, subpart (a)) will not apply;

 

(b)        No Solicitation of Customers.  I will not (in person or through assistance
to others) knowingly participate in soliciting or communicating with any
customer of HP in pursuit of a Competing Line of Business if I either had business-related
contact with that customer or received Confidential Information about that
customer in the last two years of my employment at HP (but if I am a resident
of California and subject to the laws of California, the restriction in this
clause (paragraph 7, subpart (b)) will apply only to solicitations or
communications made with the unauthorized assistance of HP’s trade secrets);

 

(c)        No Solicitation of HP Employees.  I will not (in person or through assistance
to others) knowingly participate in soliciting or communicating with an HP
Employee for the purpose of persuading or helping the HP Employee to end or
reduce his or her employment relationship with HP if I either worked with that
HP Employee or received Confidential Information about that HP Employee in the
last two years of my employment with HP; and

 

(d)        No Solicitation of HP Suppliers.  I will not (in person or through assistance
to others) knowingly participate in soliciting or communicating with an HP
Supplier for the purpose of persuading or helping the HP Supplier to end or
modify to HP’s detriment an existing business relationship with HP if I either
worked with that HP Supplier or received Confidential Information about that HP
Supplier in the last two years of my employment with HP.

 

As used here, “Competitor”
means an individual, corporation, other business entity or separately operated
business unit of an entity that engages in a Competing Line of Business. “Competing Line of Business” means a business that involves a product or service offered by anyone
other than HP that would replace or compete with any product or service offered
or to be offered by HP with which I had material involvement while employed by
HP (unless HP and its subsidiaries are no longer engaged in or
planning to engage in that line of business). “Conflicting
Business Activities” means job duties or other business-related
activities in the United States or in any other country where the HP business
units in which I work do business, or management or supervision of such job
duties or business-related activities, if such job duties or business-related
activities are the same as or similar to the job duties or business-related
activities in which I participate or as to which I receive Confidential
Information in the last two years of my employment with HP.  I acknowledge that given the nature of my role as an
executive level employee, my duties involve my having access to Confidential
Information relevant to a national or larger geographic area such that
Conflicting Business Activities is appropriately a nationwide or larger
restriction.  “HP Employee”
means an individual

 

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employed by or retained
as a consultant to HP or its subsidiaries. “HP Supplier”
means an individual, corporation, other business entity or separately operated
business unit of an entity that regularly provides goods or services to HP or
its subsidiaries, including without limitation any OEM, ODM or subcontractor.

 

8.         Enforcement.  I make these agreements to avoid any future dispute
between myself and HP regarding specific restrictions on my post-employment
conduct that will be reasonable, necessary and enforceable to protect HP’s
Confidential Information and Proprietary Developments and other legitimate
business interests.  The Protective
Covenants are ancillary to the other terms of this Agreement and my employment
relationship with HP.  This Agreement
benefits both me and HP because, among other things, it provides finality and
predictability for both me and the Company regarding enforceable boundaries on
my future conduct.  Accordingly, I
agree that this Agreement and the restrictions in it should be enforced under
common law rules favoring the enforcement of such agreements.  For these reasons, I agree that I will
not pursue any legal action to set aside or avoid application of the Protective
Covenants.

 

9.         Notice of Post-Employment Activities.  If I accept a position with a Competitor at
any time within twelve months following termination of my employment with HP, I
will promptly give written notice to the senior Human Resources manager for the
HP business sector in which I worked, with a copy to HP’s General Counsel, and
will provide HP with the information it needs about my new position to determine
whether such position would likely lead to a violation of this Agreement
(except that I need not provide any information that would include the
Competitor’s trade secrets).

 

10.        Relief; Extension.
I understand that if I violate this Agreement (particularly the Protective
Covenants), HP will be entitled to injunctive relief by temporary restraining
order, temporary injunction, and/or permanent injunction and any other legal
and equitable relief allowed by law. 
Injunctive relief will not exclude other remedies that might apply.  If I am found to have violated any
restrictions in the Protective Covenants, then the time period for such
restrictions will be extended by one day for each day that I am found to have
violated them, up to a maximum extension equal to the time period originally
prescribed for the restrictions.

 

11.        Severability;
Authority for Revision; Governing Law.  The provisions of this Agreement will be
separately construed.  If any provision
contained in this Agreement is determined to be void, illegal or unenforceable,
in whole or in part, then the other provisions contained herein will remain in
full force and effect as if the provision so determined had not been contained
herein.  If the restrictions provided in
this Agreement are deemed unenforceable as written, the parties expressly
authorize the court to revise, delete, or add to such restrictions to the
extent necessary to enforce the intent of the parties and to provide HP’s
goodwill, Confidential Information, Proprietary Developments and other business
interests with effective protection.  In
the event the restrictions provided in this Agreement are deemed unenforceable
and cannot be reformed to make them enforceable, then any prior agreements that
I have made with HP relating to confidential information or proprietary
developments shall not be deemed to have been superseded or otherwise affected
by this Agreement, but instead shall remain in effect.  The title and paragraph headings in this
Agreement are provided for convenience of reference only, and shall not be
considered in determining its meaning, intent or applicability.   This Agreement will inure to the benefit of
the parties’ heirs, successors and assigns.  
This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the state in which I reside
at the time of its enforcement.

 

12.        Acceptance by HP.  A counterpart of this Agreement has been
manually executed on behalf of HP by a duly authorized officer of
Hewlett-Packard Company to indicate HP’s

 

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acceptance of the terms hereof and HP’s covenant to perform its
obligations hereunder (including, without limitation, HP’s agreement that I will be provided
certain confidential and proprietary information, training, and/or customer
contacts to assist me in my duties). Such acceptance on behalf of HP is
conditioned upon my reciprocal agreement to such terms.  I acknowledge the sufficiency of HP’s
acceptance of the terms hereof to establish the mutual rights and
responsibilities defined herein.

 

FOR HP

 

Signature:

 

Date:

 

FOR
EMPLOYEE

 

 

	
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  Date:

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

*Including:  California Labor Code Section 2870;  Delaware Code Title 19 Section 805;  Illinois 765ILCS1060/1-3, “Employees Patent
Act”;  Kansas Statutes Section 44-130;
Minnesota Statutes 13A Section 181.78; 
North Carolina General Statutes Article 10A, Chapter 66, Commerce
and Business, Section 66-57.1;  Utah
Code Sections 34-39-l through 34-39-3, “Employment Inventions Act”; Washington Rev. Code,
Title 49 RCW:  Labor Regulations, Chapter
49.44.140.

 

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