Exhibit (d)(2)
MUTUAL NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT
This Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement (“Agreement”) between Aerohive Networks, Inc., on behalf of itself and its subsidiary and
affiliated entities (“Aerohive Networks”), and the other party identified below, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries and affiliated entities (“Participant”), is effective as of April 1, 2019
(“Effective Date”).
1. Confidential Information: “Confidential Information” means
(a) the description, existence or content of a business, product or technology development opportunity and the relationship between the parties to which this Agreement relates, and (b) any and all current and future product information,
roadmap, technical or financial information, forecasts, customer names, addresses, and related data, contracts, practices, services and support, procedures, and other business information including, but not limited to, software, reports, methods,
strategies, plans, documents, drawings, designs, tools, models, inventions, patents, patent applications, trade secrets and any other intellectual property and proprietary information of the parties, or of any third parties that may be subject to a
similar agreement, that may be disclosed between the parties under this Agreement and during its term whether in written, oral, electronic, website- based, or other form, including information acquired during facility tours, and regardless of
whether it is identified as “confidential”.
2. Purpose of Disclosure: Subject to the terms, conditions and
limitations of this Agreement, the recipient may use the Confidential Information solely for the purpose(s) of exploring, implementing, conducting and/or maintaining a business, product, technology development or other opportunity of mutual interest
and any ongoing relationship related thereto (the “Use”).
3. Obligations and Duty of Care: The recipient of Confidential Information agrees
(i) not to disclose, communicate, or convey Confidential Information received hereunder, whether wholly or partially, to any third party, except as permitted herein;
(ii) to use the same degree of care, but no less than a reasonable degree of care, to prevent any unauthorized use or disclosure of Confidential Information,
as the recipient uses to protect its own information that it deems confidential or does not desire to disclose, publish or otherwise make public; (iii) not to disclose Confidential Information to any person, except to its directors, employees,
contractors, agents, affiliates, attorneys and consultants whom the recipient has a reasonable basis to believe have a demonstrable need to know in connection with, or who are directly involved in, the above-mentioned Use, who have been informed of
its confidential nature, and who, prior to receipt, have agreed to be or are, pursuant to their terms of employment or consultancy,, bound to protect the discloser’s rights hereunder; (iv) to be liable for any misuse of Confidential
Information by such persons; (v) not to use Confidential Information for any purpose other than reasonably related to the Use; and (vi) not to copy, alter, modify, disassemble, reverse engineer, reconstruct or decompile any of the
Confidential Information or any portion thereof, in whole or in part, unless permitted in writing by, and signed by an authorized representative of, the discloser.
4. Exceptions to Duty of Care: The obligations imposed upon the parties do not apply to information which : (i) is already
rightfully in the possession of or known without a duty of confidentiality, or restriction on disclosure or use; (ii) is or becomes publicly known at any time through no violation of this Agreement; (iii) is rightfully received by the
recipient from any third party without a duty of confidentiality, or restriction on disclosure or use; (iv) is rightfully and independently developed by the recipient without violating this Agreement or reliance upon any of the discloser’s
Confidential Information; (v) is expressly approved in writing, by the discloser’s authorized representative, for release or other use by the recipient;
or (vi) to the extent required to be disclosed by court or administrative order, subpoena or other legal
process or regulatory compliance obligation; provided that the recipient will provide the discloser with prompt notice prior to such disclosure and cooperate with the discloser, to the extent reasonable, to respond to the required
disclosure. Nothing herein restricts either party, absent breach of this Agreement, from marketing or providing products or services that compete with products or services of the other party, or to engage in independent development of products or
services similar to those developed by the other party and/or which are related to the above-mentioned Use.
5. Title: All
Confidential Information is and shall remain the discloser’s property and no right, title, interest or license thereto, other than specifically limited to the Use, is or may be assumed to be conveyed by the discloser.
6. Term, Termination, and Duty to Return: This Agreement expires two (2) years from the Effective Date. Either party may
earlier terminate this Agreement upon thirty (30) days prior written notice at any time, with or without cause. Upon written request at any time by the discloser, whether prior to or following expiration or earlier termination of this
Agreement, the recipient shall promptly return all Confidential Information and all copies thereof, in whatever form, or destroy them with written certification to the discloser of such destruction, except to the specific extent retention of such
Confidential Information is required by law or regulation. The recipient agrees not to disclose Confidential Information for two (2) years from the date of expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement, except for source code, which will
be protected in perpetuity.
7. Notice: The recipient agrees to notify the discloser in writing immediately of any
unauthorized release or misuse of Confidential Information or a material breach of this Agreement of which it becomes aware.
8. Injunctive Relief: Each party acknowledges and agrees that Confidential Information disclosed by the other
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