Confidentiality & Proprietary Rights - Newport NewStep NSA12 User Manual

4 Preface
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.
Service Information
This section contains information regarding factory service for the source. The
user should not attempt any maintenance or service of the system or optional
equipment beyond the procedures outlined in this manual. Any problem that
cannot be resolved should be referred to Newport Corporation.