102 Good Corporate Governance Principles and Code of Business Ethics (Edition 2022) 6. Protection of Intellectual Property EGCO values intellectual property which gives the Company’s competitive advantage. EGCO’s intellectual property rights portfolio includes the corporation’s name, logo, copyright, patent, trademark, service mark, trade secret, outputs, work process, innovation, content, among others. The Company must protect its intellectual property, and likely respect rights of others over their asset through misuse or unauthorized use of intellectual property. The Company conducts business in compliance with law and regulations in any jurisdiction where it invests. EGCO Personnel are to comply with the following guideline: 6.1 Comply with the law, rules, regulations, contractual obligations related to intellectual property rights in jurisdictions where the Company invests in. 6.2 Protect and secure business secret, work process or business approach, and safeguard against leak of such information. 6.3 Do not use work-related output for personal gain because it is deemed the Company’s intellectual property. 6.4 Check to make sure that use, partial use, of what belongs to third party does not amount to intellectual property rights violation, be it for the Company’s use or personal use. 6.5 Return intellectual property assets which include output, invention, etc., which result from service in duty, data and information stored in any form at all, to the Company upon end of employment.
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