HIGHTECH CORPORATION (or Affiliate) Employment Agreement Employer: (Hightech Corporation, a Delaware corporation, or its Affiliate, a corporation) Employee: (Typewritten or printed full name) Date: THIS AGREEMENT is made between the Employer and the Employee named above, effective as of the date stated above. Background. The Employee is about to accept employment with, or is already employed by, the Employer. The Employer has developed and will continue to develop technical and nontechnical Confidential Information that is and will be vital to the success of the Employer's business throughout the world but which must be protected for the benefit of the Employer if it is to maintain its value to the Employer. The Employee may learn of such Confidential Information and may contribute to such Confidential Information by development or otherwise while employed by the Employer. Thus, it is necessary and appropriate that the Employee agree to protect the Confidential Information, to use it only for the benefit of the Employer, to acknowledge that the Confidential Information belongs to the Employer, and to avoid future employment where the Employee might have occasion to use or disclose the Confidential Information in competition with the Employer. Certain terms herein are specifically defined in paragraph 6. Consideration. The Employee has entered into this Agreement in consideration of his or her employment, or the continuation of his or her employment, by the Employer and in consideration of the access to Confidential Information given to the Employee, and the Employee acknowledges that the Employer will be relying on the Employee's undertakings in this Agreement when it discloses Confidential Information to the Employee or permits the Employee to develop such Confidential Informatiion. The Employee agrees that such consideration shall not be deemed to have failed or to have been inadequate if the Employer subsequently determines to terminate employment of the Employee with or without cause. Additional consideration may be given to the Employee as stated at the end of this Agreement, but the Employee acknowledges the sufficiency of the consideration received for this Agreement whether or not such additional consideration is given. Protection of Confidential Information. (a) The Employee agrees that, except as authorized or directed by the Employer, he or she will not, during or at any time subsequent to employment by the Employer, directly or indirectly disclose any Confidential Information to any person other than the Employer; or use Confidential Information for the Employee's personal benefit or for the benefit of any person other than the Employer. Agreement Not to Compete. During the period of his or her employment by the Employer and for months [or, if no number is inserted in the preceding blank, then for twenty-four months] after the termination of such employment, the Employee will not, anywhere in the world: Be an employee, agent, consultant, officer, director, partner, or owner of, or investor (except for ownership of up to one percent of the publicly traded shares of any corporation) in, any person that is engaged, directly or indirectly, in the business or effort of developing, manufacturing, producing, or selling any product or service of any type which is the same as or similar to any product or service of the Employer; or Induce or attempt to induce any person not to purchase or use any product or service of the Employer or of any Affiliate of the Employer; or Induce or attempt to induce any employee of the Employer or of any Affiliate of the Employer to terminate his or her employment with the Employer or such Affiliate. The Employee acknowledges that the provisions of this section are reasonable in order to provide the Employer with further assurance that the Confidential Information of the Employer shall not be disclosed to or used for the benefit of any other person in violation of the purposes of this Agreement. Ownership of Inventions, Etc. All Confidential Information and all other Knowhow, whether or not patentable or subject to copyright, which the Employee develops (alone or with others) during the period of his or her employment by the Employer (whether before or after the date of this Agreement) or within six months after such employment terminates, and which relates in any way to the business, property, products, services, operations, sales, or prospects of the Employer in which the Employee has been involved or which relates in any way to Confidential Information to which the Employee has had access shall be promptly and fully disclosed to the Employer by the Employee; and shall be the sole property of the Employer; and shall be deemed conclusively to be "works made for hire" within the meaning of the Copyright Act of 1976; and are hereby assigned to the Employer by the Employee. The Employee agrees to sign and deliver all documents requested by the Employer to evidence its or its nominee's ownership as set forth in the preceding paragraph 5(a), including, without limitation, assignments of patents, patent applications, copyrights, and priority rights acquired under the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. The Employee also agrees to assist the Employer and its nominees, at its or their request and expense but without charge, to obtain and sustain any and all patents, copyrights, and other rights thereto anywhere in the world. The Employee hereby irrevocably appoints any officer of the Employer his or her attorney-in-fact to sign, deliver, file, and record all documents contemplated by this paragraph 5(b). Listed and briefly described on Exhibit A (if any is attached hereto) is all Knowhow which the Employee has developed (alone or with others) prior to his or her employment by the Employer. Such Knowhow is not subject to this paragraph 5, and the Employee agrees to notify the Employer promptly in writing of any prospective or actual use of any of such Knowhow by the Employer or by any of its Affiliates which comes to the Employee's attention. Definitions. The term "Affiliate of the Employer" means any person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Employer. The term "Confidential Information" means any information, whether or not written or contained in tangible form and whether or not developed by the Employee, that relates to the business, property, products, services, operations, sales, or prospects of the Employer. The term "Confidential Information" shall include, without limitation, any and all Knowhow which relates to the business, property, products, services, operations, sales, or prospects of the Employer. The term "Confidential Information" shall also include any information of any Affiliate of the Employer or of any other person which has come into the possession of the Employer or (in connection with this Agreement or the employment of the Employee pursuant to this Agreement) into the possession of the Employee in circumstances which the Employee knows or should know create a duty of confidentiality in the Employer or in the Employee. The term "Confidential Information" shall not include, however, information which is now in or hereafter comes into the public domain through no fault of the Employee; or is shown to have been known to the Employee prior to his or her employment by the Employer or by any Affiliate of the Employer; or is shown to have been acquired by the Employee from persons who are not employed by, and who are not under any duty of confidentiality for the benefit of, the Employer or any Affiliate of the Employer. It is understood that some Confidential Information may, at least in part, consist of a synthesis of information that is in the public domain; and it is, therefore, understood that no exclusion contained in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above in this section shall operate to exclude from the definition of "Confidential Information" such synthesis of otherwise public domain information, unless it can be shown that such synthesis is itself in the public domain. All information that relates to the Employer's business, property, products, services, operations, sales, or prospects shall be presumed to be "Confidential Information" unless shown to the contrary. The term "to develop" includes to develop, conceive, create, make, discover, invent, improve, and reduce to practice. The term "Knowhow" includes any development, invention, discovery, idea, conception, creation, improvement, trade secret, production or manufacturing technique, process, formula, experimental work, other creative work, engineering data or drawing, test result, survey result, sales or marketing data, accounting or financial data, and product or service description or information, whether or not the same is patentable or the subject of copyright. The term "person" includes any individual, sole proprietorship, firm, corporation, group, association, enterprise, or other entity of any description. Writings, Notes, Etc. All records, documents, writings, notes, and other tangible evidence of Confidential Information or of Knowhow that is subject to paragraph 5 above that the Employee develops (alone or with others) or which come into the custody or control of the Employee are the property of the Employer. Upon termination of the Employee's employment by the Employer, the Employee will deliver to the Employer all copies of all such tangible evidence that are in his or her possession or control, whether or not specifically requested to do so. Affidavit Upon Termination. If the Employee's employment by the Employer terminates, the Employee will, at the request of the Employer, certify by a written affidavit whether he or she has complied at all times with all of the provisions of this Agreement and, if he or she has not so complied, will include in the affidavit the particulars concerning any failure so to comply. If requested by the Employer, such affidavit will also state whether the activities then contemplated by the Employee will comply with the provisions of paragraph 4 above. If permitted by law, the Employer shall be entitled to withhold any sums otherwise due to the Employee upon termination of his or her employment by the Employer, until such affidavit has been executed, notarized, and delivered. Miscellaneous Matters. The Employee agrees that the Employer will be irreparably harmed, and that damages will be an inadequate remedy, if the Employee breaches any of the provisions of this Agreement, so that the Employer will be entitled to an injunction against any such breach or likelihood of breach, in addition to any other remedy at law or in equity. The rights and duties of the parties under this Agreement are in addition to all other rights and duties they may have under any other agreement, at law, or in equity, including an employer's basic rights, and an employee's basic duties, of loyalty and confidentiality. The provisions of this Agreement are severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any circumstance shall not preclude the validity and enforceability of every other provision hereof and of that provision in every other circumstance. Every provision hereof shall be interpreted to have that meaning which provides the broadest protection to the Employer permitted by law, and, if any provision is deemed to be overbroad in any circumstance, it shall be interpreted to have effect no broader than is permitted by law. The Employee agrees that it is reasonable for the Employer and all Affiliates of the Employer to provide that the law of a single jurisdiction shall govern this and all similar agreements they may have with their employees, including the Employee. Accordingly, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the laws of the State of Colorado shall govern this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties hereunder, disregarding any Colorado principles of conflicts of laws that would otherwise provide for the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction. The Employee consents that the Federal and state courts located in the state in which any office of the Employer is located at which the Employee is regularly employed during his or her employment by the Employer shall have jurisdiction to adjudicate any dispute arising under this Agreement. Personal jurisdiction may be obtained over the Employee by service of process by mail to the Employee's address last known to the Employer. This Agreement is personal in nature and shall not be assignable by either party, except that (i) the Employer may assign this Agreement to any Affiliate of the Employer or to any successor of its business; and (ii) the Employee's duties of confidentiality set forth in paragraph 3 shall be deemed to benefit also any person or persons to which the Employer may transfer any interest in Confidential Information. In the event the Employee becomes employd by any Affiliate of the Employer, this Agreement shall continue to apply as if such Affiliate were the Employer hereunder, unless and until the Employee and such Affiliate otherwise agree. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall insure to the benefit of, the parties and their heirs and permitted successors and assigns. In the event either party commences any action with respect to this Agreement or the rights or duties of the parties hereunder, the party prevailing in such action shall be entitled to an award of its reasonable attorney's fees and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such action. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed and delivered this Agreement as of the date first stated above. The receipt of additional consideration of $ (if any) is acknowledged by the Employee. An Exhibit A is is not attached hereto. [Signature blocks.]