Competition occurs naturally between living organisms that coexist in the same environment and need to compete for territory, water, food, or mates. Competition between members of the same species is the driving force behind natural selection within a species.
Organisms from different species compete for resources as well, called interspecies competition. For example, sharks, dolphins, and seabirds often eat the same type of fish in ocean ecosystems. Competition can be direct or indirect.
compete agreement is a contractual promise that prohibits one of the contracting parties, typically an employee, from engaging in conduct that would compete with the other contracting party, typically an employer. These agreements are generally banned in Massachusetts unless they meet certain strict requirements.
Competition is most typically considered the interaction of individuals that vie for a common resource that is in limited supply, but more generally can be defined as the direct or indirect interaction of organisms that leads to a change in fitness when the organisms share the same resource.
For example, competition occurs between lions, sharks, and even humans. These elements have similar needs. They need a habitat where they can grow and shelter, they need to eat and drink, and they need to reproduce. Therefore, both the young and old seek to survive by competing with others.
For example, sharks, dolphins, and seabirds often eat the same type of fish in ocean ecosystems. Competition can be direct or indirect. In direct competition, organisms interact with each other to obtain a resource, like two birds fighting over a fish.
Competition will occur between organisms in an ecosystem when their niches overlap, they both try to use the same resource and the resource is in short supply. Animals compete for food, water and space to live. Plants compete for light, water, minerals and root space.
Instead, as of writing, prevailing Philippine case law confirms that non-compete agreements are legally valid and binding in the country as a contractual stipulation under Philippine civil law, and not under its labour code.
Massachusetts law requires that non–compete agreements be limited in time, scope, geography, and supported by consideration. A non-compete must not be broader than necessary to protect one or more of the following legitimate business interests of the employer: The employer's trade secrets.
In addition to reasonable geographic restrictions, the Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act requires non-compete agreements made on or after October 1, 2018 to be reasonable in the scope of proscribed activities in relation to the applicable employer interests protected.