Provision Language
12. Confidential Information
12.1 Definition. “Confidential Information” means any and all proprietary scientific, technical, clinical, financial, business, and other information and material disclosed by one Party in the performance of this Agreement (the “Disclosing Party”) to the other Party (the “Receiving Party”), including ideas, concepts, technology, inventions, discoveries, improvements, intellectual property, know–how, trade secrets, operations, plans, pricings, personnel, customers, business opportunities, research, development, data, notes, reports, samples, formulations, analyses, protocols, techniques, manuals, statements, schedules, forecasts, studies, records, systems and programs, disclosed in writing or orally or visually, whether or not marked “confidential.” Confidential Information will also include the existence, terms, and conditions of this Agreement, as well as all information and documents regarding the conclusion, implementation, and termination of this Agreement, which information shall be deemed the Confidential Information of each Party. All reports provided by one Party to the other Party hereunder will be the Confidential Information of the reporting Party, who will be deemed the Disclosing Party with respect thereto.
12.2 Reasonable Precautions. The Receiving Party agrees (a) to hold the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information in confidence and to take all reasonable precautions to protect such Confidential Information (including all precautions the Receiving Party employs with respect to its confidential materials), (b) not to divulge any such Confidential Information to any third party, and (c) not to make any use whatsoever at any time of such Confidential Information, except, in the case of (b) or (c), solely as necessary to perform the obligations or exercise the rights of the Receiving Party. Any employee, consultant, professional advisor or agent of a Party or is Affiliates given access to any such Confidential Information must have a legitimate “need to know” and be subject to written obligations of non–disclosure and non–use no less stringent than those set forth in this Agreement.
12.3 Exceptions. The following will not be considered Confidential Information to the extent that the Receiving Party can establish with competent written proof that such information (a) is, at the time of disclosure to the Receiving Party, in the public domain, or through no fault of the Receiving Party enters the public domain, (b) was rightfully in the Receiving Party’s possession or known by it prior to receipt from the Disclosing Party, (c) was rightfully disclosed to it by another Person without restriction, or (d) was independently developed by it by persons without access to such information and without use of any Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party.
12.4 Permitted Disclosure. In the event that a Receiving Party is required to disclose any of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information by law, regulation, rule, court order, or any governmental authority, the Receiving Party will use [***] to provide [***] notice thereof to the Disclosing Party and cooperate [***] with the Disclosing Party in seeking additional measures to guard the confidentiality thereof.
12.5 Termination of the Agreement. Upon termination or expiration of the Agreement, the Receiving Party will turn over to the Disclosing Party, or destroy (at the Disclosing Party’s request), all Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party and all documents, media, or other items containing any such Confidential Information and any and all copies or extracts thereof at the cost of the Disclosing Party; provided, however, the Receiving Party may retain one archival copy of the Confidential Information at a secure location for archival purposes only and all provisions of confidentiality agreed herein this ARTICLE 12 shall continue to apply to such archival copy retained by the Receiving Party.
12.6 Survival. This ARTICLE 12 (Confidential Information) will survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement for a period [***].
14. General Provisions
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14.9 Publicity. Except as expressly permitted herein, neither Party may issue any press release or make any other public announcement concerning the execution or existence of this Agreement or any of the terms hereof (i) without the [***] consent of the other Party, [***] or (ii) unless required by Applicable Law, provided that such Party shall give the other Party a prior intimation of the same.