Confidentiality); Section 7 Clause Samples

Confidentiality); Section 7. 1 Confidentiality The parties to this Agreement recognize that from time to time one party may disclose to another party(ies) information which is of a confidential nature (“Confidential Information”) and it is therefore agreed that: 7.1.1 Except as otherwise expressly authorized in writing by the discloser or specifically provided for in this Agreement, all Confidential Information of the disclosing party shall be held in strict confidence by the receiving party and the receiving party shall employ or cause to be employed diligent efforts and reasonable care in order to ensure that such Confidential Information is not made available to any third party, excepting only as required under this Agreement or to the directors, officers, employees, agents and consultants of the receiving party whose duties require disclosure of the same or as expressly authorized in writing and then (in any such case) only if the parties to whom such Confidential Information is being disclosed have given to the disclosing party an enforceable undertaking (in a form of contract used by the disclosing party in its normal course of business and that that deals with equivalently sensitive information) not to disclose such Confidential Information to any other party. 7.1.2 Subject to Section 7.1.3, Confidential Information shall not include information that is in the public domain at the time of disclosure, that the recipient can demonstrate based on written records was lawfully already in its possession, that is approved in writing for release by the discloser or that is obtained by any party to this Agreement from a third party without obligation of confidence (provided, however, that no third party from which the information is obtained has any obligation of confidence to any parties to this Agreement) or that becomes public knowledge otherwise than through the fault of the recipient or any Person to whom it has disclosed the Confidential Information. 7.1.3 Disclosure of Confidential Information shall not be precluded if such disclosure is in response to a valid order of a court or other governmental body or of any political subdivision thereof or is otherwise required to be disclosed by law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that a party is required to make a disclosure of the other party’s Confidential Information pursuant to this Section 7.1.3, it will, except where impractical, give reasonable advance written notice to the other party of such disclosure and use reason...