Common use of Exclusion of Confidential Information Clause in Contracts

Exclusion of Confidential Information. This Section 9 will not apply to any particular information that either Party can demonstrate (i) was, at the time of disclosure to it, in the public domain; (ii) after disclosure to it, is published or otherwise becomes part of the public domain through no fault of the receiving Party; (iii) was in the possession of the receiving Party at the time of disclosure to it and was not the subject of a pre-existing confidentiality obligation; (iv) was received after disclosure to it from a third party who had a lawful right to disclose such information (without corresponding confidentiality obligations) to it; or (v) was independently developed by or for the receiving Party without use of the Confidential Information of the disclosing Party. In addition, a Party will not be considered to have breached its obligations under this Section 9 for disclosing Confidential Information of the other Party to the extent required to satisfy any legal requirement of a competent governmental or regulatory authority, provided that promptly upon receiving any such request and to the extent that it may legally do so, such Party advises the other Party prior to making such disclosure and provides a reasonable opportunity to the other Party to object to such disclosure, take action to ensure confidential treatment of the Confidential Information, or (subject to applicable law) take such other action as it considers appropriate to protect the Confidential Information.

Exclusion of Confidential Information. This To the extent allowable under the Texas Public Information Act, this Section 9 will not apply to any particular information that either Party can demonstrate (i) was, at the time of disclosure to it, in the public domain; (ii) after disclosure to it, is published or otherwise becomes part of the public domain through no fault of the receiving Party; (iii) was in the possession of the receiving Party at the time of disclosure to it and was not the subject of a pre-existing pre‐existing confidentiality obligation; (iv) was received after disclosure to it from a third party who had a lawful right to disclose such information (without corresponding confidentiality obligations) to it; or (v) was independently developed by or for the receiving Party without use of the Confidential Information of the disclosing Party. In addition, a Party will not be considered to have breached its obligations under this Section 9 for disclosing Confidential Information of the other Party to the extent required to satisfy any legal requirement of a competent governmental or regulatory authority, provided that promptly upon receiving any such request and to the extent that it may legally do so, such Party advises the other Party prior to making such disclosure and provides a reasonable opportunity to the other Party to object to such disclosure, take action to ensure confidential treatment of the Confidential Information, or (subject to applicable law) take such other action as it considers appropriate to protect the Confidential Information.