Common use of Exclusions to Confidential Information Clause in Contracts

Exclusions to Confidential Information. Confidential Information shall not include information that (a) was in the public domain, in its entirety in a unified form, at the time of disclosure to the Receiving Party; (b) was known by the Receiving Party prior to its disclosure by the Disclosing Party; (c) becomes part of the public domain after the date of disclosure by the Disclosing Party through no fault of the Receiving Party; or, (d) is disclosed by a third party to the Receiving Party after the date of disclosure by the Disclosing Party, where the third party did not require the Receiving Party to hold such information in confidence and did not acquire such information directly or indirectly from the Disclosing Party;