Confidential Obligations. Licensor and Licensee each recognize that the other Party’s Confidential Information constitutes highly valuable and proprietary confidential information. Licensor and Licensee each agree that during the Term and for five (5) years thereafter, it will keep confidential, and will cause its employees, consultants (including academic collaborators and CROs), professional advisors, Affiliates and, in the case of Licensee, Sublicensees to keep confidential, all Confidential Information of the other Party. Neither Licensor nor Licensee nor any of their respective employees, consultants, Affiliates or, in the case of Licensee, Sublicensees, shall use any Confidential Information of the other Party for any purpose whatsoever other than exercising any rights granted to it hereunder or as expressly permitted in this Article 5. Licensee may disclose Licensor’s Confidential Information to the extent such disclosure is reasonably necessary to file and prosecute patent applications and/or maintain patents which are filed or prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, or to obtain any authorization to conduct clinical studies or any regulatory approval for Licensed Products. Each Party may disclose the other Party’s Confidential Information as reasonably necessary to file, conduct or defend litigation in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or comply with applicable laws, regulations or court orders; provided, however, that if a Party is required to make any such disclosure of the other Party’s Confidential Information in connection with any of the foregoing, it will give reasonable advance notice to the other Party of such disclosure requirement and will use reasonable efforts to assist such other Party in efforts to secure confidential treatment of such information required to be disclosed.
Confidential Obligations. 3.1 For the purposes of this Agreement, “Confidential Information” refers to any of the following information, in part or in full: confidential data and information provided to the Licensee by the Licensor (including its subsidiaries) for the performance of this Agreement, including but not limited to technical information, documents, schemes, data, parameters, standards, software, computer programs; any contracts, agreements, MOUs, exhibits, protocols or records signed by the Parties for the purpose of this Agreement (including this Agreement); and any information that is not specified as public information when it is provided by one party to the other party. Except as stipulated in Article 3.2, the Parties shall keep in confidential any Confidential Information to which it has access during the performance of this Agreement and any Intellectual Property Rights under this Agreement that have not been made public; once this Agreement is terminated, the Parties shall return any documents, data, software or other tangible carriers that contain Confidential Information as required by the original owner or the disclosing party of the Confidential Information, or destroy by consent of the original owner or disclosing party, and shall not continue to use such Confidential Information; without prior written consent from the owner or the disclosing party of the Confidential Information, neither party to this Agreement shall disclose, give or transfer such Confidential Information to any third party; both Parties shall take necessary measures to disclose Confidential Information only to their employees, agents or professional advisers who are necessary to learn about, and to cause the said employees, agents or professional advisers to comply with the confidential obligations under this Agreement.
3.2 The above confidentiality obligations shall not apply to the information which:
3.2.1 already enters the public domain at the time of disclosure;
3.2.2 is publicly available after disclosure other than through the fault of the recipient;
3.2.3 is already possessed by a party before disclosure and not received from the other party directly; or
3.2.4 is disclosed by any party to relevant government authorities, stock exchange, etc. under the obligation as prescribed by law or court orders, or is disclosed to its legal counsel and financial consultant to the extent required by its normal operations.
3.3 Both Parties agree that this article shall survive the modification, ...
Confidential Obligations. Licensor and Licensee each recognize that the other Party’s Confidential Information constitutes highly valuable and proprietary confidential information. Licensor and Licensee each agree that during the Royalty Term and for five (5) years thereafter, it will keep confidential, and will cause its employees, consultants, affiliates and sublicensees to keep confidential, all Confidential Information of the other Party. Neither Licensor nor Licensee nor any of their respective employees, consultants, affiliates or sublicensees shall use Confidential Information of the other Party for any purpose whatsoever other than exercising any rights granted to it or reserved by it hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, each Party may disclose information to the extent such disclosure is reasonably necessary to (a) file and prosecute patent applications and/or maintain patents which are filed or prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (b) file, prosecute or defend litigation in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, or (c) comply with applicable laws, regulations or court orders; provided, however, that if a Party is required to make any such disclosure of the other Party’s Confidential Information in connection with any of the foregoing, it will give reasonable advance notice to the other Party of such disclosure requirement and will use reasonable efforts to cooperate with such other Party in efforts to secure confidential treatment of such information required to be disclosed.
Confidential Obligations. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Contractor must keep the Confidential Information confidential.
Confidential Obligations. 3.1 The parties acknowledge and determine that any oral or written information related to this Agreement and the contents thereof or exchanged among one another for the preparation or performance of this Agreement is deemed to be confidential. The parties shall keep all such confidential information confidential, and shall not disclose any confidential information to any third party without the written consent of other parties, except for the following information: (a) any information that is or will be in the public domain (other than through the receiving party’s unauthorized disclosure); (b) any information required to be disclosed in accordance with governing laws and regulations, stock trading rules, or orders of government departments or a court; or (c) information required to be disclosed by any party to its shareholders, directors, employees, or legal or financial advisers in connection with the transaction described in this Agreement (the said shareholder, director, employee or legal or financial advisor is also required to be bound by confidentiality obligations similar to those in this article). Disclosure of confidential information by any shareholder, director, employee or hired agency of any party shall also be deemed as disclosure of confidential information by that party, which party shall be liable for breach of contract according to this Agreement.
Confidential Obligations. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Employee must keep the Confidential Information confidential.
Confidential Obligations. The Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement between the Parties dated October 16, 2004 (the “Confidentiality Agreement”) shall apply to information provided under this Agreement. Each Party shall take such action, and shall cause its Affiliates or Sublicensees to take such action, to preserve the confidentiality of each other’s Confidential Information as it would customarily take to preserve the confidentiality of its own Confidential Information, using, in all such circumstances, not less than reasonable care to prevent the Confidential Information of the other Party from being copied, used or disclosed to any Third Party without the other Party’s prior written consent except for those Third Parties to whom disclosure of the Confidential Information is permitted pursuant to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement. To the extent of any conflict between the provisions of this Article 5 and the Confidentiality Agreement, the provisions of this Article 5 shall control and pertain to all information provided under this Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreement, retroactive to October 16, 2004.
Confidential Obligations. Each Party shall (a) maintain in strict confidence the Confidential Information of the other Party to the same extent such Party maintains its own confidential information, but in no event less than a reasonable degree of care, (b) not disclose such Confidential Information to any Third Party without the prior written consent of the other Party (except as permitted pursuant to Section 6.3 below), and (c) not use such Confidential Information for any purpose except those expressly permitted by this Agreement. The obligations of confidentiality, non-disclosure and non-use under this Section 6.1 shall be in full force during the Term and for a period of ten (10) years thereafter. Each Party, upon the request of the other Party, will return all copies of or destroy (and certify such destruction in writing) the Confidential Information disclosed or transferred to it by the other Party pursuant to this Agreement, within sixty (60) days of such request or, if earlier, the termination or expiration of this Agreement; provided however that a Party may retain (i) Confidential Information of the other Party which expressly survives such termination pursuant to this Agreement, and (ii) one (1) copy of all other Confidential Information in archives solely for the purpose of establishing the contents thereof; provided, further, that a Party is not required to return or destroy Confidential Information contained in electronic back-ups unless and until such Confidential Information is accessed.
Confidential Obligations. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Contractor must keep the Confidential Information confidential. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Confidential Information will remain the exclusive property of the Client and will only be used by the Contractor for the Permitted Purpose. The Contractor will not use the Confidential Information for any purpose that might be directly or indirectly detrimental to the Client or any associated affiliates or subsidiaries. The obligations to ensure and protect the confidentiality of the Confidential Information imposed on the Contractor in this Agreement and any obligations to provide notice under this Agreement will survive the expiration or termination, as the case may be, of this Agreement and those obligations will last indefinitely. The Contractor may disclose any of the Confidential Information: to such employees, agents, representatives and advisors of the Contractor that have a need to know for the Permitted Purpose provided that: the Contractor has informed such personnel of the confidential nature of the Confidential Information; such personnel agree to be legally bound to the same burdens of confidentiality and non-use as the Contractor; the Contractor agrees to take all necessary steps to ensure that the terms of this Agreement are not violated by such personnel; and the Contractor agrees to be responsible for and indemnify the Client for any breach of this Agreement by its personnel. to a third party where the Client has consented in writing to such disclosure; and to the extent required by law or by the request or requirement of any judicial, legislative, administrative or other governmental body.
Confidential Obligations. Licensor and Licensee each recognize that the other Party’s Confidential Information constitutes highly valuable and proprietary confidential information. Licensor and Licensee each agree that during the Term and for five (5) years thereafter, it will keep confidential, and will cause its employees, consultants, Affiliates and sublicensees to keep confidential, all Confidential Information of the other Party. Neither Licensor nor Licensee nor any of their respective employees, consultants, Affiliates or sublicensees shall use Confidential Information of the other Party for any purpose whatsoever other than exercising any rights granted to it or reserved by it hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing, each Party may disclose information to the extent such disclosure is reasonably necessary to (a) file, prosecute or defend litigation in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or (b) comply with applicable laws, regulations (including those of the United States Securities Exchange Commission) or court orders; provided, however, that if a Party is required to make any such disclosure of the other Party’s Confidential Information in connection with any of the foregoing, it will give reasonable advance notice to the other Party of such disclosure requirement and will use reasonable efforts to cooperate with such other Party in efforts to secure confidential treatment of such information required to be disclosed. Each Party agrees that any Confidential Information disclosed by a Party under that certain Mutual Confidentiality Agreement between the Parties dated the 10th day of August 2007 shall be protected by the obligations set forth therein through the date hereof and from and after the date hereof shall be protected by the obligations as to Confidential Information set forth herein so as to be continuously protected.
