| 5.1 | Definition of Confidential Information. “Confidential Information” means all confidential, non-public, or proprietary information that is disclosed or made available by one Party to the other Party in connection with this Agreement, including, without limitation, all inventions, discoveries, improvements, developments, ideas, know-how, trade secrets, technical and non-technical data, specifications, formulae, compounds, formulations, assays, methods, processes, techniques, practices, procedures, manufacturing techniques, designs, works of authorship, trade names, logos and other intellectual property, whether or not patentable or protectable by copyright or trademark, business and product plans, research and development plans or results, and sales, marketing, financial and pricing information, in each case, whether disclosed or made available in visual, oral, written, electronic, graphic or any other form, including in the form of samples. Confidential Information includes all copies, reproductions, notes and repositories thereof or based thereon, whether in written, electronic, graphic or any other form, including in the form of samples. Confidential Information shall not include any information that: (a) at the time of disclosure is/was generally available to the public; or (b) after disclosure becomes generally available to the public, except through breach of this Agreement by the receiving Party; or (c) is/was already possessed by the receiving Party, as evidenced by its written records, predating receipt thereof from the disclosing Party, so long as the receiving Party did not receive such information directly or indirectly from a third party under an obligation of confidentiality to the disclosing Party; or (d) is/was independently developed by or on behalf of the receiving Party, as evidenced by written records, without direct or indirect use of any Confidential Information of the disclosing Party and without access to or knowledge of any Confidential Information of the disclosing Party. In the event Confidential Information is required by law to be disclosed, that receiving Party shall promptly provide the disclosing Party with written notice of such legal requirement and shall cooperate with the disclosing Party to seek and obtain a protective order or other appropriate remedy prior to the disclosure of such Confidential Information. In the event the protective order or other remedy is not obtained, mere disclosure by law of the Confidential Information shall not impact its classification as Confidential Information. |