
| 4.5 | Indemnification by MANUFACTURER |
MANUFACTURER shall, at its expense, indemnify, hold harmless and, at DISTRIBUTOR’s request, defend DISTRIBUTOR and any of its subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, and employees, from and against any and all loss, cost, liability or expense arising out of or in connection with any third party claim that: (i) a Product caused injury or damage to a person or property; or (ii) that a Product infringes any patent, copyright, trade mark right, trade secret, mask work right or other proprietary right of any third party, or any other third-party claim arising out of or occurring in connection with sale, use or handling of the Products (collectively, the “Indemnification Obligations”); provided, however, that such Indemnification Obligations by MANUFACTURER shall not apply to the extent such third-party claim arises out of any breach of the DISTRIBUTOR’s duties pursuant to this Agreement.
| 4.6 | MANUFACTURER’S Indemnification Obligations shall in no event exceed the aggregate amount of CHF 1,000,000 |
MANUFACTURER represents and warrants that the Products do not and will not infringe on the Intellectual Property rights of third parties.
| 5. | Non-Disclosure | Confidentiality Obligation |
a) From time to time during the term of this Agreement, either Party may disclose or make available to the other Party information about its business affairs, the Products, vendor and customer information, confidential intellectual property, trade secrets, third-party confidential information, and other sensitive or proprietary information (collectively, “Confidential Information”). Confidential Information shall not include information that, the disclosing PARTY an establish, by reasonable documentation, at the time of disclosure is: (i) in the public domain; (ii) known to the receiving PARTY at the time of disclosure; or (iii) rightfully obtained by receiving PARTY on a non-confidential basis from a third party; or (d) independently developed by the receiving PARTY, without use of or reliance on the disclosing PARTY’s Confidential Information.
b) The receiving PARTY shall not disclose any such Confidential Information to any person or entity, except to the receiving PARTY’s employees who have a need to know the Confidential Information for the receiving PARTY to perform its obligations hereunder.
c) If a receiving PARTY is requested or required to disclose Confidential Information of the disclosing PARTY in response to a subpoena or other governmental process, it may do so, but it will notify the disclosing PARTY promptly in advance so that the disclosing PARTY can take appropriate action to seek to prevent the release of such information or protect itself in the event of such release.
d) Upon termination of the Agreement, the receiving PARTY shall promptly return to the disclosing PARTY all copies, whether in written, electronic, or other form or media, of the disclosing PARTY’s Confidential Information, or use commercially reasonable efforts to destroy all such copies and certify in writing to the disclosing PARTY that such Confidential Information has been destroyed.
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