premise: 9. This agreement does not cover: a. Technical information or other information which, at the time when the Inventor/ Disclosing Party provided the Receiving Party with the Information, was considered publicly known or later on becomes publicly known without the Receiving Party being liable for making it publicly known. b. Information being communicated to the Receiving Party in a legitimate way, either directly or indirectly via other parties than the Inventor/Disclosing Party. 