premise: The obligations of each party hereunder will continue and be binding irrespective of whether the discussion between the parties materialise into a specific understanding/business relationship or not and for a further period of three (3) years after termination/expiry of the Agreement.  In any event, however, the obligations of each Party to maintain the confidentiality of the Confidential Information it has received under this agreement shall continue indefinitely as to Confidential Information constituting a trade secret under applicable law.