premise: 2. The Receiving Party shall with regard to any Information disclosed pursuant to this Agreement by or on behalf of a Disclosing Party on or after the Effective Date: a. hold the Information in confidence and, except as is otherwise stated herein or agreed in writing by the Disclosing Party, shall not disclose or make available the Information by publication or otherwise to any third party (including for the avoidance of doubt, disclosure in any patent application or to any patent office) and shall use any Information disclosed to it pursuant to this Agreement only for carrying out the Purpose; b. make copies of the Information (or any further information derived from the Information) in whatever form or medium only to the extent that the copies are reasonably necessary for the Purpose and clearly mark all such copies as confidential; c. take all necessary and proper security precautions (and at least as great as those it takes to safeguard its own information) to safeguard every part of the Information to prevent it from being disclosed or otherwise made available to any third party except as permitted by this Agreement; and d. at the request and direction of the Disclosing Party, and without delay, return or destroy any Information provided to it pursuant to this Agreement and any copies of such Information, except that one copy may be kept by the Receiving Party for archival purposes and for the purpose of defending itself against any claims arising in connection with this Agreement.