premise: The Receiving Party’s obligations under clause 2 shall not apply to Confidential Information that: The Receiving Party possessed before the Disclosing Party disclosed it to the Receiving Party; Is or becomes publicly known, other than as a result of breach of the terms of this Agreement by the Receiving Party or by anyone to whom the Receiving Party disclosed it; orThe Receiving Party obtains from a third-party, and the third-party was not under any obligation of confidentiality with respect to the Confidential Information; or Is developed by any of the Receiving Party’s employees who have not had any direct or indirect access to, or use or knowledge of, the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information.