premise: 3.1 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the following will not constitute Confidential Information for the purposes of this Agreement: 3.1.1 information that a Receiving Party can show, by documentary and competent evidence, was known by it prior to the disclosure thereof by the Disclosing Party; 3.1.2 information that is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of disclosure directly or indirectly by a Receiving Party in breach of this Agreement; 3.1.3 information that is or becomes available to a Receiving Party on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Disclosing Party, provided that such source is not in breach of its obligations of non-disclosure towards the Disclosing Party; 3.1.4 information that a Receiving Party can show, by documentary and competent evidence, to have been developed independently by Receiving Party without using the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information; or 3.1.5 information of which the Disclosing Party has authorized the unrestricted disclosure. 4. NO IMPLIED OBLIGATIONS Except for the matters specifically agreed to herein, no Party will be under any legal obligation of any kind to enter into any further agreement with respect to the Purpose or any other matter whatsoever, absent a further written agreement between the Parties executed by their duly authorized representatives. 5. OWNERSHIP The Disclosing Party will remain the owner of its intellectual property, including any title, ownership, or license under any patents, copyrights or other intellectual property rights in the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information.  Nothing in this Agreement is to be construed as granting a Receiving Party any title, ownership, or any license under any patents, copyrights or other intellectual property rights in any of the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information. 6. INDEPENDENT DEVELOPMENT Nothing in this Agreement will be construed as a representation that a Receiving Party will not develop, communicate or use technology, information or products that, without violation of this Agreement, compete with, are the same as, or similar to the Disclosing Party’s Confidential Information.