premise: Except as set forth in Section 2 below, "Confidential Information" means all non-public, confidential or proprietary information disclosed on or after the Effective Date, by the Disclosing Party to the Recipient or its affiliates, or to any of such Recipient's or its affiliates' employees, officers, directors, partners, shareholders, agents, attorneys, accountants, financing sources or advisors (collectively, "Representatives"), however disclosed, including, without limitation: (a) all information concerning the Disclosing Party's and its affiliates', and their customers' and suppliers', past, present and future finances, customer information, supplier information, products, services, know-how, forecasts, business, marketing, development, sales and other commercial strategies; (b) source and object code, programs, drawings, the Disclosing Party's unpatented inventions, ideas, methods and discoveries, trade secrets, unpublished patent applications and other confidential intellectual property; and