premise: 8. Nothing in this Agreement shall restrict the right of the Receiving Party to use or disclose information that is: a. in the public domain at the time the Disclosing Party first disclosed it to the Receiving Party hereunder, or subsequently became publicly known through no wrongful act of the Receiving Party; b. known to the Receiving Party, other than through receipt under a separate non-disclosure agreement or similar agreement, prior to receipt under this agreement disclosed to the Receiving Party without restriction by a third party who had the lawful right to disclose such information; c. independently developed by the Receiving Party without the use of or reference to Proprietary Information; or d. required to be disclosed by judicial process, provided that the Receiving Party promptly provides notice of such process to the Disclosing Party and cooperates with any efforts of the Disclosing Party to contest disclosure, limits disclosure to the extent strictly required, and otherwise continues to protect such information as Proprietary Information until such time as one of the foregoing exceptions  (a) through  (d) are satisfied.