premise: The term “Confidential Information” shall not include, and the obligations of the Receiving Party in this Agreement shall not apply to any information which: (a) prior to or after the time of disclosure, becomes public knowledge and not as a result of any breach of this Agreement by the Receiving Party; (b) is already in the possession of the Receiving Party at the time of disclosure prior to the time of disclosure; (c) was or comes into the possession of the Receiving Party from a third party who is not known to the Receiving Party to be bound by any obligations of confidentiality to the Disclosing Party in respect of such information;