premise: 1. As used herein, the term "Proprietary Information" means trade secrets or confidential commercial, technical and/or financial information of the Discloser whether developed outside of the Project or in connection with the Project, except information which the Recipient can show: (a) was in the public domain prior to the Recipient's receipt of the same hereunder, or which subsequently becomes part of the public domain (by publication or otherwise) other than by the wrongful act of the Recipient; or (b) was developed by the Recipient and in the Recipient's possession prior to the Recipient's receipt of the same from said Discloser hereunder; or (c) was rightfully received by the Recipient from a third person who did not acquire the same directly or indirectly from said Discloser, and who did not require or no longer requires the Recipient to hold the same in confidence; or (d) is independently developed by or for the Recipient by someone who had no access to the proprietary information received from said Discloser hereunder;