premise: 5. The parties shall not be liable for disclosure or use of Proprietary Information which: a) was at the time of receipt otherwise known to the party receiving it without any breach of an obligation of confidentiality; b) was published or is otherwise within the public knowledge or is generally known to the public at the time of its disclosure to the receiving party, or becomes part of the public domain without breach of this Agreement by the recipient; c) is developed independently by the recipient or parent, subsidiary or associated companies of the recipient without recourse to the Proprietary Information disclosed hereunder; d) becomes legally known or available to the receiving party from a source other than the disclosing party, and without breach of this Agreement by the recipient; e) becomes available to the receiving party by inspection or analysis of products available in the market other than the products of either party; f) is so disclosed or used with the written approval of the other party; g) if, and then to the extent that disclosure is required by law to be given to a governmental body or a court of competent jurisdiction, provided that the recipient provides to the disclosing party prompt notice of any such requirement to disclose the Proprietary Information, to permit the disclosing party to seek an appropriate remedy to prevent the disclosure or alternatively to agree to the terms of such disclosure.