premise: Confidential Information shall not include and this Agreement shall not apply to information which: (a) is at the time of disclosure or later becomes known to the public through no fault of the receiving party; (b) has been furnished or made known on a non-confidential basis to the receiving party by a third party who has a lawful right to disclose such information; (c) was known by the receiving party prior to its receipt as shown by competent evidence of the receiving party; (d) is required by law or court order to be disclosed, but only to the extent of such required disclosure; or (e) is independently developed by the receiving party without reference to or use of the other party’s Confidential Information.