premise: The obligations of the parties pursuant to the provisions of this agreement shall not apply to any information that: 8.1 is known to or in possession of the receiving party prior to disclosure thereof by the disclosing party; 8.2 is or becomes publicly known, otherwise then pursuant to a breach of this agreement; 8.3 is developed independently of the disclosing party by the receiving party; 8.4 is disclosed by the receiving party to satisfy the order of a court of competent jurisdiction or to comply with the provisions of any law or regulation in force from time to time; provided that in these circumstances, the receiving party shall advise the disclosing party in writing prior to such disclosure to enable the disclosing party to take whatever steps it deems necessary to protect its interests in this regard, provided further that the receiving party will disclose only that portion of the information which it is legally required to disclose and the receiving party will use its reasonable endeavours to protect the confidentiality of such information to the widest extent possible in the circumstances; 8.5 is disclosed to a third party pursuant to the prior written authorization from the disclosing party; 8.6 is received from a third party in circumstances that do not result in a breach of the provisions of this agreement.