premise: 5.0 The parties hereto agree that information shall not be deemed PROPRIETARY and RECIPIENT shall have no obligation with respect to, any such information which;   i is already known to RECIPIENT;   ii is or becomes publicly known through no wrongful act of RECIPIENT or any employee or RECIPIENT;   (iii is rightfully received from a third party without restriction and without breach of this Agreement;   iv is independently developed by RECIPIENT without breach of this Agreement;   v is furnished to a third party by OWNER without a similar restriction on third party's rights;   vi is approved for release by written authorisation of OWNER;   viii. is disclosed pursuant to the requirement or request of a Governmental agency or where disclosure is required by operation of law.   6.0 The parties hereto further agree that RECIPIENT shall not be liable for:   i. inadvertent disclosure or use of PROPRIETARY information provided that   a. it uses the same prudence as set forth above, in safeguarding such PROPRIETARY information, and   b. upon discovery of such inadvertent disclosure or use of such PROPRIETARY information, it endeavours to prevent any further inadvertent disclosure or use,   ii. unauthorised disclosure or use of PROPRIETARY information by persons who are or have been in its employ, unless it fails to prudently safeguard such PROPREETARY information.   7.0 In the event that PROPRIETARY information is wrongfully used or disclosed by an employee of RECIPIENT, RECIPIENT agrees to co-operate with OWNER fully with respect to any legal action taken by OWNER with respect to such employee.   8.0 The parties hereto understand that each may currently or in the future be developing PROPRIETARY information internally, or receiving PROPRIETARY information from third parties which may be similar to disclosing party's information.  Accordingly, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as a representation or inference that each party hereto will not develop products, for itself or for others, that compete with the products, systems or methods contemplated by disclosing party's information.