premise: The obligations of the Recipient specified in Section 2 above shall not apply with respect to Confidential Information to the extent that such Confidential Information:  (a) is or becomes generally known to the public without any act or omission on the part of the Recipient or its Representatives;  (b) is in the Recipient’s lawful possession at the time of disclosure by the Disclosing Party;  (c) is or becomes known to the Recipient through disclosure by an unaffiliated third party (except where such third party is known by the Recipient to be disclosing such information in breach of obligations of confidence); or  (d) is independently developed by or for the Recipient by persons who have had no access to or been informed of the existence or substance of the Confidential Information. 