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is independently developed by an employee, agent or consultant of Recipient without reference to the |
Confidential Information; or |
5.5. |
is approved for release by written authorization from Disclosing Party. |
5.6. |
The Recipient is hereby notified that, as set forth in 18 U.S.C. |
§1833(b), he/she does not have criminal or |
civil liability under U.S. trade secret law for the following disclosures of a trade secret: |
5.6.1. disclosure in confidence to a federal, state or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or |
to an attorney, provided the disclosure is for the sole purpose of reporting or investigating a |
suspected violation of law; and/or |
5.6.2. disclosure in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding if such filing is |
made under seal; and/or |
5.6.3. under those circumstances where Recipient files a lawsuit for retaliation against the Disclosing Party |
for reporting a suspected violation of law, Recipient may disclose the Disclosing Party’s trade secret |
information to its attorney and may use the trade secret information in the court proceeding if |
Recipient files any document containing the trade secret under seal and does not disclose the trade |
secret, except pursuant to court order. |
6. |
REPRODUCTION AND RETURN OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. |
The Confidential Information provided by |
the Disclosing Party shall not be copied or reproduced without the Disclosing Party’s prior written permission, |
except for such copies as may reasonably be required for the purpose as set forth in Section I of this Agreement. |
Disclosing Party may serve written request on Recipient for return or destruction of its Confidential Information at |
any time up to six (6) months after the termination or expiry of this Agreement and Recipient shall, within thirty (30) |
days of such request or termination, return to the Disclosing Party (or its designees) or certify as destroyed all |
Confidential Information, in whatever form, including written or electronically recorded information and all copies |
thereof (other than copies retained in automatic back-up and archive systems), provided however that Recipient |
shall be entitled to retain one copy of the Confidential Information with its legal counsel or other appropriate |
corporate representative to evidence the exchange of information hereunder and in connection with legal or |
statutory requirements. |
All such retained copies shall remain subject to the use and disclosure restrictions in this |
Agreement. |
7. |
DISCLOSURES REQUIRED BY LAW. |
If Recipient is requested, ordered or required by a regulatory agency or any |
other government authority or a court to disclose any Confidential Information, Recipient shall promptly notify |
Disclosing Party of such request, order or requirement so that Disclosing Party may have the opportunity to contest |
the disclosure, including seeking a protective order, or waive Recipient’s compliance with this Agreement. |
If |
Recipient is (in the opinion of its counsel) compelled to disclose any Confidential Information, or else be liable for |
contempt or other penalty or be subject to claims from a third party, Recipient may disclose such Confidential |
Information without liability under this Agreement. |
8. |
EXPORT LAWS. |
Neither party shall export, directly or indirectly, any of the Confidential Information to any country, |
person or entity which the US Government, at the time of export, requires an export license or other governmental |
approval without first obtaining such license or approval. |
The Recipient shall first obtain the written consent of |
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Disclosing Party prior to submitting any request for authority to export such Confidential Information. |
For the |
purposes of this Agreement, export occurs when Confidential Information is transferred from one country to another |
by any means, including but not limited to physical shipments, FTP file transfers, e-mails, faxes, oral transfers or |
remote server access and an export may also occur when Confidential Information is transferred to or accessed by |
a person who is neither a citizen nor permanent resident of the country in which such transfer or access is taking |
place. |
9. |
OWNERSHIP OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. |
Disclosing Party or its licensors, as the case may be, retain all |
rights in Confidential Information disclosed and all documents, prototypes, software development kits (SDKs) and |
other similar tangible property embodying, containing or reflecting the same shall remain the property of Disclosing |
Party. |
10. |
NO LICENSE. |
Neither the execution of this Agreement nor the disclosure of any Confidential Information is |
construed as granting either expressly or by implication, estoppel or otherwise, any license or right to the |
Confidential Information or any intellectual property rights embodied therein. |
11. |
NO WARRANTY. |
All Confidential Information provided under this Agreement is provided “AS IS” and specifically |
excludes any warranty, whether express or implied, including without limitation, any implied warranty of |
merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or accuracy. |
The Disclosing Party is not liable under this |
Agreement for any damages in connection with, related to, or arising out of the use of its Confidential Information. |
12. |
NO OBLIGATION. |
This Agreement shall not be construed in any manner to be an obligation to enter into a further |
substantive contract or to disclose any particular Confidential Information. |
13. |
INDEPENDENT DEVELOPMENTS. |
Disclosing Party understands that Recipient may develop or have developed |
information internally, or receive or have received information from other parties that is similar to the Confidential |
Information. |
Accordingly, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as a representation that Recipient has not |
or will not independently develop products that compete with the products or systems contemplated by the |
Confidential Information provided that it does so without breaching the terms of this Agreement. |
14. |
RELATIONSHIP. |
Each party hereto shall be considered as an independent contractor responsible for its own |
expenses and financial obligations incurred in the performance of this Agreement. |
15. |
NO WAIVER. |
Neither party waives any rights in invention or development lawfully possessed by it at the time of |
signing this Agreement. |
In addition, this Agreement does not imply any waiver of any rights or action under the |
patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, unfair competition, fair trade or related laws. |
Failure to exercise any |