definiens: shall mean any information received by one party ( the ) from the other party ( the ) that is identified as being proprietary orconfidential to the Disclosing Party or which might permit the Disclosing Party or its customers to obtain acompetitive advantage over those who do not have access to the information, including without limitation eachparty ’s technology and documentation, technical information and customer lists . Confidential Information shall notinclude information which ( a ) is or becomes a part of the public domain through no act or omission of theReceiving Party, ( b ) is or was in the Receiving Party ’s lawful possession prior to the disclosure by the DisclosingParty, ( c ) is disclosed to the Receiving Party by a Third Party entitled to disclose such Confidential Information, or ( d ) was independently developed by the Receiving Party without use of or access or reference to theConfidential Information of the Disclosing Party