definiens: shall mean any [COMPANY] or PRAECIS trade secret or other information of a confidential and/or pr oprietary nature which is disclosed by one party ( ) t o the other party ( ), excluding such trade secret or other information which ( i ) is published or otherwise becomes a matter of pu blic knowledge by any means other than through the breach of this Agreeme nt by the Receiving Party, ( ii ) was known by the Receiving Party at the time of such disclosure, as evidenced by the Receiving Party 's written re cords predating such disclosure and maintained in the ordinary cou rse of business, or ( iii ) was disclosed to the Receiving Party by any Third Party ( as defined below ) who has the right to disclose the same . For the p urposes of this Section 1.2, information shall not be deemed to be public knowledge or known to PRAECIS solely because : ( i ) the general principal is public knowledge or known to PRAECIS, if the particular practice is not it self public knowledge or so known, or ( ii ) it constitutes a combination o f information which is public knowledge or known to PRAECIS unless the comb ination itself and the principle and mode of operation of such combi nation is also public knowledge or known to PRAECIS