definiens: means all trade secrets or other proprietary information, including without limitation any proprietary data and materials ( whether or not patentable or protectable as a trade secret ), regarding a Party 's technology, products, business or objectives or regarding the Products, which is disclosed by a Party to the other Pm1y . Notwithstanding the foregoing, there shall be excluded from the foregoing definition of Confidential Information any of the foregoing that : 7.2.1 was known by the receiving Party prior to its date of disclosure to the receiving Party as sho\\iJ.1 by the receiving Party 's written records ; or 7.2.2 either before or after the date of the disclosure to the receiving Party is lawfully disclosed to the receiving Party, with no obligation of confidentiality, by third parties not in violation of any obligation to the other Party ; or 7.2.3 either before or after the date of the disclosure to the receiving Party becomes published or generally known to the public through no fault or omission on the part of the receiving Party or its Affiliates ; or 7.2.4 is independently developed by or for the receiving Party without reference to, reliance upon or benefit of the Confidential Information as demonstrated by contemporaneous written records of the receiving Party ; or 7.2.5 is required to be disclosed by the receiving Party to comply with applicable securities and other Laws, to defend or prosecute litigation or to comply with governmental regulations or the regulations or requirements of any stock exchange, provided that the receiving Party provides prior notice of such disclosure to the other Party and takes reasonable and lawful actions to avoid and/or minimize the degree of such disclosure