orgrctera/legalbenchrag_contractnli_qa huggingface dataset:
Question: Consider Employer's Non-Disclosure Agreement; Does the document restrict the use of Confidential Information to the purposes stated in the Agreement?
Answer (supporting contract language):
A Recipient of Confidential Information under this Agreement shall use the Confidential Information only for the purpose of evaluating a research relationship between the Parties and shall protect such Confidential Information from disclosure to others, using the same degree of care used to protect its own confidentiality or proprietary information of like importance. 
Neither Party shall use the Confidential Information of the other, in whole or in part, except as permitted under this Agreement.
The Recipient shall maintain in confidence and shall not disclose to any person not a party hereto, unless permitted to do so under Section 2, or use or exploit in any way, without the Disclosing Party’s written agreement, any Confidential Information for a period of five (5) years from the date of disclosure of such information, unless such information ceases to be Confidential Information prior to the end of such five-year period through no fault of Recipient, or Recipient and Disclosing Party enter into a written agreement authorizing same.
Question: Consider the Non-Disclosure Agreement between NREL and Another Company; Does the document permit the Receiving Party to retain some Confidential Information even after its return or destruction?
Answer (supporting contract language):
c. Upon termination of this Agreement, Receiving Party will, within two (2) weeks of written request from Disclosing Party, return all documents concerning the Proprietary Information and NREL Protected Information and all copies of any such documents to Disclosing Party, or certify in writing their destruction, with the exception of copies of Proprietary Information and NREL Protected Information made as a matter of routine information technology or legal backup, provided that such copies will continue to be subject to the confidentiality obligations set forth in this Agreement and may only be used in resolving a dispute between the Parties regarding this Agreement.
Question: Consider Excelerate's Non-Disclosure Agreement; Does the document state that Confidential Information shall only include technical information?
Answer (supporting contract language):
Each Party's Proprietary Information may include, but is not limited to, patents, copyrights, design methods, ideas, concepts, data, formulas, manufacturing techniques, know-how, business plans, customer lists, solicitation response strategies, technical solutions to client requirements, system architectures, proposal preparation techniques and pricing policies, software, methodologies, technologies, processes, financial information, and sales and marketing information.
Question: Consider QuickBooks's Non-Disclosure Agreement; Does the document allow verbally conveyed information to be considered as Confidential Information?
Answer (supporting contract language):
“Confidential Information” means any information, technical data or know-how, including, but not limited to, that which relates to research, products, services, customers, markets, software, developments, inventions, processes, designs, drawings, engineering, marketing or finances, disclosed orally or in written or electronic form, and which is marked or identified by the disclosing party as “proprietary” or “confidential”.
Question: Consider Kenway's Non-Disclosure Agreement; Does the document mention that some obligations of the Agreement may survive the termination of the Agreement?
Answer (supporting contract language):
The provisions of this Agreement shall continue to apply to any documents and materials retained by the Recipient.
The obligations of each Party shall, notwithstanding any earlier termination of negotiations or discussions between the Parties in relation to the Purpose, continue for a period of 2 years from the date of this Agreement.
6.3 Termination of this Agreement shall not affect any accrued rights or remedies to which either Party is entitled.
Question: Consider Excelerate's Non-Disclosure Agreement; Does the document indicate that the Agreement does not grant the Receiving Party any rights to the Confidential Information?
Answer (supporting contract language):
9. No title, license, or any other right of ownership or use shall be granted (expressly, by implication, or by estoppels) to the receiving party under any patent, trademark, copyright, or trade secret owned or controlled by the disclosing party by the disclosure of Proprietary Information. This Agreement shall not be construed to grant to either Party any patent license, use license, know-how license, or any other rights except as specifically provided herein.
Question: Consider the Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement between Bosch and Automotive Service Solutions; Does the document permit the Receiving Party to create a copy of some Confidential Information under certain circumstances?
Answer (supporting contract language):
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.
Question: Consider the Non-Disclosure Agreement between NREL and Another Company; Does the document allow the Receiving Party to independently develop information that is similar to the Confidential Information?
Answer (supporting contract language):
d. The obligations of confidentiality set forth in this Agreement do not apply to information which (i) becomes publicly known without the fault of Receiving Party or DOE; 
(iv) is independently developed by employees of Receiving Party or DOE who did not have access to such Proprietary Information or NREL Protected Information; or
Question: Consider QuickBooks's Non-Disclosure Agreement; Does the document permit the Receiving Party to retain some Confidential Information even after its return or destruction?
Answer (supporting contract language):
Any materials or documents that have been furnished by one party to the other will be promptly returned, accompanied by all copies of such documentation, after the business possibility has been rejected or concluded.
Question: Consider Employer's Non-Disclosure Agreement; Does the document allow the Receiving Party to share some Confidential Information with their employees?
Answer (supporting contract language):
If necessary to effectuate the furthering of a potential research relationship, Recipient may disclose Confidential Information received under this Agreement to employees and/or consultants with a need to know, provided that any consultants are bound to protect such Confidential Information from unauthorized use and disclosure under the terms of a written agreement.
Question: Consider LTI's Two-Way Confidential Disclosure Agreement; Does the document require the Receiving Party to notify the Disclosing Party if they are required by law, regulation, or judicial process to disclose any Confidential Information?
Answer (supporting contract language):
If receiving Party is required by applicable law, or by process issued in connection with a judicial or administrative proceeding, to disclose any of disclosing Party’s Proprietary Information, receiving Party shall immediately notify disclosing Party of such legal requirement or the issuance of such process so disclosing Party has the opportunity to seek a protective order.
Question: Consider Excelerate's Non-Disclosure Agreement; Does the document specify whether the Receiving Party is required to destroy or return Confidential Information upon the termination of the Agreement?
Answer (supporting contract language):
At the conclusion of this agreement/contract for which data is exchanged, proprietary data shall be returned to the provider or destroyed with a certification to that effect provided to the other party, except the one (1) copy retained by legal counsel as provided in paragraph 8 above.
Question: Consider Kenway's Non-Disclosure Agreement; Does the document require that all Confidential Information be expressly identified by the Disclosing Party?
Answer (supporting contract language):
“Confidential Information:” means all confidential information (however recorded, preserved or disclosed) disclosed by a Party or its Representatives to the other Party and that Party's Representatives including but not limited to: the fact that discussions and negotiations are taking place concerning the Purpose and the status of those discussions and negotiations; any information that would be regarded as confidential by a reasonable business person relating to:
Question: Consider QuickBooks's Non-Disclosure Agreement; Does the document allow the Receiving Party to independently develop information that is similar to the Confidential Information?
Answer (supporting contract language):
Confidential Information does not include information, technical data or know-how that:
(iv) is independently developed by the receiving party without the use of any Confidential Information of the other party.
Each disclosing party understands that the receiving party may currently or in the future be developing information internally or receiving information from other parties that may be similar to the disclosing partyʼs Confidential Information.
Question: Consider Employer's Non-Disclosure Agreement; Does the document allow the Receiving Party to acquire information similar to the Confidential Information from a third party?
Answer (supporting contract language):
a) “Confidential Information” shall not include information that:
v. is rightfully obtained by Recipient from a third party, provided the Recipient has no reason to believe that such third party was under an obligation of confidentiality to the Disclosing Party.
Question: Consider the Non-Disclosure Agreement between NREL and Another Company; Does the document mention that some obligations of the Agreement may survive the termination of the Agreement?
Answer (supporting contract language):
d. The obligations of confidentiality set forth in Section 2., above, will survive termination of this Agreement until the end of the Confidentiality Period.
Question: Consider the Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement between Bosch and Automotive Service Solutions; Does the document allow the Receiving Party to share some Confidential Information with third parties, including consultants, agents, and professional advisors?
Answer (supporting contract language):
Recipient will not disclose or permit access to Confidential Information to contract workers, consultants or contractors of Recipient or its Affiliates unless authorized by Disclosing Party in writing and on condition that such persons are bound by obligations of confidentiality inuring to the benefit of Disclosing Party and its Affiliates at least as restrictive as these terms and conditions.
Question: Consider LTI's Two-Way Confidential Disclosure Agreement; Does the document allow the Receiving Party to share some Confidential Information with third parties, including consultants, agents, and professional advisors?
Answer (supporting contract language):
3) Each Party covenants and agrees that it will, during the term of this Non-Disclosure Agreement, keep in confidence, and prevent the disclosure of Proprietary Information to any third party other than those of receiving Party’s (i) employees, agents, representatives, directors or officers (collectively, “Representatives”) who need to know such Proprietary Information for the Purpose.
Question: Consider Kenway's Non-Disclosure Agreement; Does the document state that Confidential Information shall only include technical information?
Answer (supporting contract language):
“Confidential Information:” means all confidential information (however recorded, preserved or disclosed) disclosed by a Party or its Representatives to the other Party and that Party's Representatives including but not limited to: the fact that discussions and negotiations are taking place concerning the Purpose and the status of those discussions and negotiations; any information that would be regarded as confidential by a reasonable business person relating to:
(a) the business, affairs, customers, clients, suppliers, plans, intentions, or market opportunities of the Disclosing Party or of the Disclosing Party's Group;
(b) the operations, processes, product information, know-how, designs, specifications, trade secrets or software of the Disclosing Party or of the Disclosing Party's Group; and
“Purpose”: means the exchange of Confidential Information, trade secrets, know-how and samples in order to evaluate and pursue the objective of one or more potential business arrangements with respect to Kenway’s potential to supply the Company with information, products and/or designs that are proprietary to the Company.
Question: Consider Evelozcity's Non-Disclosure Agreement; Does the document restrict the use of Confidential Information to the purposes stated in the Agreement?
Answer (supporting contract language):
Recipient will, and will cause its Representatives to 
(ii) use the Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party for no purpose other than the Permitted Use.
Question: Consider the Non-Disclosure Agreement between NREL and Another Company; Does the document require that all Confidential Information be expressly identified by the Disclosing Party?
Answer (supporting contract language):
a. Disclosing Party will identify and mark its written Proprietary Information or NREL Protected Information disclosed hereunder as “Proprietary Information” or “NREL Protected Information”, as applicable, at the time it is conveyed to Receiving Party. For Proprietary Information or NREL Protected Information first disclosed orally (i.e., information expressed by spoken words) hereunder, Disclosing Party will: (i) identify such information as Proprietary Information or NREL Protected Information, as applicable, at the time it is conveyed to Receiving Party; (ii) reduce such information to writing; and (iii) provide an appropriately identified and marked copy of such writing to Receiving Party within thirty (30) days of such disclosure.
Question: Consider Employer's Non-Disclosure Agreement; Does the document require the Receiving Party to notify the Disclosing Party if they are required by law, regulation, or judicial process to disclose any Confidential Information?
Answer (supporting contract language):
b) In the event Confidential Information of the other party is lawfully required to be disclosed by any governmental agency or otherwise required to be disclosed by law, it may be so disclosed without violation of this Agreement, but only to the extent required; provided however that before making such disclosure, Recipient shall give Disclosing Party reasonable prior written notice of such required disclosure so that Disclosing Party has an opportunity to interpose an objection and/or take action to ensure confidential handling of such information.
Question: Consider QuickBooks's Non-Disclosure Agreement; Does the document mention that some obligations of the Agreement may survive the termination of the Agreement?
Answer (supporting contract language):
This Agreement may be terminated at all times with a 30 daysʼ prior written notice provided, however, that the confidentiality obligations herein shall terminate ____________ years following the date of termination of this Agreement.
Question: Consider the Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement between Bosch and Automotive Service Solutions; Does the document allow verbally conveyed information to be considered as Confidential Information?
Answer (supporting contract language):
The term “Confidential Information” as used herein means all nonpublic information relating to the Subject Matter that is disclosed by either party, its Affiliates (as defined below), or their agents (where applicable, collectively referred to as the “Disclosing Party”), directly or indirectly, in writing, orally or by inspection of premises or tangible objects to the other party (the “Recipient”) that is:
Question: Consider LTI's Two-Way Confidential Disclosure Agreement; Does the document allow verbally conveyed information to be considered as Confidential Information?
Answer (supporting contract language):
Where the Proprietary Information has not been or cannot be reduced to written form at the time of disclosure and such disclosure is made orally or visually, complete written summaries of all proprietary aspects of any such oral or visual disclosures shall have been delivered to the receiving Party within 20 calendar days of said oral or visual disclosures; provided, however, that Proprietary Information that is not marked or reduced to writing is protected under this Non-Disclosure Agreement if the context and manner in which such Proprietary Information is disclosed would indicate to a reasonable person familiar with the pharmaceutical industry that such Proprietary Information can be reasonably expected to be treated as confidential.
Question: Consider Kenway's Non-Disclosure Agreement; Does the document include a clause that prevents the Receiving Party from disclosing the fact that the Agreement was agreed upon or negotiated?
Answer (supporting contract language):
“Confidential Information:” means all confidential information (however recorded, preserved or disclosed) disclosed by a Party or its Representatives to the other Party and that Party's Representatives including but not limited to: the fact that discussions and negotiations are taking place concerning the Purpose and the status of those discussions and negotiations; any information that would be regarded as confidential by a reasonable business person relating to:
2.6 No Party shall make, or permit any person to make, any public announcement concerning this Agreement, the Purpose or its prospective interest in the Purpose without the prior written consent of the other Party (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) except as required by law or any governmental or regulatory authority (including, without limitation, any relevant securities exchange) or by any Court or other authority of competent jurisdiction.
Question: Consider Evelozcity's Non-Disclosure Agreement; Does the document allow the Receiving Party to share some Confidential Information with their employees?
Answer (supporting contract language):
The Recipient shall not disclose any Confidential Information to any third parties other than to its affiliates, and its and their respective officers, directors, employees, consultants or professional advisers (collectively, “Representatives”) who have a need to know the Confidential Information for use in evaluating or pursuing a potential business relationship with Disclosing Party or its affiliates (“Permitted Use.”)
Question: Consider the Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement between Bosch and Automotive Service Solutions; Does the document permit the Receiving Party to retain some Confidential Information even after its return or destruction?
Answer (supporting contract language):
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.
Question: Consider QuickBooks's Non-Disclosure Agreement; Does the document require that all Confidential Information be expressly identified by the Disclosing Party?
Answer (supporting contract language):
“Confidential Information” means any information, technical data or know-how, including, but not limited to, that which relates to research, products, services, customers, markets, software, developments, inventions, processes, designs, drawings, engineering, marketing or finances, disclosed orally or in written or electronic form, and which is marked or identified by the disclosing party as “proprietary” or “confidential”.
Question: Consider the Non-Disclosure Agreement between NREL and Another Company; Does the document state that Confidential Information shall only include technical information?
Answer (supporting contract language):
a. As used herein, “Proprietary Information” means information that (i) embodies trade secrets as defined under 18 U.S.C. § 1839 or (ii) is commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(4)), and that is developed at private expense outside this Agreement.
Question: Consider Employer's Non-Disclosure Agreement; Does the document allow the Receiving Party to share some Confidential Information with third parties, including consultants, agents, and professional advisors?
Answer (supporting contract language):
If necessary to effectuate the furthering of a potential research relationship, Recipient may disclose Confidential Information received under this Agreement to employees and/or consultants with a need to know, provided that any consultants are bound to protect such Confidential Information from unauthorized use and disclosure under the terms of a written agreement.
Question: Consider LTI's Two-Way Confidential Disclosure Agreement; Does the document permit the Receiving Party to retain some Confidential Information even after its return or destruction?
Answer (supporting contract language):
Proprietary Information shall be, upon request at any time, destroyed or returned to the disclosing Party, provided that receiving Party may retain one (1) copy of such Proprietary Information for purposes of monitoring compliance with its obligations under this Non-Disclosure Agreement.
Question: Consider the Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement between Bosch and Automotive Service Solutions; Does the document allow the Receiving Party to independently develop information that is similar to the Confidential Information?
Answer (supporting contract language):
Recipient shall have no obligation of confidentiality with respect to any information which:
5.4. is independently developed by an employee, agent or consultant of Recipient without reference to the Confidential Information; or
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.
Question: Consider QuickBooks's Non-Disclosure Agreement; Does the document state that Confidential Information shall only include technical information?
Answer (supporting contract language):
“Confidential Information” means any information, technical data or know-how, including, but not limited to, that which relates to research, products, services, customers, markets, software, developments, inventions, processes, designs, drawings, engineering, marketing or finances, disclosed orally or in written or electronic form, and which is marked or identified by the disclosing party as “proprietary” or “confidential”.