Obligation of Confidentiality 14.1 During the Term, and for [***] thereafter, each of the Parties will keep confidential and not disclose or use any of the Information of the other Party except in the performance of its obligations and exercise of its rights under this Agreement. Each Party will treat the other Party’s Information with the same degree of confidentiality as it keeps its own confidential information (but in no event will it use less than reasonable care with such Information). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Article 14 shall not apply to any information that can be shown by the Receiving Party: (a) To have been known to or in the possession of the Receiving Party prior to the date of its actual receipt from the Disclosing Party without breaching any provision of this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties or of any agreement between the Disclosing Party and a Third Party, by such Third Party; (b) To be or to have become available to the public other than through any act or omission of the Receiving Party in breach of this Agreement or any other agreement between the Parties; (c) To have been disclosed to the Receiving Party, other than under an obligation of confidentiality, by a Third Party that had no obligation to the Disclosing Party not to disclose such information to others; or (d) To have been subsequently independently developed by the Receiving Party without use of the Disclosing Party Information as demonstrated by competent contemporaneous tangible records. 14.2 Receiving Party shall ensure that its Affiliates, directors or employees, who have access to Information, shall consider and hold any of the Information as herein contemplated. 14.3 Each Party may disclose the other Party’s Information hereunder solely to the extent such disclosure is reasonably necessary in connection with complying with applicable laws; provided that in the event of any such disclosure of the Disclosing Party’s Information by the Receiving Party, the Receiving Party will, except where impracticable, give reasonable advance notice to the Disclosing Party of such disclosure requirement (so that the Disclosing Party may seek a protective order and/or other appropriate remedy or waive compliance with the confidentiality provisions of this Article 14 and will use its Commercially Reasonable Efforts to secure confidential treatment of such confidential Information required to be disclosed). 14.4 Each Receiving Party shall keep Information belonging to the Disclosing Party in appropriately secure locations. Upon expiration or termination of this Agreement, any and all Information possessed in tangible form by a Receiving Party, or its Affiliates, or its or any of their directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants, and clinical investigators and belonging to the Disclosing Party, shall, upon written request, be destroyed to the extent practicable and not used or disclosed by the Receiving Party, its Affiliates, or any of their directors, officers, employees, agents, consultants, and clinical investigators; provided, however, that a Party may retain one (1) copy of any Information in an appropriately secure location solely for use by its legal department to ensure compliance with the confidentiality provisions of this Agreement. 14.5 DAEWOONG and AEON each acknowledge the other Party’s interest in publishing the results of its scientific research in order to obtain recognition within the scientific community and to advance the state of scientific knowledge. Authorship of any publication shall be determined based on the accepted standards used in peer-reviewed, academic journals at the time of the proposed publication. Each Party also recognizes the mutual interest in obtaining valid patent protection and in protecting business interests and trade secret information. Consequently, except for disclosures permitted pursuant to Article 14.1, if either Party, its employees or consultants wishes to publish or present to any third party, during the Term, results of the scientific, preclinical and clinical studies or any information about Product, or the results of any program to discover or develop any of the above, it shall deliver to the other Party a copy of the proposed written publication or an outline of an oral disclosure at least fifteen (15) days prior to submission for publication or presentation. The reviewing Party shall notify the other Party within fifteen (15) days of receipt of such proposed publication whether such draft publication contains (i) Information of the reviewing Party, or (ii) information that if published would have an adverse effect on a patent application covering the subject matter of this Agreement, the reviewing Party shall have the right to (a) propose modifications to the publication or presentation for patent reasons, trade secret reasons, confidentiality reasons or business reasons or (b) request a reasonable delay in publication or presentation in order to protect patentable information. If the reviewing Party requests a delay to protect patentable information, the publishing Party shall delay submission or presentation for a period not to exceed thirty (30) days to enable patent applications protecting each Party’s rights in such information to be filed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Upon expiration of such thirty (30) days, the publishing Party shall be free to proceed with the publication or presentation. If the reviewing Party reasonably requests modifications to the publication or presentation to prevent disclosure of material trade secret or proprietary business information, the publishing Party shall edit such publication to prevent the disclosure of such information prior to submission of the publication or presentation. After the termination or expiration of this Agreement, the Parties shall continue to be obligated to adhere to the guidelines set out in Article 14.4 and this Article 14.5, but solely with respect to publications or presentations to any third party containing information about Product. 14.6 Once approval for a publication or presentation has been granted, the relevant Party shall be entitled to use the specific information contained in such publication or presentation after the date of its publication or presentation without seeking further approval. General comments made by a Party relating to the relationship between DAEWOONG and AEON established by this Agreement, including, for example, general comments made in response to inquiries at professional meetings and other similar circumstances, are not intended to be restricted by the provisions of this Article 14 provided such information has been disclosed to the public previously or cleared for such disclosure by the other Party. For the avoidance of doubt, neither Party shall be entitled to publish Information of the other in violation of Article 14. 14.7 DAEWOONG and AEON shall agree upon the timing and content of an initial press release relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein. Except to the extent already disclosed in that initial press release, no disclosure of the subject matter of this Agreement or its terms may be made by either Party, and no Party shall use the name, trademark, trade name or logo of the other Party or its employees in any publicity, news release or disclosure relating to this Agreement or its subject matter, without the prior express written permission of the other Party, except as may be required by applicable laws, regulations, or judicial order. The Party desiring to make any such public announcement shall provide the other Party with a written copy of the proposed announcement in sufficient time prior to public release to allow such other Party to comment upon such announcement, prior to public release.
Obligations of Confidentiality (a) Each Party acknowledges that it may be furnished, receive or otherwise have access to Confidential Information of the other Party in connection with this Agreement. (b) As necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, the Receiving Party may disclose Confidential Information of the Furnishing Party to any employee, officer, director, contractor, Service Recipient, agent or representative of the Receiving Party who has a legitimate need to know the information in question for the purposes of this Agreement and who is bound to the Receiving Party in writing to protect the confidentiality of the information in a manner substantially equivalent to that required of the Receiving Party. The Receiving Party may also disclose Confidential Information of the Furnishing Party to the Receiving Party’s regulatory agencies and Auditors provided they are made aware of the Receiving Party’s obligations of confidentiality with respect to the Furnishing Party’s Confidential Information. (c) The Receiving Party may disclose the terms of this Agreement to a third party that (i) has expressed bona fide interest in consummating a significant financing, merger or acquisition transaction between such third party and such party, (ii) has a reasonable ability (financial and otherwise) to consummate such transaction, and (iii) has executed a nondisclosure agreement that (1) includes within its scope the terms of this Section 15, (2) limits distribution to those with a need to know in connection with such transaction, and (3) allows use only in connection with the transaction. The Receiving Party shall endeavor to delay the disclosure of the terms and conditions of this Agreement under the preceding sentence until the status of discussions concerning such transaction warrants such disclosure. (d) Subject to Sections 15.2(b), 15.2(c), and 15.4, the Receiving Party will keep the Confidential Information of the Furnishing Party confidential and secure and will protect it from unauthorized use or disclosure by using at least the same degree of care as the Receiving Party employs to avoid unauthorized use or disclosure of its own Confidential Information of a similar nature, but in no event less than reasonable care. (e) In the event of any actual or suspected unauthorized disclosure, loss of, or inability to account for any Confidential Information of the Furnishing Party occurs, the Receiving Party will promptly so notify the Furnishing Party and will cooperate with the Furnishing Party and take such actions as may be necessary or reasonably requested by the Furnishing Party to minimize the violation and any damage resulting from it. (f) The provisions of this Section 15.2(f) apply notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, including the exclusions to confidential information described in Section 15.1(b) (“Exclusions”). BancTec represents, warrants and covenants that it is and will be a qualified Nonaffiliated Third Party as defined in Section 509(5) of GLBA and shall adhere to the standards required for a “service provider” as this term is described in Section 502(b) of GLBA and the regulations promulgated thereunder for the purpose of the exceptions to “Opt Out” and “Initial Notice and Opt Out” requirements under GLBA. BancTec will, and will cause BancTec Personnel to, keep NPI confidential. BancTec will use, disclose, receive and maintain NPI only as necessary for the specific purpose for which the NPI was disclosed to BancTec and only in accordance with this Agreement, GLBA and any other applicable law, rule or regulation of any jurisdiction relating to disclosure or use of personal information. BancTec will, and will cause BancTec Personnel to, implement and maintain an appropriate security program for NPI to (i) ensure the security and confidentiality of NPI, (ii) protect against any threats or hazards to the security or integrity of NPI, and (iii) prevent unauthorized access to or use of NPI. BancTec will immediately notify DFS in writing (1) of any known or suspected disclosure or use of any NPI by BancTec or any BancTec Personnel in breach of this Agreement and (2) of any known or suspected disclosure of any NPI to BancTec or BancTec Personnel where the purpose of such disclosure is not known to BancTec. DFS reserves the right to review BancTec’s policies and procedures used to maintain the security and confidentiality of NPI, including auditing BancTec and BancTec Personnel concerning such policies and procedures. At DFS’ direction in its discretion at any time, and in any event upon any termination under or expiration of this Agreement, BancTec will immediately return to DFS any or all corresponding NPI and will destroy all records of such NPI. Otherwise, to the extent any applicable NPI is no longer necessary for the performance of Services, BancTec will return to DFS or destroy all records of such NPI. The provisions of this Section 15.2(f) supplement, are in addition to, and will not be construed to limit any other confidentiality obligations under this Agreement.
Duration of Confidentiality All obligations of confidentiality and non-use imposed upon the parties under this Agreement shall expire ten (10) years after the expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement; provided, however, that Confidential Information which constitutes the trade secrets of a party shall be kept confidential indefinitely, subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 9.4 through 9.5.
Duration of Confidentiality Obligations The Receiving Party’s obligations under this Article apply to Confidential Information of the Furnishing Party disclosed to the Receiving Party before or after the Effective Date and will continue during the Agreement Term and survive the expiration or termination of the Agreement as follows: (a) as to any portion of the Furnishing Party’s Confidential Information that constitutes a trade secret under applicable law, the obligations will continue for as long as the Furnishing Party continues to treat such information as a trade secret; and (b) as to all other Confidential Information of the Furnishing Party, the obligations will survive for two (2) years after the Receiving Party’s fulfillment of its obligations under Section 13.4 with respect to the Confidential Information in question.