Common use of Permitted Usage Clause in Contracts

Permitted Usage. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6.1 above, the receiving party may use or disclose Confidential Information of the disclosing party to the extent necessary to exercise its rights hereunder (including commercialization and/or sublicensing of Licensed Subject Matter) or fulfill its obligations and/or duties hereunder and in filing for, prosecuting or maintaining any proprietary rights, prosecuting or defending litigation, complying with applicable governmental regulations and/or submitting information to tax or other governmental authorities; provided that if the receiving party is required by law to make any public disclosures of Confidential Information of the disclosing party, to the extent it may legally do so, it will give reasonable advance notice to the disclosing party of such disclosure and will use its reasonable efforts to secure confidential treatment of Confidential Information prior to its disclosure (whether through protective orders or otherwise). For clarity, to the extent it is reasonably necessary or appropriate to fulfill its obligations or exercise its rights under this Agreement, a party may disclose Confidential Information of the other to Sublicensees, consultants, and outside contractors on the condition that each such entity receiving such Confidential Information agrees to obligations of confidentiality and non-use at least as stringent as those therein.