Common use of Permitted Usage Clause in Contracts

Permitted Usage. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 9.1 above, the Parties may use or disclose Confidential Information in exercising their rights hereunder (including commercialization of the Products and/or sublicensing of Licensed Subject Matter) or fulfilling their obligations and/or duties hereunder and in 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 the avoidance of doubt, any permitted disclosure of Confidential Information specifically authorized by Inserm Transfert by Licensee to third parties, including Affiliates and Sublicensees, shall be made only to the extent useful or necessary for purposes described above in this Article 9.2, and provided that such third parties are bound by written confidentiality obligations covering such information and that Licensee remains liable for the proper performance of their confidentiality obligations by these third parties.