Each Party shall use all documents and information which it receives in connection with this Agreement, solely for the purposes of this Agreement and if the other partner designates them as confidential or has an obvious interest in their non-disclosure, it shall treat these with the same degree of confidentiality vis-à-vis third parties as it would apply to its own confidential documents or information. This obligation shall commence on first receipt of such documents or information and shall end 36 months after the expiry of the Agreement.