16. Confidentiality
Either party shall maintain in confidence all confidential information identified as such received from the other party, whether of a commercial or technical nature. The party receiving such confidential information shall use such confidential information only as expressly contemplated by this Agreement and shall not disclose any such confidential information to a third party or make any unauthorized use thereof. Each party shall treat such confidential information with the same degree of care against disclosure or unauthorized use which it affords to its own confidential information of a similar nature or a reasonable degree of care, whichever is greater.