proprietary
Definition 1
Characteristic of, or relating to, a proprietor.
Definition 2
Made, offered, or sold only under the exclusive rights of the property ownership (governed by copyright, patent, and trade secret laws) of a manufacturer, offeror, or seller. Proprietary items usually have distinctive characteristics or features, and are often incompatible with competing items.
proprietary is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law subject.
proprietary appears in the definitions of the following terms:
PostScript,
open database connectivity (OBDC),
truetype font,
unix,
graphic interchange format (GIF),
public domain,
mainframe computer,
Values, Attitudes, and Lifestyles System (VALS-2),
Information Mapping® (IMAP®),
proprietary software
and
proprietary appears in the other terms:
proprietary interest,
proprietary standard,
proprietary record,
proprietary know how,
proprietary format,
proprietary data,
proprietary rights,
proprietary estoppel,
proprietary technology,
proprietary accounts
and
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