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proprietary Definition

pro·pri·etary (prə prī′ə ter′ē, prō-)

noun pl. -·tar′·ies

  1. a proprietor or owner
  2. a group of proprietors
  3. proprietorship or ownership
  4. ☆ the grantee or owner of a proprietary colony in colonial America
  5. a proprietary medicine

Etymology: LL proprietarius < L proprietas: see property

adjective

  1. belonging to a proprietor
  2. holding property
  3. of property or proprietorship
  4. privately owned and operated a proprietary nursing home
  5. held under patent, trademark, or copyright by a private person or company a proprietary medicine

proprietary Synonyms

proprietary

modif.

fashionable, restrictive, established; see exclusive.

proprietary Law Definition

adj

Held by a single particular person. Trade secret laws hold that the person who developed information or knowledge has ownership and property rights to her/his proprietary material. That right is usually protected by contract rather than by patent.

proprietary Telecom Definition

Privately owned or controlled. Generally referring to a technology that has been developed by an individual, corporation, or other legal entity that considers the specifications to be a trade secret of value and that retains the exclusive right to exploit it, either for its own use or that of legitimate licensees that pay for the privilege. Proprietary technologies generally are patented, which prevents others from copying or otherwise duplicating them. See also patent and public domain.

proprietary Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • make: We wish to avoid the danger that redistributors of a free program will individually obtain patent licenses, in effect making the program proprietary.
  • include: The system includes three proprietary, custom ICs controlled by a Motorola 68000 32/16 bit microprocessor.

Used with adjective complement

  • consider: Actual test data will only be issued to approval holders if it is not considered proprietary to their suppliers.
  • use: Analog gain and filtering using proprietary Meridian Class-A discrete amplification.
  • incorporate: These transition effects incorporate proprietary Canopus Effects Technology and provide the power to create stunning and professional quality video transitions.
  • become: Pro: use of Open Standards rather than becoming increasingly proprietary Con: not all of DC CD AP is agreed yet.
  • purchase: John Fulton attempted to purchase proprietary, technical information from a cooperating witness employed at Joy Mining Machinery.

Modifies a noun

  • estoppel: Alternatively, V was entitled to an interest by way of proprietary estoppel in relation to both properties.
  • notice: You may not remove any proprietary notices or labels on the Software Product.
  • designation: Delete any author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or labels in any file that is uploaded.
  • format: These files may be in proprietary formats & require you to install software in addition to your browser.
  • bottling: The color is quite unlike that of proprietary bottling, being pale gold.
  • software: Thou shalt not copy or use proprietary software for which you have not paid.

Modifying Another Word

  • even: For end users its easier than even proprietary font managers.
  • often: Software on offer was often proprietary and either available only on PCs or required separate mounting for other platforms.
  • not: One of the absolute gems to emerge out of the open source movement, Apache is free in the sense that it's not proprietary.
  • uncomfortably: Sound uncomfortably proprietary then to players angus beef chef.
  • either: PROPRIETARY AND MUTUAL COMPANIES The larger insurance companies may be either proprietary or mutual, some are a combination of both.
  • completely: This e-procurement technology is completely proprietary to the Company and is licensed to medium and large sized organizations in the private and public sector.

Noun used with modifier

program: We wish to avoid the danger that redistributors of a free program will individually obtain patent licenses, in effect making the program proprietary.