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• n  an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
• a  protected by trademark or patent or copyright; made or produced or distributed by one having exclusive rights
  `Tylenol' is a proprietary drug of which `acetaminophen' is the generic form

• The proprietary software are a real hindrance in the goal towards an open regime.
• Proprietary hospitals are often accused of charging more for providing even lesser patient care.
• It is amazing how pharma companies can make declare even life saving drugs as proprietary.

• proprietorship

• nonproprietary

News & Articles

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• CGG awarded first proprietary BroadSeis 3D survey in Colombia, extending Latin American coverage
  PARIS--(Marketwired - Jun 12, 2013) - CGG announced today that it has been awarded a contract by a subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and partner Ecopetrol to acquire and process a 5,500-km2 3D BroadSeisT seismic survey on the Caribbean coast offshore Colombia. This is the largest marine seismic program ever acquired in Colombia and the first proprietary BroadSeis survey to be ...
  June 12, 2013 - Marketwire
• 2013 MacBook Air gets low repair score from iFixit teardown
  With proprietary parts and RAM soldered to the logic board, the new 13-inch MacBook Air scored only 4 out of 10 on the iFixit repairability scale.
  June 12, 2013 - CNET
• Empire Global Gaming, Inc. to Introduce Their Proprietary Patented Games to Tribal Casinos Throughout North America
  Empire Global Gaming, Inc confirmed that their proprietary Patented Games will be officially introduced to Tribal Casinos throughout North America at RES CALIFORNIA through Turtle Island Gaming, Inc., Empire Global Gaming, Inc’s Native American gaming partner.
  June 10, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Rob Nichols in CNNMoney.com
  Trading, proprietary or otherwise, did not lead to the financial crisis,said Rob Nichols, president of the Financial Services Forum, a lobbying group for big bank chief executives.
• Steve Jobs in FOXNews
  In it, Jobs begins by questioning the closed nature of the product, noting that "Adobe's Flash products are 100% proprietary. They are only available from Adobe, and Adobe has sole authority as to their future enhancement, pricing, etc."
• Chris Dodd in Sify
  This proposal addresses the underlying concern of putting depository funds at risk. ...... It puts a stop to proprietary trading, but also recognizes that there are legitimate hedging activities that banks need to engage in,Dodd said.