proprietary rights

"We will defend our proprietary rights, to protect the integrity of our brand, and to safeguard our intellectual property."

Plant Sciences Inc., headquartered in Watsonville, California, and its affiliates have proprietary rights for more than 50 strawberry and raspberry varieties.

“That was in the 1950s, and we’ve maintained it two times a year since the 1950s, making minor improvements. Fast-forward to now and the controversy about increased maintenance and improvements for safety purposes. We don’t have any proprietary documents. The easements and right of way have been granted to the county. We don’t have any proprietary rights. We’re not a public road maintenance agency.”

Entrepreneur Andrew Yang on Thursday announced a set of proposals to regulate big technology companies and try to safeguard privacy, including guaranteed proprietary rights for individuals’ data.

Again, the reasons for this are unclear, but could include inadequate funding, privacy concerns about disclosing details of the methods, and maintenance of proprietary rights over technologies.