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- which is the best preposition to follow proprietary?
The only examples I can see in the OED, of proprietary, used in this sense, employ the preposition to So the intellectual property is proprietary to the company
- I just wrote propriety when I meant to say proprietarity, but that . . .
The adjective corresponding to proprietary in Latin is proprietarius I can't find any example of a Latin adjective ending in -ius being nominalized by replacing -ius with the suffix -itas; the usual pattern seems to be instead -ius > -ietas; e g notorius > notorietas 2 Just for fun, the lone example of French "proprietarité" that I found
- Difference between the verbs appropriate and expropriate?
Expropriate has the following definitions (Merriam-Webster): to deprive of possession or proprietary rights to transfer (the property of another) to one's own possession For example, in the
- Can a female proprietor be called as proprietor?
I know the female version of proprietor can be called as proprietress or proprietrix But I want to know whether a female proprietor can also be called a proprietor? Or does proprietor only indic
- What is a word phrase for using a term for a popular special case . . .
See Wikipedia, which simply states "A genericized trademark (also known as a generic trademark, proprietary eponym) is a trademark or brand name that has become the colloquial or generic description for or synonymous with a general class of product or service"
- What is the etymology and exact meaning of crockpot?
The OED provides: “crock pot n Cookery (originally U S ) (originally) = sense 1; (now) spec (also with capital initials) (a proprietary name for) a lidded pot with an integral electrical heating element, for cooking food at low temperatures for long periods; a slow cooker ” They only have it as an open compound, crock pot, but you also come cross crock-pot and crockpot fairly frequently
- Using TM for trademarked term - every time or just once?
As Chicago observes, the ™ symbol is used for unregistered trademarks—names that the the maker is claiming proprietary rights to pending review of a formal application to the U S Patent Office for federal registration of the name
- What is regomised? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
@EdwinAshworth I know what proprietary means Would you be so kind to provide facts then, like a trademark filing, proving your claim! Bíró was the last name of an inventor of a particular type of ballpoint pen and has also been genericised in some countries to mean ball pen, while remaining a trademark
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