nonproprietary

Meanings

Plural: nonproprietaries

Adjective

• not protected by trademark or patent or copyright
  • "nonproprietary products are in the public domain and anyone can produce or distribute them"

Adj

• Lacking proprietary value; not private or privileged information; not owned by anyone (not anyone's property, whether intellectual property or otherwise).
• Lacking proprietary value; not private or privileged information; not owned by anyone (not anyone's property, whether intellectual property or otherwise).
• Not protected by trademark, patent, or trade secret and thus open to commercial use without license; said of drugs (medications) and of various kinds of goods and materials.

Noun

• A drug that is not proprietary.

Synonyms

generic

Antonyms

proprietary