In it, a man in a shocking pink suit -- looking like a cross between a nightclub crooner and a politician, he is meant to embody the middle-class Thai consumer -- gives proprietary tours of vanishing historic sites.
Specifically, Ms. Druyun agreed to a higher price for Boeing aerial refueling tankers than she thought appropriate and gave proprietary pricing data to Boeing "as a 'parting gift to Boeing' and because of her desire to ingratiate herself with Boeing, her future employer," according to court papers signed by Ms. Druyun and the government.
And you give proprietary traders and other people involved in this kind of thing the ability to leverage tremendously.
Given proprietary concerns, Venter won't comment on how his company is rewiring the algae.
"We've set up a system where aftermarket part manufacturers work through a third party, enabling them to make parts that comply without giving up proprietary information," Mr. Trajnowski said.
States' rules generally contain a "trade secrets" provision that allows companies to withhold public disclosures of certain chemicals so they can avoid giving away proprietary recipes for the fracking fluids.
Rather than giving airlines proprietary use of certain gates, airports in the United States are increasingly adopting a common-use strategy — meaning any carrier may use any gate, as well as share check-in kiosks, ticket counters and baggage carousels.
What it could not get away with is including a free sniffer that only reads.sml files, thereby giving its proprietary file format a tremendous advantage -- and probably giving its sniffer, which is designed for that format, a big advantage too.
Opening up an interface means new software can easily be written to plug into it, increasing its value to users.By giving up proprietary lock-in, firms can reap the advantages of open-source that accrue not just to one company but to all firms industry-wide.
Collins explains that he doesn't expect Celera to share such information publicly because to do so would require giving away proprietary information.
