Sometimes when political scientists are hired by corporations their research becomes proprietary.
The industry has maintained that information developed as part of the research is proprietary and that disclosure violates the 1998 law, which restricts disclosure of methods used to break copy-protection systems.
Signed in June was a licensing deal with Pozen, a tiny North Carolina-based company specializing in migraine research; its proprietary technology combines triptans (molecules that interact with serotonin receptors) with long-acting anti-inflammatories.
The German company, which was founded in 1991, has done significant work in eye-tracking research with proprietary eyeglass hardware while also working on consumer-focused applications like eye-tracking for virtual reality.
On one hand, the bulk of development research is proprietary and protected by expensive paywalls.
Similar proprietary research was pursued by Microsoft Corporation and Apple Inc.
Proprietary research is predicting the future, which is hard.
"Our disclosure policy is meant to protect our proprietary research," said Jessica J. Catino, a Fidelity spokeswoman.
Ivy Zelman, chief executive of Zelman & Associates, a proprietary research firm, is an authority on land development markets across the country.
Gene Logic of Gaithersburg, Maryland, has created a business to collect samples and screen their genetic code for proprietary research libraries.
