With its recognizable "primeknit" fabric and chunky soles embedded with proprietary "boost" cushioning, the Yeezys have transcended the niche world of streetwear and crossed into celebrity territory thanks to the Kardashians, the Hadid sisters and, of course, West, one of the most closely followed musicians in the world.
For many years, he was the sole guardian of the proprietary formulas developed by the founder, Mrs. Estee Lauder.
Myriad has sole access to its proprietary database of BRCA sequences, which show whether a particular DNA change is dangerous.
Goldman Sachs was the sole short investor in this proprietary deal, buying protection on all $2 billion in referenced assets and essentially placing a bet that the assets would lose value.Throughout 2007, the subcommittee says, while Goldman Sachs was putting together subprime mortgage-based CDOs, it had a strong net short position on subprime mortgage-based securities.
(In a sign of just how insignificant a player the U.S. has become, the agency does not release domestic lithium production data because the nation's sole producer, Chemetall, considers the information proprietary).
(In a sign of just how insignificant a player the U.S. has become, the agency does not release domestic lithium production data because the nation's sole producer, Chemetall, considers the information proprietary). The USGS estimates worldwide lithium reserves at 13 million tons; Simbol thinks there's 800,000 tons about $4 billion worth below the Salton Sea region.
It helps if some of the data are "proprietary," meaning that you have sole ownership of or access to them.
The data they provide used to be the sole domain of professional mutual fund managers, analysts, traders and investment bankers, who would receive it via proprietary and expensive systems such as Reuters, Dow Jones, Bloomberg, Data Transmission Network or the Bridge system (which recently purchased Dow Jones' Telerate).
The collapse of competitive barriers and blurring of industry boundaries on the Internet suggest that patents may become one of the most effective and sometimes even the sole means of creating a proprietary, defensible market advantage.
