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Public domain
The realm of intellectual property which is not protected by patents or copyright, i.e. over which no person or other legal entity can establish a proprietary interest.
📖 Definitions of "Public domain"
noun
- 1
The realm of intellectual property which is not protected by patents or copyright, i.e. over which no person or other legal entity can establish a proprietary interest.
"There is very little information about the treaty which is in the public domain."
- 2
Open land such as unowned prairie in the western and southwestern United States; space not subject to a land patent.
- 3
The realm of published works, as opposed to unpublished tracts.
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