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Definition :

Proprietary, he who has a property in anything.

Means of a proprietor, that is, holding proprietary rights. A proprietor is one who has the legal right or exclusive tittle to anything. It is synonymous with owner. A person entitled to a trade mark or a design under the acts for the registration or patenting of trade mark or design is called a proprietor of the trade mark or design, Aphali Pharmaceuticals Ltd. v. State of Maharasthra, AIR 1989 SC 2227 (2335).