public domain
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Technologies that have entered the public domain through published papers or open-source releases are excluded from controls, according to the draft proposal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
That ended with a multi-billion-dollar settlement and court case that spilled some of the family's secrets into the public domain.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Petrie-Morris announced that Fairground’s first products would riff on beloved public domain characters—Robin Hood, etc.—and then hopefully earn access to established IP through studio partnerships.
From Slate ● Aug. 16, 2026
The Asian Football Confederation said it was "disappointed" it had not been consulted before the plans entered the public domain.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Congress effectively outlawed their communal property, passing vast acreages into the public domain, tracts which then suddenly wound up in the hands of large American ranching enterprises like the Devine Company.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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