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unprotectable

unprotectable adjective: impossible to protect; ineligible for legal protection.

Adjective

unprotectable (not comparable)

  1. Impossible to protect; ineligible for legal protection.
    • It is true, of course, that a combination of unprotectable elements may qualify for copyright protection. But it is not true that any combination of unprotectable elements automatically qualifies for copyright protection. Our case law suggests, and we hold today, that a combination of unprotectable...2018 August 21, U.S. Copyright Office Review Board, “Second Request for Reconsideration for Refusal to Register Vodafone Speechmark”, in United States Copyright Office, page 3
    Synonyms:
    unprotectible

Synonyms of unprotectable

Origin of unprotectable

From un- + protectable.

Questions about unprotectable

What does unprotectable mean?
Unprotectable means impossible to protect; ineligible for legal protection.
What part of speech is unprotectable?
Unprotectable is an adjective.

Words near unprotectable in the dictionary

  1. unprostitute
  2. unprostituted
  3. unprostrated
  4. unprosy
  5. unprotect
  6. unprotectable
  7. unprotected
  8. unprotected sex
  9. unprotectedly
  10. unprotectedness
  11. unprotectible

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