Though ermine and vair were the only two furs known to early armory, other variations of these developed later. Ermines is the reverse of ermine â a field sable seme semÃ© of-ermine spots. Argent it is sometimes called-counter (ermine. cf
PROPRIETARY INFORMATION. Proprietary information, also known as a trade secret, is information that a company wishes to keep confidential or protect from those outside the company.
In some cases, the special knowledge and skills that an employee has learned on the job are considered to be a company's proprietary information. Simply put, a trade secret is unpublished knowledge that, unlike a patent, can be kept forever if it is maintained as a secret, Keith Orum wrote in Beverage World.