Sentence:  The court thus overruled all the states' protective laws, except against outright fraud, and declared <WSD>open season</WSD> on any products not protected by patents. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  or (for) A situation in which someone is endangered, blamed, harassed, or opposed in a sustained manner by a number of others; a situation in which something is endangered or otherwise opposed.