COMMERCIAL MORALITY

  commercial morality.Collectively, fair practices among competitors. • Commercial espionage is often cited by courts as being below accepted standards of commercial morality. [Blacks Law 8th]

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COMMERCIALLY SIGNIFICANT NONINFRINGING USE

commercially significant noninfringing use.Intellectual property. The routine use of a product in a way that does not infringe intellectual-property rights; the judicial test for determining whether the sale of a product amounts to contributory infringement. • If the product (such as a videotape recorder) can be used in a way that does not infringe those…

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COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE

commercially reasonable,adj. (Of a property sale) conducted in good faith and in accordance with commonly accepted commercial practice. • Under the UCC, a sale of collateral by a secured party must be done in a com-mercially reasonable manner, or the obligor’s liability for any deficiency may be reduced or eliminated. UCC §§ 9-610(b), 9-626. [Cases:…

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COMMERCIAL LAW commercial law

commercial law. 1. The substantive law dealing with the sale and distribution of goods, the financing of credit transactions on the security of the goods sold, and negotiable instruments. • Most American commercial law is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code. — Also termed mercantile law.“Although the term commercial law is not a term of…

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