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Afrocenter Glossary of Business Terms | |
| ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW Context is: trade term. A review that may be conducted by the U.S. Department of Commerce, 12 months after an antidumping or countervailing duty order is issued in an investigation, to determine whether entries should be liquidated at the duty rate specified in the order which is, in effect, an estimate of the final duty rate or at a different rate. Thereafter, annual reviews may be conducted on request to determine whether the existing duty rate should be modified. Under certain circumstances, the Department of Commerce may determine, on the basis of a series of administrative reviews, that an order should be revoked entirely. See also Countervailing Duties; Dumping; Liquidation; Sunset Review; Suspension of Liquidation. | |
| allegation of use Context is: trademark term. a sworn statement signed by the applicant or a person authorized to sign on behalf of the applicant attesting to use of the mark in commerce. The allegation of use must include one specimen showing use of the mark in commerce for each class of goods/services included in the application, and the required fee. If filed before the examining attorney approves the mark for publication, the allegation of use is also called an "Amendment to Allege Use". If filed after issuance of the Notice of Allowance, the allegation of use is also called a Statement of Use. The Amendment to Allege Use and the Statement of Use include the same information, and differ only as to the time when filed. The applicant may not file either an Amendment to Allege Use or a Statement of Use between the date the examining attorney approves the mark for publication and the date of issuance of the notice of allowance. | |
| amendment to allege use (AAU) Context is: trademark term. a sworn statement signed by the applicant or a person authorized to sign on behalf of the applicant attesting to use of the mark in commerce. With the AAU, the owner must submit one specimen showing use of the mark in commerce for each class of goods/services included in the application, and the required fee. AAUs must be filed before the date the examining attorney approves the mark for publication in the Official Gazette. You should check the status of the application before filing the AAU to make sure that is timely. An AAU filed after the mark is approved for publication but before a notice of allowance has been issued (during the "blackout period") is untimely and cannot be accepted. -- see file an AAU online | |
| ANTIBOYCOTT LEGISLATION Context is: trade term. The Export Administration Act was promulgated in 1969, amended in 1977 and 1979, and expired in 1990 but was continued by Executive Order 12730 under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. It declares the policy of the United States to oppose restrictive trade practices or boycotts by foreign countries against countries friendly to the United States. The U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Export Administration, Office of Antiboycott Compliance enforces regulations prohibiting U.S. citizens from engaging in activities that comply with, further, or support unsanctioned foreign boycotts. Prohibited activities include refusing and agreeing to refuse to do business for boycott reasons, taking discriminatory actions that are boycott based, furnishing information about business relationships with or in a boycotted country or with blacklisted persons, and engaging in evasion activities, such as devices or schemes intended to place a blacklisted person at a commercial disadvantage. The principal focus of the regulatory activities of the Office of Antiboycott Compliance relate to the Arab boycott of Israel. In addition, the U.S. Treasury Department enforces the antiboycott provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1976, which deny certain tax benefits to those who agree to "participate in or cooperate with an international boycott." See also Boycott; Export Administration Act of 1979; International Emergency Economic Powers Act. | |
| BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT Context is: trade term. A formal or informal agreement involving commerce between two countries. See also Consultations; Trade Agreement. | |
| BUREAU OF EXPORT ADMINISTRATION (BXA) Context is: trade term. The branch of the International Trade Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce that is responsible for, among other tasks, administering the Export Administration Act of 1979. See also Antiboycott Legislation; Export Administration Act of 1979; U.S. International Trade Administration. | |
| CBD - Commerce Business Daily Context is: business term. The Commerce Business Daily lists notices of proposed government procurement actions, contract awards, sales of government property, and other procurement information. All federal procurement offices are required to announce, in the CDB, proposed procurement actions over $25,000 and contract awards over $25,000 that are likely to result in the award of any subcontracts. Prime contractors are also encouraged to publish subcontracting opportunities in the CBD. More... | |
| CD Context is: business term. a type of form designation such as Form CD435, meaning a Commerce Department form | |
| certification mark Context is: trademark term. any word, name, symbol, device, or any combination, used, or intended to be used, in commerce by someone other than its owner, to certify regional or other origin, material, mode of manufacture, quality, accuracy, or other characteristics of such person's goods or services, or that the work or labor on the goods or services was performed by members of a union or other organization. -- see File Certification Mark | |
| collective mark Context is: trademark term. a trademark or service mark used, or intended to be used, in commerce, by the members of a cooperative, an association, or other collective group or organization, including a mark that indicates membership in a union, an association, or other organization. -- see File a Collective Mark | |
| COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY (CBD) Context is: business term. The Commerce Business Daily lists notices of proposed government procurement actions, contract awards, sales of government property, and other procurement information. All federal procurement offices are required to announce, in the CDB, proposed procurement actions over $25,000 and contract awards over $25,000 that are likely to result in the award of any subcontracts. Prime contractors are also encouraged to publish subcontracting opportunities in the CBD. More... | |
| COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE (CIT) Context is: trade term. A court (formerly the U.S. Customs Court) established under Article III of the U.S. Constitution to provide a single forum with expertise in international trade law for the judicial review of administrative actions of government agencies arising from import transactions. The court reviews decisions of the United States Customs Service, the International Trade Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the U.S. International Trade Commission. Such cases include, among others, challenges to classification rates and duties charged, antidumping and countervailing duty determinations, and embargoes or other quantitative restrictions. Generally, in the review of administrative determinations of record, the court will uphold an agency decision unless it is found to be unsupported by substantial evidence or otherwise not in accordance with law. A party can appeal a decision by the CIT to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which will apply the same standard of review. Finally, a party can appeal a decision of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit by filing a writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court. See also Customs; International Trade Administration; U.S. International Trade Commission. | |
| DATA UNIVERSAL NUMBERING SYSTEM (DUNS) Context is: business term. D&B's Data Universal Numbering System, the D&B D-U-N-S Number, has become the standard for keeping track of the world's businesses. The D&B D-U-N-S Number is D&B's distinctive nine-digit identification sequence, which identifies information products and services originating exclusively through D&B. The D&B D-U-N-S Number is an internationally recognized common company identifier in EDI and global electronic commerce transactions. The world's most influential standards-setting organizations, more than 50 global, industry and trade associations, and the U.S. Federal Government recognize, recommend and/or require the D&B D-U-N-S Number. More... | |
| dead Context is: trademark term. a dead or abandoned status for a trademark application means that specific application is no longer under prosecution within the USPTO, and would not be used as a bar against your filing. It does not necessarily mean that there are not other marks that the trademark examining attorney would cite. It is also possible to revive an abandoned application (for example, if the USPTO declared the application abandoned for failure of the applicant to respond to an Office action, but the applicant later proved that a response was sent and the USPTO simply failed to match it with the file in a timely manner, then the case could be revived). Also, regardless of the status of an application within the USPTO, the owner may still claim common law rights, i.e, the mark may still be in use in commerce. | |
| DOC Context is: business term. Department of Commerce | |
| DUNS - Data Universal Numbering System Context is: business term. Data Universal Numbering System: the D&B D-U-N-S Number, has become the standard for keeping track of the world's businesses. The D&B D-U-N-S Number is D&B's distinctive nine-digit identification sequence, which identifies information products and services originating exclusively through D&B. The D&B D-U-N-S Number is an internationally recognized common company identifier in EDI and global electronic commerce transactions. The world's most influential standards-setting organizations, more than 50 global, industry and trade associations, and the U.S. Federal Government recognize, recommend and/or require the D&B D-U-N-S Number. More... | |
| E-Commerce Context is: business term. Electronic Commerce refers to the general exchange of goods and services via the Internet. | |
| e-Commerce Context is: infotech term. electronic commerce | |
| EBC Context is: business term. Electronic Business Center - includes links to Patents EBC and Trademarks EBC a web page containing hyperlinks to all online systems for conducting electronic commerce with the USPTO | |
| eComm Context is: infotech term. electronic commerce portal | |
| ELECTRONIC COMMERCE Context is: trade term. Any activity that utilizes some form of electronic communication in the inventory, exchange, advertisement, and distribution of, and the payment for, goods and services. All forms of commercial transactions are based upon the transmission of digitized data, including text, sound, and visual images. See also Global Information Infrastructure; Informatics; Technology. | |
| EXPORT ASSISTANCE CENTER - USEAC Context is: business term. A USEAC is a one-stop center conducted by the SBA and the Department of Commerce to provide small and medium sized businesses with export information. For additional information see "More..." More... | |
| FCN Context is: trade term. See Freedom, Commerce, and Navigation Treaty. | |
| filing basis Context is: trademark term. The legal basis for filing an application for registration of a mark. The Trademark Act sets out five filing bases, and an applicant must specify and meet the requirements of one or more bases before the mark will be approved for publication for opposition or registration on the Supplemental Register. The five bases are: (1) use of a mark in commerce under §1(a) of the Act; (2) bona fide intention to use a mark in commerce under §1(b) of the Act; (3) a claim of priority, based on an earlier-filed foreign application under §44(d) of the Act; (4) registration of a mark in the applicants country of origin under §44(e) of the Act; and (5) extension of protection of an international registration to the United States, under §66(a) of the Act and the Madrid Protocol. The requirements for the bases are set forth in Trademark Rule 2.34. -- seeTMEP §806. If no basis is set forth in the original application for registration, the examining attorney will issue an Office action requiring the applicant to specify a basis and meet all requirements for the basis. In applications under §§1 and 44, the applicant may claim more than one basis, and/or may add or substitute a basis after filing the application. | |
| FREEDOM, COMMERCE, AND NAVIGATION TREATY (FCN) Context is: trade term. A bilateral establishment treaty defining the legal and commercial rights of the citizens of each country under the laws of the other. | |
