trade defamation

The damaging of a business by a false statement that tends to diminish the reputation of that business.

• Trade defamation may be trade libel if it is recorded, or trade slander if it is not.

— Also termed commercial defamation. Cf. TRADE DISPARAGEMENT; TRADE LIBEL.

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