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File Description [top]

The Brands and Their Companies database is a directory of over 430,000 consumer brand names and their owners or distributors, and corresponds to the Gale print publications Brands and Their Companies. Each record provides a trade name, a brief product description and company name, and may contain the company address, telephone number of the manufacturer, distributor,or importer. Approximately half of the trade names have been supplied by the companies themselves, providing information generally not available in other sources. If the source is not listed in a record, the information was provided directly by the company. Many of the trade names in the database are not registered, but may be protected by common law usage.

The database is designed to assist in various applications, such as determining if a trade name is in use, naming new products, identifying and tracking competitors, and locating specific product manufacturers. The Rotated Trade Name index (TR=) permits specification of the position of a particular character string -- beginning, ending, or mid-word. This index and the Goods/Services Description index (GS=) have been included to make it easy to include Brands and Their Companies as part of a multiple-file OneSearch^® session with DIALOG trademark databases.

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Subject Coverage [top]

Brands and Their Companies focuses primarily on consumer goods, including:

• Apparel
• Appliances
• Automobiles
• Beverages
• Candy
• Computer Software
• Cosmetics
• Decorative Accessories
• Drugs
• Fabrics
• Food
• Furniture
• Games
• Glass Products
• Hardware
• Jewelry
• Paper Products
• Pet Supplies
• Tobacco Products
• Toys
• Other Products

Sources [top]

Information is gathered from nearly 150 published sources and by annual questionnaire mailings and telephone calls to the listed companies.

Print Counterparts [top]

• Brands and Their Companies

Dialog File Data [top]

Database Content [top]

• Directories

Document Types Indexed [top]

• NA

Geographic Coverage [top]

• International

Special Features [top]

• ERA Available
• Graduate Education Program
• KWIC and HILIGHT Available
• REPORT Available

DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

Contact [top]

Terms and Conditions [top]

For Dialog's Redistribution and Archive Policy, enter HELP ERA online. The following terms and conditions also apply.

Copyright 2005, Gale Group All rights reserved. No part of this database may be used except for research purposes, and the DATABASE(S) may not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of GALE GROUP. Reproduction for rental of mailing list names is also prohibited. The DATABASE(S) may not be duplicated in hard copy or machine-readable form without the prior written authorization of GALE, except that limited reproduction of output is permitted solely for internal distribution within the user's organization in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and GALE's Terms and Conditions. GALE GROUP MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT WILL GALE GROUP BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF A GALE DATABASE OR ITS USE.

GALE Terms and Conditions for DIALOG redistribution program: A DIALOG service customer organization shall be limited to a location and shall not apply to affiliates or contractors. An organization in its capacity as an information broker may make and provide one copy of information obtained from the DIALOG service to a single customer, provided the information broker retains the copyright notice on the material, and informs the customer that the intent must not be to create a derivative work. If a single customer requests redistribution within his/her organization, the information broker must report the redistribution directly into the DIALOG service so that the proper reporting/pricing will occur. An organization or user may not electronically store (archive) records from a GALE database for more than twelve (12) months. Authorized redistribution and/or archiving requires the intent not to create a derivative work.

SAMPLE RECORD [top]

BASIC INDEX [top]

¹ Searchable in the Basic Index and in the Additional Indexes.

² Includes company divisions.

³ Includes alternate/former trade names.

ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

⁴ Phrase entries are also rotated. e.g. S TR="A!@HOSANN"?, S TR=HOSANNA?

⁵ Word or character string must always end with a question mark (?).

⁶ Proximity operators (W) or (N) cannot be used with the TR= prefix.

LIMIT [top]

SORT [top]

RANK [top]

MAP [top]

REPORT OPTIONS [top]

USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

DIRECT RECORD ACCESS [top]

Rates [top]

Rates For File: Brands and Their Companies[116]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $4.04
Cost per minute:                   $1.65
Report Elements                    $0.40
Rank Elements                      $0.00

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $2.53    $2.52
     3    $2.48    $2.48
     4    $3.91    $3.91
     5    $3.91    $3.91
     6    $0.61    $0.61
     7    $0.72    $0.72
     8    $2.48    $2.48
     9    $3.91    $3.91
KWIC95    $0.11       NA
KWIC96    $0.61       NA

REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
       1-25       1.50
     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00