Commercial use is a legal term that defines the use of certain merchandise, tools or intellectual property for financial gain. A business can use anything labeled for commercial use for its purposes, including resale, production of other goods and tools and marketing. Commercial use licenses set specific restrictions on a company's assets to ensure they're fairly compensated. For example, a company might limit the use of a service to 1,000 uses before users upgrade to a commercial license. Companies define commercial use in their terms of service agreement and use the protections of commercial use agreements to defend intellectual property.
