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Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2020
Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Changes in Carrying Amount of Goodwill | The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill in each of the Company’s reportable segments for the six month period ended March 31, 2020 were as follows (in millions):
|  |  | Business Acquisitions |  | Currency Translation and Other |  |
| September 30, |  |  |  | March 31,
| 2019 |  |  |  | 2020
Building Solutions North America | $ | 9,588 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (45 | ) |  | $ | 9,543 |
Building Solutions EMEA/LA | 1,849 |  |  | 20 |  |  | (15 | ) |  | 1,854 |
Building Solutions Asia Pacific | 1,194 |  |  | — |  |  | (23 | ) |  | 1,171 |
Global Products | 5,547 |  |  | 19 |  |  | (62 | ) |  | 5,504 |
Total | $ | 18,178 |  |  | $ | 39 |  |  | $ | (145 | ) |  | $ | 18,072 |
Other Intangible Assets | The Company’s other intangible assets, primarily from business acquisitions valued based on independent appraisals, consisted of (in millions):
| March 31, 2020 |  | September 30, 2019
| Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net |  | Gross Carrying Amount |  | Accumulated Amortization |  | Net
Definite-lived intangible assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Technology | $ | 1,306 |  |  | $ | (427 | ) |  | $ | 879 |  |  | $ | 1,307 |  |  | $ | (370 | ) |  | $ | 937 |
Customer relationships | 2,704 |  |  | (854 | ) |  | 1,850 |  |  | 2,722 |  |  | (759 | ) |  | 1,963 |
Miscellaneous | 618 |  |  | (240 | ) |  | 378 |  |  | 584 |  |  | (224 | ) |  | 360 |
Total definite-lived intangible assets | 4,628 |  |  | (1,521 | ) |  | 3,107 |  |  | 4,613 |  |  | (1,353 | ) |  | 3,260 |
Indefinite-lived intangible assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trademarks/trade names | 2,205 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,205 |  |  | 2,282 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,282 |
Miscellaneous | 79 |  |  | — |  |  | 79 |  |  | 90 |  |  | — |  |  | 90 |
| 2,284 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,284 |  |  | 2,372 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,372 |
Total intangible assets | $ | 6,912 |  |  | $ | (1,521 | ) |  | $ | 5,391 |  |  | $ | 6,985 |  |  | $ | (1,353 | ) |  | $ | 5,632 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of amortizable and unamortizable intangible assets other than goodwill, in total and by major class, including the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization. A major class is composed of intangible assets that can be grouped together because they are similar, either by their nature or by their use in the operations of a company. + References No definition available. + Details
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