Generic trademark

A generic trademark or genericized trademark is a brand name that became a generic term for a product class. This happens because it is so popular that people use it as a synonym for all products of this class.

Examples

Examples for brand names used as generic product name are:

Nintendo for video game consoles^[1]
iPad for tablet computers^[2]
PowerPoint for presentation softwares^[3]

References

↑ "The 25 greatest video game consoles – ranked!". the Guardian. 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
↑ Morphy, Erika. "The iPad as a Generic Name for Tablet? Here Comes the Cease-and-Desist Brigade". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
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- A sign in a supermarket using "Jell-O" to refer to gelatin dessert
- Kawasaki Jet Ski
"15 Brand Names People Use as Generic Terms". SAGE Blog. 2020-09-25. Archived from the original on 2022-10-03. Retrieved 2022-10-03.

[1] "The 25 greatest video game consoles – ranked!". the Guardian. 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2022-10-03.

[2] Morphy, Erika. "The iPad as a Generic Name for Tablet? Here Comes the Cease-and-Desist Brigade". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-10-03.

[3] 
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A sign in a supermarket using "Jell-O" to refer to gelatin dessert

Kawasaki Jet Ski

"15 Brand Names People Use as Generic Terms". SAGE Blog. 2020-09-25. Archived from the original on 2022-10-03. Retrieved 2022-10-03.

[4] A sign in a supermarket using "Jell-O" to refer to gelatin dessert

[5] Kawasaki Jet Ski

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Examples

References

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