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genericized trademark

noun genericized trademarks · genericised trademark

  1. A successful brand name or trademark that has come to refer to the generic class of objects rather than the specific brand type, sometimes without continued defensibility of the trademark but usually with continued defensibility.

    Similar: proprietary eponym

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noun brand name that has come into general use

Españolmarca vulgarizada, marca de uso común, marca genericizada, marca coloquializada
中文通用商標 /通用商标 tōngyòng shāngbiāo
Portuguêsmarca genérica
Françaisnom de marque lexicalisé, nom de marque générique
Deutschone says instead Gattungsbezeichnung, Gattungsbegriff, just meaning generic name, however pursuant to § 49 II Nr. 1 MarkenG, where gebräuchliche Bezeichnung

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@misc{genericized_trademark_2026,
  title = {genericized trademark},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/genericized%20trademark},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}