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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, law
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: proprietary eponym
Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
marca vulgaritzada
— brand name that has come into general use
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Chinese Mandarin:
通用商標 /通用商标
(tōngyòng shāngbiāo)
— brand name that has come into general use
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Finnish:
yleisnimistynyt tavaramerkki
— brand name that has come into general use
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French:
nom de marque lexicalisé
— brand name that has come into general use
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French:
nom de marque générique
— brand name that has come into general use
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German:
one says instead Gattungsbezeichnung
— brand name that has come into general use
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German:
Gattungsbegriff
— brand name that has come into general use
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German:
just meaning generic name
— brand name that has come into general use
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German:
however pursuant to § 49 II Nr. 1 MarkenG
— brand name that has come into general use
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German:
where gebräuchliche Bezeichnung
— brand name that has come into general use
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German:
for forfeiture of the trademark the naming must be in commercial intercourse
— brand name that has come into general use
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Hungarian:
fajtanévvé vált védjegy
— brand name that has come into general use
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Polish:
spospoliciała nazwa marketingowa
— brand name that has come into general use
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Portuguese:
marca genérica
— brand name that has come into general use
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Spanish:
marca vulgarizada
— brand name that has come into general use
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Spanish:
marca de uso común
— brand name that has come into general use
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Spanish:
marca genericizada
— brand name that has come into general use
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Spanish:
marca coloquializada
— brand name that has come into general use
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Swedish:
varumärkesord
— brand name that has come into general use
