genericized trademark
Noun
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Noun
genericized trademark (plural genericized trademarks)
- A successful brand name or trademark that has come to refer to the generic class of objects rather than the specific brand type, with the exclusive rights to said product being lost by the parent company, either due to legal action or inappropriate following of trademark law.
- Synonyms: proprietary eponym
- French: nom de marque lexicalisé, nom de marque générique
- German: generischer Markenname, generalisierter Markenname
- Portuguese: marca genérica
- Spanish: marca vulgarizada, marca de uso común
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