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
• iPad for tablet computers
• PowerPoint for presentation softwares

References

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. ↑ "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.