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Subject:Re: Is there a name for these? From:Elsa Kapitan-White <kapitan-white -at- SUGAR-LAND -dot- OILFIELD -dot- SLB -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 23 Apr 1997 09:06:50 +0100
Debbie (with the sensitive nose) asks if there's a word to describe trade
names that have become standards?
I've usually phrased it as "generic name" if a mark is misused widely and
loses its exclusive association with a specific product or service.
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