Meanings
plural genericized trademarks · alternative genericised trademark
- businessA 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.
Synonyms: proprietary eponym
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
Translations
Catalan marca vulgaritzada
- marca vulgaritzadabrand name that has come into general use
Chinese Mandarin 通用商標 /通用商标
- 通用商標 /通用商标 (tōngyòng shāngbiāo)brand name that has come into general use
Finnish yleisnimistynyt tavaramerkki
- yleisnimistynyt tavaramerkkibrand name that has come into general use
French nom de marque lexicalisé, nom de marque générique
- nom de marque lexicalisébrand name that has come into general use
- nom de marque génériquebrand name that has come into general use
German one says instead Gattungsbezeichnung, Gattungsbegriff
- one says instead Gattungsbezeichnungbrand name that has come into general use
- Gattungsbegriffbrand name that has come into general use
- just meaning generic namebrand name that has come into general use
- however pursuant to § 49 II Nr. 1 MarkenGbrand name that has come into general use
- where gebräuchliche Bezeichnungbrand name that has come into general use
- for forfeiture of the trademark the naming must be in commercial intercoursebrand name that has come into general use
Hungarian fajtanévvé vált védjegy
- fajtanévvé vált védjegybrand name that has come into general use
Polish spospoliciała nazwa marketingowa
- spospoliciała nazwa marketingowabrand name that has come into general use
Portuguese marca genérica
- marca genéricabrand name that has come into general use
Spanish marca vulgarizada, marca de uso común
- marca vulgarizadabrand name that has come into general use
- marca de uso comúnbrand name that has come into general use
- marca genericizadabrand name that has come into general use
- marca coloquializadabrand name that has come into general use
Swedish varumärkesord
- varumärkesordbrand name that has come into general use
Cite this entry
genericized trademark. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genericized%20trademark
“genericized trademark.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genericized%20trademark. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “genericized trademark,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/genericized%20trademark.
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