Re: [NTLK] [OT] loss of trademark

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You said to me:

>We were having a discussion on how brand or product names become the
>names of an entire product line, like 'walkman' (Sony product name for a
>portable cassette tape player), or 'kleenex' (USA/UK) or 'Tempo'
>(Germany) for a paper tissue, or 'Coke' for anything like coke,
>sometimes even other soda.

Let's not forget Escalator-brand moving stairs, "xeroxing" vs.
photocopying, a "timex" for watch (heard in Africa), ...

I used to know dozens of lost trademarks.

M

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