10 “Generic” Product Names You Didn’t Realize Were TRADEMARKS

Check out our New Biography Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics A trademark usually presents itself in the form of a name, a logo, a design, or a phrase, with the purpose of distinguishing one manufacturer’s products from another. Sometimes, however, when business is really good for a particular brand, or it has a head start over the competition, then that particular brand might just become a proprietary eponym, or generic trademark. This means that if a product develops a substantial market share over the other manufacturers, or it becomes well ingrained into the public consciousness, then its brand could replace the name for the entire industry. →Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet?sub_confirmation=1 Help us translate our videos: https://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_queue?msg=10&tab=0 - Learn more why you might want to help: http://ift.tt/1l7FnjV Find more lists at: http://www.toptenz.net Entertaining and educational top 10 lists from TopTenzNet! Subscribe to our Facebook: http://ift.tt/1QRrRgJ Business inquiries to admin@toptenz.net Other TopTenz Videos: Top 10 CRAZY Marketing Decisions by COCA-COLA https://youtu.be/W_QE05iD2h8?list=PLQ4d2-ByGhnJ9wKIVrfv-6wzyiyPn7GfA Top 10 Coca-Cola Myths... That Turned Out To Be TRUE https://youtu.be/TXl5l0fLXwE?list=PLQ4d2-ByGhnJ9wKIVrfv-6wzyiyPn7GfA Text version: http://ift.tt/2x6ffg4 Coming up: 10. Dry Ice 9. Band-Aid 8. Frisbee 7. Velcro 6. Aspirin 5. Jet Ski 4. Bubble Wrap 3. Dumpster 2. Mace 1. Heroin Source/Further reading: http://ift.tt/1PHeVYJ http://ift.tt/2zDgYtS http://ift.tt/AyNQx3 http://ift.tt/1QC3eU9 http://ift.tt/2yCLIMo http://ift.tt/1NJhZ3X http://ift.tt/2BYr9iA http://ift.tt/1qropjw http://ift.tt/2BXdIzs http://ift.tt/1rZZBIq http://ift.tt/2nh6GJE http://ift.tt/2sffZgP http://ift.tt/2BYV2iW http://ift.tt/2zDFAT7 http://ift.tt/2BZ4Ol7 http://ift.tt/2zCypL0 http://ift.tt/2BXdIPY http://ift.tt/2zDh8S0 http://ift.tt/2C0Pch2 http://ift.tt/2zDyPkp http://ift.tt/2BYrh1y http://ift.tt/2zDFBq9