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Trademark owned by Philips in the European Union and various other jurisdictions, but invalidated in the United States due to it being merely a descriptive term. [2] [3] [4] Aspirin Still a Bayer trademark name for acetylsalicylic acid in about 80 countries, including Canada and many countries in Europe, but declared generic in the U.S. [5] Catseye
Pages in this category began as brands and registered trade-names but have become generic in ubiquitous, oft and common use. In some examples, the trademarks have been canceled by courts of law, some did not get renewed and simply expired into the public domain, while others became the victim of their own success, and the trade-name became a language term for the entirety of the market niche ...
An example of trademark erosion is the verb "to hoover" (used with the meaning of "vacuum cleaning"), which originated from the Hoover company brand name. Nintendo is an example of a brand that successfully fought trademark erosion, having managed to replace excessive use of its name with the term "game console", at that time a neologism. [18] [20]
Trademarks help consumers recognize a brand in the marketplace and distinguish it from competitors. [20] A service mark, also covered under the Lanham Act, is a type of trademark used to identify services rather than goods. [21] The term trademark is used to refer to both trademarks and service marks. [20]
The following article lists the most valuable corporate brands in the world according to different estimates by Kantar Group, Interbrand, Brand Finance and Forbes.Factors that influence brand value are sales, market share, market capitalization, awareness of a brand, products, popularity, image, etc. Readers should note that lists like this, while informative, are somewhat subjective, as no ...
A trademark owner who confines his trademark usage to a certain territory cannot enjoin use of that trademark by someone else who in good faith established extensive and continuous trade in another territory where the plaintiff trademark owner's product is unknown. United Drug Co. v. Theodore Rectanus Co. 248 U.S. 90: Dec. 9, 1918: Substantive
Bangladeshi law, including Penal Code (1860), the Customs Act (1969), the Consumer's Right Protection Act (2009) and the Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institute Act of 2018 protect unregistered trademarks from infringement on the basis that it is an unfair business practice which deceives consumers and damages the reputation of trademark owners.
This is a list of defunct (mainly American) consumer brands which are no longer made and usually no longer mass-marketed to consumers. Brands in this list may still be made, but are only made in modest quantities and/or limited runs as a nostalgic or retro style item.