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  1. n. The process of becoming generic.
  2. n. law With respect to a trademark, becoming so widely identified as a reference for a type of product as to cease representing a particular manufacturer of a product of that type.

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  • “Thermos was declared generic in the US in 1963 -- there's a good list of genericized trademarks at Wikipedia, as well as a discussion of the legal ramifications of genericization.”

    genericized brand names: use a tissue, not a kleenex

  • “Also, ‘genericization’ nice word, but I spell it with a z could have been done on such topics as replicability, public archiving of data and methods, and validity of proxies; invite the various authors of several multiproxy concoctions, and publish lists of who were invited, and who showed up.”

    Sir Humphrey and the Boehlert Questions « Climate Audit

  • “Few pharmaceutical houses don't face genericization of their blockbuster drugs.”

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