Aces@lemmy.today to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 8 months agoBrand names that have become common wordslemmy.todayimagemessage-square167fedilinkarrow-up1647
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minus-squareMossy Feathers (They/Them)@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·8 months agoVaseline, Velcro, Mace and Styrofoam aren’t generic? The fuck? I didn’t even know those were trademarked names. Vaseline maybe, but the other three are common enough that I was sure they were generic.
minus-squareLemmyFeed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·8 months agoPetroleum jelly, hook and loop, pepper spray, and polystyrene.
minus-squareLazerVHSion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 months agoVelcro brand doesn’t want anyone to call the invention Velcro to protect the trademark: https://youtu.be/rRi8LptvFZY
Vaseline, Velcro, Mace and Styrofoam aren’t generic? The fuck? I didn’t even know those were trademarked names. Vaseline maybe, but the other three are common enough that I was sure they were generic.
Petroleum jelly, hook and loop, pepper spray, and polystyrene.
polystyrene-foam
Velcro brand doesn’t want anyone to call the invention Velcro to protect the trademark: https://youtu.be/rRi8LptvFZY