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That'd be great because "google" as a verb already has other meanings ("search with a search engine").
by pluma 10y ago
That'd be great because "google" as a verb already has other meanings ("search with a search engine").
- pawadu 10y agoIsn't there a legal name for this (i.e. company name/product becoming a common word)? I think it has legal implication for a trademark, but in the case of Alphabet it was already a common word so it probably has no meaning.
- mattnewton 10y agoYou could be thinking of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_trademark https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_trademark Or the related term "genericide"
- pawadu 10y agoThats is, thanks!