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Eh, in some markets trademark genericisation would mean that someone searching [BrandName] might genuinely be looking for any product that fills roughly the sam
by sellyme 5y ago
Eh, in some markets trademark genericisation would mean that someone searching [BrandName] might genuinely be looking for any product that fills roughly the same function. If I google "Blu Tack" I don't care if I get the stuff made by Bostik, and I don't even know what the generic term for that product __is__.
Maybe you could argue "well, that's the reward [Brand] gets from insanely successful organic marketing and/or being first to market", which I suppose has some merit, but I don't think it's inherently unethical to market at brands in that context.
- tempestn 5y agoYeah, that's fair. I guess like anything there are grey areas. It's definitely frustrating when you have a more niche brand like thermapen though, where that's definitely not the case, and you can see knockoffs bidding on your keywords and essentially taking advantage of people looking for your product/service.