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Hoover, elastoplast, sellotape, gopro, aspirin, dry ice, escalator, thermos
by RobertKerans 12y ago
Hoover, elastoplast, sellotape, gopro, aspirin, dry ice, escalator, thermos
- jacquesm 12y agoKleenex, Xerox, Google... They hate it because it dilutes the trademark but it will happen anyway.
- RobertKerans 12y agoIt's double-edged though; go to Google to google for something. Buy Kleenex (it's the original and best kleenex). Sure, long-term it dilutes the trademark, but effectively removing any future need to explain what your product is, what its benefits and uses are, to permenantly attach your name to a certain type of thing, is too good an opportunity to not take up, given the chance