Talk:List of generic and genericized trademarks

Genericides.org link no longer exists

The link to genericides.org/genericides-list returns a 404 Not Found and when I try to access genericides.org itself, I am immediately redirected to a clearly malicious website Dominic Vincent Irwin (talk) 15:20, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing it out; I've updated the article to use archive copies where possible. TJRC (talk) 18:14, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Super Glue

No longer a trademark in the US. https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/search/search-information Search “super glue” on the US Patent and Trademark Office trademark site linked above. 75.130.225.34 (talk) 22:36, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Ramen noodles should be considered

Generic in the US and the instant noodles page reflects this. Nicolasqueen (talk) 15:43, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Perhaps I'm missing something, but I don't see where "ramen" has ever been a trademark. --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆𝄐𝄇} 16:51, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Autotune?

This could be a good candidate for this list. It's often used as a stand-in for vocal pitch-correction despite being a specific product. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2620:15c:2d4:202:d31e:14ba:9541:fe8b (talk) 17:17, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Do you have a reliable independent source? TJRC (talk) 17:45, 15 May 2024 (UTC)

Adrenaline / Adrenalin - NOT owned by Pfizer

Listing "Adrenaline" as a trademark of "Pfizer" doesn't match what is in the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) records: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=71011909&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch

The trademark is on "Adrenalin" (no e) and the Trademark Owner is Endo. There is no Class 005 trademark for "Adrenaline."

Timeline:

1905, Adrenalin patented by Parke-Davis (see p37 of Doc. 12 "Unclassified" in the USPTO Documents at above link)

1970, Parke-Davis was acquired by Warner–Lambert (https://www.pfizer.com/about/history/pfizer_warner_lambert)

1998, King Pharmaceutical acquires "15 branded pharmaceutical products" from Warner-Lambert, including Adrenalin (see https://web.archive.org/web/20170202022214/http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/ipos/filing.ashx?filingid=680633)

2007, King Pharmaceutical sells the Adrenalin trademark to JHP Pharmaceuticals (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1047699/000095014407006697/g08438e8vk.htm), the USPTO documentation reflects this (see Doc. 10)

2014, Par Pharmaceuticals acquires JHP (https://www.outsourcing-pharma.com/Article/2014/01/27/Par-Pharmaceutical-steps-into-injectables-with-490m-JHP-deal), the USPTO documentation reflects this (see Doc. 7)

2015, Endo acquires Par Pharmaceuticals (https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/news/newsendo-acquires-par-pharmaceutical-8bn-4681072/), the USPTO documentation reflects this (see Doc. 2)

"ENDO OPERATIONS LIMITED" is listed as the current owner of the trademark on USPTO as of 5/29/2024

Although Pfizer acquired Warner-Lambert (2000) and thus owns Parke-Davis, it has no claim on the Adrenalin trademark as that was sold off by Warner-Lambert prior to the Pfizer acquisition. 97.83.134.77 (talk) 06:13, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Elastoplast

"Much like 'Band-Aid' in North America, the name has become a genericized trademark in some Commonwealth countries including the United Kingdom and Australia."

I've lived in the UK all my life and have never heard this. From this I deduce it's regional, and whoever wrote this wrongly assumed it to be the case throughout the UK. I furthermore note that the reference is to an American dictionary which doesn't in fact state geographic scope at all.

Can anyone enlighten on:

• where in the UK people call plasters "Elastoplast"?
• why people in said region do this, considering that (a) "plaster", the common name in the rest of the UK for such things, is shorter orthographically and much shorter phonetically (b) they're not the product Elastoplast is best known for?

— Smjg (talk) 12:05, 2 November 2024 (UTC)