genericization (English, noun)
expansion: genericization (countable and uncountable, plural genericizations)
Senses:
glosses: The process of becoming generic; an instance of it.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: law
glosses: With respect to a trademark, the act or process of becoming so widely identified as a reference for a type of product as to cease representing a particular brand or manufacturer of that type of product.
tags: uncountable
glosses: An instance of this act or process; a generic name thus created.
tags: countable
Forms:
form: genericizations
tags: plural