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genericides

genericides is the plural of genericide.

Meaning of genericide

Noun

genericide (countable and uncountable, plural genericides)

  1. (trademark law) The process by which trademark rights are diminished or lost as a result of common use in the marketplace.
    • Of course, the irony is that genericide occurs at the very moment a product manager's dream comes true and the product brand becomes synonymous with the product itself.2007, Paul Goldstein, Intellectual Property: The Tough New Realities That Could Make or Break Your Business, Penguin, →ISBN
  2. (uncommon) The act or process of letting a trademark term become so common that the trademark is indefensible.

Questions about genericides

What is genericides the plural of?
Genericides is the plural of genericide.

Words near genericides in the dictionary

  1. generical
  2. generically
  3. genericalness
  4. generich
  5. genericide
  6. genericides
  7. genericise
  8. genericised
  9. genericised trademark
  10. genericised trademarks
  11. genericises

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