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What is a Dead Trademark?

What is a dead trademark?

A dead trademark happens for many different reasons. It is important to understand how a trademark dies if you have or would like a registered trademark.

Genericide: What it is and How to Avoid it

Genericide

Genericide is when a company’s protectable trademark becomes a common noun, or generic. This happens when a brand’s product becomes so common that it’s a synonym for the entire product category. When this happens, the trademark is deemed “abandoned” and becomes part of the public domain. What’s really awful about genericide is that it tends […]